Crescent Cup
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| Crescent Cup | |
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Current season or competition: 2015 Crescent Cup |
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| Sport | Rugby union |
| Instituted | 2015 |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Regions | Intercontinental (World Rugby) |
| Holders |  Malaysia (2015) |
| Most titles | Malaysia (1 title) |
| Website | CrescentCupRugbyChampionship.com |
| Tournaments | |
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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.
Contents
Results
Tournaments
| Year | Host(s) | Final | Bronze Final | Number of teams | |||||||
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| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||||
| 2015 | Malaysia |
 Malaysia |
19–11 |  Algeria |
 Kazakhstan |
35–25 |  Lebanon |
5 | |||
Team records
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third | Fourth |
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| 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) |
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| Algeria |
2nd |
 Iran |
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| Kazakhstan |
3rd |
| Lebanon |
4th |
| Malaysia |
1st |
 Uzbekistan |
R1 5th |
- Legend
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References
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