2009 Asian Five Nations

2009 Asian Five Nations
Date	25 April 2009 - 24 May 2009
Countries	Hong Kong Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Singapore
Tournament statistics
Champions	Japan (2nd title)
Grand Slam	Japan
Matches played	10
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The 2009 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2009 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to its sponsorship by HSBC, was the second series of the rugby union Asian Five Nations, the flagship competition devised by the International Rugby Board to develop the sport in the Asian region.

The teams that competed in the Top Five were:

• Japan
• South Korea
• Hong Kong
• Kazakhstan
• Singapore

The tournament played a role in qualifying for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, with Singapore, the last place team, being relegated to Division 1. As the 2010 edition will serve as the final round of Asian qualifying, Singapore is effectively eliminated.

Top Five

Final Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries	Bonus Points	Points
1	Japan	4	4	0	0	271	40	+231	41	4	24
2	Kazakhstan	4	3	0	1	87	139	-52	10	0	15
3	South Korea	4	2	0	2	137	144	-7	19	3	13
4	Hong Kong	4	1	0	3	110	126	-16	8	3	8
5	Singapore	4	0	0	4	40	196	-156	1	1	1

Scoring System

• Win - 5 Points
• Draw - 3 Points
• Loss - 0 Points
• Bonus points for scoring four tries or for losing by no more than 7 points.
• Results

Fixtures

Home	Score (Tries)	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
(1 BP)South Korea	65 - 0	Singapore	25-Apr-2009	Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam, South Korea
(1 BP)Japan	87 - 10	Kazakhstan	25-Apr-2009	Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka, Japan
Hong Kong	6 - 59	Japan(1 BP)	02-May-2009	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Kazakhstan	30 - 27	South Korea(1 BP)	02-May-2009	Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Singapore	19 - 22	Kazakhstan	09-May-2009	Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore
(1 BP)South Korea	36 - 34	Hong Kong(2 BP)	09-May-2009	Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam, South Korea
(1 BP)Japan	80 - 9	South Korea	16-May-2009	Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka, Japan
(1 BP)Hong Kong	64 - 6	Singapore	16-May-2009	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Singapore	15 - 45	Japan(1 BP)	23-May-2009	Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore
Kazakhstan	25 - 6	Hong Kong	24-May-2009	Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Details

25 April 2009	South Korea	65 – 0	Singapore	Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam, South Korea
	Tries: Kwang Moon Lee (2) Si Won Choi (2) Sung Soo Sim (2) Kan Kyu Han (2) Keun Hyun Kim (2) Yo Han Cha Con: Jun Ki Hong (3) Keun Hyun Kim (2)	Report

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25 April 2009	Japan	87 – 11	Kazakhstan	Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka, Japan
	Tries: Shaun Webb (2) Yuta Imamura (2) Ayumu Goromaru (2) Takashi Kikutani Bryce Robins Yuki Yatomi Luke Thompson Michael Leitch Jack Tarrant Hiroki Yoshida Con: Shaun Webb (9) Ayumu Goromaru (2)	Report	Try: Ildar Abdrazakov Con: Denis Cherkashin Pen: Denis Cherkashin

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2 May 2009	Hong Kong	6 – 59	Japan	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
	Pen: Kenzo Pannell (2)	Report	Tries: Kensuke Hatakeyama (2) Naoki Kawamata Hitoshi Ono Yosshitaka Nakayama Takashi Kikutani Fumiaki Tanaka Hirotoki Onozawa Jack Tarrant Con: Ryan Nicholas (7)

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2 May 2009	Kazakhstan	30 – 27	South Korea	Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan
	Tries: Anton Rudoy (3) Con: Maxim Lifontov (3) Pen: Maxim Lifontov (3)	Report	Tries: Jae Yong Chae Dae Ik Jeong Kun Kyu Kan Con: Jun Ki Hong Kuen Hyun Kim (2) Pen: Keun Hyun Kim Drop: Jun Ki Hong

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9 May 2009	Singapore	19 – 22	Kazakhstan	Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore
	Try: Ben Wheeler Con: John Forrester Pen: John Forrester (4)	Report	Tries: Mihail Soloviyev Denis Cherkashin Oleg Gusselnikov Con: Maxim Lifontov (2) Pen: Maxim Lifontov

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9 May 2009	South Korea	36 – 34	Hong Kong	Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam, South Korea
	Tries: Han Hun Kyu (2) Shing Yong Chul Youn Kwon Woo Park Noh Hoon Hwang Min Seo Con: Chae Jae Yong Lee Jung Min (2)	Report	Tries: Adam Raby (3) Simon Smith Ed Rolston Con: Kenzo Pannell (2) Jonny Elliot Pen: Kenzo Pannell

