Wikipedia - Rugby League Pacific Championship
The Rugby League Pacific Championship is a rugby league tournament for national teams in Oceania. Its inaugural tournament was in 2019. Of the seven Oceanian teams, six compete across two divisions of three teams, while a rotating seventh goes on tour.
History
The tournament was created in 2019 with a two tiered format. The top tier (cup) consisted of Australia, New Zealand and Tonga and the second tier (shield) consisted of Fiji, Samoa and Papua New Guinea.
Australia won the Cup in the inaugural season while Fiji won the shield and got promoted for the 2020 competition.
For the 2020 edition, Cook Islands were scheduled to take Fiji's place in the shield. No team was relegated from the cup as Australia were going to go on a tour of England that year. The competition was scheduled to begin in June and conclude in November, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2023, International Rugby League announced the return of the tournament under the name Pacific Championships as part of a new seven years international calendar.
太平洋冠军杯吸引了来自澳大利亚、新西兰、汤加、萨摩亚等国家和地区的优秀球队参赛。这些球队都是各自国家或地区的顶级橄榄球俱乐部，实力强大，技术精湛。
比赛期间，球队们将在激烈的对抗中展示出他们的技巧、速度和力量。他们将在球场上奋力拼搏，争夺太平洋地区的最高荣誉。观众们可以期待看到精彩的进攻和防守，以及令人惊叹的传球和射门。
太平洋冠军杯不仅是一场激烈的竞技比赛，也是太平洋地区橄榄球文化的盛会。观众们可以感受到来自不同国家和地区的球迷们的热情和支持，共同庆祝这项运动的魅力。
这项锦标赛的胜利将为球队带来荣誉和尊严，同时也将为他们在国际橄榄球舞台上的声誉增添光彩。太平洋冠军杯不仅是一场比赛，更是一个展示太平洋地区橄榄球实力的舞台，为球迷们带来了无尽的激情和娱乐。