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2014 Asian Five Nations division tournaments

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(19) Refer to division

Official website
  
Website

Matches played
  
17

Date
  
23 April 2014 – 22 June 2014

For main Top 5 Division, see: 2014 Asian Five Nations

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The 2014 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, known as the 2014 HSBC Asian 5 Nations for sponsorship reasons, refer to the divisions played within the annual Asian Five Nations rugby union tournament. This is the 7th series of the Asian Five Nations. For the first time since 2010, only four division were used, with a shortened Division 1 due to the change of format in 2015. Division 3 was split into an East and a West conference which like Division 1 was out in place ahead of that format in 2015.

Changes from 2013

  • The United Arab Emiratis participated in the Division 1 tournament, haven been relegated from the Top 5.
  • Sri Lanka was promoted to the Top 5 Division, after winning the Division 1 competition in 2013.
  • Singapore have replaced Thailand in Division 1, with Thailand competing in Division 2.
  • Qatar will compete in Division 2 - replacing India, following promotion from Division 3.
  • Lebanon promoted out of Division 4, though no team was demoted out of Division 3.
  • With the removal of Division 5, Laos was moved to Division 3, while Brunei, Cambodia and Mongolia forms a new Division 4.

    • Teams

    The teams involved, with their world rankings pre tournament, were:

    Division 1

  •  Chinese Taipei (58)
  •  Kazakhstan (45)
  •  Singapore (56)
  •  United Arab Emirates (97)

    • Division 2

  •  Iran (NA)
  •  Malaysia (71)
  •  Qatar (NA)
  •  Thailand (60)

    • Division 3 East

  •  China (68)
  •  Guam (88)
  •  Indonesia (96)
  •  Laos (NA)

    • Division 3 West

  •  India (74)
  •  Lebanon (NA)
  •  Pakistan (76)
  •  Uzbekistan (96)

    • Division 4

  •  Brunei (NA)
  •  Cambodia (NA)
  •  Mongolia (NA)

    • Division 1

    The 2014 Division 1 tournament was held as a single match knock-out format. The participants of the final will remain in Division 1 for the 2015 as the bottom two teams from the 2014 Asian Five Nations tournament will be relegated to Division 1.

    Division 2

    The 2014 Division II tournament, like the previous tournaments, is being held in a single match knock-out format.

    Division 3

    The 2014 Division 3 tournament was split into an East and West tournament with both tournaments being held in a single match knock-out format.

    East

    Semi-finals
    Third place play-off
    Final

    West

    Semi-finals
    Third place play-off
    Final

    Division 4

    The 2014 Division IV tournament was held as a single round-robin tournament held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.

    References

    2014 Asian Five Nations division tournaments Wikipedia
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