2020 Americas Rugby Championship

The 2020 Americas Rugby Championship will be the fifth series of the Americas Rugby Championship (sometimes informally called the "Americas' Six Nations", a reference to Europe's Six Nations Championship), which is the top elite tournament for the Americas nations. It will be contested by Argentina XV (Argentina's secondary national team), Canada, United States, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile. All matches will be full international test matches with caps awarded, except those involving Argentina XV. Argentina XV are the defending champions, having won their second title last year.

2020 Americas Rugby Championship
Date15 August – 12 September 2020
Countries Argentina XV
 Brazil
 Canada
 Chile
 United States
 Uruguay
← 2019
2021 →

Starting this year, the sixth-place finisher in the competition will contest their spot in the tournament against the winner of the Americas Rugby Challenge.[1]

Participants
Nation Stadium Head coach Captain(s)
Home stadium Capacity City
 Argentina XV TBA TBA TBA Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe TBA
TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
 Brazil TBA TBA TBA Rodolfo Ambrosio TBA
TBA TBA TBA
 Canada TBA TBA TBA Kingsley Jones TBA
TBA TBA TBA
 Chile TBA TBA TBA Pablo Lemoine TBA
TBA TBA TBA
 United States Infinity Park 5,000 Glendale, Colorado Gary Gold TBA
Bold Stadium 5,000 Austin, Texas
Aveva Stadium 4,000 Houston, Texas
 Uruguay TBA TBA TBA Esteban Meneses TBA
TBA TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA

Table
Pos Nation (rank) Games Points Tries Bonus points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff 4 tries 7 Pts loss
1 Argentina XV (N/A) 00000000000
2 Brazil (TBD) 00000000000
3 Canada (TBD) 00000000000
4 Chile (TBD) 00000000000
5 United States (TBD) 00000000000
6 Uruguay (TBD) 00000000000
Points are awarded to the teams as follows:
Win - 4 points
Draw - 2 points
4 or more tries - 1 point
Loss within 7 points - 1 point
Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points
Rank refers to World Rugby Rankings before the start of the tournament

Fixtures

The tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 3 December 2019.[2]

Week 1
15 August
TBA
Argentina XV  –  Chile
TBA
15 August
TBA
United States  –  Canada
15 August
TBA
Uruguay  –  Brazil
TBA

Week 2
22 August
TBA
Canada  –  Brazil
TBA
22 August
TBA
Uruguay  –  Argentina XV
TBA
22 August
TBA
United States  –  Chile

Week 3
29 August
TBA
Brazil  –  Argentina XV
TBA
29 August
TBA
Canada  –  Chile
TBA
29 August
TBA
United States  –  Uruguay
Aveva Stadium, Houston, Texas

Week 4
5 September
TBA
Argentina XV  –  Canada
TBA
5 September
TBA
Brazil  –  United States
TBA
5 September
TBA
Chile  –  Uruguay
TBA

Week 5
12 September
TBA
Argentina XV  –  United States
TBA
12 September
TBA
Chile  –  Brazil
TBA
12 September
TBA
Uruguay  –  Canada
TBA

Statistics

Squads

Promotion/Relegation Playoff

The sixth-place finisher from this tournament will face the winner of the 2020 Americas Rugby Challenge for a spot in next year's championship.

References
  1. http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2019/08/07/americas-rugby-championship-promotion-relegation-to-begin-in-2020/
  2. http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2019/12/03/2020-americas-rugby-championship-schedule-announced/
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