2016 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments

the main Top 3 Division 2016 Asia Rugby Championship 2016 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments 16 2015 2017 The 2016 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments refers to the divisions played within the annual international rugby union tournament for the Asian region. The Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) replaced the Asian Five Nations tournament in 2015. The main tournament is now contested by the top three teams in Asia.http://asiarugby.com/calendar-1 Asia Rugby Calendar 2016 Asia Rugby 2016-08-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160813002546/http://asiarugby.com/calendar-1 2016-08-13 http://asiarugby.com/results-4/ARC/2016-1 Asia Rugby Championship 2016 Asia Rugby 2016-04-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160416082545/http://asiarugby.com/results-4/ARC/2016-1 2016-04-16 dead The other national teams in Asia compete in three divisions. 2 Teams The teams involved in the division tournaments, with their world rankings prior to the competition in brackets: 28em Division 1 SRI (38) PHI (54) MAS (58) SIN (59) div-1 a Division 2 GUM (73) THA (75) div-2 b UAE (83) UZB (89) Division 3 28em Eastdiv-3e e INA (98) LAO (NA) 33em West JOR (NA) SAU (NA) UAE UAE Shaheen (NA) div-3w d West-Central IRN (NA) QAT (NA) LIB (NA) Notes div-1 a Singapore was promoted to Division 1 prior to the scheduled start of competition to replace Kazakhstan, who withdrew from the tournament. div-2 b Thailand was promoted to Division 2 prior to the scheduled start of competition to replace the Singapore team promoted to Division 1. div-3w d Syria withdrew from Division 3 West prior to the scheduled start of competition and was replaced by the United Arab Emirates development side, the Shaheen. div-3e e Brunei and China withdrew from Division 3 East shortly before the competition and the division was reduced to a single match Division 1 2016 Asia Rugby Championship Division 1 Malaysia 8 – 14 May 2016 4 Malaysia Singapore 6 40 MAS Mohamad Syarif Saiful Aazwan Bin Sudin (35) The Division 1 tournament was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. All times are Malaysia Time (UTC+8) Malaysia won the Division 1 tournament giving them a promotion chance by playing a match against the third placers of the main tournament in a playoff dubbed as the Top 3 challenge. Malaysia did not choose to participate and will remain in Division 1 in the next edition.Idris Wan Noriza Meor Find us a home, plead MRU http://www.themalaymailonline.com/sports/article/find-us-a-home-plead-mru 16 May 2016 Malay Mail Online 16 May 2016 Table Key to colourschampionsRelegated PosNationGamesPointsBonuspointsTotalpointsPlayedWonLostDrawnForAgainstDifference1MAS32109245+473112SRI 32107580-5193PHI 31206063-3374SIN 31206897-3915Source: rugbyarchive.net Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2). Fixtures Round 1 8 May 2016 14:30 SRI 33–17 SIN Danushka Ranjan 11' Sudarshana Muthuthanthri 26'c Sandun Herath 52' Jason Dissanayake 68'c Riza Mubarak 27', 69' Riza Mubarak 5', 55', 63' Prasad Madushanka 79 80 Michael Paterson (PT) 7' Jay-Hykel Bin Jailani 18' Peter McFeely 37'c Michael Paterson 38' Royal Selangor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur HKG Timothy Baker 8 May 2016 16:30 MAS 10–15 PHI Jone Nasalo 42' Mohamed Bin Sudin 43' Mohamed Bin Sudin 25' Christopher Bird 36' Matthew