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 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: Division tournaments. Notes: 2006 (Kunming, China). China was the host, and winner, of the  inaugural tournament. 2007 (Kunming, China). IRB tournament report 2010 Asian tournaments. Some sources suggest that the following game was the ARFU Division 1 XV Championship: A development tournament was also organised by ARFU. The games were 40 minutes long and were not test matches. 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. 2012 Asian tournaments. 2012 Asian Division II Championship (Manilla, Philippines). This was an official tournament for "developing" teams. Bracket. Semi -finals Third place Final 2012 Asian Four Nations Championship (Kunshan, China). The "Division I" Championship. Bracket. Semi-finals Third place Final 2013 Asian Four Nations Championship. The 2013 championship was played as a knockout tournament, hosted at Almaty in Kazakhstan. Bracket. Semi-finals Third place Final 2016 Asia Pacific 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.