2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments

For main Top 5 Division, see: 2013 Asian Five Nations

2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments
Date31 March 2013 – 7 July 2013
Countries(18) Refer to division
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Official websiteWebsite
2012 (Previous)(Next) 2014

The 2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, known as the 2013 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, referred to the divisions played within the tournament. This was the 6th series of the Asian Five Nations.

Changes from 2012

  • Kazakhstan participated in the Division 1 tournament, haven been relegated from the Top 5.
  • Philippines was promoted to the Top 5 Division, following promotions form Division 3 to Division 2, then Division 2 to Division 1.
  • Thailand have replaced Singapore in Division 1, with Singapore competing in Division 2.
  • India will compete in Division 2 - replacing China, following promotion from Division 3.
  • Qatar becomes the first team to be promoted out of Division 4, replacing Pakistan who are demoted to Division 4.
  • Laos becomes the first team to be promoted out of Division 5, though no team was demoted out of Division 4.

Teams

The teams involved, with their world rankings pre tournament, were:

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

Division 4

Division 5

Division 1

Key to colours
    Earns Promotion
    Relegated
2013 Asian Five Nations division 1
Tournament details
Host  Sri Lanka
Date31 March – 6 April 2013
Countries4
Final positions
Champions  Sri Lanka
Relegated  Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played6

Division one will be held in a round-robin format. All games will be played at Havelock Park in Sri Lanka between March 31 and April 6, 2013.[1]

Table

PositionNationGamesPointsBonus
points
Total
points
PlayedWonLostDrawnForAgainstDifference
1  Sri Lanka330013333+100318
2  Kazakhstan31207092-2216
3  Chinese Taipei312070104-3466
4  Thailand312063107-4405

Points are awarded to the teams as follows:

ResultsPoints
Win5 points
Draw3 points
4 or more tries1 point
Loss within 7 points1 point
Loss greater than 7 points0 points

Fixtures

31 March 2013
14:00
Kazakhstan  10–33  Thailand
Report[2]Try: Sirichai Daothaisong,
Topong Boonlon,
Pichit Yingcharoen
Con: Warongkorn Khamkoet 3
Pen: Warongkorn Khamkoet 4
Havelock Park, Colombo

31 March 2013
16:00
Sri Lanka  39–8  Chinese Taipei
Try: Chamara Dabare 42'
Yoshitha Rajapakse 50'
Fazil Marija 55' 61'
Sumedha Malawana 66'
Con: Rizah Mubarak (3/4)
Roshan Weeraratne (1/1)
Pen: Rizah Mubarak 24' 34'
Report[3]Try: Ming Che Chuang 76'
Pen: Chih-Pan Wang 42'
Havelock Park, Colombo
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Nicholas Long
FB15Rizah Mubarak  64'
RW14Sandun Herath
OC13Pradeep Liyanage
IC12Gayan Weerarathne  57'
LW11Chamara Dabare
FH10Fazil Marija (vc)
SH9Roshan Weerarathne  69'
N88Sajith Saranga
OF7Yoshitha Rajapaksha (c)
BF6Sharo Fernando  63'
RL5Dinesh Sanjeewa  40'
LL4Shenal Dias
TP3Kishor Jehan  46'
HK2Namal Rajapaksa  52'
LP1Henry Terence
Substitutes:
HK16Sathya Ranathunga  46' 74' to end'
PR17Dushmantha Priyadarshana
PR18Anuranga Walpola  52'
LK19Suhiru Anthony  40'
FL20Sumedha Malewana  63'
SH21Rehaan Weerakoon  69'
FH22Dinusha Chathuranga  57'
CE23Mohamed Sheriff  64'
Coach:
Ravin Du Plessis
FB15Ming Hsien Ho
RW14Chih-Kang Chen
OC13Wei Fan Lu (c)  53'
IC12Ching Che Hung
LW11Wu Hsien Lo  63'
FH10Chih-Pan Wang  48'
SH9Chia Han Chen  48'
N88Pin Yi Hsieh
OF7Cheng Hsien Chiang
BF6Kuo Lun Chen  53'
RL5Chieh Yu Chiang
LL4Wei Ming Lin  28'
TP3Wen Hao Chuan  29'
HK2Po Yao Chuang  63'
LP1Tai Ting Yeh
Substitutes:
HK16Po Wen Cheng  29'
PR17Min-Ching Chiu  63'
PR18Ming Che Chuang  28'
LK19Ta Cheng Liu  53'
FL20Chia-Wang Lee  48'
SH21Po-Yen Chou  53'
FH22Hsiu Fu Sun  63'
CE23Chih-Hsiang Pan  48'
Coach:

