Rugby Americas North Championship

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Rugby Americas North Championship
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Rugby football current event.svg 2024 Rugby Americas North Championship
Sport Rugby union
Founded2001
No. of teams13
ContinentNorth America
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda (8th)
Most titlesFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago (9)

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. The United States and Canada, the two tier 2 sides in the North American region, take part in the Rugby Americas Championship, the "Americas 6 Nations", instead but a team representing the United States South regional association, USA South do take part.

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
1966Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana round robinFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
1967Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago round robin
1969Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica round robinFlag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
1973Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago round robin
1975Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica round robinFlag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
1977Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda round robin
1979Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda round robin
1981Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda round robin
1983Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago round robin
1985Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago round robin
1996 Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 29–8Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
1997 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 31–14Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
1998 Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda round robinFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
1999 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
round robin
2001 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 23–12Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda [3]
2005 Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 52–3Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas [4]
2008 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 40–24Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana [5]
2011 Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 11–0Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
2012 Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 18–0Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana [6]
2013 Flag of the United States.svg USA South 26–18Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
2014 Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 30–27 Flag of the United States.svg USA South [7]
2015 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 30–16Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico [8] [9]
2016 Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 32–3Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
2017 Flag of the United States.svg USA South 23–19Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
2018 Flag of the United States.svg USA South round robinFlag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands [10]
2019 Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 33–10Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg  Guadeloupe [11]
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Notes

  1. "2014 NACRA Men - NACRA Rugby". www.nacrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14.
  2. "Rugby Americas North Championship". RugbyArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  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. "Results - NACRA Rugby". www.nacrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14.
  8. "T & T claim 2015 Men's title with win over Mexico - NACRA Rugby". Archived from the original on 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
  9. "World Rugby".
  10. "Men's 15's". Rugby Americas North. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  11. "MEN'S 15S". Rugby Americas North. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

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