Current season or competition: 2019 Americas Rugby Challenge | |
| Sport | Rugby union |
|---|---|
| Instituted | 2018 |
| Number of teams | 4 |
| Country |  Cayman Islands Colombia Mexico Paraguay |
| Holders | Colombia (2019) |
| Most titles | Colombia(2 titles) |
TheAmericas Rugby Challenge is an annual internationalrugby union tournament between the four best nations below theAmericas Rugby Championship. It was created by Rugby Americas and features two teams fromSudamérica Rugby and two fromRugby Americas North.[1][2] It was first contested in 2018, with Colombia winning the inaugural title.
All four nations play each other once in asingle-round robin. Every instance of the tournament to date has taken place in one host country, unlike theAmericas Rugby Championship in which each country hosts two to three home matches.
In August of 2019,Chilean Rugby Federation president Cristian Rudhoff confirmed that starting in 2020 the Americas Rugby Challenge will include a promotion/relegation playoff with theAmericas Rugby Championship[3]
Additionally, the lower placed North American team in the Americas Rugby Challenge every year faces the winner of theRugby Americas North Championship in a promotion/relegation playoff.
Guyana (2018)| Year | Winner | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Colombia | Paraguay | Mexico | Guyana |
| 2019 | Colombia | Mexico | Paraguay | Cayman Islands |
| 2020 | Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic[4] | |||