2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
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Date6–14 October 2018
Countries
Argentina XV
Canada A
Samoa A
Tonga A
Uruguay A
USA Selects
Argentina XV
Canada A
Samoa A
Tonga A
Uruguay A
USA SelectsTeams6
Champions Samoa A
Samoa A| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6–14 October 2018 |
| Countries | Argentina XV Canada A Samoa A Tonga A Uruguay A USA Selects |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Samoa A |
| Runner-up | Argentina XV |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Tries scored | 69 (7.67 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,500 (611 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Federico Favaro (35) Saia Fililava (35) D’Angelo Leuila (35) |
| Most tries | Johnny Vaili (4) |
← 2017 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
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 | Samoa A | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 72 | +25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Argentina XV | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 56 | +75 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Uruguay A | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 77 | +17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Tonga A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 85 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Canada A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 111 | -53 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | USA Selects | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 127 | -64 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Updated: 21 January 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. | |||||||||||||
