Pacific Nations Cup is an international rugby tournament with three Pacific Fiji , Tonga and Samoa teams as regular participants. It has been held since 2006 to gain experience with teams of the second tier of world rugby in the format of a round-robin tournament. In the past, other teams were invited to the tournament: Japan (2006β2015), New Zealand (2006β2009), Australia (2007β2008), Canada and the USA (2013β2015). The first tournament was called the IRB Pacific Five Nations Cup of Five Pacific Nations .
| Pacific Cup Pacific Cup  Pacific Cup 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kind of rugby | rugby 15 | ||
| Base | 2006 year | ||
| Location | Oceania , Asia | ||
| Tournament Dates | June - July | ||
| Members |  Fiji  Tonga  Samoa and other countries | ||
| Last winner | Fiji ( Pacific Cup of Nations 2018 ) (5th time) | ||
Content
Format
The tournament is held in one round, each team plays with each. For a victory, 4 points are awarded, for a draw - 2 points, points for defeat are not awarded. Bonus points - one for entering 4 or more attempts in the game, one in case of loss with a difference of no more than 7 points. The tournament is held annually in the summer during the period when summer test matches are organized. Dates - May β June or June β July.
History
The tournament was founded by the International Rugby Council as part of a three-year strategy with a budget of $ 50 million, launched in August 2005. The competition was aimed at uniting the four countries of the Pacific region - Fiji, Japan, Samoa and Tonga - and developing their rugby teams, according to Mark Egan . The second rugby team of New Zealand (aka βJunior All Blacksβ) also agreed to participate in the tournament [1]
In the first year of the tournament, it was planned to invite Australia, but she refused, deciding to focus on domestic competitions, but on June 3, 2006, matches started, which partially took place just in Australia. The first winners were New Zealanders, who won in all meetings. The first tournament was a great success and gave impetus to the development of rugby in the Pacific Ocean and Japan.
In 2007, Australia debuted at the tournament, represented by the second team . Thus, the teams of the second tier increased the number of opponents with whom it would be possible to play on the eve of the World Cup in France , and the Wallabies had a great chance to check the nearest reserve in action. However, in 2008, the Australian Rugby Union announced that the team would not participate in further tournaments for economic reasons [2] .
In 2008, instead of the second team of New Zealand, the Maori team of New Zealand was invited to the tournament. The New Zealand Rugby Union decided not to send a second team, not only because of poor physical condition, but also because the Maori had to play more home games [3] . The second team played in 2009, but more New Zealanders were not invited to the tournament.
In 2010-2012, Japan participated in the tournament as the fourth team, in two draws (2010 and 2012) the Samoans celebrated the victory. In January 2013, the International Rugby Union invited the teams of the USA and Canada to participate in the tournament on an ongoing basis, and that year the current champions - Samoa - did not play, because they participated in a series of test matches in South Africa [4] . In 2016 and 2017, teams were not invited to the tournament: the teams of Canada and the USA participated in the qualification for the World Cup, and Japan was preparing for the world championship as a host country. The tournaments of those two years were considered qualifying stages for the World Cup in Japan from Oceania: the two best teams entered the World Cup, and the third played against the European team, which entered intercontinental butt matches. In 2018, the Georgian team came to the tournament in the Fijian city of Suva [5] .
Members
| Team | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific teams | |||||||||||||
| Fiji | 3 | four | four | 2 | 2 | four | 2 | one | 2 | one | one | one | one |
| Samoa | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | one | 3 | one | n / a | one * | 2 | 2 | 3 | four |
| Tonga | four | five | 6 | five | four | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Invited National Teams | |||||||||||||
| Japan | five | 6 | five | four | 3 | one | four | four | one * | four | n / a | n / a | n / a |
| Australia A | n / a | 2 | 2 | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a |
| New Zealand A | one | one | n / a | one | |||||||||
| Maori | n / a | n / a | one | n / a | |||||||||
| Canada | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | 2 | 3 | 6 | n / a | n / a | n / a |
| USA | five | 2 | five | ||||||||||
| Georgia | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | n / a | 3 |
Notes:
* The winning team of their own conference [6] [7]
Sponsors
On June 20, 2008, the International Rugby Council appointed Australia and New Zealand Banking Group as the general sponsor of the Pacific Nations Cup, the Oceania Cup and the Pacific Rugby Cup [8] .
