2015 Crescent Cup

The 2015 Crescent Cup or the 2015 Islamic Nations Rugby Championship was the first edition of the expanded annual Muslim nation teams Crescent Cup. The tournament was held in Malacca, Malaysia from 6 to 14 June 2015, sanctioned by World Rugby and co-organised with the Malaysia Rugby Union under the auspices of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation.

2015 Crescent Cup
Date6 – 14 June 2015
Countries Algeria
 Kazakhstan
 Lebanon
 Malaysia
 Uzbekistan
Final positions
Champions Malaysia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
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Five teams took part in the competition: Algeria, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia and Uzbekistan. Iran, normally the sixth team, withdrew from the tournament. Malaysia won the Championship, becoming the first team to win the tournament beating Algeria in the controversial final match, which was abandoned after a savage all-in brawl involving players, officials and spectators.[1]

Pool stage
Key to colours in pool tables
Qualified for the final
Qualified for the third place match

Pool A
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/− Pts
 Malaysia 2200659+568
 Lebanon 21015413+414
 Uzbekistan 200212109–970
6 June 2015Malaysia 10–0 LebanonMalaysia
8 June 2015Lebanon 54–3 UzbekistanMalaysia
11 June 2015Malaysia 55–9 UzbekistanMalaysia

Pool B
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/− Pts
 Algeria 2200415+368
 Kazakhstan 2002541–360
 Iran withdrew
6 June 2015Algeria 26–5 KazakhstanMalaysia
10 June 2015Algeria 15–0 KazakhstanMalaysia

Knockout stage

Third place match
14 June 2015
14:30 MAS (UTC+8)
Lebanon 25–35 Kazakhstan
Merlimau Polytechnic Batang, Merlimau

Final
14 June 2015
16:30 MAS (UTC+8)
Malaysia 19–11
abandoned [1]		 Algeria
Merlimau Polytechnic Batang, Merlimau
Referee: Thammanoon Kuncharo (Thailand)

References
  1. "Malaysia v Algeria rugby union final abandoned after savage brawl". The Guardian. June 16, 2015.
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