2025 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup

2025 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host	USA (Finals)
Dates	23 August – 20 September 2025
Teams	Canada   Fiji   Japan   Samoa   Tonga   United States
← 2024 2026 →

2027 Rugby World Cup – Pacific qualification

Tournament details
Dates	23 August 2025 – 20 September 2025
No. of nations	4
← 2023

The 2025 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup will be the seventeenth Pacific Nations Cup (PNC) tournament and will mirror the new format that was launched in 2024. ^[1]

Unlike in 2024, the finals series will be hosted in the United States

World Cup qualification

Main article: 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup qualifying

The 2025 edition will also double up as the Pacific (Americas North and Oceania) qualifying process for the 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup, with the top three teams (outside of Fiji and Japan who have already qualified) qualifying for the Rugby World Cup as Pacific 1, 2 and 3. ^[2] The remaining sixth team in the competition will have two further opportunities to qualify. Initially, they will advance as Pacific 4 to a Sudamérica / Pacific play-off match against Sudamérica 2, for a chance to qualify for the World Cup as the Sudamérica America / Pacific play-off winner. The loser of that match will advance to the Final Qualification Tournament Europe 5, the winner of the Africa 2 -Asia 2 playoff, and Sudamérica 3.

Participants

Nation	Rank	Began play	2027 RWC Qualifying status
Canada	23	25 August 2025
Fiji	9	N/A	Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup
Japan	13	N/A	Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup
Samoa	14	23 August 2025
Tonga	19	23 August 2025
United States	15	25 August 2025

Pool stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

23 August 2025

Tonga	v	Samoa

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30 August 2025

Fiji	v	Tonga

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva [3]

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6 September 2025

Samoa	v	Fiji

Apia Park, Apia [3]

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

25 August 2025

Canada	v	United States

TBA

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30 August 2025

Japan	v	Canada

Yurtec Stadium, Sendai [4]

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5 September 2025

United States	v	Japan

TBA

Finals series

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Grand Final
	13 September – TBA
	Pool A Winner
					20 September – TBA
	Pool B Runners-up
	13 September – TBA
	Pool B Winner
	Pool A Runners-up
					Bronze Final
					20 September – TBA

Semi-finals

13 September 2025

Pool A Winner	v	Pool B Runners-up

TBA, United States

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13 September 2025

Pool B Winner	v	Pool A Runners-up

TBA, United States

Fifth-place play-off

20 September 2025

Pool A third-placed team	v	Pool B third-placed team

TBA, United States

Bronze Final

20 September 2025

	v

TBA, United States

Grand Final

20 September 2025

	v

TBA, United States

Final standings

Pos.	Team	2027 RWC / WRNC Division 2 qualification
1	TBC	Qualified
2	TBC	Qualified
3	TBC	Qualified
4	TBC	Qualified
5	TBC	Qualified
6	TBC	Advances to South America / Pacific play off

See also

• 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup qualifying
• 2025 mid-year rugby union tests

References

1. "World Rugby confirms new international men's competition to launch in 2024". world.rugby. World Rugby. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023.
2. "Qualification process confirmed for expanded Men's Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia". Women's and Men's Rugby World Cup. 13 August 2024.
3. "Flying Fijians gear up for an action-packed season". FBC News. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
4. "JRFU Announce Men's Fifteens Domestic Match Schedule". JRFU. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.

External links

• Pacific Nations Cup web page at World Rugby