2021 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge Explained

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2021 Americas Pacific Challenge
Date:22–30 October 2021
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Nations:6
Preceded By:2018
Succeeded By:2022

The 2021 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the fourth tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. However, due to travel restriction only Americas countries featured, with Paraguay replacing Samoa A. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.

Format

Six teams participated in the tournament. 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 as follows:[1] Pool A

Pool B

Table

Final standings for combined pools:

RankTeamGamesPointsTriesTry BonusLosing BonusTable Points
1 2 2 0 0 170 24 +146 25 3 2 0 10
2 3 2 0 1 108 38 +70 13 5 1 1 10
3 3 2 0 1 83 67 +16 10 8 2 0 10
4 3 2 0 1 69 53 +16 8 7 0 1 9
5 2 0 0 2 34 62 -28 4 6 0 0 0
6 3 0 0 3 26 266 -240 4 40 0 0 0
Updated: 6 October 2021
Source: https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/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.

Fixtures

All times are local UYT (UTC-03)

Round 3

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Future talent to the fore as the Americas Pacific Challenge returns in 2021 . WORLD RUGBY.