Asia Rugby Women's Championship

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The Asia Rugby Championship for women's national fifteen-a-side teams is a rugby union tournament that has been contested since 2006. Organised by Asia Rugby, there are currently two competition divisions — the Championship, and Division 1. The championship is also the continental qualifying tournament for Asian women's teams in the lead up to the Rugby World Cup, and the WXV.

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History

The Asia Rugby Women's Championship began in 2006, the first tournament was hosted by China in Kunming.[1] Hosts, China, won the inaugural tournament and since then, Japan has won seven times, Kazakhstan five times, with China and Hong Kong winning one each.[1]

Japan won their seventh Championship title in 2025.[2][3]

Format

The international test calendar was restructured to accommodate the upcoming WXV tournament.[4][5] Asia Rugby announced that the Asia Rugby Women's Championship would now be played in two tiers as a pathway to the WXV tournament.[6]

The top team in the Championship division will compete in WXV 2 as Asia 1, and the runner-up in WXV 3.[6]

Previous winners

All-time summary

Up to and including the 2024 edition, the following women's teams' Championship division top-3 finishes in tournaments:

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Asia Rugby Championship

Year  Edn Host •
Teams
 Final placings
Asian Rugby Championship Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
2006 Script error: No such module "Roman". Kunming 4 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
2007 Script error: No such module "Roman". Kunming 4 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
2008 Script error: No such module "Roman". Taraz 6 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
2010* Script error: No such module "Roman". Tokyo 2 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong — —
Asian 4 Nations Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
2012 Script error: No such module "Roman". Kunshan 4 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong ‡File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
2013 Script error: No such module "Roman". Almaty 4 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong †File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
2014 Script error: No such module "Roman". Hong Kong 4 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan ‡File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
Asia Rugby Championship Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
2015 Script error: No such module "Roman". round-robin
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2016 Script error: No such module "Roman". 3 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong —
2017 Script error: No such module "Roman". 2 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong —
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia[7]
2022 Script error: No such module "Roman". Hong Kong 2 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan — —
2023 Script error: No such module "Roman". Almaty 3 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong —
2024 Script error: No such module "Roman". Hong Kong 3 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan —
2025 Script error: No such module "Roman". Fukuoka 3 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan —

Division tournaments

Year Div Host Teams Final placings
ARC Divisions Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
2010a 2 Sikuet 3  File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand —
2011 2 Vientiane 4 §File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos
2012 2 Manila 4 §File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos
ARC Div 1 Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
2018 1 Singapore 3 §File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines File:Flag of India.svg India —
2019 1 Calamba 4 §File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines File:Flag of India.svg India File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore

Notes:

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<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^* Some sources suggest that the match in Tokyo was for the 2010 ARFU Division 1 XV Championship.[8]

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^† Relegated to the division below.

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^‡ Able to be challenged by the winner of the division below to play in a promotion-relegation play-off.

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^§ Won promotion, or the right to a challenge play-off for promotion, to the division above.

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^a Development tournament organised by ARFU in 2010. The games were 40 minutes long and were not test matches.

Asia Pacific Championship

Year Host Teams Final placings
Winner Runner-up Third
2016 Hong Kong 3 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
2019 Lautoka, Fiji 3 File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji

See also

References

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