Asian International Rugby Tournaments 2026

With the confirmed list from Asia Rugby* for the international tournaments in 2026, several unions are also involved in World Rugby tournaments, including the new WXV format, Nations Cup and Nations Championship – we look at the Asian International Rugby Tournaments 2026.

Updated August 2026

There also remains a question mark over the Asia Rugby tournaments due to its debt situation, suspension from the World Rugby Council, and a lack of faith from some unions that the regional governing body will go ahead and organise the tournaments in 2026.

*Asia Rugby published their proposed calendar of events after we published this article, and we have updated the information based on their update, where possible.

HSBC SVNS 3 Dubai 2026

The standalone HSBC SVNS 3 Dubai 2026 event takes place from 17-18 January on Pitch 2 at The Sevens Stadium and will feature eight men’s and eight women’s teams competing for promotion to HSBC SVNS 2, including the Thai women and Hong Kong China men from Asia.

• Venue: The Sevens Stadium, Dubai, UAE
• Date: 17-18 January 2026

SEA 7s 2026

The annual tournament, which precedes the HSBC SVNS Singapore, takes place much earlier in the year than usual, but a number of unions committed to the tournament at the SEARF meeting held in December 2025. The final tally sees 8 Men’s and 4 Women’s sides set to compete.

SEA 7s is an open invitational tournament for SEA Rugby Unions, and is organised by the Singapore Rugby Union.

The countries involved were

Men’s Pools
Pool A

• Philippines
• Thailand
• Indonesia
• Laos

Pool B

• Singapore
• Malaysia
• Brunei
• Cambodia

Women’s Pools

• Singapore
• Thailand
• Malaysia
• Laos

The SEA 7s Finals (31 January 2026) will be held at the National Stadium, with the pool stages set to be played at Singapore Recreation Club.

RESULT: Malaysia Men and Thailand Women Champions 2026

• Venue: Singapore Recreation Club and National Stadium, Singapore
• Date: 30-31st January 2026

HSBC SVNS Singapore 2026

HSBC SVNS Singapore 2026 takes the top 7s teams in the world to the National Stadium from 31 January and 1 February.

You can see more about the pools here. The Japanese women are the only Asian representation on the Series.

Both Nate Hirayama and Ruby Tui were the tournament ambassadors.

• Venue: National Stadium, Singapore
• Date: 31st January – 1st February 2026

SEA Women’s Championship XVs 2026 (updated)

The inaugural SEARF Women’s 15s Championship (the women’s equivalent of the Unions Cup) will be played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and initially four teams were due to be involved: the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, with semifinals on the 11th Feb with the final placement matches on Saturday, 14th February 2026.

However, in late January, it was confirmed that Indonesia withdrew, and the format changed with three matchdays

Original Schedule

11 Feb 2026 | Wednesday

• 14:00: Singapore vs Malaysia
• 16:00: Philippines vs Indonesia

14 Feb 2026 | Saturday

• 14:00: Loser Match 1 vs Loser Match 2
• 16:00: Winner Match 1 vs Winner Match 2

UPDATED Schedule (all matches 4 PM Local Time)

8 Feb 2026 | Sunday

• Malaysia 15-15 Singapore

11 Feb 2026 | Wednesday

• Singapore 51-0 Philippines – see the match report here.

14 Feb 2026 | Saturday

• Philippines 0-78 Malaysia – see the match report here.

This is a big move for the region in an attempt to get regular 15s rugby for the women’s national teams.

See the team reactions from the Philippines and Singapore, as well as Malaysia.

• Venue: Padang Astaka, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
• Date:  8-15 February 2026

U17 Presidents Cup 2026

The U17 Presidents Cup will be hosted in Bangkok, Thailand, from 4-10 April (originally announced as 2-8 April) and will include Boys teams from Thailand, Malaysia, and Laos.

Guam and Singapore were both originally included but have dropped out.

• Venue: Air Force Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand
• Date: 2-8 April 2026

SVNS World Championship – Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens

The Hong Kong Sevens will be celebrating its 50th anniversary, so expect a big event at Kai Tak Stadium. The event is the first of three SVNS World Championship rounds, which will feature 12 Women’s and 12 Men’s teams.

