ASIA RUGBY EMIRATES WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2026

The Asia Rugby Emirates Women’s Championship (AREWC) 2026 will be hosted in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 30 April until 10 May 2026. The tournament will again feature the defending champions Japan (known as the Sakura 15s), Hong Kong China and hosts Kazakhstan. The tournament comes on the back of the news that Hong Kong has been selected to host World Rugby’s new-look WXV Global Series Challenger in September, with all three triple-header matches played at Kai Tak’s Youth Sports Ground.

This will be the 15th edition of the Asia Rugby Women’s Championship, and Japan are currently ranked 11th in the world, Hong Kong China are ranked 16th, while Kazakhstan are 19th. The 2026 tournament will once again be played in a three-match, round robin format, and all fixtures are fully capped Test matches.

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Hong Kong will play host for the WXV Global Series Challenger 2026 from 13 September to 26 September 2026, with the tournament’s nine matches to be played as three triple-header matchdays all to be held at the Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground.

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Hong Kong China Women’s XVs head to Kazakhstan at the start of May to take part in this year’s Asia Rugby Emirates Women’s Championship.

In 2025 the three-team round robin tournament was held in Japan, with Hong Kong China coming runners-up to the hosts thanks to a 29-12 win over Kazakhstan. For 2026, Kazakhstan will host the tournament, with fixtures as follows:

Kazakhstan vs Japan – Thursday 30 April
Japan vs Hong Kong China – Tuesday 5 May
Kazakhstan vs Hong Kong China – Sunday 10 May

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