Crescent Cup

Crescent Cup
Current season or competition:
2015 Crescent Cup
Sport Rugby union
Instituted 2015
Number of teams 6
Regions Intercontinental (World Rugby)
Holders  Malaysia (2015)
Most titles  Malaysia (1 title)
Website CrescentCupRugbyChampionship.com

Sanctioned by World Rugby under the hospices of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF), the Crescent Cup or the Islamic Nations Rugby Championship is a men's rugby union tournament contested between invited Muslim majority national teams in the 15's format.

The tournament was first held in 2015, hosted by Malaysia; co-organised with the Malaysia Rugby Union. The hosts Malaysia are the current champions, having defeated Algeria in the final.[1]

Although the tournament has been retrospectively described as 'inaugural', as of March 2016 no further tournaments have been announced.

Results

Tournaments

Year Host(s) Final Bronze Final Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2015 Malaysia Malaysia
Malaysia		 19–11
Algeria
Kazakhstan		 35–25
Lebanon		 5

Team records

Team Champions Runners-up Third Fourth
 Malaysia 1 (2015)
 Algeria 1 (2015)
 Kazakhstan 1 (2015)
 Lebanon 1 (2015)

Performance of nations

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team 2015
(5)
 Algeria 2nd
 Iran •
 Kazakhstan 3rd
 Lebanon 4th
 Malaysia 1st
 Uzbekistan R1
5th
Legend

  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • R1 — Round 1 (pool stage)
  •  •  — withdrew
  •    — Hosts

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby (finale de la Crescent Cup) : défaite de l'Algérie face à la Malaisie". TSA Algérie. Samy Bechiri. June 14, 2015.

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