2009 Pacific Cup

2009 (2009) Pacific Cup  ()
2009 Pacific Cup logo
Number of teams5
Host country Papua New Guinea
Winner Papua New Guinea

Matches played5
Attendance29,494 (5,899 per match)
Points scored156 (31.2 per match)
Tries scored28 (5.6 per match)
Top scorerPapua New Guinea John Wilshere (22)
Top try scorerPapua New Guinea David Mead (5)
 < 2006

The 2009 Pacific Cup, known as the 2009 SP Brewery Pacific Cup due to sponsorship,[1] was a rugby league competition held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[2] The competing teams were the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga.[2]

Tonga, Fiji and PNG had their places in the draw confirmed initially,[2] with the Cook Islands defeating Samoa in a Pacific Cup qualifier in Cairns on 17 October 2009 to decide which team took the final place in the tournament.[2]

The four Pacific Cup matches were played at Lloyd Robson Oval on 24–25 October and 31 October.[2] The Pacific Cup final was played on 1 November 2009 between Papua New Guinea and the Cook Islands.[2] By winning the 2009 Pacific Cup, Papua New Guinea won the right to compete in the 2010 Four Nations tournament.

Brian Canavan was appointed as tournament director by the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF).[2]

  1. ^ SP Brewery to sponsor Pacific Cup Archived 27 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, NRL.com
  2. ^ a b c d e f g ARL (Press Release) (28 July 2009). "Pacific Cup announced". Australian Rugby League. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.