2024 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments

For the main Top 4 Division, see 2024 Asia Rugby Championship.

2024 ARC division tournaments
Date	28 April – 4 May 2024
Tournament statistics
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2024 Asia Rugby Division 1

Tournament details
Host	Sri Lanka
Venue	Colombo Racecourse, Colombo
Date	30 April - 5 May 2024
Countries	4
Final positions
Champions	Sri Lanka
Runner-up	Kazakhstan
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Tries scored	33 (8.25 per match)
Attendance	28,500 (7,125 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tarinda Ratwatte (28 points)
Most tries	Thenuka Nanayakkara (3 tries)

The 2024 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 four teams in Asia excluding Japan. The other national teams in Asia compete in divisional tournaments.

Originally set to be two tournaments, Division 1 held in Sri Lanka, and Division 2 held in Kazakhstan and there was suggestion of a Division 3 being held in Lebanon however nothing concrete from Asia Rugby.^[1][2] However, with teams pulling out Division 1 and 2 was combined with Sri Lanka, Qatar, Kazakhstan, and India all competing for promotion to the Asia Rugby Championship.^[3]

Singapore Rugby organised the 2024 Tri Union Series, allowing Chinese Taipei, Singapore and Thailand to play international rugby.^[4]

Teams

The following teams were announced as playing the 2024 tournaments:

Division One

Nation	Coach	Captain	World Rugby Ranking[5]
			Start	End
Qatar	Fred Moe	Tom Featherstone	94th	90th
Kazakhstan	Timur Mashurov	Magomedrassul Magomedov	64th	64th
Sri Lanka	Sanath Martis	Suhiru Anthony[6]	44th	41st
India	Naas Botha	Deepak Punia	87th	89th

Division 1

The Division 1 Tournament will be held from 30 April to 5 May in Colombo Racecourse, Sri Lanka.^[7][8]

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 April – Colombo
	Qatar	31
					4 May – Colombo
	Kazakhstan	33
					Kazakhstan	7
	30 April – Colombo
					Sri Lanka	45
	Sri Lanka	45
	India	10
					3rd/4th Playoff Final
					4 May – Colombo
					Qatar	34
					India	25

Matches

Semi Finals

30 April 2024 16:00 IST (UTC+05:30)

Qatar	31–33	Kazakhstan
Try: Johnston 1' c, Lotter 34' c, Rakabu 40' c, Bezuidenhout 53' c Con: Tremayne 2' 35' 40' 54' (4/4) Pen: Tremayne 64' (1/1) Cards: Lotter 75' to 83'	Report	Try: Litvinov 4' c, Petukhov 26' c, Nazhibayev 45' m, Chsherbakov 56' c, Lymar 66' c Con: Nazhibayev 4' 27' 57' 67' (4/5) Cards: Akymbeov 1' to 11', Ivanov 37' to 47'

Colombo Racecourse, Sri Lanka Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ishanka Abeykoon

FB 15 Iliesa Rakabu RW 14 Beau Swart OC 13 Frank Hughes IC 12 Johann-Henry Bezuidenhout LW 11 Pita Beracibi FH 10 Brook Tremayne SH 9 James Philips N8 8 Elliot Johnston OF 7 Guillermo Villegas Bardo BF 6 Tom Featherstone (c) RL 5 Darshan Gangineni LL 4 Ismail El Hatmi TP 3 Samuel Spencer HK 2 Wade Lotter LP 1 Nicky Lock Replacements: 16 Joseph de Silva Goonetilleke 17 Hassan Elsabeh 25 Abdulaziz Al-Dosari 19 Hendrick Botha 20 Hamza Saied 21 Paul Schwartz 22 Ryan Dodds 23 John Lee Millar Coach: Fred Moe

