2020 Americas Rugby Championship

2020 Americas Rugby Championship

Date	15 August – 12 September 2020
Countries	Argentina XV Brazil Canada Chile United States Uruguay
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The 2020 Americas Rugby Championship will be the fifth series of the Americas Rugby Championship (sometimes informally called the "Americas' Six Nations", a reference to Europe's Six Nations Championship), which is the top elite tournament for the Americas nations. It will be contested by Argentina XV (Argentina's secondary national team), Canada, United States, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile. All matches will be full international test matches with caps awarded, except those involving Argentina XV. Argentina XV are the defending champions, having won their second title last year.

Starting this year, the sixth-place finisher in the competition will contest their spot in the tournament against the winner of the Americas Rugby Challenge.

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain(s)
	Home stadium	Capacity	City
Argentina XV	TBA	TBA	TBA	Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA
Brazil	TBA	TBA	TBA	Rodolfo Ambrosio	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA
Canada	TBA	TBA	TBA	Kingsley Jones	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA
Chile	TBA	TBA	TBA	Pablo Lemoine	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA
United States	Infinity Park	5,000	Glendale, Colorado	Gary Gold	TBA
	Bold Stadium	5,000	Austin, Texas
	Aveva Stadium	4,000	Houston, Texas
Uruguay	TBA	TBA	TBA	Esteban Meneses	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA
	TBA	TBA	TBA

Table

Pos	Nation (rank)	Games				Points			Tries	Bonus points		Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff		4 tries	7 Pts loss
1	Argentina XV (N/A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brazil (TBD)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Canada (TBD)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Chile (TBD)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	United States (TBD)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Uruguay (TBD)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Points are awarded to the teams as follows: Win - 4 points Draw - 2 points 4 or more tries - 1 point Loss within 7 points - 1 point Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points Rank refers to World Rugby Rankings before the start of the tournament

Fixtures

The tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 3 December 2019.

Week 1

15 August TBA

Argentina XV	–	Chile

TBA

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15 August TBA

United States	–	Canada

Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado

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15 August TBA

Uruguay	–	Brazil

TBA

Week 2

22 August TBA

Canada	–	Brazil

TBA

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22 August TBA

Uruguay	–	Argentina XV

TBA

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22 August TBA

United States	–	Chile

Bold Stadium, Austin, Texas

Week 3

29 August TBA

Brazil	–	Argentina XV

TBA

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29 August TBA

Canada	–	Chile

TBA

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29 August TBA

United States	–	Uruguay

Aveva Stadium, Houston, Texas

Week 4

5 September TBA

Argentina XV	–	Canada

TBA

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5 September TBA

Brazil	–	United States

TBA

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5 September TBA

Chile	–	Uruguay

TBA

Week 5

12 September TBA

Argentina XV	–	United States

TBA

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12 September TBA

Chile	–	Brazil

TBA

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12 September TBA

Uruguay	–	Canada

TBA

Statistics

Most points

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Most tries

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Squads

Argentina XV squad

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Brazil squad

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Canada squad

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Chile squad

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United States squad

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Uruguay squad

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Promotion/Relegation Playoff

The sixth-place finisher from this tournament will face the winner of the 2020 Americas Rugby Challenge for a spot in next year's championship.