Asia Rugby Women's Championship
| Sport | Rugby union |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Countries | 4 (in 2013) Hong Kong Japan Kazakhstan Singapore |
| 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
3rd/4th place
Final
2007 (Kunming, China)
Semi-finals
3rd/4th place
Final
2008 (Taraz, Kazakhstan)
First round
Semi-finals
5th/6th
3rd/4th
Final
2010
Some sources[2] suggest that the following game was the ARFU Division 1 XV Championship: Template:Wrugbybox
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 |
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.[1]
| 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 |
2012 Asian Division II Championship (Manilla, Philippines)
This was an official tournament for "developing" teams.
Semi-finals
Third place
Final
2012 Asian Four Nations Championship (Kunshan, China)
The "Division I" Championship.
Semi-finals
Third place
Final
2013 Asian Four Nations Championship (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Semi-finals
Third place
Final
2014 Asian Four Nations Championship (Hong Kong)
For 2014, the tournament is returning to a round robin format.[2]
| 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 |
2015 Asian Rugby Championship
See also
Refernces
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Rugby: Hong Kong to host Asian Women's Four Nations". Sport Asia. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-04-28.