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2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments

Field	Value
name	2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments
date	31 March 2013 – 7 July 2013
countries	(18) Refer to division
matches	20
website	Website
previous year	2012
previous tournament	2012 Asian Five Nations division tournaments
next year	2014
next tournament	2014 Asian Five Nations division tournaments

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

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

(60)
(35)
(47)
(59)

Division 2

(67)
(NA)
(64)
(66)

Division 3

(68)
(87)
(NA)
(NA)

Division 4

(NA)
(NA)
(79)
(NA)

Division 5

(NA)
(NA)

Division 1

	Relegated

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.

Table

Position	Nation	Games	Points	Bonus
points	Total
points	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Difference
1		3	3	0	0	133	33	+100	3	18
2		3	1	2	0	70	92	-22	1	6
3		3	1	2	0	70	104	-34	6	6
4		3	1	2	0	63	107	-44	0	5

Points are awarded to the teams as follows:

	Results		Points
Win	5 points
Draw	3 points
4 or more tries	1 point
Loss within 7 points	1 point
Loss greater than 7 points	0 points

Fixtures

Topong Boonlon, Pichit Yingcharoen

Yoshitha Rajapakse 50' Fazil Marija 55' 61' Sumedha Malawana 66' Roshan Weeraratne (1/1)

RSA Ravin Du Plessis

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Singapore Aaron Littlewood

Sri Lanka Mohamed Cader

Sean Moore

Pradeep Liyanage 28' 60' Chamara Dabare 30' Roshan Weerarathne 44'

RSA Ravin Du Plessis

Thailand Tanyavit Kuasint

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Japan Taku Otsuki

Sri Lanka Priyantha Gunarathna

Sean Moore

Shenal Dias 26' Pradeep Liyanage 40' Sathya Ranathunga 41' Fazil Marija 49' Chamara Dabare 56' Alexandr Zolotukhin 69'

RSA Ravin Du Plessis

Kazakhstan Timur Mashurov

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Japan Taizo Hirabayashi

Singapore Aaron Littlewood

Sean Moore

Division 2

	Relegated

|June 4, 2013||67||8 |June 4, 2013||48||10 |June 8, 2013||20 ||17 |June 7, 2013||13||30

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Division 3

	Relegated

|June 5, 2013||33 ||15 |June 5, 2013||0 ||76 |June 8, 2013||7 ||13 |June 7, 2013||37 ||13

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Division 4

	Relegated

|May 8, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai||35 ||25 |May 8, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai||31 ||25 |May 10, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai||45 ||12 |May 10, 2013 The Sevens, Dubai||18 ||15

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Division 5

	Relegated

Game 1

Game 2

References

"Stage set for Asian Five Nations Rugby in SL".
"Official RWC 2015 Site".
"Official RWC 2015 Site".
"asian5nations.com".
"Official RWC 2015 Site".
"Official RWC 2015 Site".
"Official RWC 2015 Site".
[http://www.asian5nations.com/node/41 Division III schedule] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-07)
[http://www.asian5nations.com/node/42 Division IV schedule] {{webarchive. link. (2011-09-02)
"asian5nations.com".
"asian5nations.com".

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