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.
| 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
editSix 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
editFinal 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: [1] 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
editAll times are local UYT (UTC-03)
Round 1
edit| 22 October 2021 12:30 |
| Chile A | 62 - 0 | Paraguay A |
| Report[2] |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Tomas Bertazza (Argentina) |
| 22 October 2021 15:30 |
| Argentina XV | cancelled[3] | USA Selects |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil) |
| 22 October 2021 18:30 |
| Brazil | 12 - 28 | Uruguay A |
| Report[4] |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Gonzalo de Achaval (Argentina) |
Round 2
edit| 26 October 2021 12:30 |
| Brazil A | 33 - 20 | USA Selects |
| Report[5] |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Matias Esteban (Uruguay)[6] |
| 26 October 2021 15:30 |
| Argentina XV | 146 - 7 | Paraguay A |
| Report[7] |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Frank Mendez (Chile)[6] |
| 26 October 2021 18:30 |
| Chile A | 17 - 24 | Uruguay A |
| Report[8] |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Tomas Bertazza (Argentina)[6] |
Round 3
edit| 30 October 2021 12:30 |
| Brazil A | 58–19 | Paraguay A |
| Report[9] |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Frank Mendez (Chile) |
| 30 October 2021 15:30 |
| Chile A | 29–14 | USA Selects |
| Report[10] |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Gonzalo de Achaval (Argentina) |
| 30 October 2021 18:30 |
| Argentina XV | 24–17 | Uruguay A |
| Report[11] |
| Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Future talent to the fore as the Americas Pacific Challenge returns in 2021". WORLD RUGBY.
- ^ "Chile 'A' romp to victory over Paraguay 'A'". americas rugby news. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Argentina XV vs USA Selects game cancelled". americas rugby news. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Uruguay 'A' down Brazil 'A' in Americas Pacific Challenge". americas rugby news. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Brazil 'A' fight back to defeat USA Selects". americas rugby news. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ a b c "Americas Pacific Challenge – Round 2 Preview". americas rugby news. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Argentina XV score 22 tries in huge win over Paraguay 'A'". americas rugby news. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Uruguay 'A' battle past Chile 'A' in Americas Pacific Challenge". americas rugby news. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Brazil 'A' conquer Paraguay 'A in Americas Pacific Challenge". americas rugby news. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Chile 'A' close out Americas Pacific Challenge by beating USA Selects". americas rugby news. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Argentina XV overcome Uruguay 'A' to win APC". americas rugby news. Retrieved 20 November 2023.