Statistics
Champions
| Year | Team | AND | AT | N | P | BUT | BY | RO | BO | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | New Zealand A | four | four | 0 | 0 | 167 | 47 | +120 | four | 20 |
| 2007 | New Zealand A | five | five | 0 | 0 | 228 | 34 | +194 | five | 25 |
| 2008 | Maori | five | five | 0 | 0 | 134 | 62 | +72 | one | 21 |
| 2009 | New Zealand A | four | four | 0 | 0 | 161 | 79 | +82 | 3 | nineteen |
| 2010 | Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | one | 78 | 63 | +15 | one | 9 |
| 2011 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | one | 67 | 74 | β7 | 2 | ten |
| 2012 | Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 70 | +6 | 0 | 12 |
| 2013 | Fiji | four | 3 | 0 | one | 109 | 59 | +50 | four | sixteen |
| 2014 [9] | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 54 | +17 | one | 9 |
| Samoa | 2 | one | one | 0 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2015 | Fiji | four | 3 | one | 0 | 126 | 103 | +23 | 2 | sixteen |
| 2016 | Fiji | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 0 | eight |
| 2017 | Fiji | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 0 | 9 |
| 2018 | Fiji | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 2 | ten |
All-Time Performance
| Team | AND | AT | N | P | BUT | BY | RO | Seasons | Finalists | Champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 41 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 984 | 932 | +52 | 12 | four | four |
| Samoa | 37 | nineteen | 2 | sixteen | 853 | 789 | +64 | eleven | 3 | 3 [9] |
| New Zealand A | 13 | 13 | - | - | 556 | 160 | +396 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Japan | 37 | 12 | - | 25 | 743 | 1126 | β383 | ten | 0 | 2 [9] |
| Maori | five | five | - | - | 134 | 62 | +72 | one | 0 | one |
| Australia A | ten | 7 | one | 2 | 392 | 181 | +211 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tonga | 41 | 13 | one | 27 | 864 | 1176 | β312 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Canada | ten | 3 | - | 7 | 202 | 226 | β24 | 3 | one | 0 |
| USA | ten | 3 | - | 7 | 188 | 264 | β76 | 3 | one | 0 |
Data July 15, 2017 [11]
Bombardiers
Points
Data July 15, 2017 [11] | Attempted
Data July 15, 2017 [11] |
Stadiums
As of 2017
| Stadium | A place | Years (matches) | Total matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apia Park | Apia | 2007 (3), 2008 (2), 2009 (1), 2010 (5), 2014 (1), 2016 (1), 2017 (1) | 14 |
| Avaya Stadium | San jose | 2015 (2) | 2 |
| Ballymore | Brisbane | 2008 (1) | one |
| Coffs Harbor International Stadium | Coffs Harbor | 2007 (2) | 2 |
| Bimo field | Toronto | 2015 (3) | 3 |
| Papa Murphys Park | Sacramento | 2014 (1), 2015 (2) | 3 |
| Carisbrook | Dunedin | 2006 (1), 2007 (1) | 2 |
| Central Coast | Gosford | 2006 (2) | 2 |
| Titibunomia | Tokyo | 2007 (1), 2011 (1), 2012 (3), 2013 (2) | 7 |
| Churchill Park | Lautoca | 2007 (2), 2008 (2), 2009 (5), 2010 (1), 2011 (3), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (1) | 15 |
| Willows Sports Complex | Townsville | 2007 (1) | one |
| Allersley Rugby Park | Edmonton | 2014 (1) | one |
| Honjo Athletics Stadium | Kitakyushu | 2006 (1) | one |
| Lavaka Park | Sigatoka | 2009 (1) | one |
| Level Five | Fukuoka | 2008 (1) | one |
| Macklin Park | Napier | 2008 (1) | one |
| Mizuho Rugby Stadium | Nagoya | 2012 (2), 2013 (2) | four |
| Nagai | Osaka | 2006 (1) | one |
| National Stadium ANZ | Suva | 2006 (2), 2007 (2), 2009 (2), 2011 (2), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (2) | 12 |
| Nippatsu Mitsuzawa | Kanagawa | 2013 (1) | one |
| North harbor | Auckland | 2006 (1), 2008 (1) | 2 |
| North Sydney Oval | Sydney | 2008 (1) | one |
| Tokyo Olympic Stadium | Tokyo | 2008 (1) | one |
| Richardson memorial | Kingston | 2013 (1) | one |
| Sendai | Sendai | 2007 (1), 2008 (1) | 2 |
| Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney | 2007 (1), 2008 (1) | 2 |
| Stubhab Center | Los Angeles | 2013 (1), 2014 (1) | 2 |
| Swongard | British columbia | 2014 (1), 2015 (4) | five |
| Teufiva Sports Stadium | Nukualofa | 2007 (1), 2008 (2), 2009 (1), 2017 (2) | 6 |
| Twin Elm Rugby Park | Ottawa | 2013 (1) | one |
| Waikato | Waikato | 2008 (1) | one |
| Yarrow | New plymouth | 2006 (2) | 2 |
See also
- Pacific Challenge
Notes
- β IRB Pacific 5 Nations takes shape . rugbyrugby.com. Date of treatment October 19, 2006. Archived December 31, 2006.
- β Australia A dumped from Pacific Nations Cup (link not available)
- β New Zealand Maori to join the IRB Pacific Nations Cup . allblacks.com (September 26, 2007). Date of treatment January 17, 2008. Archived December 23, 2007.
- β http://tvnz.co.nz/rugby-news/pacific-nations-cup-expanded-canada-and-usa-5324452
- β World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2018: Fixtures . World Rugby Date of appeal April 15, 2018.
- β Samoa break 16-year drought with win over Fiji in the Pacific Nations Cup . Australian Broadcasting Corporation (June 21, 2014). Archived on November 1, 2016.
- β Greg Thomas. Fiji 13-18 Samoa . IRB (June 22, 2014). Archived July 14, 2014.
- β ANZ to sponsor pacific rugby . irb.com (inaccessible link)
- β 1 2 3 The 2014 tournament was divided into two conferences: the winners of the respective conferences are indicated.
- β Data provided by statbunker.com taking into account the finals of the 2015 qualifications that are not related to the regular season, while the bonus points on the site are incorrect and are not taken into account in the table in the article.
- β 1 2 3 statbunker.com