Asia Rugby Women's Championship

Asia Rugby Women's Championship

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	2006
Countries	China  Hong Kong  Japan  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Laos  Philippines  Singapore  Thailand  Uzbekistan  Fiji
Most recent champion(s)	Japan (2015)

Although there had been women's 7-a-side tournaments in Asia since at least 2000, it was not until 2006 that the first recorded Asian rugby championship for female 15-a-side teams, organised by the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU), took place. China were the hosts, and winners of the tournament.

2006 (Kunming, China)

Semi-finals

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	2006-11-17	China	53-11	Thailand	Kunming	[1/3/1]

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	2006-11-17	Hong Kong	12-0	Singapore	Kunming	[6/1/1]

3rd/4th place

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	2006-11-19	Thailand	20-0	Singapore	Kunming	[4/2/1]

Final

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	2006-11-19	China	31-7	Hong Kong	Kunming	[2/7/1]

2007 (Kunming, China)

IRB tournament report

Semi-finals

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	2007-11-02	China	39-6	Singapore	Kunming	[3/3/1]

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	2007-11-02	Japan	6-10	Kazakhstan	Kunming	[20/38/2]

3rd/4th place

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	2007-11-04	Japan	20-7	Singapore	Kunming	[21/4/1]

Final

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	2007-11-04	China	5-34	Kazakhstan	Kunming	[4/39/1]

2008 (Taraz, Kazakhstan)

First round

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	2008-06-03	Kyrgyzstan	0-38	Singapore	Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan	[1/5/1]

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	2008-06-03	Hong Kong	6-8	Uzbekistan	Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan	[8/1/1]

Semi-finals

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	2008-06-05	Kazakhstan	64-3	Uzbekistan	Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan	[40/2/1]

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	2008-06-05	Japan	17-10	Singapore	Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan	[22/6/2]

5th/6th

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	2008-06-07	Hong Kong	49-0	Kyrgyzstan	Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan	[9/2/1]

3rd/4th

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	2008-06-07	Singapore	0-15	Uzbekistan	Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan	[7/2/1]

Final

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	2008-06-07	Kazakhstan	39-3	Japan	Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan	[41/23/3]

2010

Some sources suggest that the following game was the ARFU Division 1 XV Championship:

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	2010-05-22	Japan	17-0	Hong Kong	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo	[27/15/5]

A development tournament was also organised by ARFU. The games were 40 minutes long and were not test matches.

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Laos	2	1	1	0	17	10	7	4
2	Philippines	2	1	1	0	10	5	5	4
3	Thailand	2	0	0	2	5	17	-12	2

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	2010-10-17	Laos	12-5[1]	Thailand	Sikuet, Laos	[-/-/-]

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	2010-10-17	Thailand	0-5[1]	Philippines	Sikuet, Laos	[-/-/-]

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	2010-10-17	Laos	5-5[1]	Philippines	Sikuet, Laos	[-/-/-]

2011 Asian Division II Championship (Vientiane, Laos)

This was an official tournament for "developing" teams. There was no Division I tournament. The games were played in Vientiane, Laos, over three days. All games were 60 minutes in length.^[2]

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	China	3	3	0	0	140	0	140	9
2	Thailand	3	2	0	1	77	38	39	7
3	Philippines	3	1	0	2	20	87	-67	5
4	Laos	3	0	0	3	12	124	-112	3

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	2011-11-24	Laos	0-38	Thailand	Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos	[1/5/1]

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	2011-11-24	China	36-0	Philippines	Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos	[5/1/1]

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	2011-11-25	Thailand	39-0	Philippines	Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos	[6/2/1]

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	2011-11-25	Laos	0-66	China	Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos	[2/6/1]

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	2011-11-26	Laos	12-20	Philippines	Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos	[3/3/1]

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	2011-11-26	China	38-0	Thailand	Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos	[7/7/2]

2012 Asian Division II Championship (Manilla, Philippines)

This was an official tournament for "developing" teams.

Semi-finals

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	2012-06-14	Laos	0-74	Singapore	Manila, Philippines	[4/15/1]

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	2012-06-14	Philippines	14-50	Thailand	Manila, Philippines	[4/8/2]

Third place

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	2012-06-16	Philippines	55-0	Laos	Manila, Philippines	[5/5/2]

Final

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	2012-06-16	Singapore	21-19	Thailand	Manila, Philippines	[16/9/2]

2012 Asian Four Nations Championship (Kunshan, China)

The "Division I" Championship.

