The Crescent Cup, or the Islamic Nations Rugby Championship, is a men's rugby union tournament, organised by World Rugby and the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation and featuring teams from the Muslim world. The inaugural tournament was held in Malaysia in 2015. It was co-organised with the Malaysia Rugby Union. The hosts Malaysia are the current champions, having defeated Algeria in the final.[1]

Crescent Cup
Current season or competition:
2015 Crescent Cup
SportRugby union
Instituted2015
Number of teams6
RegionsIntercontinental (World Rugby)
Holders Malaysia (2015)
Most titles Malaysia (1 title)
WebsiteCrescentCupRugbyChampionship.com

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

Results

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Tournaments

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

Team records

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

Performance of nations

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Rugby (finale de la Crescent Cup) : défaite de l'Algérie face à la Malaisie". TSA Algérie. Samy Bechiri. June 14, 2015. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015.
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