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.
Format 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:
Pool A
Pool B
Table Final standings for combined pools: RankTeamGamesPointsTriesTry BonusLosing BonusTable 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 0Updated: 21 January 2021Source: 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)
The matches were announced on 22 August 2018.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
See also 2018 end-of-year rugby union internationals Americas Rugby Championship World Rugby Pacific Challenge
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