2014 Asian Five Nations

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2014 Asian Five Nations
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Date26 April – 25 May
Countries Hong Kong
 Japan
 Philippines
 South Korea
 Sri Lanka
Final positions
Champions Japan (22nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Websitewww.asian5nations.com
← 2013
2015 →

The 2014 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2014 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, was the 7th and final series of the Asian Five Nations rugby union tournament, before it shrinks to only include the top 3 Asian teams from 2015.

Japan, as victors, qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup as Asia 1 in Pool B, while the runner up, Hong Kong, qualified for the repechage playoffs, against Uruguay.[1] In additional qualifications, only the top three teams would play in the leading tier in 2015, after the ARFU reduced the top tier from five, to three.

Changes from 2013[]

  • United Arab Emirates 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 (26) Hong Kong Football Club Stadium Hong Kong Wales
 Japan (13) Mizuho Rugby Stadium
National Olympic Stadium 		Nagoya
Tokyo 		Australia Eddie Jones Toshiaki Hirose
 South Korea (23) Incheon Munhak Stadium Incheon South Korea
 Philippines (57) Eagles Nest Stadium Laguna Australia
 Sri Lanka (39) Colombo Racecourse Colombo Sri Lanka Fazil Marija

Final Table[]

2014 Asian Five Nations Champion
Relegated to Division One
Position Nation Games Points Bonus
points 		Total
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1  Japan 4 4 0 0 342 33 +309 4 24
2  Hong Kong 4 3 0 1 196 65 +131 3 18
3  South Korea 4 2 0 2 122 126 -4 2 12
4  Philippines 4 1 0 3 58 274 –216 1 6
5  Sri Lanka 4 0 0 4 48 258 –210 1 1

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[]

Round 1[]

26 April 2014
12:00 KST (UTC+09)
South Korea  59–3  Sri Lanka
Try: 2' m
(2) 6' c, 25' m
17' m
39' m
Kwang Moon 53' c
59' c
67' m
78' c
Con: (2/6) 7', 54'
(2/3) 60', 79'
Pen: (2/2) 32', 64'
 Report[2] Pen: (1/2) 27'
26 April 2014
18:00 HKT (UTC+08)
Hong Kong  108–0  Philippines
Try: 2' m
Kam Shing 8' c
14' m
(3) 31' c, 49' c, 68' c
Phelps 35'
38' c
40' c
(2) 42' c, 80' c
Varty 55' c
59' m
64' m
72' c
78' m
Con: (11/16) 9', 32', 36', 39', 40', 43', 50', 55', 69', 73', 80'
Pen: (2/3) 10', 26'
 Report[3]
FB 15
RW 14 Rowan Varty
OC 13 Jake Phelps
IC 12
LW 11 Yiu Kam Shing
FH 10
SH 9
N8 8 (c)
OF 7
BF 6
RL 5 Paul Dwyer
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2 (c)
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
CE 23
Coach:
Wales
FB 15
RW 14 Gareth Holgate
OC 13
IC 12
LW 11 Kenneth Stern
FH 10 Oliver Saunders (c)
SH 9
N8 8
OF 7
BF 6
RL 5
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
FL 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
WG 23
Coach:
Australia

Touch judges:
(Singapore)
(China)

Round 2[]

3 May 2014
15:30 PST (UTC+08)
Philippines  10–99  Japan
Report[4]
Eagles Nest Stadium, Laguna
Referee: (Hong Kong)
3 May 2014
18:30 SLT (UTC+05:30)
Sri Lanka  10–41  Hong Kong
Report[5]

Round 3[]

10 May 2014
18:00 JST (UTC+09)
Japan  132–10  Sri Lanka
IRB[6]
Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
10 May 2014
18:00 HKT (UTC+08)
Hong Kong  39��6  South Korea
IRB[7]

Round 4[]

17 May 2014
12:00 KST (UTC+09)
South Korea  5–62  Japan
17 May 2014
18:30 SLT (UTC+05:30)
Sri Lanka  25–26  Philippines

Round 5[]

24 May 2014
15:30 PST (UTC+08)
Philippines  22–52  South Korea
Eagles Nest Stadium, Laguna
25 May 2014
17:00 JST (UTC+09)
Japan  49–8  Hong Kong
National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Media coverage[]

The tournament is broadcast live in many different countries.

References[]

  1. ^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". Rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  2. ^ "asian5nations.com". asian5nations.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong Rugby Union - All News". www.hkrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  5. ^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  6. ^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  7. ^ "Official RWC 2015 Site". 12 May 2014. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

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