The 2020 Americas Rugby League Championship is a planned

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tournament scheduled to be held in Kingston,

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in November 2020. This tournament will be the 4th Americas Rugby League Championship. On 12 June 2020 it was announced that the tournament was postponed due to the

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. It was provisionally rescheduled for May 2021 to be played alongside the America 9s (

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) competition hosted by the USA. As the venue will change the

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has been offered first option on hosting the 2022 Americas Championship. In April 2021 it was announced that the championship was abandoned with the 2022 tournament being the next playing.

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