Touch judges:
Aaron Littlewood
Mohamed Cader
Sean Moore


3 April 2013
14:00
Kazakhstan  42–5  Chinese Taipei
Report[4]
Havelock Park, Colombo

3 April 2013
16:00
Sri Lanka  45–7  Thailand
Try: Sandun Herath 24' 79'
Pradeep Liyanage 28' 60'
Chamara Dabare 30'
Roshan Weerarathne 44'
Con: Rizah Mubarak (3/6)
Pen: Rizah Mubarak 11' 38' 40'
Report[5]Try: Pichit Yingcharoen 75'
Con: Warongkorn Khamkoet (1/1)
Pen: Warongkorn Khamkoet (0/1)
Havelock Park, Colombo
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Warren Needham
FB15Rizah Mubarak  65'
RW14Sandun Herath
OC13Pradeep Liyanage
IC12Gayan Weeraratne  61'
LW11Chamara Dabare
FH10Fazil Marija (vc)
SH9Roshan Weeraratne  71'
N88Sajith Saranga  50'
OF7Yoshitha Rajapaksha (c)  66'
BF6Sharo Fernando
RL5Hasitha Perera  50'
LL4Shenal Dias
TP3Jehan Kishore  29'
HK2Namal Rajapaksa
LP1Sathya Ranathunga  65'
Substitutes:
HK16Dushmantha Priyadarshana  65'
PR17Henry Terrance  29'
PR18Anuranga Walpola  66'
LK19Suhiru Anthony  50'
FL20Mohamed Sheriff  65'
SH21Rehan Weerakoon  71'
FH22Dinusha Chathuranga  61'
CE23Sumedha Malawana  50'
Coach:
Ravin Du Plessis
FB15Warongkorn Khamkoet
RW14Topong Boonlon  71'
OC13Kitti Wangkanai  32'
IC12Sirichai Daothaisong
LW11Pichit Yingcharoen
FH10Thanawatr Jamkrajang
SH9Punyavee Jiworrawattanakul
N88Chatree Wannadit (c)  66'
OF7Sumet Thammapom
BF6Richard Perkins
RL5Chaninthorn Banluesup  50'
LL4Marc Dimitrov
TP3Pongpat Mekpat  65'
HK2Chawiatt Klongtroujrok  37'
LP1Napat Prompataya
Substitutes:
HK16Chatchai Akkhanimart  65'
PR17Robert James  66'
PR18Pachara Hongsayaporn  50'
LK19Natthadol Sophawachirarit  37'
FL20Pramote Ratchatanantakit  71'
SH21Klin Laksanasompong
FH22Nirunlert Rungrangsritaweesuk  32'
CE23Khomchak Chakrabandu Na Ayudhaya
Coach:
Tanyavit Kuasint

Touch judges:
Taku Otsuki
Priyantha Gunarathna
Sean Moore


6 April 2013
14:00
Thailand  23–52  Chinese Taipei
Report[6]
Havelock Park, Colombo

6 April 2013
16:00
Sri Lanka  49–18  Kazakhstan
Try: Sandun Herath 4'
Shenal Dias 26'
Pradeep Liyanage 40'
Sathya Ranathunga 41'
Fazil Marija 49'
Chamara Dabare 56'
Con: Rizah Mubarak (5/6)
Pen: Rizah Mubarak 7' 20' 38'
Report[7]Try: Daulet Akymbekov 62'
Alexandr Zolotukhin 69'
Con: Maxim Lifontov (1/2)
Pen: Maxim Lifontov 3' 34'
Havelock Park, Colombo
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Taku Otsuki
FB15Rizah Mubarak  70'
RW14Sandun Herath
OC13Pradeep Liyanage
IC12Gayan Weeraratne  59'
LW11Chamara Dabare
FH10Fazil Marija (vc)  75'
SH9Roshan Weeraratne
N88Sajith Saranga
OF7Yoshitha Rajapaksha (c)
BF6Sharo Fernando  70'
RL5Hasitha Perera  55'
LL4Shenal Dias
TP3Jehan Kishore  55'
HK2Namal Rajapaksa  59'
LP1Sathya Ranathunga  75'
Substitutes:
HK16Dushmantha Priyadarshana  75'
PR17Henry Terrance  55'
PR18Anuranga Walpola  59'
LK19Suhiru Anthony  55'
FL20Mohamed Sheriff  70'
SH21Rehan Weerakoon  75'
FH22Dinusha Chathuranga  59'
CE23Sumedha Malawana  70'
Coach:
Ravin Du Plessis
FB15Maxim Lifontov
RW14Viktor Zolotukhin
OC13Alexandr Zaharov  56'
IC12Ildar Abrazakov
LW11Pavel Stikhin  56'
FH10Daulet Akymbekov
SH9Akhmetzhan Baratov
N88Serek Zhanseitov (c)
OF7Maxim Pristinskiy  40'
BF6Oleg Guselnikov
RL5Grigoriy Ivanchenko  4'  12'  62'
LL4Andrey Medvedkin
TP3Vladimir Chernykh  59'
HK2Pavel Sarychev  56'
LP1Sergey Menshikov
Substitutes:
HK16Nikolay Belkin  56'
PR17Azat Abbasov  59' 65' to 75'
PR18Vladimir Baranov  62'
LK19Alexandr Kireev
FL20Alexandr Polyakov  4'  12'  40'
SH21Vadim Zuyev
FH22Dastan Suleimenov  56'
CE23Alexandr Zolotukhin  56'
Coach:
Timur Mashurov

