| Type: | other |
| 2018 Americas Pacific Challenge | |
| Date: | 6–14 October 2018 |
| Countries: | |
| Nations: | 6 |
| Matches: | 9 |
| Tries: | 69 |
| Attendance: | 5500 |
| Top Scorer: |  Federico Favaro (35) Saia Fililava (35) D’Angelo Leuila (35) |
| Most Tries: | Johnny Vaili (4) |
| Preceded By: | 2017 |
| Succeeded By: | 2021 |
The 2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the third 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. Samoa A won the tournament for the first time, winning all three of their matches.[1]
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:[2] 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 | 97 | 72 | +25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 56 | +75 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 77 | +17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 85 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 111 | -53 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 127 | -64 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Updated: 21 January 2021 Source: http://www.americasrugbynews.com/competitions/2018-americas-pacific-challenge/ 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 22 August 2018.[3]