| 2020 World Rugby Pacific Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6–14 March 2020 |
| Champions |  Junior Japan |
| Runners-up |  Fiji Warriors |
| Matches played | 6 |
The 2020 Pacific Challenge was the fifteenth World Rugby Pacific Challenge. Four teams featured in the tournament which was played in Fiji. The format was a round-robin. Junior Japan went undefeated in the competition to win the title, with the Fiji Warriors finishing as runner-up. The Japanese defeated the Fijians by 21–12 in the last round. [1]
The four teams that competed were:
| 2020 World Rugby Pacific Challenge | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts |
| Junior Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 25 | +118 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Fiji Warriors | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 26 | +62 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
 Tonga A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 103 | −57 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
 Samoa A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 141 | −123 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated: 15 March 2020 Source: itsrugby.co.uk (archived) |
| 6 March 2020 | Junior Japan | 46–10 | Tonga A | ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||
| 3:30pm | Summary [2] |
| 6 March 2020 | Fiji Warriors | 29–5 | Samoa A | ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||
| 5:30pm | Summary [3] |
| 10 March 2020 | Samoa A | 3–76 | Junior Japan | ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||
| 3:30pm | Summary [4] |
| 10 March 2020 | Fiji Warriors | 47–0 | Tonga A | ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||
| 5:30pm | Summary [5] |
| 14 March 2020 | Tonga A | 36–10 | Samoa A | ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||
| 12:30pm | Summary [6] |
| 14 March 2020 | Fiji Warriors | 12–21 | Junior Japan | ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||
| 3:30pm | Summary [7] |
 Junior Japan |
| Pacific Challenge Champion |
| First title |
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