2014 NACRA Rugby Championship

The 2014 NACRA Rugby Championship, the seventh edition of the NACRA Rugby Championship, was a rugby union championship for Tier 3 North American and Caribbean teams. Pool play took place between 10 May and 28 June. A championship game followed in June, with Guyana defeating USA South in extra time. Mexico was promoted to the North Championship, with Bermuda moving down, due to the latter's inability to organize the promotion/relegation match. In the South division, Barbados defeated Curaçao to remain in the Championship.

The championship is split between North and South zones, which each have a three-team Championship and four-team Cup. The winner of each Championship play for the final, championship game, and a promotion/relegation game is played in each zone, between the winner of the Cup, and the last place team of the Championship.

Competition points are different from most rugby union tournaments: Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw. There are also bonus points for scoring four tries and for losing within a margin of 7 points or less.[1]

Teams

Fourteen teams will take place in this year's tournament.[2] They are seeded into two pools based on their regional rankings, in brackets.[2]

North Zone South Zone
Championship
USA South (1)  Trinidad and Tobago (2)
 Cayman Islands (3)  Guyana (5)
 Bermuda (4)  Barbados (6)
Cup
 Bahamas (7)  Curaçao (10)
 Jamaica (8)  British Virgin Islands (11)
 Mexico (9)  Saint Lucia (12)
 Turks and Caicos Islands (14)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (13)

North Zone

North Zone Championship

Position Team Games Points Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1USA South22006736+31105
2 Cayman Islands21015439+15114
3 Bermuda2002957−48000

North Zone Cup

Position Team Games Points Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Mexico330016326+137309
2 Jamaica32013550−15002
3 Bahamas31024161−20012
4 Turks and Caicos Islands300317119−102022

North Zone Championship relegation play-off

The North Zone Championship relegation play-off was played between the last-placed team of the North Zone Championship, Bermuda, and the winner of the North Zone Cup, Mexico. However, Bermuda was unable to organize the match, and Mexico moved to the Championship by default.[5]

South Zone

South Zone Championship

Position Team Games Points Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Guyana22006327+36105
2 Trinidad and Tobago21014220+22114
3 Barbados20022482−58000

South Zone Cup

Position Team Games Points Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Curaçao330011731+86208
2 Saint Lucia32016296−34206
3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31025867−5125
4 British Virgin Islands30035295−43011

South Zone Championship relegation play-off

The South Zone Championship relegation play-off will be played between the last-placed team of the South Zone Championship, Barbados, and the winner of the South Zone Cup, Curaçao. The winner will play in the 2015 South Zone Championship.[1]

Final

The final will be played between the winner of the North Zone Championship, USA South, and the winner of the South Zone Championship, Guyana.[1]

References

  1. "Fixtures" Archived May 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. NACRA. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  2. "2014 NACRA Senior Men's Championships Final Format" (PDF). USA Rugby South. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
  3. "St Vincent and Grenadines open 2014 season with 24-22 win over BVIpublisher=NACRA". 2014-05-17. Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  4. https://www.facebook.com/TCIRFU/photos/a.10151699420270124.1073741828.57551880123/10152070376925124/?type=1
  5. "Facebook". Facebook (in Spanish). Rugby Mexico FMRU. 2014-08-29. Archived from the original on 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
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