The 2011

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was a

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tournament held between the four national sides on the Pacific Rim: Fiji, Japan,

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and

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was the reigning champion after they defeated Fiji in the 2010 competition at

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. The tournament began on July 2 and ended on July 13, 2011 with most of the matches hosted by Fiji. Only the match between

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champion, Japan and

was played at

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in Japan. The tournament was moved to Fiji from Japan after the devastating March,

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. The tournament was a round-robin where each team plays all of the other teams once. There were four points for a win, two for a draw and none for a defeat. There were also bonus points offered with one bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one bonus point for losing by 7 points or less. Japan were crowned Champions after defeating Fiji and scoring their fourth try the last play of the final match of the tournament giving them the bonus point they needed to go with an earlier win over Tonga.irb.com
''Instead, by virtue of a slender 28-27 victory over Tonga, it was the Japanese who got their hands on the trophy'' Ill discipline by Fiji cost them the game and gifted the Pacific Nations Cup to Japan at the expense of Tonga. Fiji finished the match with 12 men after conceding 2 red and 3 yellow cards, an unenviable world record.

Table

Schedule

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Top scorers

Top points scorers

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Top try scorers