FB 15 Abdrakham Nazhibayev RW 14 Maxim Petukhov OC 13 Alexander Lymar IC 12 Armanzhan Vassilov LW 11 Roman Chsherbakov FH 10 Daulet Akymbekov SH 9 Alexey Lukmanov N8 8 Magomedrassul Magomedov (c) OF 7 Onlassyn Tursenbek BF 6 Nikita Ivanov RL 5 Timur Timoshin LL 4 Timofei Maksimenko TP 3 Georgiy Litvinov HK 2 Akhiyat Imam LP 1 Adam Gadaborshev Replacements: 16 Alexandr Belashov 17 Daniel Simskiy 18 Damir Kazibekov 19 Rodion Shipitsin 20 Yegor Khromov 21 Alisher Abdrakov 22 Jalil Muradov 23 Ali Boekeyhan Suerer Coach: Timur Mashurov

30 April 2024 19:00 IST (UTC+05:30)

Sri Lanka	45–10	India
Try: Dissanayake 15' c 45' m, Nanayakkara 18' c 55' c, Ekanayake 33' c, Ratwatte 74' c, Sampath 80' c Con: Ratwatte 16' 19' 34' 57' (4/6), Sampath 80' (1/1) Cards: Madushanka 62' to 72'	Report	Try: P. Tanwar 63' c Con: Punia 64' (1/1) Pen: Punia 3' (1/1) Cards: Hansdah 40' to 50'

Colombo Racecourse, Sri Lanka Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Just Wang

FB 15 Sudaraka Dickubura RW 14 Sudaraka Dickubura OC 13 Akash Madusanka IC 12 Tarinda Ratwatte LW 11 Dinal Ekanayake FH 10 Thenuka Nanayakkara SH 9 Heshan Jenson N8 8 Lasindu Karunathilaka OF 7 Tharindu Chathuranga BF 6 Adeesha Weerathunga RL 5 Raveen de Silva LL 4 Suhiru Anthony (c) TP 3 Janidu Fernando HK 2 Pulasthi Dasanayaka LP 1 Charith Silva Replacements: 16 Azimir Fajudeen 17 Dushmantha Priyadarshana 18 Faiz Abdulla 19 Shasika Fernando 20 Nalaka Maduranga 21 Kavindu Costa 22 Hirantha Perera 23 Hirusha Nethmina Coach: Sanath Martis

FB 15 Ajit Hansdah RW 14 Abhishek Shukla OC 13 Prince Khatri IC 12 Mohit Khatri LW 11 Javed Hussain FH 10 Deepak Punia (c) SH 9 Sukumar Hembrom N8 8 Neeraj Khatri OF 7 Devendra Padir BF 6 Joginder RL 5 Hitesh Dagar LL 4 Shivam Shukla TP 3 Bhumpendra Bokan HK 2 Sure Prasad LP 1 Mannu Tanwar Replacements: 16 Bharat Dagar 17 Harvinder Singh 18 Pradeep Tanwar 19 Sanket Patil 20 Suresh Kumar 21 Sakti Nag 22 Asis Sabar 23 Rajdeep Saha Coach: Naas Botha

3rd/4th Place

4 May 2024 16:00 IST (UTC+05:30)

Qatar	34–25	India
Try: Philips 2' c 68' m, Lock 6' c, Beracibi 13' c, Rakabu 19' c Con: Rakabu 3', Tremayne 7' 14' Pen: Tremayne 57' Cards: Hughes 15' to 25', Swart 74' to 80'	Report	Try: P. Tanwar 53' c, V. Patil 76' c, N. Khatri 79' m Con: Punia 55' 77' (2/3) Pen: Punia 5' 10' Cards: S. Shukla 21' to 31', Singh 56' to 66'

Colombo Racecourse, Sri Lanka Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ishanka Abeykoon

FB 15 Iliesa Rakabu RW 14 Frank Hughes OC 13 Pita Beracibi IC 12 Johann-Henry Bezuidenhout LW 11 Beau Swart FH 10 Brook Tremayne SH 9 James Phillips N8 8 Elliot Johnston OF 7 Guillermo Villegas Bardo BF 6 Tom Featherstone RL 5 Darshan Gangineni LL 4 Ismail El Hatmi TP 3 Samual Spencer HK 2 Wade Lotter LP 1 Nicky Lock Replacements: FR 25 Abdulaziz Al-Dosari FR 17 Joseph de Silva Goonetilleke FR 18 Hassan Elsabeh 19 Hendrick Botha 20 Hamza Saied 21 Paul Schwartz 22 Ryan Dodds 23 John Lee Millar Coach: Fred Moe

