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Asia Rugby Women's Championship

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Asia Rugby Women's Championship
SportRugby union
Founded2006
CountriesChina
Hong Kong
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Uzbekistan
ConfederationAsia Rugby
Most recent
champion(s)		 Japan (2017)

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 is also the continental qualifying tournament for Asian women's teams in the lead up to the Rugby World Cup.

Previous winners

All-time summary

A tally of top-3 tournament placings for the Championship division of women's teams, up to and including the 2017 edition:

RankTeamChampionRunner‑upThird placeTotal
1 Kazakhstan5207
2 Japan4329
3 China1102
4 Hong Kong0448
5 Thailand0011
Uzbekistan0011
Totals (6 teams)1010828

Asia Rugby Championship

Year  Edn Host • Teams Final placings
Asian Rugby Championship Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
2006 I Kunming 4 China Hong Kong Thailand Singapore
2007 II Kunming 4 Kazakhstan China Japan Singapore
2008 III Taraz 6 Kazakhstan Japan Uzbekistan Singapore
2010* IV Tokyo 2 Japan Hong Kong N/A N/A
Asian 4 Nations Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
2012 V Kunshan 4 Kazakhstan Japan Hong Kong ‡ China
2013 VI Almaty 4 Kazakhstan Japan Hong Kong † China
2014 VII Hong Kong 4 Kazakhstan Hong Kong Japan ‡ Singapore
Asia Rugby Championship Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
2015 VIII round-robin
home
or
away 		3 Japan Kazakhstan Hong Kong N/A
2016 IX 3 Japan Kazakhstan Hong Kong
2017 X 2 Japan Hong Kong N/A
2020 XI 3

Division tournaments

Year Div Host • Teams Final placings
ARC Divisions Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
2010a 2 Sikuet 3 Laos Philippines Thailand N/A
2011 2 Vientiane 4 § China Thailand Philippines Laos
2012 2 Manila 4 § Singapore Thailand Philippines Laos
2018 1 Singapore 3 § Singapore Philippines India N/A
2019 1 Calamba 4 § China Philippines India Singapore

Notes:

^* Some sources suggest that the match in Tokyo was for the 2010 ARFU Division 1 XV Championship.[1]

^† Relegated to the division below.

^‡ Able to be challenged by the winner of the division below to play in a promotion-relegation play-off.

^§ Won promotion, or the right to a challenge play-off for promotion, to the division above.

^a Development tournament organised by ARFU in 2010. The games were 40 minutes long and were not test matches.

2006 (Kunming, China)

China was the host, and winner, of the inaugural tournament.

Bracket

Semi-finalsFinal
17 November – Kunming
 China53
19 November – Kunming
 Thailand11
China31
17 November – Kunming
 Hong Kong7
Hong Kong12
 Singapore0
Third place
19 November – Kunming
 Thailand20
 Singapore0

Semi-finals

[592]
2006-11-17 China 53-11 Thailand Kunming [1/3/1]
[593]
2006-11-17 Hong Kong 12-0 Singapore Kunming [6/1/1]

3rd/4th place

[595]
2006-11-19 Thailand 20-0 Singapore Kunming [4/2/1]

Final

[596]
2006-11-19 China 31-7 Hong Kong Kunming [2/7/1]

2007 (Kunming, China)

IRB tournament report

Bracket

Semi-finalsFinal
2 November – Kunming
 China39
4 November – Kunming
 Singapore6
China5
2 November – Kunming
 Kazakhstan34
Japan6
 Kazakhstan11
Third place
4 November – Kunming
 Japan20
 Singapore7

Semi-finals

[648]
2007-11-02 China 39-6 Singapore Kunming [3/3/1]
[649]
2007-11-02 Japan 6-10 Kazakhstan Kunming [20/38/2]

3rd/4th place

[650]
2007-11-04 Japan 20-7 Singapore Kunming [21/4/1]

Final

[651]
2007-11-04 China 5-34 Kazakhstan Kunming [4/39/1]

2008 (Taraz, Kazakhstan)

Qualifying finals Semifinals Grand final
3 June
Hong Kong 6
Uzbekistan 8 5 June
Kazakhstan 64
Uzbekistan 3 7 June
Kazakhstan 39
5 June Japan 3
Japan 17
3 June Singapore 10
Kyrgyzstan 0
Singapore 38

