2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup

2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries Fiji
 Samoa
 Tonga
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Date11–25 June 2016
Tournament statistics
Teams3
Matches played3
Tries scored12 (4 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Fiji Seremaia Bai (24)
Top try scorer(s)8 players with 1 try
Final
Champions Fiji (3rd title)
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The 2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup was 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 was contested by the Pacific nations of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. Fiji won title and was undefeated in the two matches the team played.

Teams competing in previous years, Canada, Japan and the United States were not scheduled to participate in the tournament for 2016 and 2017 due to the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying format. The top two teams on aggregate across the 2016 and 2017 Pacific Nations Cups qualified for Japan 2019,[1] with the team finishing third scheduled to enter the repechage for qualification.[2]

  1. ^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Regional qualification process set for Rugby World Cup 2019". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Pacific nations get helping hand for 2019". All Blacks. Archived from the original on 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2015-11-15.