2011 Asian Five Nations

2011 Asian Five Nations
Date	23 April – 21 May 2011
Countries	Hong Kong; Japan; Kazakhstan; Sri Lanka; United Arab Emirates
Final positions
Champions	Japan (19th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Top scorer(s)	Maxim Lifontov (54)
Most tries	Kosuke Endo (8)
Website	www.asian5nations.com
	← 2010 2012 →

For divisional competitions, see: 2011 Asian Five Nations division tournaments

The 2011 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2011 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, was the 4th series of the Asian Five Nations rugby union tournament.

The 2011 Asian 5 nations consisted of the best 5 teams in Asia; Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.

Sri Lanka qualified for the 2011 edition of the tournament by winning Division One of the 2010 tournament against Singapore 23–16. The United Arab Emirates also qualify with the disbanding of the Arabian Gulf rugby team, this is the first time both these teams have appeared in the top five.

Changes from 2010[]

South Korea has been replaced with Sri Lanka, who earns promotion from Division 1.

Teams[]

The teams involved are:

Nation	Home stadium	City	Head coach	Captain
Hong Kong (37)	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	Hong Kong	Dai Rees
Japan (13)	None	None	John Kirwan	Takashi Kikutani
Kazakhstan (27)		Almaty
Sri Lanka (41)	CR & FC Grounds	Colombo
United Arab Emirates (NR)	Zayed Sports City The Sevens	Abu Dhabi Dubai

Final Table[]

Rank	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Total points
Rank	Nation	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff	Bonus points	Total points
1	Japan	4	4	0	0	307	35	272	4	24
2	Hong Kong	4	3	1	0	155	61	94	3	18
3	United Arab Emirates	4	1	2	1	40	196	−156	0	8
4	Kazakhstan	4	1	3	0	54	126	−72	1	6
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	3	1	47	185	−138	0	3

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[]

Week 1[]

23 April 2011
16:00 SLST

Sri Lanka	13–13	United Arab Emirates
Try: 45' 66' Con: (0/2) Pen: (1/2) 42' (0/1)	Report^[1]	Try: 54' 62' Pen: (1/2) 48'

CR & FC Grounds, Colombo
Attendance: 4,000+^[2]
Referee:


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Fazil Marija (vc)
SH	9
N8	8	(c)
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5	Yoshitha Rajapaksa
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutes:
	16
	17
	18	Bilal Hassan
	19
	20
	21
	22
Coach:


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4	(c)
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutes:
	16
	17	David Clouston
	18
	19
	20
	21
	22
Coach:

Touch judges:

23 April 2011
16:00

Kazakhstan	10–23	Hong Kong
Try: 46' Con: (1/1) Pen: Maxim Lifontov 16' (1/1)	Report^[1]	Try: 17' 65' Con: (2/2)

National University Stadium, Almaty

Week 2[]

29 April 2011
19:00

United Arab Emirates	24–10	Kazakhstan
Try: 31' 70' Con: (0/2) Pen: (4/4) 16', 18', 39', 46'	Report^[1]	Try: 27' 75'

Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi

30 April 2011
16:00

Hong Kong	22–45	Japan
Try: 51' Rowan Varty 25' 41' Con: (2/2) Pen: 38' (1/1)	Report^[1]	Try: 11' Shaun Webb 19' Hirotoki Onozawa 32' Alisi Tupuailai 42', 44', 45' Michael Leitch 55' Con: Ryan Nicholas (5/5)

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Harry Mason (Singapore)


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13	(c)
IC	12
LW	11	Rowan Varty
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutes:
	16
	17
	18
	19
	20
	21
	22
Coach:
Dai Rees


FB	15	Taihei Ueda
RW	14	Alisi Tupuailei
OC	13	Koji Taira
IC	12	Ryan Nicholas
LW	11	Hirotoki Onozawa
FH	10	Shaun Webb
SH	9	Atsushi Hiwasa
N8	8
OF	7	Michael Leitch
BF	6	Takashi Kikutani (c)
RL	5	Toshizumi Kitagawa
LL	4	Justin Ives
TP	3	Nozomu Fujita
HK	2	Hiroki Yuhara
LP	1	Naoki Kawamata
Substitutes:
	16	Takeshi Kizu
	17	Kensuke Hatakeyama
	18	Luke Thompson
	19
	20	Fumiaki Tanaka
	21	James Arlidge
	22	Yuta Imamura
Coach:
John Kirwan

Touch judges:

Week 3[]

7 May 2011
19:00

Kazakhstan	0–61	Japan
	Report^[1]	Try: Justin Ives 7' Takeshi Kizu 3', 29', 47', 66' 51 Koji Taira 38' 71' Alisi Tupuailei 79' Con: (4/4) Shaun Webb (4/4)

