2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup

2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries	Fiji  Samoa  Tonga
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Date	11 June - 25 June 2016
Tournament statistics
Teams	3
Final
Official website	World Rugby
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The 2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup will be the eleventh edition of the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup (formerly known as the IRB Pacific Nations Cup), an annual international rugby union tournament. The 2016 title will be contested between the Tier 2 nations of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. Canada, Japan and the United States are not participating in the tournament for 2016 and 2017 due the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying format. The top two teams on aggregate across the two years qualify for Japan 2019.^[1]

Table

	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match Pre-tournament rankings are in parentheses.

Fixtures

The full match schedule was announced on 19 February 2015.^[2]

Round 1

11 June 2016

Fiji	v	Tonga

ANZ National Stadium, Suva Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Round 2

18 June 2016

Fiji	v	Samoa

ANZ National Stadium, Suva Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

Round 3

25 June 2016

Samoa	v	Tonga

Apia Park, Apia Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)

References

1. Regional qualification process set for Rugby World Cup 2019
2. World Rugby announces competitive June tier two schedule

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