Sport Rugby union Number of teams 6 Most titles Malaysia (1 title) | Instituted 2015 Holders Malaysia (2015) | |
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Regions Intercontinental (World Rugby) | ||
Sanctioned by World Rugby under the hospices of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF), the Crescent Cup or the Islamic Nations Rugby Championship is a men's rugby union tournament contested between invited Muslim majority national teams in the 15's format.
The tournament was first held in 2015, hosted by Malaysia; co-organised with the Malaysia Rugby Union. The hosts Malaysia are the current champions, having defeated Algeria in the final.
Although the tournament has been retrospectively described as 'inaugural', as of March 2016 no further tournaments have been announced.
Performance of nations
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
References
Crescent Cup Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA