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2023 Asia Rugby Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host	Kazakhstan
Venue	Almaty Sports Training Complex
Date	May 23, 2023 – May 28, 2023
Countries	Hong Kong China; Japan; Kazakhstan;
Teams	3
Final positions
Champions	Japan (5th title)
Runner-up	Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Tries scored	19 (9.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ayasa Otsuka – 17 points
Website	Asia Rugby
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Asia Rugby Women's Championship is the 12th edition of the Asia Rugby Women's Championship, and took place from 23 to 28 May and was hosted in Almaty, Kazakhstan.^[1]^[2] The winner and runner-up will classify for the inaugural edition of the WXV.^[1]^[2] The winner qualifies for WXV2, and the runner-up competes in WXV3. WXV will also provide a pathway to the 2025 Rugby World Cup, with at least the top five non-qualified teams at the end of WXV 2024 earning qualification to the tournament.^[3]

Japan defeated Kazakhstan in the final and were crowned champions. Both teams will compete in the inaugural WXV competition in October, with Japan set to compete in WXV 2 and Kazakhstan in WXV 3.^[4]

Format

The first match will see 15th ranked, Hong Kong China, take on hosts Kazakhstan who are ranked 19th at the Almaty Sports Training Complex in Almaty at 16:00 (+6 GMT).^[3] The winner will face Japan in the final on May 28 at the same venue at 15:00 local time.^[3]

China was initially scheduled to play Japan in the semifinals but withdrew from the tournament. Thus, giving Japan a win by default.^[5]

Match officials

On 18 May 2023, Asia Rugby announced the appointment of match officials for the upcoming tournament.^[6]

Referees (2)

Eri Kamimura
Christabelle Lim

Assistants (3)

Hibiki Ikeda
Leow Wei Liang
Yuliya Ignatenko

Television Match Official

Greg Hinton

Fixtures

	23 May 2023	Kazakhstan	27–23	Hong Kong China	Almaty Sports Training Complex, Almaty
	16:00 ALMT (UTC+6)	Try: Amina Tulegenova (2) 7' m, 33' m Yelena Yurova (2) 37' c, 55' m Veronika Stepanyuga 49' m Con: Gulim Bakhytbek 38' Cards: Liliya Kibisheva 40' to 50'	^[7]^[8]^[9]	Try: Qian Jiayu 30' m Chong Ka-yan 41' m Natasha Olson-Thorne 60' c Con: Aileen Ryan 61' Pen: Aileen Ryan (2) 17', 36'	Referee: Eri Kamimura (JRFU)

Final

	28 May 2023	Japan	72–0	Kazakhstan	Almaty Sports Training Complex, Almaty
	15:00 ALMT (UTC+6)	Try: Ayano Nagai (2) 3' c, 13' c Komachi Imakugi 20' m Kotono Yasuo (2) 25' m, 43' c Wako Kitano 28' c Sora Nishimura 35' m Yuki Paraki 40+1' c Otoka Yoshimura 54' c Masami Kawamura 62' m Ayumu Kokaji 72' c Con: Ayasa Otsuka (7) 4', 13', 30', 40+2', 44', 55', 73' Pen: Ayasa Otsuka 9'	^[10]^[11]	Cards: Daiana Kazibekova 29' to 39'	Referee: Christabelle Lim (Singapore)