First round

[703]
2008-06-03 Kyrgyzstan 0-38 Singapore Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan [1/5/1]
[704]
2008-06-03 Hong Kong 6-8 Uzbekistan Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan [8/1/1]

Semi-finals

[705]
2008-06-05 Kazakhstan 64-3 Uzbekistan Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan [40/2/1]
[706]
2008-06-05 Japan 17-10 Singapore Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan [22/6/2]

5th/6th

[707]
2008-06-07 Hong Kong 49-0 Kyrgyzstan Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan [9/2/1]

3rd/4th

[708]
2008-06-07 Singapore 0-15 Uzbekistan Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan [7/2/1]

Final

[709]
2008-06-07 Kazakhstan 39-3 Japan Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan [41/23/3]

2010 Asian tournaments

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

[825]
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
[-]
2010-10-17 Laos 12-5[2] Thailand Sikuet, Laos [-/-/-]
[-]
2010-10-17 Thailand 0-5[2] Philippines Sikuet, Laos [-/-/-]
[-]
2010-10-17 Laos 5-5[2] Philippines Sikuet, Laos [-/-/-]

2011 Asian Division II 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.[3]

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
[911]
2011-11-24 Laos 0-38 Thailand Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos [1/5/1]
[912]
2011-11-24 China 36-0 Philippines Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos [5/1/1]
[913]
2011-11-25 Thailand 39-0 Philippines Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos [6/2/1]
[914]
2011-11-25 Laos 0-66 China Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos [2/6/1]
[915]
2011-11-26 Laos 12-20 Philippines Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos [3/3/1]
[916]
2011-11-26 China 38-0 Thailand Chao Anou Vong stadium, Vientiane, Laos [7/7/2]

2012 Asian tournaments

2012 Asian Division II Championship (Manilla, Philippines)

This was an official tournament for "developing" teams.

Bracket

Semi-finalsFinal
14 June – Manila
 Laos0
16 June – Manila
 Singapore74
Singapore21
14 June – Manila
 Thailand19
Philippines14
 Thailand50
Third place
16 June - Manila
 Philippines55
 Laos0

Semi-finals

[948]
2012-06-14 Laos 0-74 Singapore Manila, Philippines [4/15/1]
[949]
2012-06-14 Philippines 14-50 Thailand Manila, Philippines [4/8/2]

Third place

[950]
2012-06-16 Philippines 55-0 Laos Manila, Philippines [5/5/2]

Final

[951]
2012-06-16 Singapore 21-19 Thailand Manila, Philippines [16/9/2]

2012 Asian Four Nations Championship (Kunshan, China)

The "Division I" Championship.

Bracket

Semi-finalsFinal
5 July – Kunshan
 Japan41
7 July – Kunshan
 Hong Kong17
Japan8
5 July – Kunshan
 Kazakhstan17
Kazakhstan51
 China0
Third place
7 July - Kunshan
 China3
 Hong Kong27

Semi-finals

[952]
2012-07-05 Japan 41-17 Hong Kong Kunshan, China [30/20/8]
[953]
2012-07-05 Kazakhstan 51-0 China Kunshan, China [52/8/2]

Third place

[954]
2012-07-07 China 3-27 Hong Kong Kunshan, China [9/21/2]

Final

[955]
2012-07-07 Japan 8-17 Kazakhstan Kunshan, China [31/53/25]

2013 Asian Four Nations Championship

The 2013 championship was played as a knockout tournament, hosted at Almaty in Kazakhstan.

Bracket

Semi-finalsFinal
4 September – Almaty
 Kazakhstan91
7 September – Almaty
 Singapore7
Kazakhstan25
4 September – Almaty
 Japan23
Japan82
 Hong Kong0
Third place
7 September - Almaty
 Singapore17
 Hong Kong15

Semi-finals

[1011]
2013-09-04 Japan 82 - 0 Hong Kong Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan [32/22/9]
[1012]
2013-09-04 Kazakhstan 91 - 7 Singapore Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan [54/19/1]

Third place

[1013]
2013-09-07 Singapore 17-15 Hong Kong Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan [20/23/10]

Final

[1014]
2013-09-07 Kazakhstan 25-23 Japan Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan [55/33/26]

