2009 Asian Five Nations

2nd edition of the Asian Five Nations and 22nd Asian Rugby Championship divisional competitions 2009 Asian Five Nations division tournaments December 2022 2009 Asian Five Nations Asian-five-nations-logo 5808 SQ MEDIUM.jpg 25 April 2009 – 24 May 2009 HKGJPNKAZKORSIN JPN 17 10 http://www.asian5nations.com 2008 2010 The 2009 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2009 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to its sponsorship by HSBC, was the second series of the rugby union Asian Five Nations, the flagship competition devised by the International Rugby Board to develop the sport in the Asian region. The tournament played a role in qualifying for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, with Singapore, the last place team, being relegated to Division 1. As the 2010 edition will serve as the final round of Asian qualifying, Singapore is effectively eliminated. Changes from 2008 Arabian Gulf has been replaced with Singapore, who earns promotion from Division 1. Teams The teams involved, with their world rankings pre tournament, were: HKG (31) JPN (16) KAZ (34) KOR (23) SIN (49) Final Table Position Nation Games Points Table points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Tries Bonus Points Points1JPN440027140+231414242KAZ430187139-52100153KOR4202137144-7193134HKG4103110126-168385SIN400440196-156111 Scoring System Win – 5 Points Draw – 3 Points Loss – 0 Points Bonus points for scoring four tries or for losing by no more than 7 points. Results Fixture overview HomeScore (Tries)AwayMatch InformationDateVenue(1 BP) KOR65–0Singapore25 Apr 2009Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam(1 BP) Japan87–10KAZ25 Apr 2009Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, OsakaHKG6–59Japan (1 BP)2 May 2009Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong KongKazakhstan30–27KOR (1 BP)2 May 2009Central Stadium, AlmatySingapore19–22Kazakhstan9 May 2009Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore(1 BP) KOR36–34Hong Kong (2 BP)9 May 2009Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam(1 BP) Japan80–9KOR16 May 2009Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka(1 BP) Hong Kong64–6Singapore16 May 2009Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong KongSingapore15–45Japan (1 BP)23 May 2009Yio Chu Kang Stadium, SingaporeKazakhstan25–6Hong Kong24 May 2009Central Stadium, Almaty Fixtures 25 April 2009 KOR 65–0 Reporthttp://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=8 HSBC ASIAN 5 NATION (A5N) RUGBY TOURNAMENT 18 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100417143012/http://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=8 17 April 2010 dead SIN Tries: Kwang Moon Lee (2) Si Won Choi (2) Sung Soo Sim (2) Kun-kyu Han (2) Keun Hyun Kim (2) Yo Han Cha Con: Jun Ki Hong (3) Keun Hyun Kim (2) Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam 25 April 2009 JPN 87–11 Reporthttp://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=9 HSBC ASIAN 5 NATION (A5N) RUGBY TOURNAMENT 18 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100417143017/http://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=9 17 April 2010 dead KAZ Tries: Shaun Webb (2) Yuta Imamura (2) Ayumu Goromaru (2) Takashi Kikutani Bryce Robins Yuki Yatomi Luke Thompson Michael Leitch Jack Tarrant Hiroki Yoshida Con: Shaun Webb (9) Ayumu Goromaru (2) Try: Ildar Abdrazakov Con: Denis Cherkashin Pen: Denis Cherkashin Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka 2 May 2009 HKG 6–59 Reporthttp://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=10 HSBC ASIAN 5 NATION (A5N) RUGBY TOURNAMENT 18 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100417142810/http://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=10 17 April 2010 dead JPN Pen: Kenzo Pannell (2) Tries: Kensuke Hatakeyama (2) Naoki Kawamata Hitoshi Ono Yosshitaka Nakayama Takashi Kikutani Fumiaki Tanaka Hirotoki Onozawa Jack Tarrant Con: Ryan Nicholas (7) Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong 2 May 2009 KAZ 30–27 Reporthttp://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=11 HSBC ASIAN 5 NATION (A5N) RUGBY TOURNAMENT 19 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100618011113/http://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=11 18 June 2010 dead KOR Tries: Anton Rudoy (3) Con: Maxim Lifontov (3) Pen: Maxim Lifontov (3) Tries: Jae Yong Chae Dae Ik Jeong Kun-kyu Han Con: Jun Ki Hong Kuen Hyun Kim (2) Pen: Keun Hyun Kim Drop: Jun Ki Hong Central Stadium, Almaty 9 May 2009 SIN 19–22 Reporthttp://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=12 HSBC ASIAN 5 NATION (A5N) RUGBY TOURNAMENT 2010-05-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100618010651/http://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=12 18 June 2010 KAZ Try: Ben Wheeler Con: John Forrester Pen: John Forrester (4) Tries: Mihail Soloviyev Denis Cherkashin Oleg Gusselnikov Con: Maxim Lifontov (2) Pen: Maxim Lifontov Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore 9 May 2009 KOR 36–34 Reporthttp://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=13 HSBC ASIAN 5 NATION (A5N) RUGBY TOURNAMENT 19 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100618012232/http://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=13 18 June 2010 dead HKG Tries: Kun-kyu Han (2) Shing Yong Chul Youn Kwon Woo Park Noh Hoon Hwang Min Seo Con: Chae Jae Yong Lee Jung Min (2) Tries: Adam Raby (3) Simon Smith Ed Rolston Con: Kenzo Pannell (2) Jonny Elliot Pen: Kenzo Pannell Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam 16 May 2009 JPN 80–9 Reporthttp://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=15 HSBC ASIAN 5 NATION (A5N) RUGBY TOURNAMENT 19 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100618010657/http://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=15 18 June 2010 dead KOR Tries: Hitoshi Onozawa (4) Shaun Webb (2) Ryan Nicholas (2) Jack Tarrant (2) Ayumu Goromaru Yuta Imamura Con: Ryan Nicholas (7) Shaun Webb (3) Pen: Jun Ki Hong (2) Drop: Jun Ki Hong Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka 16 May 2009 HKG 64–6 Reporthttp://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=14 HSBC ASIAN 5 NATION (A5N) RUGBY TOURNAMENT 19 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100618012237/http://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=14 18 June 2010 dead SIN Tries: Adam Raby (4) Rowan Varty (3) Simon Smith (2) Con: Kenzo Pannell (7) Mike McKee Pen: Kenzo Pannell Pen: John Forrester (2) Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong 23 May 2009 SIN 15–45 Reporthttp://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=16 HSBC ASIAN 5 NATION (A5N) RUGBY TOURNAMENT 19 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100618010702/http://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=16 18 June 2010 dead JPN Pen: Ryan Cumbers (5) Tries: Hitoshi Ono (2) Takashi Kikutani Yuta Imamura Koji Taira Masakazu Toyota Con: Hiroki Yoshida (5) Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore 24 May 2009 KAZ 25–6 Reporthttp://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=17 HSBC ASIAN 5 NATION (A5N) RUGBY TOURNAMENT 19 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100618224805/http://www.a5nrugby.com/result.php?act=detail&id=17 18 June 2010 dead HKG Tries: Timur Mashurov Daulet Akymbekov Ildar Abdrazakov Con: Maxim Lifontov (2) Pen: Maxim Lifontov (2) Pen: Kenzo Pannell Keith Robertson Central Stadium, Almaty References https://web.archive.org/web/20090407082740/http://www.irb.com/mm/document/newsmedia/0/090302hsbcasianfivenations2009seriesschedule_7322.pdf Asian 2009 Five Nations Five Nations Category:2009 in South Korean sport Category:2009 in Hong Kong sport Category:2009 in Singaporean sport Category:2009 in Kazakhstani sport