Semi-finals

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	2012-07-05	Japan	41-17	Hong Kong	Kunshan, China	[30/20/8]

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	2012-07-05	Kazakhstan	51-0	China	Kunshan, China	[52/8/2]

Third place

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	2012-07-07	China	3-27	Hong Kong	Kunshan, China	[9/21/2]

Final

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	2012-07-07	Japan	8-17	Kazakhstan	Kunshan, China	[31/53/25]

2013 Asian Four Nations Championship (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Semi-finals

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	2013-09-04	Japan	82 - 0	Hong Kong	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	[32/22/9]

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	2013-09-04	Kazakhstan	91 - 7	Singapore	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	[54/19/1]

Third place

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	2013-09-07	Singapore	17-15	Hong Kong	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	[20/23/10]

Final

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	2013-09-07	Kazakhstan	25-23	Japan	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	[55/33/26]

2014 Asian Four Nations Championship (Hong Kong)

For 2014, the tournament is returning to a round robin format.^[3]

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	130	27	+103	14
2	Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	78	32	+46	10
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	68	69	-1	6
4	Singapore	3	0	0	3	10	158	-148	0

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	2014-05-18	Japan	37-5	Singapore	Aberdeen Stadium, Aberdeen, Hong Kong	[34/22/4]

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	2014-05-18	Hong Kong	10-13	Kazakhstan	Aberdeen Stadium, Aberdeen, Hong Kong	[27/54/2]

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	2014-05-21	Kazakhstan	68-0[4]	Singapore	Aberdeen Stadium, Aberdeen, Hong Kong	[55/23/2]

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	2014-05-21	Hong Kong	15-14[4]	Japan	Aberdeen Stadium, Aberdeen, Hong Kong	[28/35/10]

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	2014-05-24	Hong Kong	53-5	Singapore	Aberdeen Stadium, Aberdeen, Hong Kong	[29/24/10]

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	2014-05-24	Kazakhstan	49-17	Japan	Aberdeen Stadium, Aberdeen, Hong Kong	[56/36/5]

2015 Asian Rugby Championship

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	2015-04-25	Kazakhstan	40-0	Hong Kong	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	[64/28/3]

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	2015-05-09	Japan	27-12	Kazakhstan	Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka	[37/65/8]

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	2015-05-23	Hong Kong	12-27	Japan	Aberdeen Sports Ground, Aberdeen, Hong Kong	[29/38/10]

2016 Asian Rugby Championship

This tournament doubled as the qualification to the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, which is why Fiji (by virtue of winning the 2016 Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship) is attending. The top two teams directly qualify to the World Cup.

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	2016-12-09	Hong Kong	'	Japan	Hong Kong	[32/39/11]

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	2016-12-13	Japan	'	Fiji	Hong Kong	[40/4/1]

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	2016-12-17	Hong Kong	'	Fiji	Hong Kong	[33/5/1]

Ranking

Team	Winner	Runner up	3rd place	4th place
Kazakhstan	5 (2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014)	1 (2015)	-	-
Japan	2 (2010*, 2015)	5 (2008, 2012, 2013)	2 (2007, 2014)	-
China	2 (2006, 2011*)	1 (2007)	-	1 (2012)
Hong Kong	–	3 (2006, 2010*, 2014)	2 (2012, 2015)	1 (2013)
Thailand	–	1 (2011*)	1 (2006)	-
Singapore	–	-	1 (2013)	4 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2014)
Uzbekistan	–	-	1 (2008)	-
Philippines	–	-	1 (2011*)	-
Laos	–	-	-	1 (2011*)

*Some sources suggest that the following game was the ARFU Division 1 XV Championship.
**This was an official tournament for "developing" teams. There was no Division I tournament. The games were played in Vientiane, Laos, over three days. All games were 60 minutes in length.

See also

• Women's international rugby union

References

1. Training match
3. "Rugby: Hong Kong to host Asian Women's Four Nations". Sport Asia. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
4. "Hong Kong Women beat Japan in Round II of the Asian Women's Rugby Championship". HKRFU. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-21.