2019 Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1

The 2019 Asia Rugby Women’s Championship Div 1 was held from 19―22 June in Calamba, Philippines. China won the Division 1 Championship after beating the Philippines in the Final. India also created history when they defeated Singapore to record their first test match victory.[1]

2019 Asia Rugby Division 1
Countries Philippines
Number of teams4
Champions China
Runners-up Philippines

China progressed to a play-off with Kazakhstan, which was also a 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup qualifier. The winner was promoted to the 2020 Asia Rugby Women's Championship. The competition will see one team qualify directly for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[2]

Division 1 Championship

Semi-finals

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2019-06-19 Singapore  7–59  China Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba [-/-/-]
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2019-06-19 Philippines  32–27  India Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba [-/-/-]

3rd Place

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2019-06-22 Singapore  19–21  India Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba [-/-/-]

Final

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2019-06-22 China  68–0  Philippines Southern Plains Sports Field, Calamba [-/-/-]

Promotion Playoff

Playoff for promotion to the 2020 Asia Rugby Women's Championship.

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2019-07-31 China  13–8  Kazakhstan Jiujiang Stadium [-/-/-]
[1336]
2019-08-03 China  0–15  Kazakhstan Jiujiang Stadium [-/-/-]

Kazakhstan advanced after defeating China on aggregate scores in a two-game series in which each team won a match.[3][4]

References

  1. "Rugby : Singapore slip down rankings after India's historic win". Sportsbeatsindia. 2019-06-25. Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  2. "China crowned champions as India claim historic win". women.rugby. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  3. "Kazakhstan remain on road to World Cup". Scrum Queens. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. "Asia Rugby Women's Championship Div 1 Asia Rugby". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
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