2024 Asia Rugby Women's Championship

2024 Asia Rugby Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host	Hong Kong
Date	22 May–1 June 2024
Countries	Hong Kong   Japan   Kazakhstan
Final positions
Champions	Japan
Runner-up	Hong Kong
← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Asia Rugby Women's Championship was the 13th edition of the Asia Rugby Women's Championship, it will take place from 22 May to 1 June 2024 and will be hosted in Hong Kong. ^[1] The champion will qualify for the 2024 WXV 2 and the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup tournaments. ^{[2] [3]} The runner-up will qualify for the 2024 WXV 3 and will have a chance of qualifying for the 2025 World Cup as the remaining six places will be awarded to the highest-finishing teams in WXV who have not qualified through the 2021 Rugby World Cup and the regional tournaments. ^{[2] [3]}

Japan secured their sixth Asia Rugby Women's Championship title and qualification for both the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup and the 2024 WXV 2 tournaments. ^{[4] [5]} Hong Kong's hopes of making the World Cup were kept alive after they defeated Kazakhstan and earned a spot in WXV 3. ^{[6] [7]}

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification		JPN	HKG	KAZ
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	93	12	+81	14	2	2	0	10	Qualifies for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup and 2024 WXV 2		—		64–0
2	Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	34	29	+5	5	4	0	0	4	Qualifies for 2024 WXV 3		12–29	—	22–0
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	0	86	−86	0	13	0	0	0					—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2024. Source: ^[8]

Fixtures

22 May 2024 18:30 HKT (UTC+8)

Hong Kong	12–29	Japan
Try: Forrest 67' c Chong 78' m Con: Smith (1/2) 69' Cards: Olson-Thorne 41' to 51'	Report [9]	Try: Kagawa 7' c I. Nagata 25' m N. Nagata 70' c Hatada 76' c Con: Otsuka (3/4) 8', 71', 77' Pen: Otsuka (1/1) 65'

Kings Park sportsground, Kings Park Referee: Christabelle Lim (Singapore)

Team details

LP 1 Nga-wun Lau HK 2 Tanya Dhar TP 3 Kea Marie Herewini LL 4 Chloe Noelle Barcellano Baltazar RL 5 Roshini Jane Turner BF 6 Tsz-ching Chan OF 7 Wai-yan Pun (c) N8 8 Shanna Sanman Forrest SH 9 King To Au FH 10 Hoi Ching Fung LW 11 Zoe Smith IC 12 Georgia Rivers OC 13 Natasha Olson-Thorne RW 14 Ka-yan Chong FB 15 Sabay Lynam Replacements: HK 16 Fion Yuei-Tein Got PR 17 Hiu Tung Chan PR 18 Ka-shun Lee LK 19 Mei-nam Chow BR 20 Micayla Baltazar SH 21 Tsz Yau Wan BK 22 Jiayu Qian BK 23 Hoi Yan Poon Coach: Royce Chan Leong Sze LP 1 Sachiko Kato HK 2 Kotomi Taniguchi TP 3 Wako Kitano LL 4 Yuna Sato RL 5 Otoka Yoshimura BF 6 Sakurako Korai OF 7 Iroha Nagata (c) N8 8 Ayano Nagai SH 9 Moe Tsukui FH 10 Ayasa Otsuka LW 11 Mele Yua Havili Kagawa IC 12 Haruka Hirotsu OC 13 Sakurako Hatada RW 14 Kotono Yasuo FB 15 Komachi Imakugi Replacements: HK 16 Asuka Kuge PR 17 Manami Mine PR 18 Miharu Machida LK 19 Nijiho Nagata BR 20 Mio Nishimura SH 21 Megumi Abe CE 22 Mana Furuta WG 23 Nao Ando Coach: Lesley Mckenzie Assistant referees: James Perry (Singapore) Darroch Chua (Singapore) Television match official: Jaco De Wit (UAE)

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27 May 2024 19:00 HKT (UTC+8)

Japan	64–0	Kazakhstan
Try: Kato 3' c Hirotsu 7' c Nagai 16' m Nagata 30' m Sato 37' c Yoshimura 52' c Mine 55' m Abe 61' c Machida 72' c Otsuka 76' c Con: Otsuka (7/10) 4', 8', 38', 53', 62', 73', 77' Cards: Yoshimura 21' to 31'	Report	Cards: Dadajanova 19' to 29' Melnikova 28' to 38'

