Asia Rugby Women's Championship


Asia Rugby Women's Championship


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.

History

The Asia Rugby Women's Championship began in 2006, the first tournament was hosted by China in Kunming. Hosts, China, won the inaugural tournament and since then, Kazakhstan has gone on to win five times, Japan four times, and China and Hong Kong has won one each.

Format

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

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

Previous winners

All-time summary

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

Asia Rugby Championship

Division tournaments

Notes:

Asia Pacific Championship

See also

  • Women's international rugby union
  • Asia Rugby Championship (for men)

References

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Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: Asia Rugby Women's Championship by Wikipedia (Historical)



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