2021 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The 2021 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge will be the fourth tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. However, due to travel restriction only Americas countries will feature, with Paraguay replacing Samoa A. The competition will be once again hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22–30 October 2021 |
| Countries |  Argentina XV Brazil A Chile A Paraguay A Uruguay A USA Selects |
| Teams | 6 |
← 2018 2022 → | |
Format
With six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a "split pool" format will be used. The field was split into two pools, with teams in one pool only playing the teams in the other. The competing teams are:[1]
Pool A
Pool B
Table
Final standings for combined pools:
| Rank | Team | Games | Points | Tries | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Table Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | |||||
| 1 | Argentina XV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 24 | +146 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Chile A | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 38 | +70 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Brazil A | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 67 | +16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Uruguay A | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | USA Selects | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 62 | -28 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Paraguay A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 266 | -240 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Updated: 6 October 2021 Source: 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 1
| 22 October 2021 12:30 |
| Chile A | 62 - 0 | Paraguay A |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Tomas Bertazza (Argentina) |
| 22 October 2021 15:30 |
| Argentina XV | cancelled | USA Selects |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil) |
| 22 October 2021 18:30 |
| Brazil | 12 - 28 | Uruguay A |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Gonzalo de Achaval (Argentina) |
Round 2
| 26 October 2021 12:30 |
| Brazil A | 33 - 20 | USA Selects |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Matias Esteban (Uruguay) |
| 26 October 2021 15:30 |
| Argentina XV | 146 - 7 | Paraguay A |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Frank Mendez (Chile) |
| 26 October 2021 18:30 |
| Chile A | 17 - 24 | Uruguay A |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Tomas Bertazza (Argentina) |
Round 3
| 30 October 2021 12:30 |
| Brazil A | 58–19 | Paraguay A |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Frank Mendez (Chile) |
| 30 October 2021 15:30 |
| Chile A | 29–14 | USA Selects |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Gonzalo de Achaval (Argentina) |
| 30 October 2021 18:30 |
| Argentina XV | 24–17 | Uruguay A |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil) |
See also
References
https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2021/10/25/americas-pacific-challenge-round-2-preview-3/
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