The Americas Rugby League Championship is an international
rugby league football tournament contested by originally contested by North America national rugby league teams. The tournament was created to follow the success of the Americas region of the
2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying
The 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying process began on 9 May 2015 with the 2015 European Championship C. In August 2014, it was announced that seven of the eight quarter-finalists at the 2013 tournament would receive automatic qualificati ...
.
History
Background
Previously the only regular international competitions in North America were the
Colonial Cup Colonial Cup may refer to:
* Colonial Cup (ice hockey), the trophy for the post-season champion of the International Hockey League.
* Colonial Cup (rugby league), an international rugby league football challenge match played between the United Stat ...
between the USA and Canada and the Caribbean Carnival Cup between Jamaica and Canada (2011–14). As part of the RLIFs policy of expansion and the introduction of a regular international calendar the America's Cup was established which gave the nations opportunity for regular competitive games.
2015–present
The tournament began in 2016 following the previous years successful
North America qualification tournament for the 2017 World Cup. The tournament was held every year until 2018 when it switched to every two years however the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament restared in 2023, and in years ahead of the world cup, the tournament has seen the winners of the previous year's
South American Rugby League Championship compete in it as the tournament acts as North and South America's qualification to the World Cup.
Results
^Officially the 2017 Rugby League World Cup North American qualification tournament.
References
Rugby league international tournaments
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