The championship is also the continental qualifying tournament for Asian women's teams in the lead up to the Rugby World Cup, and the WXV.

The Asia Rugby Women's Championship began in 2006, the first tournament was hosted by China in Kunming.

[1] Hosts, China, won the inaugural tournament and since then, Kazakhstan has gone on to win five times, Japan four times, and China and Hong Kong has won one each.

[1] The international test calendar was restructured to accommodate the upcoming WXV tournament.

[4] Up to and including the 2024 edition, the following women's teams' Championship division top-3 finishes in tournaments: Notes: ^* Some sources suggest that the match in Tokyo was for the 2010 ARFU Division 1 XV Championship.