2015 Cup of Nations (rugby union)
| 2015 Cup of Nations | |
|---|---|
| Countries | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
| Date | 13–21 November 2015 |
| Champions | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (1st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong |
| Matches played | 6 |
The 2015 Cup of Nations was the third Cup of Nations tournament, but the first held outside the United Arab Emirates. Unlike 2011 and 2012, the Cup of Nations was staged in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Football Club Stadium from November 13 to 21. The tournament acted as a year ending tournament for tier 3 teams from different continents and provides greater preparation for teams to play in their regional competitions, especially this year participants who aim to qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup haven failed to qualify for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[1] The four competing teams were hosts Hong Kong, who won the tournament in 2011, Zimbabwe who competed in 2012, while Portugal and Russia are new to the tournament having not competed in either of the 2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup or 2015 World Rugby Nations Cup.[2]
Format
The tournament is being played as a single round-robin, with the winner being the leading team after the third round of fixtures. The points for the tournament were awarded for:
- Win = 4 points
- Draw = 2 points
- Loss = 1 point
- Scoring 4 or more tries in one game = 1 bonus point
- Losing by 7 or less points = 1 bonus point
Standings
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus points |
Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | ||||
| 1 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (22) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 29 | +75 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (24) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (28) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe (26) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 116 | -89 | 0 | 0 |
Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses
Fixtures
Round 1
| 13 November 2015 16:00 HKT (UTC+8) |
| Portugal File:Flag of Portugal.svg | 12-23 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| Report[3] |
| 13 November 2015 19:00 HKT (UTC+8) |
| Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg | 30-11 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe |
| Report[3] |
Round 2
| 17 November 2015 16:00 HKT (UTC+8) |
| Zimbabwe File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg | 5 - 50 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| 17 November 2015 19:00 HKT (UTC+8) |
| Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg | 13 - 6 | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
Round 3
| 21 November 2015 14:00 HKT (UTC+8) |
| Portugal File:Flag of Portugal.svg | 36 - 11 | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe |
| 21 November 2015 17:00 HKT (UTC+8) |
| Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg | 12 - 31 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
See also
References
- ↑ "Rising Russia to join Portugal and Zimbabwe in Hong Kong Cup of Nations". South China Morning Post. 2015-05-29. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05.
- ↑ "Sables to play in Hong Kong Cup of Nations - NewsDay Zimbabwe". newsday.co.zw. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 worldrugby.org. "Russia crowned HKRU Cup of Nations champions". worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.