Saunders 47' Terrence Carroll 69' Matthew Saunders 22 32 Royal Selangor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur SIN Paul McKay Round 2 11 May 2016 14:30 PHI 24–28 SIN Erik Erikson 17' Oliver Saunders 36'c Justin Coveney 47' Derek Broussard 68'c Andrew Ramsden 37' Oliver Saunders 69' Russell Yung Wong 11' Warren Ansell 23'c, 60' Simon Etheredge 68'c Penalty Try 77'c Michael Patterson 24', 69', 78' Michael Patterson 27', 42', 80' Royal Selangor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur HKG Dewi Rowlands 11 May 2016 16:30 MAS 42–17 SRI Mohd Rosli 3', 7'c Etonia Saukuru 14'c Badrul Bin Muktee 59'c Tengku Tengku Roslan 64' Mohamad Jamaluddin 79'c Mohamad Bin Sudin 8', 15', 60' Muhamad Kamsol 80' Mohamad Bin Sudin 3', 40', 55' Dinesvaran Krisnan 76 80 Kavindu Perera 35'c Buwanaka Udangamuwa 77'c Riza Mubarak 35', 77' Riza Mubarak 11' Royal Selangor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur HKG Timothy Baker Round 3 14 May 2016 14:30 SRI 25–21 PHI Kanchana Rayanayaka 12'c Jasen Dissanayake 39'c, 80' Riza Mubarak 13' Riza Mubarak 10', 19' Harrison Blake 30' Terrence Carroll 62'c Oliver Saunders 63' Oliver Saunders 4', 21' Royal Selangor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur SIN Paul McKay 14 May 2016 16:30 MAS 40–20 SIN Mohd Bin Zanul Abdin 24', 60'c Etonia Saukuru 47' Jone Nasalo 62'c Atunasia Takubu 80'c Mohamad Bin Sudin 61', 63', 80' Mohamad Bin Sudin 17', 32', 70' Mohamad Bin Abdullah 37 47 Mohamad Ismail 77 80 Penalty Try 53'c, 78'c Michael Patterson 54', 79 Michael Patterson 4', 13' Thomas Child 68 78 Royal Selangor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 3,000http://www.themalaymailonline.com/sports/article/find-us-a-home-plead-mru Find us a home, plead MRU | Malay Mail HKG Timothy Baker Division 2 2016 Asia Rugby Championship Division 2 Uzbekistan 18–21 May 2016 4 UAE Uzbekistan 4 33 UAE Charles Sargent (35) The Division 2 tournament was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. All times are Uzbekistan Time (UTC+5) 18 May 2016 THA 25 GUM 16 18 May 2016 UAE 65 UZB 13 21 May 2016 THA 18 UAE 70 21 May 2016 2015 GUM 23 UZB 22 Third place play-off 190 Fixtures Semi-finals 18 May 2016 14:00 THA 25–16 GUM Chinnoiwont Hirunchai (2) Darren Mathee Warongkorn Khamkoet (2) Warongkorn Khamkoet Warongkorn Khamkoet Panupong Puangpun (Y) Sumet Thammaporn (Y) Ratu Uluiviti Ratu Uluiviti Ratu Uluiviti (3) Ratu Uluiviti (Y) Carlos Rosario (Y) Dustlik Stadium, Tashkent JPN Rui Shimizu 18 May 2016 16:00 UAE 63–13 UZB Charles Sargent (3) Imad Reyal (2) Jaen Botes (2) Ryno Fourie (2) Philip David Brady Rikus Swart (5) Rikus Swart Ali Mohammad Ghulan (Y) Paul Richard Hart (Y) Sanjar Sadullayev Ural Turobov Stanislav Krechun Sanjar Sadullayev (Y) Alijon Sherov (Y) Radik Talipov (Y) Rustam Namirov (Y) Dustlik Stadium, Tashkent SIN Just Wang 3rd-place final 21 May 2016 14:00 GUM 23–22 UZB Brian Ramiro James Omallan Ratu Uliuviti (2) Ratu Uliuviti (3) Abduvoris Karimov Doston Arzikulov Sanjar Sadullayev Stanislav Krechun (2) Stanislav Krechun Abduvoris Karimov (Y) Dustlik Stadium, Tashkent JPN Rui Shimizu Final 21 May 2016 16:00 UAE 70–18 THA Imad Reyal (2) Matthew Hutchings (2) Ryno Fourie (2) Ben Bolger Edward William Talbot Ian Overton Rikus Swart Charles Sargent (10) Benjamin Blamire (Y) Philip Brady (Y) Adithep Keatpattanachai Chinnoiwont Hirunchai Warongkorn Khamkoet Warongkorn Khamkoet (2) Dustlik Stadium, Tashkent SIN Just Wang Division 3 West 