- Building on the momentum of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, World Rugby has announced that Hong Kong will host the WXV Global Series Challenger central competition, the second division of the WXV Global Series competition from 13 - 26 September 2026.
"VAN" (Sports Desk - 20.04.2026) :: Teams ranked 13 -17 – Fiji, Hong Kong China, the Netherlands, Samoa, Spain and Brazil who qualified through competing at RWC 2025 will go head-to-head in a centrally-hosted tournament at the Kai Tak Sports Park in Hong Kong. The competition will consist of three triple header matchdays on 13, 19 and 26 September.
Funded by World Rugby, the WXV Global Series Challenger will enable unions to compete in more consistent, high-quality international competition. Rankings to determine positions in the Series were set at the conclusion of WXV 2024 and will remain fixed through the 2026-28 cycle, as agreed with participating unions. Cross-over fixtures will take place in 2027 around the British and Irish Lions Women’s tour.
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