2024 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host Japan (Finals Series)[a]
DatesAugust – September 2024
Teams
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
← 2023
2025 →

The 2024 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup is set to be the seventeenth Pacific Nations Cup (PNC) tournament, and the first with a new format design.[1][2] Similar to the 2019 tournament, the same teams will play each other,[1][2] with the same round-robin structure. However, unlike 2019 the 2024 edition is scheduled to have a finals series following the pool stage (hosted in Japan), to decide the champion.[1][3][4]

Fiji are the defending champions.[5][6]

Pool stage

Pool A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification
1  Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Finals Series
2  Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 2024. Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Finals Series
2  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 2024. Source: World Rugby

Finals Series

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsGrand Final
 
      
 
September – TBD
 
 
 
 
September – TBD
 
 
 
 
 
September – TBD
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bronze Final
 
 
September – TBD
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fifth-place final

September 2024
TBDvTBD

Semi-finals

September 2024
TBDvTBD
September 2024
TBDvTBD

Bronze Final

September 2024
TBDvTBD

Grand Final

September 2024
TBDvTBD

Notes

  1. ^ Japan are set to host the Finals Series, not the pool stage.

References

  1. ^ a b c "World Rugby confirms new international men's competition to launch in 2024". world.rugby. World Rugby. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "World Rugby launches Pacific Nations Cup, annual competition with the USA Men's Eagles included as one of six competing nations". usa.rugby. USA Rugby. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023.
  3. ^ "世界のラグビーがさらに活発化。2027年W杯から24か国出場、2026年からトップ12か国新大会、2024年からPNC" [More active rugby around the world: 24 countries from the 2027 World Cup, new top 12 countries from 2026, PNC from 2024.]. Rugby Republic jp (in Japanese). Baseball Magazine, Inc. jp. 25 October 2023. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023.
  4. ^ "ラグビー 世界トップ12チーム参加 新たな国際大会創設を発表" [Rugby Announces the creation of a new international competition involving the world's top 12 rugby teams.]. NHK (in Japanese). 25 October 2023. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023.
  5. ^ "ラグビー日本代表、フィジーに12-35で完敗... 終盤に反撃も１か月後開幕のW杯へ不安の残る国内ラストマッチに" [Japan's national rugby team lose 12–35 to Fiji... Japan's last domestic match leaves Japan with uncertainty ahead of the World Cup, which starts in a month's time]. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). Z Holdings. 5 August 2023. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023.
  6. ^ "日本、フィジーに敗れる　退場者出て１２—３５―ラグビー" [Japan lose to Fiji 12–35 after sending off – Rugby]. Jiji Press (in Japanese). 5 August 2023. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023.

External links

Pacific Nations Cup
Categories