2016 Asia Rugby Championship Division 3 West Jordan 26 – 29 April 2016 3 Jordan 2 17 The Division 3 West tournament will be held in Amman, Jordan. All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3). Syria were originally scheduled to compete, but withdrew early in the year. They were replaced by the UAE's developmental side, the Shaheen.http://uaerugby.ae/NewsDetail.aspx?id=IvpHGZXAbmc+ps5LzZRY2A== UAE Rugby Table PosNationGamesPointsBonuspointsTotalpointsPlayedWonLostDrawnForAgainstDifference1JOR 22008425+592102UAE UAE Shaheen10101241-29003SAU10101343-3000Source: rugbyarchive.net Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2). Fixtures 26 April 2016 16:00 JOR 41–12 UAE UAE Shaheen Motaz Almajed (2) Taher Hamdan Abdallah Naghaway Firas Khalifa Shadi Zureik Motaz Almajed Sanad Assi (2) Taher Hamdan Sanad Assi Khaled Abu Khalaf (Y) Ahmad Al Noobi Hamza Tayfi Waleed Al Balooshi Maktoom Al Hajj (Y) Waleed Al Balooshi (Y) Petra University, Amman 29 April 2016 16:00 JOR 43–13 SAU Abd Al-Rahman Mehyar (2) Taher Hamdan Motaz Almajed Sanad Assi Abd Al-Razak Dabbas Maen Mola Taher Hamdan (2) Motaz Almajed Sanad Assi Zaid Arabiat (Y) Mohamed Elazhary Waleed Yousef Patrick Raupach Petra University, Amman Division 3 West-Central 2016 Asia Rugby Championship Division 3 West-Central Qatar 16 – 22 April 2016 3 Qatar 3 19 LIB Karim Jammal (25) The Division 3 West-Central tournament will be held in Doha, Qatar. All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3). Table PosNationGamesPointsBonuspointsTotalpointsPlayedWonLostDrawnForAgainstDifference1QAT 22006031+292102LIB21105337+16263IRN 20202469-4500Source: rugbyarchive.net Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2). Fixtures 16 April 2016 18:00 QAT 35–12 IRN Huw Kinsella (2) Matthew Uffindall (1) Robbie Gaule (1) Thomas Nolan (1) Tom Featherstone (1) Paul Beard (1) Paul Beard (1) Mehdi Golnari Ardekani (1) Sadegh Pakdaman (1) Reza Bayat (1) Davoud Yarjanali (Y) Majid Abdolmaleki (Y) Aspire Rugby Football Center, Qatar 19 April 2016 18:00 IRN 12–34 LIB Hadi Bakhtiari Fard (1) Sadegh Pakdaman (1) Abbas Rasoulzadehmoshtaghin (1) Davoud Yarjanali (Y) Joseph Touma (1) Raymond Asfour (1) Penalty Try (2) Karim Jammal (4) Karim Jammal (1) Ben Abood (1) Aspire Rugby Football Center, Qatar 22 April 2016 18:00 QAT 25–19 LIB Paul Beard (1) Jamie Frost (1) Malcolm Reid (1) Matthew Uffindall (1) Paul Beard (1) Paul Beard (1) Huw Kinsella (Y) Martin Wahbe (1) Karim Jammal (1) Karim Jammal (4) Ben Abood (Y) Firas El Chami (Y) Mohammad Turk Aspire Rugby Football Center, Qatar Division 3 East 2016 Asia Rugby Championship Division 3 East Thailand 5 November 2016 2 1 The Division 3 East tournament will be held at Queen Sirikit Stadium in Khlong Luang District, Thailand. All times are Indochina Time (UTC+7). With the withdrawal of Brunei and China, Division III East became a one-off final between Laos and Indonesiahttp://asiarugby.com/news/2016/11/laos-crowned-asia-rugby-division-3-east-champions-after-thumping-win-over-indonesia Laos crowned #ARCD3E-2016 champions #ARCD3E-2016 9 November 2016 Fixtures Final 5 November 2016 15:45 INA 12-48 report LAO Ian Atkinson Stephen Field Justin Field William Luangrath 17', 22', 40', 41' Phetthanousone Chittaphong 27' Thanongsone Xaysongkham 32', 51' Phouphet Chaluenesouk 80' Anousith Chaluenesouk 28', 41', 51', 80' References 2016 Category:2016 in Asian rugby union Category:2016 rugby union tournaments for national teams