Touch judges:
Taizo Hirabayashi
Aaron Littlewood
Sean Moore

Division 2

Key to colours
    Earns Promotion
    Relegated
2013 Asian Five Nations division 2
Tournament details
Host  Malaysia
Date4 – 8 June 2013
Countries4
Final positions
Champions  Singapore
Relegated  India
Tournament statistics
Matches played4

[8]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
June 4, 2013
 
 
 Singapore67
 
June 8, 2013
 
 India8
 
 Singapore20
 
June 4, 2013
 
 Malaysia17
 
 Malaysia48
 
 
 Iran10
 
Third place play-off
 
 
June 7, 2013
 
 
 India13
 
 
 Iran30

Semi-finals


4 June 2013
17:00
Malaysia  48–10  Iran
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Third place play-off

7 June 2013
17:00
India  13–30  Iran
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Final

Division 3

Key to colours
    Earns Promotion
    Relegated
2013 Asian Five Nations division 3
Tournament details
Host  Malaysia
Date5 – 8 June 2013
Countries4
Final positions
Champions  Qatar
Relegated  China
Tournament statistics
Matches played4

[8]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
June 5, 2013
 
 
 Guam33
 
June 8, 2013
 
 Indonesia15
 
 Guam7
 
June 5, 2013
 
 Qatar13
 
 China0
 
 
 Qatar76
 
Third place play-off
 
 
June 7, 2013
 
 
 Indonesia37
 
 
 China13

Semi-finals

5 June 2013
15:00
Guam  33–15  Indonesia
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

5 June 2013
17:00
China  0–76  Qatar
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Third place play-off

Final

8 June 2013
16:00
Guam  7–13  Qatar
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Division 4

Key to colours
    Earns Promotion
    Relegated
2013 Asian Five Nations division 4
Tournament details
Host  United Arab Emirates
Date8 – 10 May 2013
Countries4
Final positions
Champions  Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played4

[9]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 8, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Lebanon35
 
May 10, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Uzbekistan25
 
 Lebanon45
 
May 8, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai
 
 Pakistan12
 
 Pakistan31
 
 
 Laos25
 
Third place play-off
 
 
May 10, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai
 
 
 Uzbekistan18
 
 
 Laos15

Semi-finals

May 8, 2013
17:00
Lebanon  35–25  Uzbekistan
The Sevens, Dubai

May 8, 2013
19:00
Pakistan  31–25  Laos
The Sevens, Dubai

Third place play-off

May 10, 2013
17:00
Uzbekistan  18–15  Laos
The Sevens (field 2), Dubai

Final

May 10, 2013
17:00
Lebanon  45–12  Pakistan
The Sevens, Dubai

Division 5

Key to colours
    Earns Promotion
    Relegated
2013 Asian Five Nations division 5
Tournament details
Host  Cambodia
Date5 – 7 July 2013
Countries2
Final positions
Champions  Cambodia
Tournament statistics
Matches played2

Game 1

July 5, 2013
15:30
Cambodia  38–0  Brunei
Report[10]
RCAF Old Stadium, Phnom Penh

Game 2

July 7, 2013
15:30
Cambodia  28–0  Brunei
Report[11]
RCAF Old Stadium, Phnom Penh

References