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16 May 2009	Japan	80 – 9	South Korea	Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka, Japan
	Tries: Hitoshi Onozawa (4) Shaun Webb (2) Ryan Nicholas (2) Jack Tarrant (2) Ayumu Goromaru Yuta Imamura Con: Ryan Nicholas (7) Shaun Webb (3)	Report	Pen: Jun Ki Hong (2) Drop: Jun Ki Hong

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16 May 2009	Hong Kong	64 – 6	Singapore	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
	Tries: Adam Raby (4) Rowan Varty (3) Simon Smith (2) Con: Kenzo Pannell (7) Mike McKee Pen: Kenzo Pannell	Report	Pen: John Forrester (2)

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23 May 2009	Singapore	15 – 45	Japan	Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore
	Pen: Ryan Cumbers (5)	Report	Tries: Hitoshi Ono (2) Takashi Kikutani Yuta Imamura Koji Taira Masakazu Toyota Con: Hiroki Yoshida (5)

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24 May 2009	Kazakhstan	25 – 6	Hong Kong	Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan
	Tries: Timur Mashurov Daulet Akymbekov Ildar Abdrazakov Con: Maxim Lifontov (2) Pen: Maxim Lifontov (2)	Report	Pen: Kenzo Pannell Keith Robertson

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Division One

Division One served as the second round of qualifying for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, as the champion, Arabian Gulf, earned promotion to the Asian Five Nations for the 2010 season. The 2010 HSBC Asian Five Nations will be the final qualifying stage for the Asian representative at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

	Semi-finals				Final
	April 8, 2009
	Chinese Taipei	36
	Sri Lanka	24
					April 11, 2009
					Chinese Taipei	24
					Arabian Gulf	44
					3rd-Place final
	April 8, 2009			April 11, 2009
	Arabian Gulf	36		Sri Lanka	51
	Thailand	17			Thailand	17

Fixtures

Semi finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Chinese Taipei	36 - 24	Sri Lanka	08-Apr-2009	The Sevens, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Arabian Gulf	36 - 17	Thailand	08-Apr-2009	The Sevens, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Third v Fourth Final

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Sri Lanka	51 - 17	Thailand	11-Apr-2009	The Sevens, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Final

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Chinese Taipei	24 - 44	Arabian Gulf	11-Apr-2009	The Sevens, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Division two

	Semi-finals				Final
	June 3, 2009
	China	25
	Pakistan	19
					June 6, 2009
					Malaysia	43
					China	15
					3rd-Place final
	June 3, 2009			June 6, 2009
	Malaysia	43		Pakistan	3
	India	29			India	44

Fixtures

Semi finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
China	25 - 19	Pakistan	03-June-2009	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia	43 - 29	India	03-June-2009	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Third v Fourth Final

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Pakistan	3 - 44	India	06-June-2009	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Final

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Malaysia	43 - 15	China	06-June-2009	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Division three

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 1, 2009
	Guam	23
	Indonesia	3
					July 4, 2009
					Guam	0
					Philippines	25
					3rd-Place final
	July 1, 2009			July 4, 2009
	Philippines	15		Indonesia	13
	Iran	0			Iran	48

Fixtures

Semi finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Guam	23 - 3	Indonesia	01-July-2009	Manila, Philippines
Philippines	15 - 0	Iran	01-July-2009	Manila, Philippines

Third v Fourth Final

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Iran	48 - 13	Indonesia	04-July-2009	Manila, Philippines

Final

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Philippines	25 - 0	Guam	04-July-2009	Manila, Philippines

Regional Divisions

Regional 1

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Laos	2	2	0	0	36	11	25	4
2	Brunei	2	1	0	1	29	38	-9	2
3	Cambodia	2	0	0	2	13	29	-16	0

Fixtures

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Laos	28 - 8	Brunei	22-Mar-2009	Savannakhet, Vientiane, Laos
Brunei	21 - 10	Cambodia	25-Mar-2009	Savannakhet, Vientiane, Laos
Cambodia	3 - 8	Laos	28-Mar-2009	Savannakhet, Vientiane, Laos

Regional 2

	Semifinal					Final
						Uzbekistan		31
	Kyrgyzstan		38			Kyrgyzstan		12
	Mongolia		21

Semifinal

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Kyrgyzstan	38 - 21	Mongolia	09-June-2009	Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Final

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
Uzbekistan	31 - 12	Kyrgyzstan	13-June-2009	Tashkent, Uzbekistan

References

http://www.irb.com/mm/document/newsmedia/0/090302hsbcasianfivenations2009seriesschedule_7322.pdf