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Koen Bloemen (born 13 May 1998) is a dutch rugby union player. Who plays for Bourg-en-Bresse in the French Nationale. He is the captain o the dutch national rugby union team. He formally played for the Montpellier Espiors.

Teams
The following teams were announced as playing the 2022 tournaments:

Pre-tournament world rankings in parentheses ==== Division 1 ====


 * (43)
 * (48)
 * (55)
 * (60)

Division 2

 * (95)
 * (74)

Division 3 Central

 * (NR)
 * (62)
 * (NR)
 * (NR)
 * (89)

Division 3 South

 * (NR)
 * (85)
 * (NR)

Division 3 West

 * (NR)
 * (NR)
 * (NR)
 * (NR)
 * (NR)

==== Division 3 South East & East ====

Notes: 
 * (NR)
 * (NR)
 * (NR)
 * (NR)

Division 2
The 2022 edition of the Division 2 Tournament was held from 29 May – 1 June 2022 in Lahore, Pakistan. Matches

Division 3 Central
The Division 3 Central Tournament was held from 3–6 July at Dolen Omurzakov Stadium in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, they were orginally set to host the competition in 2020 however due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was delayed. The tournament was played by Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Kazakstan winning the tournament.

Mongolia were originally set to host the 2022 Division 3 South East & East, however with the cancellation of the tournament they joined Division 3 Central replacing Afghanistan. Semi Finals

Division 3 South
The 2022 edition of the Division 3 South Tournament was held from 19–25 November 2022 at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, India. India were champions not conceding a single point across the tournament.

Division 3 West
The 2022 edition of the Division 3 West Tournament was held on 10 February 2023 in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. With Qatar winning the competition with 12-40 win over Iran.

Originally due to have taken place May 9 to May 14. Qatar, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Oman where all interested in featuring. Lebanon and Iran both were front runners to host but due to progress made by Iran over the last 6 years they were awarded the position of hosts.

In April 2022 the competition was postponed until the September and was set to be between Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.

By September the competition was once again postponed this time to October 2022. Iraq, Lebanon and Syria all dropped out with Qatar coming back in. Qatar and Iran were to play two tests on October 8 and 11 in Tehran.

Due to protests from the Iranian team in solidarity with the unrest in the country the competition was once again delayed to February 2023 and reduced to a single test match to be played in the UAE.