The 2017 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. The other national teams in Asia compete in three divisions.
Teams The teams involved in the division tournaments, with their world rankings prior to the competition in brackets:
Division 1 (41) (54) (57) (72)
Division 2 (59) (67) (76) (80)
Division 3
West (94) (NA) (NA)
East (73) (99) (81) (NA)
Division 1
The Division 1 tournament will be held in Ipoh, Malaysia. All times are Malaysia Time (UTC+8)
For the 2017 edition of the tournament, Division 1 doubles as part of qualification for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. All teams that do not win Division 1 will be eliminated from World Cup qualification.
Table Key to coloursChampions and qualified for 2018 Asia Rugby Championship
PosNationGamesPointsBonuspointsTotalpointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference133009839+59214232016652+1419331025590-35154300365103-3800Source: 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
Round 2
Round 3
Division 2
The Division 2 tournament were held at Taipei Municipal Stadium in Taipei, Taiwan. As the champion, Singapore were promoted to 2018 Asia Rugby Championship Division 1.
Fixtures
Semi-finals
3rd-place final
Final
Division 3 West
The Division 3 West tournament will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
PosNationGamesPointsBonuspointsTotalpointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1 21104948+1062202037370043 20113738-124Four 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
Division 3 East
The Division 3CE tournament was scheduled to be held on 1–4 November 2017 at Chao Anouvong Stadium in Vientiane, Laos, with four teams competing:Asia Rugby Championship Division 3CE. Asia Rugby. 2017.
The tournament was cancelled due to the unavailability of both Guam and Indonesia.
References