The Melrose Claymore Challenge will also take place, including the HKCR 7s teams and invited teams.

Women’s Teams

• HKCR
• Thailand
• Denmark

Men’s Teams

• HKCR
• Japan
• China

• Venue: Kai Tak Stadium, Hong Kong
• Date: 17–19 April 2026

Asia Rugby Emirates Women’s Championship 2026

Kazakhstan will host the three-team tournament in May 2026, with defending champions Japan, Hong Kong China, and the hosts competing from 30 April to 10 May.

30 April – Kazakhstan 12-64 Japan – Match Preview
5 May – Japan 71-12 Hong Kong China – Match Preview
10 May – Kazakhstan 26-26 Hong Kong China – Match Preview

RESULT: Japan were again crowned Asian champions.

• Venue: Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Date: 30 April to 10 May 2026

*Dates have changed from those originally posted by Asia Rugby as 28 April – 9 May.

You can read more in our tournament preview here.

2026 Tour Fixtures – New Zealand Under 85kg v Sri Lanka Tuskers

The fixtures confirmed for 2026 are at the same venues they were played at in 2025, but in reverse order.

• Game One – Colombo – 25 April 2026 NZ U85 27-16 Sri Lanka
• Game Two – Kandy – 3 May 2026 NZ U85 25-10 Sri Lanka

CASA 7s 2026

The inaugural CASA (Central Asia South Asia) 7s will be held in Tashkent from 16-17 May 2026 and will include 6 Women’s and 6 Men’s teams.

CASA originally said this would include a debut for Tajikistan, but they dont appear on the final list of teams competing.

You can see more about the tournament here.

Women’s Teams

• Uzbekistan
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Mongolia
• India
• Sri Lanka

Men’s Teams

• Uzbekistan
• Kazakhstan
• Mongolia
• India
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka

RESULT: Sri Lanka Women and Men were champions.

• Venue: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Date: 16-17 May 2026

Qatar vs Saudi Arabia Men’s XV Test

The first-ever Men’s XV Test between Qatar and Saudi Arabia will take place on Friday, 15 May  2026 in Qatar.

RESULT: Qatar 58-12 Saudi Arabia

The match preview can be seen here.

• Venue: Onazia Training Ground, Qatar
• Date: Friday 15 May  2026

Asia Rugby Emirates Men’s Championships 2026 (Updated)

Asia Rugby originally released the dates and fixtures, but several online posts (including some from the unions) had conflicting information.

At the end of April, it was confirmed that the UAERF had withdrawn its side and that those matches would be counted as 0-0 draws. There was no official word from Asia Rugby by 30th April, but the interim UAERF CEO Hazem Hassan said, “This marks a good opportunity for us to build a stronger squad for next year’s challenges – there are good plans to solidify the work through hosting a great international friendly soon.”

Asia Rugby said, “The revised schedule follows changes to the tournament due to the ongoing regional conflict, which created significant logistical and operational challenges for the competition and resulted in the UAE being unable to participate in this year’s tournament.”

The tournament preview can be seen here.

UPDATED May 10 2026 (times shown are local times)

• 23 May 2026: UAE vs Korea – Dubai (Cancelled)
• Sunday 24 May 2026: Sri Lanka 14-15 Hong Kong China – Racecourse Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka – KO 15:00
• 5 June 2026: UAE vs Sri Lanka – Dubai (Cancelled)
• Sunday 7 June 2026: Hong Kong China 45-9 Korea – Hong Kong – HKFC, KO 16:30 (Match Review Here)
• Saturday 13 June 2026: Korea vs Sri Lanka – Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium, Incheon, Korea – KO 15:00 – The Match was also cancelled as Sri Lanka failed to get their player visas in time.
• 14 June 2026: Hong Kong China vs UAE – Hong Kong (Cancelled)

In the end, only had two fixtures this year, and many question marks were raised over the tournament this year. Hong Kong China are champions for the 7th straight time, and Korea were runner-up.

