2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup

2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries Canada
 Fiji
 Japan
 Samoa
 Tonga
 United States
Date27 July – 10 August 2019
Tournament statistics
Teams6
Matches played9
Tries scored54 (6 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Japan Yu Tamura (39 Pts)
Top try scorer(s)Japan Kenki Fukuoka
Japan Kotaro Matsushima
(3 tries)
Final
Champions Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up Fiji
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The 2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup was the 14th Pacific Nations Cup, an annual international rugby union competition contested by the men's national teams of the Tier 2 rugby nations located around the Pacific: Canada, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and the United States.[1] Japan won their second outright Pacific Nations Cup (and their third overall, having shared the 2014 title with Samoa), winning all three of their matches with try-scoring bonus points to finish top of the standings with 15 points.[2][3]

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  3. ^ "Ireland's World Cup opponents Japan win Pacific Nations Cup". RTE Sport. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.