Kings Park sportsground, Kings Park Referee: Sunny Lee (Hong Kong)

Team details

LP 1 Sachiko Kato HK 2 Kotomi Taniguchi TP 3 Wako Kitano LL 4 Yuna Sato RL 5 Otoka Yoshimura BF 6 Sakurako Korai OF 7 Iroha Nagata N8 8 Ayano Nagai SH 9 Moe Tsukui FH 10 Ayasa Otsuka LW 11 Kotono Yasuo IC 12 Haruka Hirotsu OC 13 Sakurako Hatada RW 14 Komachi Imakugi FB 15 Sora Nishimura Replacements: HK 16 Asuka Kuge PR 17 Manami Mine PR 18 Miharu Machida LK 19 Nijiho Nagata LF 20 Mio Nishimura SH 21 Megumi Abe BK 22 Mana Furuta BK 23 Nao Ando Coach: Lesley Mckenzie LP 1 Natalya Kamendrovskaya (c) HK 2 Xeniya Kim TP 3 Tatyana Dadajanova LL 4 Symbat Zhamankulova RL 5 Daiana Kazibekova BF 6 Mariya Grishina OF 7 Veronika Stepanyuga N8 8 Anzhelika Pichugina SH 9 Yekaterina Savina FH 10 Diana Abisheva LW 11 Alena Melnikova IC 12 Anna Melnikova OC 13 Yeva Bekker RW 14 Amina Tulegenova FB 15 Galina Krassavina Replacements: HK 16 Svetlana Malezhina PR 17 Darya Tkachyova PR 18 Darya Simakova LK 19 Balzhan Akhbayeva LF 20 Alyona Drobovskaya SH 21 Luidmila Ivanova BK 22 Kundyzay Baktybayeva BK 23 Yuliya Oleinikova Coach: Fabian Jouries Assistant referees: Morgan White (Hong Kong) Aggie Poon (Hong Kong) Television match official: Stephen Copeman (Hong Kong)

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1 June 2024 18:30 HKT (UTC+8)

Hong Kong	22–0	Kazakhstan
Try: Chong 21' c Olson-Thorne 50' m Lau 59' c Con: Smith (2/3) 22', 60' Pen: Smith (1/1) 44'	Report

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium Referee: Tasuku Kawahara (Japan)

Team details

LP 1 Nga-wun Lau HK 2 Tanya Dhar TP 3 Kea Marie Herewini LL 4 Chloe Noelle Barcellano Baltazar RL 5 Roshini Jane Turner BF 6 Tsz-ching Chan OF 7 Wai-yan Pun (c) N8 8 Shanna Sanman Forrest SH 9 King To Au FH 10 Hoi Ching Fung LW 11 Zoe Smith IC 12 Georgia Rivers OC 13 Natasha Olson-Thorne RW 14 Ka-yan Chong FB 15 Hoi Yan Poon Replacements: HK 16 Fion Yuei-Tein Got PR 17 Hiu Tung Chan PR 18 Ka-shun Lee LK 19 Mei-nam Chow BR 20 Karen Hoi Ting So SH 21 Micayla Baltazar BK 22 Jiayu Qian BK 23 Tsz Yau Wan Coach: Royce Chan Leong-sze LP 1 Natalya Kamendrovskaya (c) HK 2 Xeniya Kim TP 3 Tatyana Dadajanova LL 4 Symbat Zhamankulova RL 5 Luidmila Ivanova BF 6 Mariya Grishina OF 7 Veronika Stepanyuga N8 8 Anzhelika Pichugina SH 9 Yekaterina Savina FH 10 Diana Abisheva LW 11 Liliya Kibisheva IC 12 Anna Melnikova OC 13 Yeva Bekker RW 14 Amina Tulegenova FB 15 Galina Krassavina Replacements: HK 16 Svetlana Malezhina PR 17 Darya Tkachyova PR 18 Darya Simakova LK 19 Daiana Kazibekova LF 20 Alyona Drobovskaya SH 21 Kundyzay Baktybayeva BK 22 Alena Melnikova BK 23 Yuliya Oleinikova Coach: Fabian Juries Assistant referees: Koki Yamauchi (Japan) Tetsuya Hirakawa (Japan) Television match official: Just Wang (Singapore)

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