IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship
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The IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship or IWRF Asia-Oceania Zone Championship is the Asian-Oceanian wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The Asia-Oceania Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games.
IWAS Oceania Championship
champion
Japan (3rd title)| Formerly | IWAS Asia-Oceania Championship, IWAS Oceania Championship |
|---|---|
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby |
| Continent | IWRF Asia-Oceania (Africa, Asia, Oceania) |
Most recent champion | Japan (3rd title) |
| Most titles |  Australia (8 titles) |
Before 2009 the tournament was known as the Oceania Championship. The first Oceania Championship was held in 2001.[1]
Due to the lack of other teams in Africa, the South African national team also competes in the Asia-Oceania championship. Canada was part of the tournament in 2007, but has been part of the IWRF Americas Championship since 2009.
Summaries
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2001* Details |
 New Zealand(Christchurch) |
Australia |
– | New Zealand |
Japan |
– |  South Africa | ||
| 2003* Details |
Japan (Chiba) |
Australia |
32–31 | New Zealand |
Japan |
– | – | ||
| 2005* Details |
South Africa (Brakpan) |
New Zealand |
44–43 | Australia |
Japan |
– | South Africa | ||
| 2007* Details |
Australia (Sydney) |
Australia |
47–41 |  Canada |
New Zealand |
29–25 | Japan | ||
| 2009 Details |
New Zealand (Christchurch) |
Australia |
53–45 | New Zealand |
Japan |
65–29 |  South Korea | ||
| 2011 Details |
South Korea (Seoul) |
Australia |
59–41 | Japan |
New Zealand |
62–44 | South Korea | ||
| 2013 Details |
South Africa (Pretoria) |
Australia |
55–48 | Japan |
New Zealand |
65–33 | South Africa | ||
| 2015 Details |
Japan (Chiba) |
Japan |
56–51 | Australia |
New Zealand |
52–36 | South Korea | ||
| 2017 Details |
New Zealand (Auckland) |
Australia |
53–46 | Japan |
New Zealand |
44–41 | South Korea | ||
| 2019 Details |
South Korea (Gangneung) |
Australia |
57–55 | Japan |
New Zealand |
50–43 | South Korea | ||
| 2023 Details |
Japan (Tokyo) |
Japan |
55–44 | Australia |
New Zealand |
53–31 | South Korea | ||
| 2025 Details |
 Thailand(Bangkok) |
Japan |
53–52 | Australia |
New Zealand |
46–35 | South Korea | ||
* = Oceania Championship
Championships per nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
Participation details
| Team | 2001* |
2003* |
2005* |
2007* |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2023 |
2025 |
Total |
| Australia | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 12 |
| Canada | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 China | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Japan | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 12 |
 Malaysia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 1 |
| New Zealand | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 12 |
| South Africa | 4th | – | 4th | 5th | 5th | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| South Korea | – | – | – | 7th | 4th | 4th | – | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 8 |
| Thailand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | 5th | 2 |
* = Oceania Championship