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2012 Asian Five Nations division tournaments

Field	Value
name	2012 Asian Five Nations division tournaments
date	15 April 2012 – 30 June 2012
countries	(19) Refer to division
matches	21
website	[Website](http://www.asian5nations.com)
previous year	2011
previous tournament	2011 Asian Five Nations division tournaments
next year	2013
next tournament	2013 Asian Five Nations division tournaments

For main Top 5 Division, see: 2012 Asian Five Nations

The 2012 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, known as the 2012 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, refer to the divisions played within the tournament. This was the 5th series of the Asian Five Nations.

There were five divisions in the 2012 version who contested for a place in the Top 5 tournament. Who ever finished last place in a division was relegated, while the winner of a division was promoted. Last place in division 1 was replaced by the winner of division 2, winner of division 3 replaced last place in division 2, winner in division 4 replaced last in division 3 and winner in division 5 replaced last in division 4.

Changes from 2011

Sri Lanka participated in the Division 1 tournament, haven been relegated from the Top 5.
South Korea returned to the Top 5 division, after a year in the First Division.
Chinese Taipei have replaced Malaysia in Division 1, with Malaysia competing in Division 2.
China will compete in Division 2 - replacing India, following promotion from Division 3.
Brunei joins Cambodia and Laos in Division 5.

Teams

The teams involved, with their world rankings pre tournament, were:

Division 1

(57)
(72)
(52)
(46)

Division 2

(62)
(NA)
(63)
(65)

Division 3

(88)
(77)
(NA)
(73)

Division 4

(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)

Division 5

(NA)
(NA)
(NA)

Division 1

	Relegated

For the first time, division one was held in a round-robin format. All games were played in Manila, Philippines on April 14–21, 2012. The Philippines was promoted to the main division in 2013, while Singapore was relegated to division II for 2013.

Table

Position	Nation	Games	Points	Bonus
points	Total
points	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Difference
1		3	3	0	0	99	36	+63	3	18
2		3	2	1	0	89	36	+53	2	12
3		3	1	2	0	69	94	−25	1	6
4		3	0	3	0	51	114	−64	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

Division 2

	Relegated

|May 31, 2012||37||17 |May 31, 2012||89||0 |June 2, 2012||22||19 |June 2, 2012||52||3

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

promoted to 2013 Division one
relegated to 2013 Division three

Division 3

	Relegated

|May 30, 2012||38||17 |May 30, 2012||34||5 |June 1, 2012||16||18 |June 1, 2012||13||7

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

promoted to 2013 Division two
relegated to 2013 Division four

Division 4

	Relegated

|April 25, 2012||19 ||25 |April 25, 2012||74 ||13 |April 27, 2012||0||67 |April 27, 2012||19||15

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

promoted to 2013 Division three

Division 5

	Relegated

Table

Position	Nation	Games	Points	Bonus
points	Total
points	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Difference
1		2	2	0	0	128	14	+114	2	12
2		2	1	1	0	26	85	−59	0	5
3		2	0	2	0	22	77	−55	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

References

"HSBC Asian Five Nations 2012 Schedule: Division I Schedule". Asian5Nations.com.
"Results Table". Asian5Nations.com.
"Volcanoes explode into 2013 Top 5". Asian5Nations.com.
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(29 September 2012). "Thailand v Iran - HSBC Asian 5 Nations".
(29 September 2012). "Malaysia v China - HSBC Asian 5 Nations".
[http://www.asian5nations.com/node/41 Division III schedule] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-07)
(29 September 2012). "Guam v Indonesia - HSBC Asian 5 Nations".
(29 September 2012). "India v Pakistan - HSBC Asian 5 Nations".
(6 March 2013). "Indonesia v Pakistan - HSBC Asian 5 Nations".
(29 September 2012). "D3 Final: Guam v India - HSBC Asian 5 Nations".
[http://www.asian5nations.com/node/42 Division IV and V schedule] {{webarchive. link. (2011-09-02)
(2 January 2013). "Lebanon v Jordan - HSBC Asian 5 Nations".
(4 March 2016). "Qatar v Uzbekistan - ARFU Asian 5 Nations 2014".
(29 September 2012). "Cambodia v Brunei - HSBC Asian 5 Nations".
(29 September 2012). "Lao v Brunei - HSBC Asian 5 Nations".
(29 September 2012). "Lao v Cambodia - HSBC Asian 5 Nations".

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