The 2015 Asian Rugby Championship division tournaments refers to the divisions played within the annual Asian Rugby Championship rugby union tournament. The

Asian Rugby Championship The Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, is an annual rugby union competition held amongst national rugby sides within the Asia Rugby region. The competition was originally known as the Asian Rugby Football Tournament when founded in 1969, and was call ...

replaced the

Asian Five Nations The Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, is an annual rugby union competition held amongst national rugby sides within the Asia Rugby region. The competition was originally known as the Asian Rugby Football Tournament when founded in 1969, and was call ...

tournament. The main tournament is now participated by the top three teams in Asia, less teams competing at the 2014 Asian Five Nations, which saw the top five teams in Asia participate. In this edition,

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

participated at the main tournament.

Teams

The teams involved, with their world rankings pre tournament (as of 14 April), were: Division 1 * (39) * (52) * (55) * (38) Division 2 * (60) * (61) * (65) * (91) Division 3 East * (64) * (80) * (91) West * (NA) * (NA) * (NA) South Central * (69) * (79) (withdrew) * (88) Division 4 No tournaments for the Div 4 teams: * (NA) * (NA) * (NA) * (NA) * (NA) * (NA) * (NA) * (NA)

Division 1

Division 1 of the 2015 Asian Rugby Championship was held at the

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Bocaue Bocaue, officially the Municipality of Bocaue ( tgl, Bayan ng Bocaue), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 141,412 people. With the continuous expansion of Met ...

Bulacan Bulacan, officially the Province of Bulacan ( tl, Lalawigan ng Bulacan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the city of Malolos. Bulacan was established on August 15, 1578, and part of the Metr ...

from May 6, 2015 to May 9, 2015.

Fixtures

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Notes:

Due to financial reasons, the Top 3 Challenge match between Sri Lanka and South Korea scheduled for 6 June 2015 was cancelled. Sri Lanka remained in Division 1 for 2016 and South Korea remained in the Tri-nations division.

Division 2

The Division 2 tournament was held in

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, Malaysia.

Table

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Division 3 East

The Division 3 East tournament was held in

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, Indonesia.

Table

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Division 3 West

The Division 3 West tournament was held in

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Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

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Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Division 3 Central

The Division 3 Central tournament will be held in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

were scheduled to participate, but had to withdraw due to financial concerns. The tournament was reduced to

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and

playing two tests to decide the winner of Division 3 Central.

Table

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

References

External links

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