2012 Asian Five Nations

The 2012 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2012 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, was the 5th series of the Asian Five Nations rugby union tournament.^[1]

2012 Asian Five Nations

Date	27 April – 26 May 2012
Countries	Hong Kong  Japan  Kazakhstan  South Korea  United Arab Emirates
Final positions
Champions	Japan (20th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Top scorer(s)	Ayumu Goromaru (62)
Most tries	Yoshikazu Fujita (6)
Website	www.asian5nations.com
← 2011 2013 →

Japan secured their 5th Asian Five Nations title, 20th overall Asian title, winning all four of their games.

Changes from 2011

• Sri Lanka has been replaced with South Korea, 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 Mong Kok Stadium	Hong Kong	Dai Rees
Japan (14)	Level-5 Stadium Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Fukuoka Tokyo	Eddie Jones	Toshiaki Hirose
Kazakhstan (30)	Almaty Central Stadium National University Stadium	Almaty	Valery Popov
South Korea (31)	Seongnam Stadium	Seoul	Seo Chun-Oh
United Arab Emirates (NR)	Jebel Ali Center of Excellence The Sevens	Dubai	Duncan Hall	Alistair Thompson

Final Table

2012 Asian Five Nations Champion

Relegated to Division One

Rank	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Total points
		Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff
1	Japan	4	4	0	0	312	11	301	4	24
2	South Korea	4	3	1	0	163	109	54	2	17
3	Hong Kong	4	2	2	0	159	98	61	3	13
4	United Arab Emirates	4	1	3	0	80	269	-189	1	6
5	Kazakhstan	4	0	4	0	48	275	-227	1	1

Points are awarded to the teams as follows:

Results	Points
Win	5 points
Draw	3 points
4 or more tries	1 point
Loss within 7 points	1 point
Loss greater than 7 points	0 points

Fixtures

27 April 2012 20:00

United Arab Emirates	10–85	Hong Kong
Try: Thompson		Try: Varty (4) Maclay (3) McQueen (2) Robertson Kam Shing Hewson Jones Hussey Con: Robertson (3) McQueen Hood (2) Pen: Robertson (1)

The Sevens, Dubai

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28 April 2012 15:00

Kazakhstan	0–87	Japan
		Try: Tamura 1' c Ono 13' c Goromaru (2) 21' c, 49' c Onozawa (3) 33' c, 58' c, 64' c Semba 40' c Hatakeyama 41' c Fujii 60' m Sasaki 67' c Hirose 71' m Nagatomo 80' c Con: Goromaru (11/13)

Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Harry Mason

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5 May 2012 16:00

Hong Kong	19–21	South Korea
		Try: Nam-Wook (2) Noh-Woon Con: Oh Youn-Hyung (2/2) Kim Won-Yong (1/1)

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

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5 May 2012 18:00

Japan	106–3	United Arab Emirates
Try: Tatekawa 5' Fujita (6) 11' , 50' , 58' , 61' , 69' , 71' Goromaru (2) 18' , 21' Mochizuki 25' Semba 32' Kuwazuru (2) 46' , 74' H,Ono 55' Morikawa 65' Kizu 84' Con: Goromaru (10/11) Tatekawa (4/5)	Report[2]	Pen: Strang (1/2)

Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka Referee: Harry Mason

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11 May 2012 18:00

United Arab Emirates	46–31	Kazakhstan

Jebel Ali Center of Excellence, Dubai

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12 May 2012 13:00

South Korea	8–52	Japan
Try: Sung Min Con: Hong Sik (0/1) Pen: Hong Sik (1/1)	Report[3]	Try: Onozawa (3) Makabe Mochizuki Hirose Sasaki (2) Con: Goromaru (6/8)

Seongnam Stadium, Seoul

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19 May 2012 14:00

Japan	67–0	Hong Kong

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

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19 May 2012 15:00

Kazakhstan	17–87	South Korea

National University Stadium, Almaty

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26 May 2012 13:00

South Korea	47–21	United Arab Emirates

Seongnam Stadium, Seoul

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26 May 2012 16:00

Hong Kong	55–0	Kazakhstan

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

See also

• 2012 Asian Five Nations division tournaments