2014 Asian Five Nations

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.

For the divisional competitions, see 2014 Asian Five Nations division tournaments.
2014 Asian Five Nations
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 →

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 Leigh Jones Pale Tauti
 Japan (13) Mizuho Rugby Stadium
National Olympic Stadium		 Nagoya
Tokyo		 Australia Eddie Jones Toshiaki Hirose
 South Korea (23) Incheon Munhak Stadium Incheon South Korea Kim Myung Joo
 Philippines (57) Eagles Nest Stadium Laguna Australia Jarred Hodges
 Sri Lanka (39) Colombo Racecourse Colombo Sri Lanka Johan Taylor 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 440034233+309424
2 Hong Kong 430119665+131318
3 South Korea 4202122126-4212
4 Philippines 410358274–21616
5 Sri Lanka 400448258–21011

Points are awarded to the teams as follows:

Results Points
Win5 points
Draw3 points
4 or more tries1 point
Loss within 7 points1 point
Loss greater than 7 points0 points

Fixtures

Round 1
26 April 2014
12:00 KST (UTC+09)
South Korea 59–3 Sri Lanka
Try: Jung Pil 2' m
Jeong Min (2) 6' c, 25' m
Eudum 17' m
Jong Yeul 39' m
Kwang Moon 53' c
Young Gi 59' c
Hyun Soo 67' m
Byeong Ho 78' c
Con: Eudum (2/6) 7', 54'
Won Yong (2/3) 60', 79'
Pen: Won Yong (2/2) 32', 64'		Report[2]Pen: Riza Mubarak (1/2) 27'
Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon
Referee: Taku Otsuki (Japan)
26 April 2014
18:00 HKT (UTC+08)
Hong Kong 108–0 Philippines
Try: Wei 2' m
Kam Shing 8' c
Brant 14' m
Lamming (3) 31' c, 49' c, 68' c
Phelps 35'
Hsieh 38' c
Jones 40' c
McColl (2) 42' c, 80' c
Varty 55' c
Mcqueen 59' m
McKee 64' m
Wheatley 72' c
Baddeley 78' m
Con: McAdam (11/16) 9', 32', 36', 39', 40', 43', 50', 55', 69', 73', 80'
Pen: McAdam (2/3) 10', 26'		Report[3]
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
FB15Alex Mcqueen
RW14Rowan Varty
OC13Jake Phelps
IC12Lloyd Jones
LW11Yiu Kam Shing
FH10Chris McAdam
SH9Kenneth Hsieh
N88Pale Tauti (c)
OF7Matt Lamming
BF6Alex Baddeley
RL5Paul Dwyer
LL4Bill Brant
TP3Stephen Nolan
HK2Alex Harris (c)
LP1Leon Wei
Replacements:
HK16Thomas Bolland
PR17James Cooper
PR18Alex Ng
LK19Terence Montgomery
FL20Nick Hewson
SH21Pete Mckee
FH22Nick Wheatley
CE23Tom McColl
Coach:
Wales Leigh Jones
FB15Alexander Aronson
RW14Gareth Holgate
OC13Justin Coveney
IC12Matthew Saunders
LW11Kenneth Stern
FH10Oliver Saunders (c)
SH9Jake Letts
N88Samuel Bennetts
OF7Darran Seeto
BF6Christopher Anderson
RL5Ashley Heward
LL4Stephen Howorth
TP3Philip Sinclair
HK2Austin Dacanay
LP1David Robinson-Polkey
Replacements:
HK16Glenn Power
PR17Daniel Melrose
PR18Fergus Mitra
FL19Nathan Welch
FL20Timothy Kong
SH21Cleo Gomez
FH22Fritz Moschitz
WG23Rupert Zappia
Coach:
Australia Jarred Hodges

Touch judges:
Paul McKay (Singapore)
Macro Wu Wu Zhihong (China)

Round 2
3 May 2014
15:30 PST (UTC+08)
Philippines 10–99 Japan
Report[4]
Eagles Nest Stadium, Laguna
Referee: Dewi Rowlands (Hong Kong)
3 May 2014
18:30 SLT (UTC+05:30)
Sri Lanka 10–41 Hong Kong
Report[5]
Colombo Racecourse Sports Complex, Colombo
Referee: Azhar Mohammad Bin Yus (Singapore)

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]
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

Round 4
17 May 2014
12:00 KST (UTC+09)
South Korea 5–62 Japan
Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon
17 May 2014
18:30 SLT (UTC+05:30)
Sri Lanka 25–26 Philippines
Colombo Racecourse Sports Complex, Colombo

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
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  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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