2021 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge

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|name = 2021 Americas Pacific Challenge

|date = 22–30 October 2021

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{{ru|BRA|name=Brazil A}}
{{ru|CHI|name=Chile A}}
{{ru|PAR|name=Paraguay A}}
{{ruA|URU}}
{{ruA|USA}}

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|preceded by = 2018

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The 2021 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the fourth tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. However, due to travel restriction only Americas countries featured, with Paraguay replacing Samoa A. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.

Format

Six teams participated in the tournament. 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 as follows:{{cite web |title=Future talent to the fore as the Americas Pacific Challenge returns in 2021

|url=https://www.world.rugby/news/662503/future-talent-to-the-fore-as-theamericas-pacific-challengereturns-in-2021 |website=WORLD RUGBY}}

Pool A

{{ruA|ARG}}
{{ru|BRA|name=Brazil A}}
{{ru|CHI|name=Chile A}}

Pool B

{{ru|PAR|name=Paraguay A}}
{{ruA|URU}}
{{ruA|USA}}

Table

Final standings for combined pools:

rowspan="2" width="20"\|Rank !rowspan="2" width="160"\|Team !colspan="4"\|Games !colspan="3"\|Points !colspan="2"\|Tries !rowspan="2" width="50"\|Try Bonus !rowspan="2" width="50"\|Losing Bonus !rowspan="2" width="50"\|Table Points
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style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|P\|Played}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|D\|Drew}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|PF\|Points scored for}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|PA\|Points scored against}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|Diff\|Difference of points scored for and against}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|TF\|Tries scored for}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|TA\|Tries scored against}}
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \| 1	align=left\| {{ruA\|ARG}}	2	2	0	0	170	24	+146	25	3	2	0	10
2	align=left\| {{ru\|CHI\|name=Chile A}}	3	2	0	1	108	38	+70	13	5	1	1	10
3	align=left\| {{ru\|BRA\|name=Brazil A}}	3	2	0	1	83	67	+16	10	8	2	0	10
4	align=left\| {{ruA\|URU}}	3	2	0	1	69	53	+16	8	7	0	1	9
5	align=left\| {{ruA\|USA}}	2	0	0	2	34	62	-28	4	6	0	0	0
6	align=left\| {{ru\|PAR\|name=Paraguay A}}	3	0	0	3	26	266	-240	4	40	0	0	0
colspan="100%" style="border:0; row-height:108%; font-size:90%"\|Updated: 6 October 2021 Source: [https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/americas-pacific-challenge] 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)

=Round 1=

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|date = 22 October 2021

|time = 12:30

|home = {{ru-rt|CHI|name=Chile A}}

|score = 62 - 0

|away = {{Ru|PAR|name=Paraguay A}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Chile ‘A’ romp to victory over Paraguay ‘A’ |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2021/10/22/chile-a-romp-to-victory-over-paraguay-a/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=20 November 2023}}

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|date = 22 October 2021

|time = 15:30

|home = {{ruA-rt|ARG}}

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|date = 22 October 2021

|time = 18:30

|home = {{Ru-rt|BRA|Brazil A A}}

|score = 12 - 28

|away = {{RuA|URU}}

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=Round 2=

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|date = 26 October 2021

|time = 12:30

|home = {{ru-rt|BRA|name=Brazil A}}

|score = 33 - 20

|away = {{RuA|USA}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Brazil ‘A’ fight back to defeat USA Selects |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2021/10/26/brazil-a-fight-back-to-defeat-usa-selects/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=20 November 2023}}

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|date = 26 October 2021

|time = 15:30

|home = {{ruA-rt|ARG}}

|score = 146 - 7

|away = {{ru|PAR|name=Paraguay A}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Argentina XV score 22 tries in huge win over Paraguay ‘A’ |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2021/10/26/argentina-xv-score-22-tries-in-huge-win-over-paraguay-a/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=20 November 2023}}

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|date = 26 October 2021

|time = 18:30

|home = {{Ru-rt|CHI|name=Chile A}}

|score = 17 - 24

|away = {{RuA|URU}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Uruguay ‘A’ battle past Chile ‘A’ in Americas Pacific Challenge |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2021/10/26/uruguay-a-battle-past-chile-a-in-americas-pacific-challenge/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=20 November 2023}}

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=Round 3=

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|date = 30 October 2021

|time = 12:30

|home = {{ru-rt|BRA|name=Brazil A}}

|score = 58–19

|away = {{Ru|PAR|name=Paraguay A}}

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|date = 30 October 2021

|time = 15:30

|home = {{ru-rt|CHI|name=Chile A}}

|score = 29–14

|away = {{ruA|USA}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Chile ‘A’ close out Americas Pacific Challenge by beating USA Selects |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2021/10/30/chile-a-close-out-americas-pacific-challenge-by-beating-usa-selects/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=20 November 2023}}

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|date = 30 October 2021

|time = 18:30

|home = {{RuA-rt|ARG}}

|score = 24–17

|away = {{RuA|URU}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Argentina XV overcome Uruguay ‘A’ to win APC |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2021/10/30/argentina-xv-overcome-uruguay-a-to-win-americas-pacific-challenge/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=20 November 2023}}

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