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2013 Asian Five Nations
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The 2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, known as the 2013 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the
HSBC
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, referred to the divisions played within the tournament. This was the 6th series of the
Asian Five Nations
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.
Changes from 2012
* Kazakhstan participated in the Division 1 tournament, haven been relegated from the Top 5.
* Philippines was promoted to the Top 5 Division, following promotions form Division 3 to Division 2, then Division 2 to Division 1.
* Thailand have replaced Singapore in Division 1, with Singapore competing in Division 2.
* India will compete in Division 2 - replacing China, following promotion from Division 3.
* Qatar becomes the first team to be promoted out of Division 4, replacing Pakistan who are demoted to Division 4.
* Laos becomes the first team to be promoted out of Division 5, though no team was demoted out of Division 4.
Teams
The teams involved, with their world rankings pre tournament, were:
Division 1
* (60)
* (35)
* (47)
* (59)
Division 2
* (67)
* (NA)
* (64)
* (66)
Division 3
* (68)
* (87)
* (NA)
* (NA)
Division 4
* (NA)
* (NA)
* (79)
* (NA)
Division 5
* (NA)
* (NA)
Division 1
Division one will be held in a
round-robin format. All games will be played at Havelock Park in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
between March 31 and April 6, 2013.
Table
Points are awarded to the teams as follows:
Fixtures
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Touch judges:
Aaron Littlewood
Mohamed Cader
Sean Moore
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Touch judges:
Taku Otsuki
Priyantha Gunarathna
Sean Moore
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Touch judges:
Taizo Hirabayashi
Aaron Littlewood
Sean Moore
Division 2
[Division III schedule](_blank)
Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
Final
Division 3
Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
Final
Division 4
[Division IV schedule](_blank)
Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
Final
Division 5
Game 1
Game 2
References
External links
Official WebsiteARFU
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