Chinese Rugby Football Association

Chinese Rugby Football Association

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1996
WR affiliation	1997
President	Zhang Xiaoning

The Chinese Rugby Football Association is the rugby union governing body in China.

Due to the Olympic strategy of China, CRFA has concerned more of the rugby sevens instead of the 15-men rugby since the beginning of 2000s. CRFA also organises American football events within China.

Teams

China national rugby union team - the men's national rugby union team
China women's national rugby union team - the women's national rugby union team

External links

Chinese Rugby Football Association
China on irb.com

Rugby union in China

Governing body

Chinese Rugby Football Association

National teams

Men's	China 7's

Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

Current	Asian Rugby Championship

Hosted	Beijing Sevens Shanghai Sevens

Defunct	Super Powers Cup

Related territories

Rugby unions by best performance at the Men's World Cups

Winners	Australia (2 Times) England (Once) New Zealand (3 Times) South Africa (2 Times)

Runners up	France (3 Times)

Third	Argentina (Once) Wales (Once)

Fourth	Scotland (Once)

Quarter Final	Canada (Once) Fiji (2 Times) Ireland (6 Times) Samoa (2 Times)

Pool stages	Côte d'Ivoire (Once) Georgia (4 Times) Italy (8 Times) Japan (8 Times) Namibia (5 Times) Portugal (Once) Romania (8 Times) Russia (Once) Spain (Once) Tonga (7 Times) United States (7 Times) Uruguay (3 Times) Zimbabwe (2 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia

Rugby unions by best performance at the Women's Rugby World Cup

Winners	England (2 Times) New Zealand (4 Times) United States (Once)

Runners up	Canada (Once)

Third	Australia (Once) France (5 Times)

Fourth	Wales (Once) Ireland (Once)

Group stages	Germany (2 Times) Italy (3 Times) Japan (3 Times) Kazakhstan (6 Times) Netherlands (3 Times) Russia (3 Times) Samoa (3 Times) Scotland (5 Times) South Africa (3 Times) Spain (5 Times) Sweden (4 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Argentina Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Fiji Finland Georgia Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Namibia Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe

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Chinese Rugby Football Association

Teams

See also

External links