RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET ASIA RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2023 STANDINGS As at 4 May 2023									WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru ASIA TABLE 2023 STANDINGS As at 1 May 2023
2023	AFRICA TABLE	2022	2021	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014		ASIA TABLE	2023	2022	2021	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014		Moved up
1	JAPAN *	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	JAPAN *	77.39	77.39	78.26	75.24	73.69	74.22	77.05	74.70		Moved down
2	HONG KONG *	2	X	2	2	2	2	3	2	HONG KONG *	59.66	59.66	X	58.11	60.00	56.50	57.17	55.79		No Movement
3	SOUTH KOREA *	3	X	3	3	3	3	3	3	SOUTH KOREA *	52.62	52.62	X	53.59	53.34	55.50	56.70	57.22
4	MALAYSIA *	4	X	4	4	4	8	10	4	MALAYSIA *	46.12	46.12	X	46.26	47.31	45.55	43.53	42.22
5	KAZAKHSTAN	5	X	18	X	X	6	8	5	INDIA *	43.3	43.3	X	34.36	35.75	37.12	37.12	39.07
6	PAKISTAN *	6	X	19	X	X	X	20	6	KAZAKHSTAN *	40.91	40.91	X	42.14	X	X	48.14	48.91
7	THAILAND *	7	X	8	9	9	11	11	7	THAILAND *	35.49	35.49	X	37.09	36.76	36.76	37.46	41.35
8	LEBANON *	8	X	9	11	11	12	14	8	UZBEKISTAN *	31.28	31.28	X	X	31.29	31.29	33.94	31.94
9	QATAR	X	X	12	X	10	X	12	9	PAKISTAN *	30.78	30.78	X	30.74	X	X	36.74	36.74
10	INDIA	9	X	11	15	X	15	16	10	IRAN	30.00	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
11	UZBEKISTAN *	10	X	X	10	14	14	15	11	PHILIPPINES *	X	X	X	45.16	43.44	44.20	45.12	45.57
12	MONGOLIA *	11	X	21	X	X	19	22	12	SINGAPORE *	X	X	X	42.54	42.90	42.90	42.92	44.54
13	KRYGYZSTAN *	12	X	20	X	X	X	X	13	CHINESE TAIPEI *	X	X	X	41.33	X	40.27	40.27	42.62
14	BANGLADESH*	13	X	X	X	X	X	X	14	GUAM *	X	X	X	38.71	X	37.85	38.11	34.95
15	NEPAL *	14	X	X	X	X	X	X	15	CHINA *	X	X	X	32.72	X	39.58	39.58	41.47
16	SYRIA *	15	X	X	X	X	X	X	16	SRI LANKA *	X	X	X	X	48.27	48.71	49.79	46.95
17	IRAN	X	X	10	12	12	13	13	17	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES *	X	X	X	X	37.93	38.49	34.92	30.00
X	PHILIPPINES *	X	X	5	7	7	5	4	18	INDONESIA *	X	X	X	X	X	28.73	28.73	30.00
X	SINGAPORE *	X	X	6	6	6	7	5	* Yet to qualify in 2023
X	CHINA TAIPEI *	X	X	7	14	X	10	9
X	JORDAN *	X	X	13	X	17	20	X
X	SAUDI ARABIA *	X	X	14	X	18	X	X
X	GUAM *	X	X	15	X	13	16	19
X	CHINA *	X	X	16	X	X	17	17
X	BRUNEI *	X	X	17	X	X	X	24
X	SRI LANKA *	X	X	X	5	5	4	7
X	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES *	X	X	X	8	8	9	6
X	LAOS *	X	X	X	13	15	X	21
X	INDONESIA *	X	X	X	X	16	18	18
X	CAMBODIA *	X	X	X	X	X	X	23
* Yet to qualify in 2023