ARFU Women's Rugby Championship

ARFU Women's Rugby Championship

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	2006
No. of teams	4
Country(ies)	China Hong Kong Thailand Singapore

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 (Taldykorgan, 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[2] 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	Thailand	Sikuet, Laos	[-/-/-]

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

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	2010-10-17	Laos	5-5	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.

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]

See also

• Women's international rugby union