2014 Asian Four Nations Championship

The 2014 tournament, hosted in Hong Kong, returned to a round robin format.[4]

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
[1040]
2014-05-18 Japan 37-5 Singapore Aberdeen Stadium, Aberdeen, Hong Kong [34/22/4]
[1041]
2014-05-18 Hong Kong 10-13 Kazakhstan Aberdeen Stadium, Aberdeen, Hong Kong [27/54/2]
[1042]
2014-05-21 Kazakhstan 68-0[5] Singapore Aberdeen Stadium, Aberdeen, Hong Kong [55/23/2]
[1043]
2014-05-21 Hong Kong 15-14[5] Japan Aberdeen Stadium, Aberdeen, Hong Kong [28/35/10]
[1044]
2014-05-24 Hong Kong 53-5 Singapore Aberdeen Stadium, Aberdeen, Hong Kong [29/24/10]
[1045]
2014-05-24 Kazakhstan 49-17 Japan Aberdeen Stadium, Aberdeen, Hong Kong [56/36/5]

2015 Asia Rugby Championship

[1108]
2015-04-25 Kazakhstan 40-0 Hong Kong Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan [64/28/3]
[1109]
2015-05-09 Japan 27-12 Kazakhstan Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka [37/65/8]
[1110]
2015-05-23 Hong Kong 12-27 Japan Aberdeen Sports Ground, Aberdeen, Hong Kong [29/38/10]

2016 Asia 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.

[1173]
2016-12-09 Hong Kong 45–7 Fiji Hong Kong [32/4/1]
[1174]
2016-12-13 Japan 55–0 Fiji Hong Kong [39/5/1]
[1175]
2016-12-17 Hong Kong 8–20 Japan Hong Kong [33/40/11]

2017 Asia Rugby Championship

[1201]
2017-07-08 Japan 58–0 Hong Kong Shiroyama [42/35/12]
[1203]
2017-07-15 Hong Kong 19–60 Japan Hong Kong [36/43/13]

2018 Asia Division I Championship

[1260]
2018-06-02 Singapore 30–5 India Queenstown Stadium, Singapore [-/-/-]
[1261]
2018-06-05 India 5–19 Philippines Queenstown Stadium, Singapore [-/-/-]
[1262]
2018-06-08 Singapore 19–10 Philippines Queenstown Stadium, Singapore [-/-/-]

2019 Asia tournaments

2019 Asia Division I Championship

Semi-finals

[1316]
2019-06-19 Singapore 7–59 China Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba [-/-/-]
[1317]
2019-06-19 Philippines 32–27 India Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba [-/-/-]

3rd/4th place

[1318]
2019-06-22 Singapore 19–21 India Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba [-/-/-]

Final

[1319]
2019-06-22 China 68–0 Philippines Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba [-/-/-]

2019 playoff for promotion to the Asia Championship

Kazakhstan advanced to the 2020 Asian Women's Championship after defeating China on aggregate scores in a two-game series in which each team won a match.[6]

[1335]
2019-07-31 China 13–8 Kazakhstan Jiujiang Stadium [-/-/-]
[1336]
2019-08-03 China 0–15 Kazakhstan Jiujiang Stadium [-/-/-]

2021 Asia Rugby Championship

The 2021 Asia women's championship was the final stage of 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifying for the Asia region.[7] Three women's national teams were scheduled to compete in the single round-robin tournament. Japan and Hong Kong, the two teams from the 2017 championship,were joined by Kazakhstan as the winner of the 2019 promotion playoff. The 2020 tournament, with the winner gaining direct entry to the 2021 World Cup, was originally moved from March to May due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but has since been postponed indefinitely.

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Training match". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  4. ^ "Rugby: Hong Kong to host Asian Women's Four Nations". Sport Asia. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  5. ^ a b "Hong Kong Women beat Japan in Round II of the Asian Women's Rugby Championship". HKRFU. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  6. ^ "Kazakhstan remain on road to World Cup". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  7. ^ "World Rugby announces new Women's Rugby World Cup 2021 qualification pathway". World.Rugby. 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Asia Rugby Women's Championship 2020, Match 1". World.Rugby. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Asia Rugby Women's Championship 2020, Match 2". World.Rugby. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Asia Rugby Women's Championship 2020, Match 3". World.Rugby. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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