2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
| 2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup | |||
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| Tournament details | |||
| Countries |
 Canada Fiji Japan Samoa Tonga United States
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| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin | ||
| Date | 7–21 June 2014 | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 6 | ||
| Attendance | 46,986 (7,831 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 37 (6.17 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
Ayumu Goromaru (Japan) 36 points |
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| Top try scorer(s) |
Blaine Scully (United States) 5 tries |
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| Final | |||
| Champions | Japan (Asia/Pacific conf) (2nd title) Samoa (Pacific Islands conf) (3rd title) |
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| Runner-up | United States (Asia/Pacific conf) Fiji (Pacific Islands conf) |
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| Official website | IRB Pacific Nations Cup | ||
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The 2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, was the ninth edition of the IRB Pacific Nations Cup, the annual Tier 2 Rugby union tournament. Unlike previous competitions, the tournament was divided into two conferences of three teams each, with no interconference matches. Samoa emerged as the winner of the Pacific Islands conference title ahead of Fiji and Tonga, while Japan took out the Asia/Pacific conference remaining undefeated ahead of United States and Canada.
Each team played each other once in their respective conferences, with no interconference matches. Four points were awarded for a win, two points for a draw and one point for a bonus point; the bonus point being awarded should a team score four or more tries in a match, or for a loss by seven points or less. The winner of each conferences was the team with the most log points, with tiebreakers being the head to-head results between teams equal on log points, followed points difference for-and-against.
As the three-week tournament coincided with the three-week June international window, players were able to be released from their clubs for their national teams. When a team was not in action in either conference, they played host to a touring Tier 1 nation from Europe. In Round 1, the United States hosted Scotland, while Fiji hosted Italy. In Round 2, Canada played Scotland, and Samoa played Italy. In Round 3, Japan hosted Italy and Tonga played a Pacific Barbarians side.
The full match schedule was announced on 9 April 2014.
Man of the Match:
Taylor Paris (Canada)
Touch judges:
Greg Garner (England)
Nick Ricono (United States)
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