• Venue: Various
• Date: May- June 2026

Brave Blossoms Match Schedule 2026

The Japanese Men’s national team has announced several Tests and non-capped matches for 2026. They begin their season by again taking on the Maori All Blacks before playing their Nations Championship 2026 fixtures (covered below).

Their other Tests are two matches against Australia and hosting Canada before the end-of-year Nations Championship matches.

• Saturday, June 27th: Lipovitan D Challenge Cup 2026 JAPAN XV 31-38 Maori All Blacks – Venue: Paloma Mizuho Stadium (Aichi) *Cap not applicable – Match Preview
• Saturday, August 8th: Lipovitan D Challenge Cup 2026 Japan vs Australia – Venue: Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiosaka City (Osaka) – 19:05 KO
• August 15th (Saturday) 2026: Australia vs Japan Venue: Queensland Country Bank Stadium (Townsville, Australia), 3:15 PM KO
• Saturday, September 5, 2026: Lipovitan D Challenge Cup 2026 Japan vs Canada – Venue: Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata City – 14:50 KO

You can read more about the Brave Blossoms Tests in 2026 here.

Singapore vs HKCR Dragons Matches 2026

Initially, only a Hong Kong China Women’s U23S vs Singapore match was announced by HKCR, but Singapore Rugby confirmed three matches will take place in Singapore on Saturday, June 20th 2026.

You can see a preview of the Dragons vs Singapore Select matches here.

• Singapore Select XV 0-57 Hong Kong China Dragons Women’s – 4PM KO
• Singapore Select XV 23-21 Hong Kong China Dragons Men’s – 6 PM KO

Hong Kong China confirmed their women’s U23s will take part in camp and travel to Singapore to play on 27 June, before returning to Hong Kong to play a squad from the Hong Kong China Dragons Programme on 4 July.

It’s great to see both unions develop their depth in Women’s XV.

Singapore U23 Women 5-72 Hong Kong China U23 Women

• Venue: Queenstown Stadium, Singapore
• Date: 27  June 2026

HKCR U23 Women 5-5 Hong Kong China Dragons

• Match: HKCR U23 Women vs Hong Kong China Dragons
• Venue: Hong Kong Football Club
• Date: 4 July 2026

Unions Cup 2026 (Updated)

Thailand will be hosting the Men’s Unions Cup in 2026, which again is expected to expand. Seven nations have confirmed their participation: Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Guam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan.

The Philippines is the defending champion.

Hong Kong were linked to fielding its Hong Kong Dragons, bringing the total to eight teams, and in April, Vietnam was linked to entering teams, but both were ruled out when the final lineup and format were announced on May 14th.

The initial proposal is to have the first round divided into two groups, A and B, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals to determine the finalists.

READ our comprehensive tournament guide and hear from all of the teams.

Confirmed Teams:

• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Chinese Taipei
• Laos
• Guam
• Malaysia
• Asian Barbarians

We assumed all (correctly) will be capped Tests except the matches against the Asian Baabaas. Chinese Taipei Rugby confirmed the details and said that each squad can comprise 34 (30 players &4 staff).

Unions Cup 2026 Schedule

Matchdays are due to be on the 12th, 15th and 18th July 2026.

12th July 2026

• (1) A1: Philippines 74-0 Laos
• (2) A2: Singapore 21-19 Barbarians
• (3) B1: Thailand 27-30 Malaysia
• (4) B2: Chinese Taipei 45-14 Guam

Read our Round 1 Review

 

15 July 2026 Semifinals

• Laos 20-71 Barbarian Asia 2PM (Placement SF)
• Guam 20-21 Thailand 2PM (Placement SF)
• Singapore 33-10 Philippines 4PM (Cup SF)
• Chinese Taipei 42-29 Makaysia 4PM (Cup SF)

18 July 2026 Finals

It should be noted that both the Philippines Rugby Football Union and the Laos Rugby Federation are using crowdfunding to raise the funds needed to participate in the Unions Cup 2026.

• Venue: Bangkok, Thailand
• Date: 12-18 July 2026

Rugby Junior Championship 2026 (U20)

Japan is one of the teams participating in the World Rugby Junior Championship (U20s), which will return to Georgia for the 16th edition of the tournament.

