RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET ASIA RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2022 STANDINGS As at 25 November 2022									WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru ASIA TABLE 2022 STANDINGS As at 31 December 2022
2022	AFRICA TABLE	2021	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013		ASIA TABLE	2022	2021	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013		Moved up
1	JAPAN	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	JAPAN	77.39	78.26	75.24	73.69	74.22	77.05	74.70	72.06		Moved down
2	HONG KONG	X	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	HONG KONG	59.66	X	58.11	60.00	56.50	57.17	55.79	56.53		No Movement
3	SOUTH KOREA	X	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	SOUTH KOREA	52.62	X	53.59	53.34	55.50	56.70	57.22	51.80
4	MALAYSIA	X	4	4	4	8	10	11	4	MALAYSIA	46.12	X	46.26	47.31	45.55	43.53	42.22	40.20
5	KAZAKHSTAN	X	18	X	X	6	8	7	5	INDIA	43.3	X	34.36	35.75	37.12	37.12	39.07	39.37
6	PAKISTAN	X	19	X	X	X	20	19	6	KAZAKHSTAN	40.91	X	42.14	X	X	48.14	48.91	48.11
7	THAILAND	X	8	9	9	11	11	10	7	THAILAND	35.49	X	37.09	36.76	36.76	37.46	41.35	43.37
8	LEBANON	X	9	11	11	12	14	18	8	UZBEKISTAN	31.28	X	X	31.29	31.29	33.94	31.94	X
9	INDIA	X	11	15	X	15	16	13	9	PAKISTAN	30.78	X	30.74	X	X	36.74	36.74	38.38
10	UZBEKISTAN	X	X	10	14	14	15	20	10	PHILIPPINES *	X	X	45.16	43.44	44.20	45.12	45.57	44.09
11	MONGOLIA	X	21	X	X	19	22	X	11	SINGAPORE *	X	X	42.54	42.90	42.90	42.92	44.54	44.54
12	KRYGYZSTAN	X	20	X	X	X	X	X	12	CHINESE TAIPEI *	X	X	41.33	X	40.27	40.27	42.62	43.41
13	BANGLADESH	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13	GUAM *	X	X	38.71	X	37.85	38.11	34.95	35.70
14	NEPAL	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14	CHINA *	X	X	32.72	X	39.58	39.58	41.47	40.73
15	SYRIA	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15	SRI LANKA *	X	X	X	48.27	48.71	49.79	46.95	49.66
X	PHILIPPINES *	X	5	7	7	5	4	4	16	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES *	X	X	X	37.93	38.49	34.92	30.00	30.00
X	SINGAPORE *	X	6	6	6	7	5	8	17	INDONESIA *	X	X	X	X	28.73	28.73	30.00	30.00
X	CHINA TAIPEI *	X	7	14	X	10	9	9	* Did not qualify in 2022
X	IRAN *	X	10	12	12	13	13	12
X	QATAR *	X	12	X	10	X	12	14
X	JORDAN *	X	13	X	17	20	X	X
X	SAUDI ARABIA *	X	14	X	18	X	X	X
X	GUAM *	X	15	X	13	16	19	17
X	CHINA *	X	16	X	X	17	17	16
X	BRUNEI *	X	17	X	X	X	24	23
X	SRI LANKA *	X	X	5	5	4	7	6
X	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES *	X	X	8	8	9	6	5
X	LAOS *	X	X	13	15	X	21	21
X	INDONESIA *	X	X	X	16	18	18	15
X	CAMBODIA *	X	X	X	X	X	23	22
* Did not qualify in 2022