Pacific Cup
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Sport | Rugby league |
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Instituted | 1974 |
Ceased | 2009 |
Replaced by | Oceania Cup |
Number of teams | 6 |
Region | Pacific ( Pacific International ) |
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Most titles |
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Related competition | European Cup |
Tournaments |
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The Pacific Cup was a rugby league football competition for national teams from the Pacific region.
The tournament ceased in 2009 and was replaced by the Oceania Cup, later renamed the Pacific Rugby League Championship .
History
The Pacific Cup was started in 1975 by Keith Gittoes of the New South Wales Rugby League . [1] It was held twice in the 1970s before being abandoned due to cost.
The competition was revived in 1986 by Peter Donnelly. This was a true Pacific Cup with Polynesian players playing for their true country of origin rather than for the NZ Maoris as had previously been the case . The competition was held biennially until the 1996 competition was postponed. Instead a 1996 Pacific Challenge was held. The Super League ran an Oceania Cup in 1997 .
The Pacific Cup was revived by the New Zealand Rugby League once again in 2004, this time as a secondary competition to the Pacific Rim Championship . It was again held in February and March 2006 under NZRL administration, this time as a main competition.
In the post- 2008 Rugby League World Cup shake up of the international calendar by the RLIF , it was confirmed that a Pacific Cup was to be held in 2009 with the winner of the tournament entering the 2010 Four Nations tournament.
The 2009 tournament was hosted by Papua New Guinea. [2] The competing teams were Cook Islands , Fiji , Papua New Guinea , Samoa and Tonga . [2]
Appearances
Eighteen teams from ten nations have taken part in the 12 Pacific Cup tournaments held to date:
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Māori – 11 appearances
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Tonga – 10 appearances
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Samoa – 9 appearances
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Cook Islands – 7 appearances
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Fiji – 7 appearances
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Papua New Guinea – 6 appearances
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Tokelau – 5 appearances ( 1986 , 1988 , 1990 , 1992 , 2006 )
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Niue – 5 appearances ( 1986 , 1990 , 1992 , 1994 , 2004 )
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American Samoa – 3 appearances ( 1988 , 1992 , 1994 )
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Australian Aborigines – 3 appearances ( 1990 , 1992 , 1994 )
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New Zealand XIII – 2 appearances ( 1996 , 1997 )
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Western Australia – 2 appearances ( 1975 , 1977 )
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Victoria – 2 appearances ( 1975 , 1977 )
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Fijian Presidents XIII – 1 appearance ( 1994 )
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Rotuma – 1 appearance ( 1994 )
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Norfolk Island – 1 appearance ( 1992 )
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Friendly Islands – 1 appearance ( 1990 )
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Northern Territory – 1 appearance ( 1977 )
Finals
Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Losing semi | -finalists |
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1975 |
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![]() Māori |
38 – 13 |
![]() Papua New Guinea |
n/a | n/a | 4 | |||
1977 |
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![]() Māori |
35 – 12 |
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5 | |||||
1986 |
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![]() Māori |
23 – 6 |
![]() Samoa |
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6 | |||
1988 |
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![]() Māori |
26 – 16 |
![]() Samoa |
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6 | |||
1990 |
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![]() Samoa |
26 – 18 |
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8 | |||
1992 |
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![]() Samoa |
18 – 14 |
![]() Tonga |
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10 | |||
1994 |
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![]() Tonga |
34 – 11 |
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9 | |||
1997 |
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![]() New Zealand XIII |
20 – 15 |
![]() Māori |
n/a | n/a | 6 | |||
2004 |
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![]() Cook Islands |
26 – 16 |
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6 | |||||
2006 |
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![]() Tonga |
22 – 14 |
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6 | |||||
2009 |
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![]() Papua New Guinea |
42 – 14 |
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5 |
Results
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Semi-finals |
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4 (1975, 1977, 1986, 1988) | 1 (1990) | 1 (1992) |
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2 (1994, 2006) | 1 (1992) | 4 (1986, 1988, 1990, 2009) |
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2 (1990, 1992) | 2 (1986, 1988) | 1 (1994) |
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1 (2004) | 1 (2009) | 2 (1986, 1988) |
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1 (2009) | 1 (1975) | - |
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1 (1997) | - | - |
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- | 2 (1994, 2007) | 1 (2009) |
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- | 1 (1977) | - |
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- | - | 3 (1990, 1992, 1994) |
See also
References
- ↑ International Competitions The Vault
- 1 2 ARL (Press Release) (28 July 2009). "Pacific Cup announced" . Australian Rugby League. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009 . Retrieved 29 July 2009 .
External links
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in Oceania
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