2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments
# 2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments

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

* Sri Lanka (41)
* Malaysia (54)
* Philippines (57)
* United Arab Emirates (72)

Division 2

* Singapore (59)
* Chinese Taipei (67)
* India (76)
* Thailand (80)

West

* Uzbekistan (94)
* Iran (NA)
* Lebanon (NA)

East

* Guam (73)
* Indonesia (99)
* Pakistan (81)
* Laos (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 colours
* Champions and qualified for 2018 Asia Rugby Championship

| Pos | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Bonus points | Total points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Bonus points | Total points |
| 1 | Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 39 | +59 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Philippines | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 90 | -35 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 103 | -38 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyarchive.net Archived 2018-05-22 at the Wayback Machine 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). |

## 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.

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 15 November 2017 | 15 November 2017 |
| Singapore | 49 |
| Singapore | 49 | 18 November 2017 | 18 November 2017 |
| India | 0 | 18 November 2017 | 18 November 2017 |
| India | 0 | Singapore | 38 |
| 15 November 2017 | 15 November 2017 | | Singapore | 38 |
| 15 November 2017 | 15 November 2017 | Thailand | 13 |
| Chinese Taipei | 21 | Thailand | 13 |
| Thailand | 27 | | |
| Thailand | 27 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 18 November 2017 | 18 November 2017 |
| | | India | 19 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 37 |

## Division 3 West

The Division 3 West tournament will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

| Pos | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Bonus points | Total points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Bonus points | Total points |
| 1 | Lebanon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 38 | -1 | 2 | 4 |
| 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). |

## 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:

* Indonesia
* Guam
* Laos
* Pakistan

The tournament was cancelled due to the unavailability of both Guam and Indonesia.

