Чемпионат по регби в Тихоокеанском регионе
Текущий сезон или соревнование:  2024 Чемпионат по регби Лиги Тихого океана | |
| Спорт | Регби -лига |
|---|---|
| Учрежден | 2019 |
| Первый сезон | 2019 |
| Количество команд | 7 |
| Область | Океания ( APRL ) |
| Держатели |  Новая Зеландия ( 2023 ) |
| Большинство названий |  Австралия Новая Зеландия (1 название) |
| Вещательный партнер | Девять сети Лига Фокса Sky Sport |
| Связанная конкуренция | Тихоокеанская чашка |
Чемпионат по регби в Тихоокеанском регионе - это турнир лиги регби для национальных команд в Океании . Его первый турнир был в 2019 году как «Кубок Океании».
Турнир заменил серию тестов ANZAC (1997–2018 гг.), На которой были только Австралия и Новая Зеландия в качестве однолетнего годового теста. Перед чемпионатом Тихого океана регулярные региональные соревнования между другими странами Океана были спорадическими с момента выступления Кубка Тихого океана (1974–2009), который послужил соревнованиями по развитию для островов Тихого океана.
История
[ редактировать ]Турнир был создан в 2019 году как Кубок Океании с двумя многоуровневым форматом. [ 1 ] Лучший уровень (чашка) состоял из Австралии , Новой Зеландии и Тонга , а второй уровень (щит) состоял из Фиджи , Самоа и Папуа -Новой Гвинеи . Австралия выиграла Кубок в первом сезоне, в то время как Фиджи выиграл щит и получила повышение на конкурсе 2020 года.
For the 2020 edition, Cook Islands were scheduled to take Fiji's place in the shield.[2] No team was relegated from the cup as Australia were going to go on a tour of England that year. The competition was scheduled to begin in June and conclude in November, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
The tournament returned in 2023, following the pandemic and postponed 2021 Rugby League World Cup, under the name Pacific Championships. The tournament came as part of a $7 million investment by the NRL and Australian Government to develop rugby league in the surrounding countries,[4][5] in addition to forming part of the International Rugby League new seven year international calendar.[6]
2024 saw the introduction of the women's competition.[7][8] Note women's games were held in 2023, but as a series of friendlies and in no structured competition.[6] The 2024 Women's Bowl will also be the Asia-Pacific qualification tournament for the 2026 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[9][10] For 2024 onwards, promotion and relegation will not be automatic and would occur via a playoff.[11]
Format
[edit]The Pacific Rugby League Championship is a competition for men's national teams of the seven full member of International Rugby League (IRL) located in Oceania:
The tournament currently is divided into two divisions of three teams based on IRL rankings, while the seventh team tours a European Rugby League nation.
Each team plays three matches in a single round robin with the top two advancing to the division final.
The women's competition, introduced in 2024, followed a very similar format and similarly is for women's national teams of the Oceanian IRL full members:
Like the men's, the tournament is divided into two divisions. Though, unlike the men's, the lower tier contains four teams as no regular touring schedule has been planned for the women's sides.
Men's Tournaments
[edit]| Cup | Shield/Bowl | Team on Tour | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Year | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | |||||
2019 |
 Australia |
 New Zealand |
 Tonga[b] |
2019 |
 Fiji Promoted |
 Samoa |
 Papua New Guinea |
None[c] | ||||
2020 |
Cancelled:[d] New Zealand,  Tonga, and  Fiji
|
2020 |
Cancelled:[d] Samoa,  Papua New Guinea, and  Cook Islands
|
Kangaroo tour of England[d]
| ||||||||
| 2021–2022: No tournament due to the 2021 Rugby League World Cup (held in 2022)[e] | ||||||||||||
2023 |
New Zealand |
Australia |
Samoa |
2023 |
Papua New Guinea |
Fiji |
 Cook Islands |
Tonga tour of England
| ||||
2024 |
Australia, New Zealand, and Tonga
|
2024 |
Cook Islands, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea
|
Samoa tour of England[f]
| ||||||||
| 2025 | No confirmed tournament | 2025 | No confirmed tournament | Australia hosting England Cook Islands at the World Series
| ||||||||
| 2026: No tournament due to the 2026 Rugby League World Cup | ||||||||||||
Results by team
[edit]| Team / Year | 2019 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
1st | 2nd | 1-3 |
| Cook Islands |
— | 6th | 4-6 |
| Fiji |
4th | 5th | 4-6 |
| New Zealand |
2nd | 1st | 1-3 |
| Papua New Guinea |
6th | 4th | 4-6 |
| Samoa |
5th | 3rd | Tour |
| Tonga |
3rd | Tour | 1-3 |
Women's Tournaments
[edit]| Cup | Bowl | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Year | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | ||
2024 |
Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea
|
2024 |
Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga
| |||||||
Results by team
[edit]| Team / Year | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Australia |
1-3 |
| Cook Islands |
4-7 |
| Fiji |
4-7 |
| New Zealand |
1-3 |
| Papua New Guinea |
1-3 |
| Samoa |
4-7 |
| Tonga |
4-7 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Cook Islands did not participate in the inaugural 2019 edition
- ^ Tonga avoided relegation as Australia would have been touring the following year.
- ^ New Zealand and Papua New Guinea hosted a tour by Great Britain in which Tonga also played, however all teams still participated in the 2019 Oceania Cup.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- ^ Following the tournament's rebrand as the Pacific Championships, previous promotions and relegations were nullified and teams were reseeded based on rank.
- ^ It was expected that Samoa would also play in the Pacific Championships having reduced the length of their tour from three games to two.[12][13] However, following an announcement from New Zealand Rugby League regarding the tournament, Samoa was omitted from the fixture list.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "RLIF Oceania Cup confirmed for 2019". rlif.com. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
- ^ "Oceania Cup is back with three cracking Double Headers". Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
- ^ "Oceania Cup cancelled for 2020". Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation. 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "Pacific Rugby League Championships". Prime Minister of Australia. 16 Aug 2023. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Evans, Kyle (18 Aug 2023). "Pacific State of Origin: PNG and Fiji to co-host to new international rugby league tournament". ABC. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
- ^ Jump up to: а беременный "IRL - новости" .
- ^ Jump up to: а беременный «График чемпионатов по регби на 2024 год объявил с тремя тестами в Aotearoa» . NZRL . 23 августа 2024 года . Получено 23 августа 2024 года .
- ^ «Киви для проведения матчей чемпионатов Тихого океана» .
- ^ «Процесс чемпионата мира по регби в Лиге регби 2026 года объявил» . Международная федерация регби .
- ^ «Чемпионат мира по регби 2026 года: Процесс квалификации женского квалификации объявил, с уже обеспеченными четырьмя народами местами» . LoverugbyLeague . 15 декабря 2023 года.
- ^ Уолтер, Брэд (30 августа 2024 г.). «Пенитани готовится к отборочным отборочным чемпионатам мира с Тонгой» . Норм . Получено 30 августа 2024 года .
- ^ «Места раскрыты для серии испытаний в регби Англии-Самоа» . Люблю регби лиги . 13 июня 2024 года.
- ^ MCHUGH, Роберт (13 июня 2024 г.). «Раскрыто: Англия собирается подтвердить противников в конце сезона для исторических испытательных серий» .