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2012 Cup of Nations (rugby union)
Venue The Sevens, Dubai
The 2012 Emirates Cup of Nations is the second Cup of Nations tournament to be hosted by the United Arab Emirates and will be again held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. This tournament acts as a year ending tournament for tier 3 teams from different continents and provides greater preparation for teams to play in their regional competitions.
The tournament is a joint initiative of the UAE Rugby Federation and the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union.
The four competing teams are hosts UAE, 2012 Asian Five Nations runners up Hong Kong, 2012 Africa Cup champions Zimbabwe and 2010-2012 European Nations Cup Division 1B champions Belgium.
Zimbabwe will send a weakened squad to the tournament, due to the clash with the 2012 South Africa Sevens, for which Zimbabwe has qualified.
An earlier draw for the event had six teams playing, with Papua New Guinea and Mexico playing alongside the four competing nations. However, both teams withdrew due to financial problems.
Belgium won the tournament, defeating defending champions Hong Kong on the third and final match day, 24-12. Hong Kong were runners up, with Zimbabwe taking third place, defeating United Arab Emirates.
Format
The tournament is being played as a single round-robin, with the winner being the leading team after the third round of fixtures. The points for the tournament were awarded for: Win = 4 points Draw = 2 points Loss = 1 point Scoring 4 or more tries in one game = 1 bonus point Losing by 7 or less points = 1 bonus point
Fixtures and results
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| points | Table | |||||||||||
| points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||||
| 1 | (23) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 26 | +120 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 2 | (28) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 37 | +48 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 3 | (30) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 64 | +19 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | (96) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 210 | -187 | 0 | 0 |
Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses
Report 2 Alan Williams 4, Kevin Dams 3, Eliot van Trappen, Alain Mirialakis, Carlos Fierro, Maxime Jadot
Report 2
James Ham Kenneth Hsieh, Sebastian Alfonsi, Ian Ridgeway, Nick Hewson, Salom Yiu Kam-shing, Alex Baddeley
Report2 Mathieu Verschelden, Alan Williams, Penalty Try
Sebastien Guns Carlos Fiero
Shingi Mpofu, Takunda Chifokoyo, Simba Chirimuuta, Biselele Tshamala, Jan Ferreira, Tichafara Makwanya
References
References
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- (2012-11-22). "Emirates Airline Cup of Nations kicks off for second year". AMEinfo.com.
- "EACON - Emirates Airline Cup Of Nations 2012". EACON.
- (2012-12-01). "Sables depleted ahead of Emirates Airline Cup of Nations". The Standard (Zimbabwe).
- (2012-10-28). "Sables lament poor funding". The Standard (Zimbabwe).
- "Hard work pays off for Belgium rugby side with 94-3 win over UAE - Th…".
- (10 December 2012). "Al Azri relishes first UAE cap despite heavy loss to Belgium".
- "Hong Kong happy with 'a magnificent performance'".
- (10 December 2012). "Hong Kong made to work hard by Zimbabwe".
- "Hong Kong defeat UAE in Emirates Airline Cup".
- "Sables lose again".
- (September 2017)
- (15 December 2012). "Chiwanza shines in Sables win - NewsDay Zimbabwe".
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