Japan U20 Schedule

• Saturday 27 June 2026 – Japan 21-38 New Zealand –  Match Preview
• Thursday 2 July 2026 – Japan 25-41 Italy – Match Review
• Tuesday 7 July 2026 – Japan 32-43 Scotland – Match Review
• Sunday 12 July 13th Place SF – Japan 72-21 USA – Match Review
• Friday 17 July 13th Place Final – Japan 34-26 Spain – Match Preview

The full schedule and details were confirmed, and more details can be found here.

• Venue: Various, Georgia
• Date: June 27 to July 18 2026

Nations Championship 2026

Japan is the only Asian side included in the Nations Championship 2026:

• Round One (Saturday, July 4) –  Japan 27-10 Italy – Match Review
• Round Two (Saturday, July 11) – Japan 20-36 Ireland (In Australia) – Match Preview
• Round Three (Saturday, July 18) – Japan 15-42 France –  Match Preview
• Round Four (7 November) – Wales v Japan
• Round Five (14 November) – England v Japan
• Round Six (21 November) – Scotland v Japan

The inaugural Finals Weekend of the 2026 season is scheduled to take place over three consecutive days in London from 26-29 November 2026.

• Venue: Various
• Date:  July & November 2026

World Rugby Nations Cup 2026

Hong Kong China is included in the new Nations Cup tournament – the format means each team will face all six opponents from the opposite pool. Each team will play three matches in July and three in November 2026.

World Rugby confirmed the schedule for the first three rounds in July, with all matches played in the Americas.

Hong Kong China July matches:

• Warm-Up Game – June 24th 2026 –  HKCR XV 24-22 Waikato XV – Albert Park, Te Awamutu, KO 6PM (Match Preview)
• 4 July 2026 – Samoa 66-19 Hong Kong China – 15:00 – Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos, Santiago, Chile – Match Review
• 11 July 2026 – Chile 38-17 Hong Kong China – 18:00 – Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile – Match Review
• 18 July 2026 – Uruguay 40-42 Hong Kong China – 14:00 – Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, Uruguay – Match Preview and Match Review

They will face Canada, the USA, and Tonga in November, with details TBC.

• Venue: Various
• Date: July & November 2026

WXV Global Series 2026

Japan Sakura 15 will be competing in the WXV Global Series 2026, in which the top 12 teams will compete in a home-and-away touring model.

The first matches were announced in June, and Japan will travel to Ireland for two Tests preceded by a match in Italy.

Test 1 Japan Sakura XV vs Fiji (Non-WXV Test)

The match officials were confirmed, which include referee Ella Goldsmith (RA), as well as the assistant Referees from HKCR (Sunny Lee) and Hibiki Ikeda (JRFU).

• Date: Friday, 4 September, 2026 – Kick-off 17:00 JST
• Venue: Japan Base, Fukuoka

Test 2 – Italy vs Japan Sakura XV (WXV Global Series)

• Date: Saturday, September 19 2026 – Kick-off 14:30
• Venue: Stadio Omero Tognon, Fontanafredda (Pordenone, Italy)

Test 3 – Ireland vs Japan Sakura XV (WXV Global Series)

• Date: Sunday, September 27 2026 – Kick-off time 12:45 PM (8:45 PM JST)
• Venue: Dexcon Stadium (Galway, Ireland)

Test 4 – Ireland vs Japan Sakura XV

• Date: Saturday, October 3 2026 – Kick-off time 14:00 (22:00 JST)
• Venue: Virgin Media Park (Cork, Ireland)

Test 5 – Japan Sakura XV vs Wales (WXV Global Series)

• Date: Saturday, October 24th 2026 – Kick-off time TBD
• Venue: Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

Test 6 – Japan Sakura XV vs Wales (WXV Global Series)

• Date: Saturday, October 31st 2026 – Kick-off time TBD
• Venue: Kumagaya Sports Culture Park Rugby Field (Saitama), Japan

World Rugby finally announced more official news at the end of July.

