The 2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the second tournament of the
Americas Pacific Challenge
The Americas Pacific Challenge (APC) is a rugby union tournament funded by World Rugby that serves as a development competition for Americas and Pacific island nations. It provides a way to prepare players for participation with their senior na ...
, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
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Format
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:
Pool A
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Pool B
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Table
Final standings for combined pools:
Fixtures
All times are local
UYT (
UTC-03)
The matches were announced on 14 September 2017.
Round 1
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Round 2
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Round 3
See also
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2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals
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Americas Rugby Championship
The Americas Rugby Championship, often informally called the Americas' Six Nations, was an annual international rugby tournament between six North and South American nations: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the United States and Uruguay. Origin ...
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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 (formed from the best locally based players, with most not alr ...
References
External links
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World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
Americas Pacific
2017 in Tongan rugby union
2017 in Samoan rugby union
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International rugby union competitions hosted by Uruguay