Americas Rugby Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2017 Americas Rugby Championship
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| Sport | Rugby union |
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| Founded | 2009 (reinaugurated 2016) |
| No. of teams | 6 |
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 Argentina XV Brazil Canada Chile United States Uruguay
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| Most recent champion(s) |
Argentina XV (6th title) |
| Most titles |
Argentina XV (6 titles) |
The Americas Rugby Championship, often informally called the Americas' Six Nations, is an annual international rugby tournament between six North and South American nations: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the United States and Uruguay.
The inaugural Americas Rugby Championship (organised by World Rugby) was in 2009, where national, regional and development teams from North and South America competed for the title. However, in 2015, it was announced that from 2016, the competition will re-form under the guidance of the Americas Rugby Association and the respective unions, to provide Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the United States, and Uruguay with five additional rankings tests annually. The tournament, described by the organizers as the 'inaugural' edition of the 'new' tournament, is based around the structure of the European Six Nations Championship, coinciding with each other in February and March of each year. The tournament will be the first competitive tournament to be held across the Sudamérica–RAN region since the PARA Pan American Championship that was ceased in 2003. While the tournament is no longer organized by World Rugby, they will continue to support the tournament and have granted all matches test match status, with caps awarded for every match, though matches including the Argentina XV will not affect the World Rugby Rankings.
Originally formed in 2009 by World Rugby (formally the International Rugby Board) to replace the North America 4 Series, was created to give the newly formed Canadian regions more competitive matches against strong opposition from the second teams of the United States and Argentina. The winner of the inaugural Canadian Rugby Championship, BC Bears, went onto compete on the international stage, playing the winner of the international semi-final match between USA Select XV and Argentina Jaguars. The Argentina Jaguars defeated the BC Bears 35–11 in the final to capture the tournament's first title.
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