WXV Global Series Challenger 2026

Six teams who were ranked from 13th to 17th in the world, alongside Brazil, who qualified through competing in the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, will compete at a single destination in Hong Kong, in a tournament funded by World Rugby.

The WXV Global Series Challenger 2026 runs 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.

• Fiji 13th
• Spain 14th
• Samoa 15th
• Hong Kong China 16th
• Netherlands 17th
• Brazil 25th

Round one – Sunday 13 September

• 12:00 – Spain vs Fiji
• 15:30 – Hong Kong China vs Brazil
• 19:00 – Netherlands vs Samoa

Round two – Saturday 19 September

• 12:00 – Samoa vs Spain
• 15:30 – Hong Kong China vs Fiji
• 19:00 – Brazil vs Netherlands

Round three – Saturday 26 September

• 12:00 – Fiji vs Netherlands
• 15:30 – Hong Kong China vs Samoa
• 19:00 – Spain vs Brazil

• Venue: Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground, Hong Kong
• Date: 13 September to 26 September 2026

Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup 2026

The shortened version of the Pacific Nations Cup 2026 tournament was confirmed to take place in Japan from 12-19 September, featuring the hosts, the defending champions Fiji, as well as Canada and the USA.

All times local (GMT+9)

Saturday, 12 September – Semi-finals, Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka

• 16:00 – Fiji v Canada
• 19:05 – Japan v USA

Saturday, 19 September – Finals day, Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo

• 16:00 – Third place play-off
• 19:05 – Final

• Venue: Japan
• Date: 12 & 19 September 2026

Belgium vs Hong Kong China Men’s XV

In a surprising announcement by Belgium Rugby (unconfirmed by HKCR) and yes, the Europeans used the old HKRU logo, the Belgians will host the HKCR Men’s XV on 31st October for a one-off match (it falls outside the Test window so might be a friendly and not a full-capped Test – TBC).

The timing of the match also suggests that possibly HKCR November Nations Cup matches wont he hosted in Hong Kong (also still TBC).

• Venue: TBC, Belgium
• Date: 31st October 2026

World Rugby U20 Challenger Cup 2026 

In April 2025, Chile announced it would host a new World Rugby U20 Challenger Cup, but there has been little news since then. However, HKCR said in May 2026 that they would be looking to send a Men’s U20s team to compete.

More details TBC.

• Venue: TBC
• Date: September & October 2026

Asia Rugby Emirates U18 Sevens 2026

This is due to be hosted in China from 5-6 September 2026.

• Venue: Qingdao, China
• Date: 5-6 September 2026 – The original date posted by Asia Rugby was 12-13 September 2026

Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series 7s 2026

China and Colombo (Sri Lanka) should be hosting the two legs, much like in 2025. 

Asia Rugby finally announced details late in July but changed the dates for the first leg and confirmed 12 Men’s and 12 Women’s teams would again take part.

You can read more here about the national teams’ 7s tournaments in 2026

Women’s Teams

• Japan
• China
• Thailand
• Hong Kong, China
• Kazakhstan
• India
• Singapore
• United Arab Emirates
• Malaysia
• Sri Lanka
• Uzbekistan (promoted)
• Iran (promoted)

Uzbekistan and Iran were promoted from the Trophy Series, while the Philippines and Indonesia were relegated to the Trophy Series in 2026.

Men’s Teams

• Hong Kong, China
• Japan
• Sri Lanka
• China
• United Arab Emirates
• Thailand
• Malaysia
• Singapore
• Korea
• Uzbekistan
• Kazakhstan (promoted)
• India (promoted)

The Philippines and Chinese Taipei were relegated to the Trophy Series, and Uzbekistan remains in the top flight even though Asia Rugby’s own standings show they were below the Philippines on the log?

Leg 1: Suzhou, China – August 29-30, 2026 (the dates originally announced were August 15-16, 2026)
Leg 2: Colombo, Sri Lanka – October 17-18, 2026

Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Trophy 7s 2026 – West & Central 

More details are TBC, but AR suggests this Trophy tournament with only West & Central Asian countries will take place in November.

