2013 Asian Five Nations

For divisional competitions, see 2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments.

The 2013 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2013 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, was the 26th Asian Five Nations rugby union tournament, and the sixth since it was rebranded from the Asian Rugby Championship in 2008. Japan won the title for the 21st time, conceding just eight points in the entire tournament compared to a total of 316 scored. The UAE finished last and was relegated for the following season.

2013 Asian Five Nations

Date	20 April – 13 May 2013
Countries	Hong Kong  Japan  Philippines  South Korea  United Arab Emirates
Final positions
Champions	Japan (21st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Website	www.asian5nations.com
← 2012 2014 →

Changes from 2012

• Kazakhstan has been replaced with Philippines, who earns promotion from Division 1.

Teams

The teams involved are:

Nation	Home stadium	City	Head coach	Captain
Hong Kong (29)	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	Hong Kong	Leigh Jones
Japan (15)	Level-5 Stadium Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Fukuoka Tokyo	Eddie Jones	Toshiaki Hirose
South Korea (26)	Ansan Wa~ Stadium	Ansan	Seo Chun-Oh
Philippines (56)	Rizal Memorial Stadium	Manila	Jarred Hodges
United Arab Emirates (NR)	The Sevens	Dubai	Duncan Hall

Final table

2013 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	316	8	308	4	24
2	South Korea	4	3	1	0	185	115	70	3	18
3	Hong Kong	4	2	2	0	134	108	26	2	12
4	Philippines	4	1	3	0	63	250	–187	1	6
5	United Arab Emirates	4	0	4	0	28	245	–217	0	0

Fixtures

20 April 2013 14:00 UTC+9

Japan	121–0	Philippines
Try: Ōno (2) 12', 56' Broadhurst 21' Holani (2) 28', 32' Tatekawa (2) 35', 76' Sau (2) 38', 84' Makabe 46' Onozawa 51' Fukuoka (2) 58', 66' Mikami 61' Asahara 67' Goromaru 70' Hatakeyama 74' Aoki 79' Con: Goromaru (14/18)	Report[1]

Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka Attendance: 2,681 Referee: Dewi Rowlands (Hong Kong)

20 April 2013 16:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong	53–7	United Arab Emirates

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

26 April 2013 17:00 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	10–75	South Korea

Al Ain

27 April 2013 16:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong	0–38	Japan
	Report[2]	Try: Kizu 6' Ono 38' Imamura 49' Hirose (2) 69', 72' Fujita 85' Con: Goromaru (4/6)

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Aaron Littlewood (Singapore)

4 May 2013 14:00 UTC+9

Japan	64–5	South Korea
Try: Ono 1' Fukuoka (2) 6', 9' Kikutani (2) 3', 34' Fujita 36' Tui 56' Penalty try 74' Goromaru 77' Sau 84' Con: Goromaru (7/10)	Report[3]	Try: Youn Hyung 82'

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 7,408 Referee: Tobi Lothian (Hong Kong)

4 May 2013 19:00 UTC+8

Philippines	20–59	Hong Kong

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

10 May 2013 20:00 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	3–93	Japan
Pen: Ham 53'	Report[4]	Try: Kikutani (3) 7', 25', 49' Imamura (4) 21', 31', 33', 77' Fujita (2) 36', 41' Asahara 59' Aoki 63' Yasui 67' Tatekawa 69' Atsushi Hiwasa 85' Con: Tamura (2/5) Nakamura (2/4) Tatekawa (5/6)

The Sevens, Dubai Attendance: 500 Referee: Dewi Rowlands (Hong Kong)

11 May 2013 12:00 UTC+9

South Korea	62–19	Philippines

Ansan Wa~ Stadium, Ansan

18 May 2013 12:00 UTC+9

South Korea	43–22	Hong Kong

Ansan Wa~ Stadium, Ansan

18 May 2013 19:00 UTC+8

Philippines	24–8	United Arab Emirates

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila