2019 Asia Pacific Championship

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2019 Asia Pacific Championship
Tournament details
Host nationFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Venue Churchill Park, Lautoka
Date24 May – 1 June
No. of nations3
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
2016

The 2019 Asia Pacific Women's Championship was a rugby union competition for women's national teams held in Lautoka, Fiji from 24 May to 1 June 2019. [1] It was a single round-robin tournament contested by Fiji, Samoa and Hong Kong. [1] Samoa won the competition after going undefeated in both their matches. [2] [3]

Contents

Teams

Table

PosTeamPWDLPFPAPD
1Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 2200492425
2Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 21014144-3
3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 20022244-22

Tournament

Test: 132324 May 2019 Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg10–29Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Churchill Park, Lautoka  
Report [4]
Test: 132428 May 2019 Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg15–34Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Churchill Park, Lautoka  
Report [5]
Test: 13251 June 2019 Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg12–15Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Churchill Park, Lautoka  
Report [2]

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