• Venue: TBC
• Date: 24-25 October 2026 – Original dates posted by Asia Rugby were 21–22 November 2026

Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Trophy 7s 2026 – South, South East & East

More details are TBC, but AR suggests this Trophy tournament with only South, South East & East Asian countries will take place in September in Chinese Taipei.

• Venue: TBC, Chinese Taipei
• Date: 21-22 November 2026 – Original dates posted by Asia Rugby were 19-20 September 2026

Asian Games 2026 – Rugby 7s

The 2026 Asian Games, officially the 20th edition, will take place in Aichi & Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4, 2026. 

The final confirmed list of participating rugby 7s teams was confirmed by Asia Rugby on 23rd July, with the pool draw held the same day.

• Venue: Nagoya (Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium), Japan
• Date: 1-3 October 2026

New Asia Rugby Emirates Competition Launch – Emirates 7’s Asia Rugby Clubs Cup

Asia Rugby announced a new tournament and said, “A new Asia Rugby Emirates competition will be introduced in Sri Lanka, from 1–10 July”* (see updated dates below).

Following the initial announcement of the tournament, which would only include Men’s teams, the event was then confirmed to be expanded to include 8 men’s and 8 women’s club teams, invited through their unions from the top 12 ranked Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series unions and the dates were changed to 4-5 July 2026.

They have also not said how the 16 teams will be selected after putting out a graphic saying as many as 24 unions have been invited.

Everything we know about the planned club tournament is detailed here, but lots of questions remain.

• Venue: TBC, Sri Lanka
• Date: The dates have changed twice already since the first announcement. It was set as 4-5 July, then changed to 30-31 October 2026.

2026 World Deaf Rugby Sevens Championship

Japan will host the 2026 World Deaf Rugby Sevens Championship, which will be the third such event to take place, and the Women’s and Men’s competitions are expected to be in October or November 2026.

The venues were confirmed on August 1st 2026:

Saturday, October 31 – Yumenoshima Stadium, Koto Ward
Monday, November 2 – Spears Edoriku Field
Tuesday, November 3 (a public holiday) – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

• Venue: Various – Tokyo, Japan
• Date: October 31st (Sat) – November 3rd 2026

Asia Pacific Seniors Touch Cup 2026

The Asia Pacific Seniors Touch Cup will take place from 8-10 October 2026 at the Tochigi Sports Park in Utsunomiya, an hour north of Tokyo.

Japan Touch Association Board Director, Shigeru Mizukami, said, “JTA is delighted to be able to work with the Federation of International Touch to bring an international touch event back to Japan. We have waited a long time for this opportunity and are excited to be able to welcome international teams from across the Asia-Pacific region to our country.”

• Venue: Tochigi Sports Park in Utsunomiya, Japan
• Date: 8-10 October 2026

Asia Rugby U20 7s 2026

Malaysia Rugby announced this as provisionally to be held in November 2026 in India, which was later confirmed by Asia Rugby’s tournament calendar.

• Venue: Bhubaneswar, India
• Date: 14-15 November 2026

Asia Rugby Men’s Division 1 15s 2026

It was suggested that India, Qatar, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia would compete for the Division 1 title, but again, this highlights the issues with Asia Rugby, as no reason was provided for why these four teams would compete in the place of others.

Originally touted to take place mid-year, it has been suggested by Asia Rugby that this will take place on 9 & 12 December in Malaysia and confirmed by MR.

• Venue: TBC, Malaysia
• Date: 9 & 12 December 2026

Asia Rugby U19 15s Championship 2026

The Sri Lanka Rugby Union confirmed it was awarded the right to host the tournament, and they posted the following fixtures and information:

December 15, 2026

M1 – Korea vs Chinese Taipei
M2 – Sri Lanka vs Hong Kong China

December 19, 2026

Loser M1 vs M2
Winner M1 vs M2

• Venue: Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Date: 15-19 December, 2026

Asia Rugby Emirates Women’s Division 1 2026

There has not been an Asia Rugby Emirates Women’s Division 1 for several years, but Asia Rugby said it would announce the host union in due course. No confirmation of which teams would compete, either, but Malaysia has expressed an interest.

• Venue: TBC
• Date: TBC 2026

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