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World Rugby Pacific Challenge

The World Rugby Pacific Challenge, formerly the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup, is an annual rugby union football tournament held in Oceania since 2006. It is contested by national 'A' teams from the Asia-Pacific region. The tournament is run by World Rugby through Oceania Rugby.

Teams
The competing national 'A' teams as of the 2018 season were: • Fiji Warriors • • • ==Overall==
Overall
Summary of all Pacific Challenge winners and runners-up, for tournaments up to and including 2020: By team By country ==History==
History
Pacific Island tournament: 2006 to 2010 The Pacific Rugby Cup initially featured six representative teams, two from each Pacific Island country: : The format was a single round-robin tournament with the top-placed team hosting a final against the second-placed to decide the title. The Fiji Warriors won the competition twice, the Samoan teams won the Cup once each, and Tautahi Gold also claimed the title once for Tonga. After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament returned to Apia Park, Samoa in 2023. ;Notes : Japan A, Force A, Rebel Rising, and the Brisbane and Sydney Academies joined in 2013. : The Blues and Highlanders development teams featured in 2012 and 2013. : The Pacific stage was cancelled in 2013 to allow Fiji, Samoa and Tonga to maximise preparations for the end-of-year tours. ==Winners==
Tournaments
Teams listed are those that qualified for the Pacific Rugby Cup final matches (for seasons without a final, the core teams are shown). Results of the final matches are written so that the score of the team in each row is mentioned first. Pacific Challenge: 2015 to 2020 Contested by the national 'A' teams of Fiji, Japan, Samoa, and Tonga. Canada A along with Argentina's Pampas XV also competed in 2015. : : Pacific Australasian series: 2011 to 2014 Contested by the national 'A' teams of Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. Japan A joined as a core team in 2013. The core teams played against Super Rugby academy opposition from Australia and New Zealand before meeting each other in a single round robin to decide the title. No finals were played and team finishing on top of the table after all matches were completed was the tournament winner. In 2014, Argentina's Pampas XV and four Australian Academy sides were added as core teams. Two pools were formed and a single round robin played in each. The top ranked sides in each pool played off in the final for the title and the second ranked teams played off for third place. : : after winning the 2007 Pacific Rugby Cup. Notes: Pacific Island tournament: 2006 to 2010 For the first five seasons, the tournament was contested by six teams; two each from Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. The format consisted of a single round-robin, home or away, and the teams finishing in the first two positions on the table played in a final, hosted by the top ranked team, to decide the Pacific Rugby Cup title. : : : ==See also==
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