FB 15 Ajit Hansdah RW 14 Abhishek Shukla OC 13 Javed Hussain IC 12 Mohit Khatri LW 11 Vallabh Patil FH 10 Deepak Punia SH 9 Prince Khatri N8 8 Neeraj Khatri OF 7 Joginder BF 6 Devendra Padir RL 5 Hitesh Dagar LL 4 Shivam Shukla TP 3 Bhupendra Bokan HK 2 Bharat Dagar LP 1 Mannu Tanwar Replacements: 16 Suraj Prasad 17 Harvinder Singh 18 Pradeep Tanwar 19 Sanket Patil 20 Suresh Kumar 21 Sakti Nag 22 Sukumar Hembrom 23 Rajdeep Saha Coach: Naas Botha

Final

4 May 2024 19:00 IST (UTC+05:30)

Sri Lanka	45–7	Kazakhstan
Try: Doray 10' m, Weerathunge 18' m, Nanayakkara 24' c, Ratwatte 31' c, Ekanayake 36' c, Jansen 41' c, S. Silva 75' c Con: Ratwatte 25' 32' 38' 42' (4/6), Sampath 76' (1/1) Cards: de Silva 61' to 71'	Report	Try: Magomedov 57' c Con: Nazhibayev 58' (1/1) Cards: Imam 17' to 27'

Colombo Racecourse, Sri Lanka Attendance: 20,000 Referee: James Fairbourne

FB 15 Zubair Doray RW 14 Dinal Ekanayake OC 13 Akash Madushanka IC 12 Tarinda Ratwatte LW 11 Sachith Silva FH 10 Thenuka Nanayakkara SH 9 Heshan Jansen N8 8 Lasindu Karunathilake OF 7 Tharindu Chathuranga BF 6 Adeesha Weerathunge RL 5 Raveen de Silva LL 4 Suhiru Anthony TP 3 Charith Silva HK 2 Pulasthi Dissanayake LP 1 Janidu Fernando Replacements: 16 Venura Kodagoda 17 Dushmantha Priyadharshana 18 Faiz Abdulla 19 Shashika Fernando 20 Lahiru Thilakarathne 21 Kavindu de Costa 22 Hirantha Perera 23 Hirusha Sampath Coach: Sanath Martis

FB 15 Abdrakhman Nazhibayev RW 14 Nikita Sitov OC 13 Alexander Lymar IC 12 Armanzhan Vassilov LW 11 Roman Chsherbakov FH 10 Dauley Akymbekov SH 9 Alexey Lukmanov N8 8 Magomedrassul Magomedov OF 7 Onlassyn Tursunbek BF 6 Nikita Ivanov RL 5 Timur Timoshin LL 4 Timofe Maksimenko TP 3 Georgiy Litvinov HK 2 Akhiyat Imam LP 1 Adam Gadaborshev Replacements: 16 Alexander Belashov 17 Daniil Sumskyi 18 Damir Kazibekov 19 Rodion Shipitsin 20 Yegor Khromov 21 Danil Tur 22 Jalil Muradov 23 Ali Boekeyhan Suerer Coach: Timur Mashurov

Statistics

Most points As of 3 May 2024 Rank Name Team Points 1 Tarinda Ratwatte  Sri Lanka 28 2 Brook Tremayne  Qatar 18 3 Thenuka Nanayakkara  Sri Lanka 15 Abdrakhman Nazhibayev  Kazakhstan Deepak Punia  India

Most tries As of 3 May 2024 Rank Name Team Tries 1 Thenuka Nanayakkara  Sri Lanka 3 2 Tarinda Ratwatte 2 Pulasthi Dissanayake Iliesa Rakabu  Qatar James Philips Pradeep Tanwar  India 7 20 players tied 1

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