Americas Rugby Challenge Explained

Sport:	Rugby union
Founded:	2018
Teams:	4
Country:
Season:	2019
Count:	2
Current Season:	2019 Americas Rugby Challenge

The Americas Rugby Challenge is an annual international rugby union tournament between the four best nations below the Americas Rugby Championship. It was created by Rugby Americas and features two teams from Sudamérica Rugby and two from Rugby Americas North.^{[1] [2]} It was first contested in 2018, with Colombia winning the inaugural title.

Format

All four nations play each other once in a single-round robin. Every instance of the tournament to date has taken place in one host country, unlike the Americas Rugby Championship in which each country hosts two to three home matches.

Promotion/Relegation

In August of 2019, Chilean Rugby Federation president Cristian Rudhoff confirmed that starting in 2020 the Americas Rugby Challenge will include a promotion/relegation playoff with the Americas Rugby Championship^[3]

Additionally, the lower placed North American team in the Americas Rugby Challenge every year faces the winner of the Rugby Americas North Championship in a promotion/relegation playoff.

Teams

Past Teams

• (2018)

Previous Results

Year	Winner	Second	Third	Fourth
2019
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[4]

References

1. Web site: July 12, 2021. Colombia to host new Americas Rugby Challenge. live. 2021-12-26. infobae. es-ES. https://web.archive.org/web/20211226181121/https://www.infobae.com/aroundtherings/federations/2021/07/12/colombia-to-host-new-americas-rugby-challenge/ . 2021-12-26 .
2. Web site: Americas Rugby Challenge draw and logo revealed. live. 2021-12-26. www.rugbyworldcup.com. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210315/https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/353751 . 2020-10-28 .
3. Web site: ARC Promotion / Relegation to Begin in 2020. 7 August 2019.
4. Web site: RUGBY AMERICAS ANNOUNCES CANCELLATION OF AMERICAS RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP AT SENIOR AND U20 LEVELS FOR 2020 . USA Rugby . 17 February 2021.