Rugby Americas North Championship

The Rugby Americas North Championship, known before the 2016 edition as the NACRA Rugby Championship, is a championship for Tier 3 members of Rugby Americas North in men's 15-a-side rugby union. Neither the United States nor Canada, the two tier 2 sides in the North American region, as the take part in the Rugby Americas Championship, the "Americas 6 Nations", but a team representing the United States South regional association, USA South do take part.

Rugby Americas North Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2019 Rugby Americas North Championship
SportRugby union
Founded2001
No. of teams13
ContinentNorth America
Most recent
champion(s)		 Bermuda (8th)
Most titles Trinidad and Tobago (9)

The current format of the tournament contains both a geographical and divisional element with promotion and relegation. All the teams are split between the North and South. Within that geographical split, teams are then split into the Championship (higher division) and the Cup (lower division). The highest placed team in each Cup plays the bottom team in their respective Championship for promotion. As of 2017, the Southern region does not have a Cup division.

Finally, the winner of the North championship plays the winner of the South championship in the RAN Championship final to decide the winner of the overall tournament.[1]

Champions

Champions by year:[2]

YearWinnerScoreRunner-upRefs
1966 Guyanaround robin Trinidad and Tobago
1967 Trinidad and Tobagoround robin
1969 Jamaicaround robin Bahamas
1973 Trinidad and Tobagoround robin
1975 Jamaicaround robin Barbados
1977 Bermudaround robin
1979 Bermudaround robin
1981 Bermudaround robin
1983 Trinidad and Tobagoround robin
1985 Trinidad and Tobagoround robin
1996 Bermuda29-8 Trinidad and Tobago
1997 Trinidad and Tobago31-14 Cayman Islands
1998 Bermudaround robin Trinidad and Tobago
1999 Trinidad and Tobago
 Cayman Islands		round robin
2001 Trinidad and Tobago23–12 Bermuda [3]
2005 Barbados52–3 Bahamas [4]
2008 Trinidad and Tobago40–24 Guyana [5]
2011 Bermuda11–0 Guyana
2012 Bermuda18–0 Guyana [6]
2013 USA South26–18 Trinidad and Tobago
2014 Guyana30–27 USA South [7]
2015 Trinidad and Tobago30–16 Mexico [8][9]
2016 Mexico32-3 Guyana
2017 USA South23-19 Guyana
2018 USA Southround robin Cayman Islands
2019 Bermuda33-10 Guadeloupe

Notes
  1. http://www.nacrugby.com/2014-nacra-men.html
  2. http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/OverviewCompetizioni.aspx?ID=193
  3. valid also as round 1 of Americas qualification for 2003 Rugby World Cup
  4. valid also as round 1 of Americas qualification for 2007 Rugby World Cup
  5. valid also as round 1 of Americas qualification for 2011 Rugby World Cup
  6. valid also as round 1 of Americas qualification for 2015 Rugby World Cup
  7. http://www.nacrugby.com/results.html
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2015-05-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. http://www.worldrugby.org/match/22359
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