2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments

The 2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments refers to the divisions played within the annual international rugby union tournament for the Asian region. The Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) replaced the Asian Five Nations tournament in 2015. The main tournament is now contested by the top three teams in Asia.[1] The other national teams in Asia compete in three divisions.

2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments
Tournament statistics
2016 (Previous) (Next) 2018

Teams

The teams involved in the division tournaments, with their world rankings prior to the competition in brackets:

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

West

East

Division 1

2017 Asia Rugby Championship Division 1
Tournament details
Host nation Malaysia
DateMay 14–20, 2017
Countries4
Final positions
Champions Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Tries scored35 (5.83 per match)
Top scorer(s) Thilina Wijesinghe (36)
Most tries Jobe Mawara Nasalo
Justin Coveney
(4 each)

The Division 1 tournament will be held in Ipoh, Malaysia. All times are Malaysia Time (UTC+8)

For the 2017 edition of the tournament, Division 1 doubles as part of qualification for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. All teams that do not win Division 1 will be eliminated from World Cup qualification.

Table

Key to colours
Champions and qualified for 2018 Asia Rugby Championship
Pos Nation Games Points Bonus
points
Total
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Malaysia33009839+59214
2 Sri Lanka32016652+1419
3 Philippines31025590-3515
4 United Arab Emirates300365103-3800
Source: rugbyarchive.net
Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2).

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Division 2

2017 Asia Rugby Championship Division 2
Tournament details
Host nation Chinese Taipei
Date15–18 November 2017
Countries4
Final positions
Champions Singapore
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Tries scored30 (7.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Warongkorn Khamkoet (22)

The Division 2 tournament were held at Taipei Municipal Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan.[2] As the champion, Singapore were promoted to 2018 Asia Rugby Championship Division 1.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 November 2017
 
 
 Singapore49
 
18 November 2017
 
 India0
 
 Singapore38
 
15 November 2017
 
 Thailand13
 
 Chinese Taipei21
 
 
 Thailand27
 
Third place play-off
 
 
18 November 2017
 
 
 India19
 
 
 Chinese Taipei37

Semi-Finals

3rd Place Final

Final

Division 3 West

2017 Asia Rugby Championship Division 3 West
Tournament details
Host nation Uzbekistan
Date25–31 March 2017
Countries3
Final positions
Champions Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Tries scored14 (4.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Karim Jammal (27)

The Division 3 West tournament will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3]

Pos Nation Games Points Bonus
points
Total
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Lebanon 21104948+106
2 Uzbekistan 20203737004
3 Iran 20113738-124
Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2).

Fixtures

Division 3 East

2017 Asia Rugby Championship Division 3CE
Tournament details
Host nation Laos
Date1–4 November 2017
Countries4

The Division 3CE tournament was scheduled to be held on 1–4 November 2017 at Chao Anouvong Stadium in Vientiane, Laos, with four teams competing:[4]

The tournament was cancelled due to the unavailability of both Guam and Indonesia.

References

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