title: 2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
text: # 2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
  
  The 2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the third tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Samoa A won the tournament for the first time, winning all three of their matches.
  
  ## 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
  
  * Argentina XV
  * Tonga A
  * Uruguay A
  
  Pool B
  
  * Canada A
  * Samoa A
  * USA Selects
  
  ## Table
  
  Final standings for combined pools:
  
  | Rank | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Table Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rank | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | TF | TA | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Table Points |
  | 1 | Samoa A | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 72 | +25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
  | 2 | Argentina XV | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 56 | +75 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
  | 3 | Uruguay A | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 77 | +17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
  | 4 | Tonga A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 85 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
  | 5 | Canada A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 111 | -53 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
  | 6 | USA Selects | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 127 | -64 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Updated: 21 January 2021 Source: Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match. One bonus point for losing by seven or less. The tie-break mechanism for teams finishing on the same table points has not been sourced. |
  
  ## Fixtures
  
  All times are local UYT (UTC-03)
  
  The matches were announced on 22 August 2018.
  
  