2011 Cup of Nations (rugby union)

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2011 Cup of Nations
Venue                 The Sevens, Dubai             
Countries  United Arab Emirates

 Kenya
 Brazil

 Hong Kong
Date 10–16 December 2011
Champions  Hong Kong[1] (1st title)
Runners-up  Kenya
Matches played 6
2012

The 2011 Emirates Cup of Nations was held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai as a season ending tournament for tier 3 teams from different continents.[2] The four competing teams were hosts UAE, Asian 5 Nations rivals Hong Kong, 2011 Africa Cup champions Kenya and South American Rugby Championship A Division team Brazil.

The tournament was Brazil's first 15-a-side games outside of South America.[3]

Hong Kong won the tournament, winning all three games with a bonus point (scoring 4 or more tries in a game). Kenya finished runners-up, courtesy of a last minute win over Brazil in their opening game.

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

Fixtures and results

Place Nation Games Points Bonus
points
Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1  Hong Kong 3 3 0 0 153 34 119 3 15
2  Kenya 3 2 0 1 99 81 18 2 10
3  Brazil 3 1 0 2 94 67 27 3 7
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 0 3 29 193 -164 0 0

10 December 2011
13:00 (UTC+04:00)
 Brazil 25-27  Kenya
Try: (4 tries scored) [1] Try: (5 tries scored)[4]
The Sevens, Dubai

10 December 2011
15:00 (UTC+04:00)
 United Arab Emirates 14-72  Hong Kong
Try: (2 tries scored)
Con: (2 conversions sored)
[2] Try: Tom McQueen (2), Keith Robertson, Alex McQueen, Ed Haynes, Terence Montgomery, Rowan Varty, Cado Lee, Lee Jones, Tim Alexander, Alex Ng
Con: Alex McQueen (7)
Pen: Alex McQueen
The Sevens

13 December 2011
18:00 (UTC+04:00)
 Hong Kong 44-17  Kenya
Try: Mark Goosen, Rowan Varty, Charles French (2), Adam Raby, Paul Tauti
Con: Alex McQueen (4)
Pen: Alex McQueen (2)
[3] Try: Dennis Mwanja, Ronnie Mwenesi, (one further try - scorer unknown)
Con: (1 conversion scored)
The Sevens

13 December 2011
20:00 (UTC+04:00)
 United Arab Emirates 3-66  Brazil
Pen: (1 Penalty) [4] Try: Martín Schaefer, Juli, Nativo, Nick, Diegão, Croffi, Gregg (2), Pedrinho, Du
Con: Gregg (5)
Pen: Gregg
Drop: Tanque
The Sevens

16 December 2011
15:00 (UTC+04:00)
 United Arab Emirates 12-55  Kenya
Try: (2 tries scored)
Con: (1 conversion scored)
[5] Try: Vincent Mose (2), Vincent Ong'era, Brian Okwomi, Anthony Nyandigisi, Allan Omuka, Kevin Omiyo, David Ambunya
Con: Vincent Mose (7)
Pen: Vincent Mose
The Sevens

16 December 2011
17:00 (UTC+04:00)
 Hong Kong 37-3  Brazil
Try: Alex McQueen (3), Keith Robertson, Ally Maclay, Rowan Varty, Lee Jones[5]
Con: Edward Haynes
[6] Pen: Daniel Gregg[6]
The Sevens

See also

References

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  1. http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/rugby/Kenya+second+in+Dubai/-/1106/1290456/-/whf9oa/-/
  2. http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2060858.html#hong+kong+early+christmas+present
  3. http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2060892.html#brazilian+rugby+rise+aiming+high
  4. http://www.irb.com/rankings/news/newsid=2060845.html#kenya+climb+four+places+rankings
  5. http://www.hkrugby.com/en/node/1933
  6. http://www.sharklion.com/proyectos/cbru/main/content.php?page=20&i=3&id_noticia=481