2014 Asian Five Nations

For the divisional competitions, see 2014 Asian Five Nations division tournaments.

The 2014 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2014 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, was the 7th and final series of the Asian Five Nations rugby union tournament, before it shrinks to only include the top 3 Asian teams from 2015.

2014 Asian Five Nations

Date	26 April – 25 May 2014
Countries	Hong Kong  Japan  Philippines  South Korea  Sri Lanka
Final positions
Champions	Japan (22nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Website	www.asian5nations.com
← 2013 2015 →

Japan, as victors, qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup as Asia 1 in Pool B, while the runner up, Hong Kong, qualified for the repechage playoffs, against Uruguay.^[1] In additional qualifications, only the top three teams would play in the leading tier in 2015, after the ARFU reduced the top tier from five, to three.

Changes from 2013

• United Arab Emirates has been replaced with Sri Lanka, 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	Hong Kong	Leigh Jones	Pale Tauti
Japan (13)	Mizuho Rugby Stadium National Olympic Stadium	Nagoya Tokyo	Eddie Jones	Toshiaki Hirose
South Korea (23)	Incheon Munhak Stadium	Incheon	Kim Myung Joo
Philippines (57)	Eagles Nest Stadium	Laguna	Jarred Hodges
Sri Lanka (39)	Colombo Racecourse	Colombo	Johan Taylor	Fazil Marija

Final Table

2014 Asian Five Nations Champion

Relegated to Division One

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Total points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Japan	4	4	0	0	342	33	+309	4	24
2	Hong Kong	4	3	0	1	196	65	+131	3	18
3	South Korea	4	2	0	2	122	126	-4	2	12
4	Philippines	4	1	0	3	58	274	–216	1	6
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	0	4	48	258	–210	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

Round 1

26 April 2014 12:00 KST (UTC+09)

South Korea	59–3	Sri Lanka
Try: Jung Pil 2' m Jeong Min (2) 6' c, 25' m Eudum 17' m Jong Yeul 39' m Kwang Moon 53' c Young Gi 59' c Hyun Soo 67' m Byeong Ho 78' c Con: Eudum (2/6) 7', 54' Won Yong (2/3) 60', 79' Pen: Won Yong (2/2) 32', 64'	Report[2]	Pen: Riza Mubarak (1/2) 27'

Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon Referee: Taku Otsuki (Japan)

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26 April 2014 18:00 HKT (UTC+08)

Hong Kong	108–0	Philippines
Try: Wei 2' m Kam Shing 8' c Brant 14' m Lamming (3) 31' c, 49' c, 68' c Phelps 35' Hsieh 38' c Jones 40' c McColl (2) 42' c, 80' c Varty 55' c Mcqueen 59' m McKee 64' m Wheatley 72' c Baddeley 78' m Con: McAdam (11/16) 9', 32', 36', 39', 40', 43', 50', 55', 69', 73', 80' Pen: McAdam (2/3) 10', 26'	Report[3]

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)

FB 15 Alex Mcqueen RW 14 Rowan Varty OC 13 Jake Phelps IC 12 Lloyd Jones LW 11 Yiu Kam Shing FH 10 Chris McAdam SH 9 Kenneth Hsieh N8 8 Pale Tauti (c) OF 7 Matt Lamming BF 6 Alex Baddeley RL 5 Paul Dwyer LL 4 Bill Brant TP 3 Stephen Nolan HK 2 Alex Harris (c) LP 1 Leon Wei Replacements: HK 16 Thomas Bolland PR 17 James Cooper PR 18 Alex Ng LK 19 Terence Montgomery FL 20 Nick Hewson SH 21 Pete Mckee FH 22 Nick Wheatley CE 23 Tom McColl Coach: Leigh Jones

FB 15 Alexander Aronson RW 14 Gareth Holgate OC 13 Justin Coveney IC 12 Matthew Saunders LW 11 Kenneth Stern FH 10 Oliver Saunders (c) SH 9 Jake Letts N8 8 Samuel Bennetts OF 7 Darran Seeto BF 6 Christopher Anderson RL 5 Ashley Heward LL 4 Stephen Howorth TP 3 Philip Sinclair HK 2 Austin Dacanay LP 1 David Robinson-Polkey Replacements: HK 16 Glenn Power PR 17 Daniel Melrose PR 18 Fergus Mitra FL 19 Nathan Welch FL 20 Timothy Kong SH 21 Cleo Gomez FH 22 Fritz Moschitz WG 23 Rupert Zappia Coach: Jarred Hodges

Touch judges: Paul McKay (Singapore) Macro Wu Wu Zhihong (China)

Round 2

3 May 2014 15:30 PST (UTC+08)

Philippines	10–99	Japan
	Report[4]

Eagles Nest Stadium, Laguna Referee: Dewi Rowlands (Hong Kong)

3 May 2014 18:30 SLT (UTC+05:30)

Sri Lanka	10–41	Hong Kong
	Report[5]

Colombo Racecourse Sports Complex, Colombo Referee: Azhar Mohammad Bin Yus (Singapore)

Round 3

10 May 2014 18:00 JST (UTC+09)

Japan	132–10	Sri Lanka
	IRB[6]

Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya

10 May 2014 18:00 HKT (UTC+08)

Hong Kong	39–6	South Korea
	IRB[7]

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

Round 4

17 May 2014 12:00 KST (UTC+09)

South Korea	5–62	Japan

Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon

17 May 2014 18:30 SLT (UTC+05:30)

Sri Lanka	25–26	Philippines

Colombo Racecourse Sports Complex, Colombo

Round 5

24 May 2014 15:30 PST (UTC+08)

Philippines	22–52	South Korea

Eagles Nest Stadium, Laguna

25 May 2014 17:00 JST (UTC+09)

Japan	49–8	Hong Kong

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Media coverage

The tournament is broadcast live in many different countries.