| Type: | other |
| 2017 Americas Pacific Challenge | |
| Date: | 7–15 October 2017 |
| Countries: | |
| Nations: | 6 |
| Matches: | 9 |
| Tries: | 87 |
| Top Scorer: |  Juan Cruz González (46) |
| Most Tries: | Sebastián Cancelliere (5) |
| Preceded By: | 2016 |
| Succeeded By: | 2018 |
The 2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the second tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.
With six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a "split pool" format was used. The field was split into two pools, with teams in one pool only playing the teams in the other. The competing teams were:[1] Pool A
Pool B
Final standings for combined pools:
| Rank | Team | Games | Points | Tries | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Table Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 38 | +200 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 110 | +10 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 77 | +10 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 142 | -52 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 156 | -79 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 147 | -98 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Updated: 15 October 2017 Source: World Rugby Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match. One bonus point for losing by seven or less. The tie-break mechanism for teams finishing on the same table points has not been sourced. | |||||||||||||
All times are local UYT (UTC-03)
The matches were announced on 14 September 2017.[2]