National Stadium, Bangkok
Referee: Mohammad Yusof (Singapore)

7 May 2011
15:00 SLST

Sri Lanka	3–48	Hong Kong
Pen: (1/1)	Report^[1]	Try: 5', 78' 12', 68' 34' Alexander 65' 75' Con: (2/2) 68', 75', 78' (3/3) Pen: 41' (1/1)

CR & FC Grounds, Colombo


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Fazil Marija (vc)
SH	9
N8	8	(c)
OF	7	Yoshitha Rajapaksa
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutes:
	16
	17
	18	Bilal Hassan
	19
	20
	21
	22
Coach:


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12	(c)
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutes:
	16
	17
	18
	19
	20
	21
	22
Coach:
Dai Rees

Touch judges:

Week 4[]

13 May 2011
20:00

United Arab Emirates	0–111	Japan
	Report^[1]

The Sevens, Dubai
Attendance: 2,000


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9	David Clouston
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5	(c)
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutes:
	16
	17
	18
	19
	20
	21
	22
Coach:


FB	15	Go Aruga
RW	14	Kosuke Endo
OC	13	Taihei Ueda
IC	12	Ryan Nicholas
LW	11	Takehisa Usuzuki
FH	10	James Arlidge
SH	9	Atsushi Hiwasa
N8	8
OF	7	Michael Leitch
BF	6	Takashi Kikutani
RL	5	Justin Ives
LL	4	Hitoshi Ono (c)
TP	3	Nozomu Fujita
HK	2	Hiroki Yuhara
LP	1	Hisateru Hirashima
Substitutes:
	16	Takeshi Kizu
	17	Kensuke Hatakeyama
	18	Itaru Taniguchi
	19
	20	Fumiaki Tanaka
	21	Shaun Webb
	22
Coach:
John Kirwan

Touch judges:

14 May 2011
16:00

Kazakhstan	34–18	Sri Lanka
Try: dmitriy tkachenky 11' yevginiv shekurov 18' 30', 68' pavel lenov 80' Con: maxim lifontov (4/5) 18', 68', 80' Pen: maxim lifontov (1/1) 70'	Report^[1]	Try: lasintha costa (2) 10', 24' Con: numon hettiarachchi (1/2) 24' Pen: numon hettiarachchi (2/2) 9' 62'

National University Stadium, Almaty

Week 5[]

21 May 2011
16:00 SLST

Sri Lanka	13–90	Japan
Try: 10' Con: 10' (1/1) Pen: 39' (1/1) 68'	Report^[1]	Try: Takehisa Usuzuki 7' 22' Alisi Tupuailai 28', 43', 63', 72' Fumiaki Tanaka 32', 39' Takashi Kikutani 35', 50' 66' Hirotoki Onozawa 80' Con: Shaun Webb 22', 32', 35 (3/5) 39', 43', 63', 66', 72'(5/5)

CR & FC Grounds, Colombo
Referee: (UAE)

21 May 2011
16:00

Hong Kong	62–3	United Arab Emirates
Try: 15' 18' 24' 34' 49', 61' 28', 78' 66' 70' Con: 24', 39' (2/5) 49', 61', 70', 78' (4/5)	Report^[1]	Pen: 9' (1/1)

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13	(c)
IC	12
LW	11	Rowan Varty
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutes:
	16
	17
	18
	19
	20
	21
	22
Coach:
Dai Rees


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4	(c)
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Substitutes:
	16
	17	David Clouston
	18
	19
	20
	21
	22
Coach:

Touch judges:

Media coverage[]

The tournament is broadcast live in many different countries, some of which are listed below:

Nation(s)	Broadcaster
China	^[3]
Hong Kong	^[3]
India	STAR Sports India^[3]
Malaysia	^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Top 5 – Match Stats - HSBC Asian 5 Nations". archive.org. 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ - Saturday. "UAE rugby draw 13–13 with Sri Lanka in Asian Five Nations opener". Thenational.ae. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "TV schedules for HSBC Asian 5 Nations | HSBC Asian 5 Nations". Asian5nations.com. Retrieved 2011-12-02.

External links[]

[archive.org-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Top 5 – Match Stats - HSBC Asian 5 Nations". archive.org. 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[2] - Saturday. "UAE rugby draw 13–13 with Sri Lanka in Asian Five Nations opener". Thenational.ae. Retrieved 2011-12-02.

[auto-3] "TV schedules for HSBC Asian 5 Nations | HSBC Asian 5 Nations". Asian5nations.com. Retrieved 2011-12-02.

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