RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET ASIA RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2023 STANDINGS As at 8 July 2023									WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru ASIA TABLE 2023 STANDINGS As at 10 July 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	59.8	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	53.46	52.62	X	53.59	53.34	55.50	56.70	57.22
4	MALAYSIA	4	X	4	4	4	8	10	4	MALAYSIA	45.15	46.12	X	46.26	47.31	45.55	43.53	42.22
5	KAZAKHSTAN	5	X	18	X	X	6	8	5	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	41.88	X	X	X	37.93	38.49	34.92	30.00
6	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	X	X	X	8	8	9	6	6	KAZAKHSTAN *	40.91	40.91	X	42.14	X	X	48.14	48.91
7	PAKISTAN	6	X	19	X	X	X	20	7	THAILAND *	35.49	35.49	X	37.09	36.76	36.76	37.46	41.35
8	THAILAND *	7	X	8	9	9	11	11	8	INDIA	33.15	33.3	X	34.36	35.75	37.12	37.12	39.07
9	JORDAN	X	X	13	X	17	20	X	9	UZBEKISTAN *	31.28	31.28	X	X	31.29	31.29	33.94	31.94
10	LEBANON	8	X	9	11	11	12	14	10	PAKISTAN	30.13	30.78	X	30.74	X	X	36.74	36.74
11	QATAR	X	X	12	X	10	X	12	11	IRAN	30.00	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
12	INDIA	9	X	11	15	X	15	16	12	PHILIPPINES *	X	X	X	45.16	43.44	44.20	45.12	45.57
13	UZBEKISTAN *	10	X	X	10	14	14	15	13	SINGAPORE *	X	X	X	42.54	42.90	42.90	42.92	44.54
14	MONGOLIA *	11	X	21	X	X	19	22	14	CHINESE TAIPEI *	X	X	X	41.33	X	40.27	40.27	42.62
15	KRYGYZSTAN *	12	X	20	X	X	X	X	15	GUAM *	X	X	X	38.71	X	37.85	38.11	34.95
16	BANGLADESH*	13	X	X	X	X	X	X	16	CHINA *	X	X	X	32.72	X	39.58	39.58	41.47
17	NEPAL *	14	X	X	X	X	X	X	17	SRI LANKA *	X	X	X	X	48.27	48.71	49.79	46.95
18	SYRIA *	15	X	X	X	X	X	X	18	INDONESIA *	X	X	X	X	X	28.73	28.73	30.00
19	IRAN	X	X	10	12	12	13	13	* Yet to qualify in 2023
X	PHILIPPINES *	X	X	5	7	7	5	4
X	SINGAPORE *	X	X	6	6	6	7	5
X	CHINA TAIPEI *	X	X	7	14	X	10	9
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	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