Oceania Cup (rugby league)

The Oceania Cup is a rugby league tournament for national teams in Oceania. Its inaugural tournament was in 2019.

Oceania Cup
Current season or competition:
2020 Oceania Cup (rugby league)
SportRugby league
Instituted2019
Inaugural season2019
Number of teams7
RegionOceania (APRLC)
Holders Australia (2019)
Most titles Australia (1 title)
Broadcast partnerNine Network
Fox League
Sky Sport
Related competitionPacific Cup

History

The tournament was created in 2019 with a two tiered format.[1] The top tier (cup) consisted of Australia, New Zealand and Tonga and the second tier (shield) consisted of Fiji, Samoa and Papua New Guinea. The top team in the cup would be crowned champions while the top team in the shield would be promoted.

Australia won the Cup in the inaugural season while Fiji won the shield and got promoted for the 2020 competition. No team would be relegated as Australia were going to go on a tour of England, leaving the tournament.

For the 2020 edition, Cook Islands were schedule to take Fiji's place in the shield.[2] The competition was scheduled to begin in June and conclude in November, but has since been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Tournaments
Year Host Winner Teams
Cup Shield Cup Shield
2019  Australia &  New Zealand  Australia  Fiji 3 3
2020 3 3

By team
Key
Cup
Shield
1 First
2 Second
3 Third
Q Qualified
— Did not participate
Team 2019 2020
 Australia 1 —
 New Zealand 2 Q
 Tonga 3 Q
 Fiji 1 Q
 Samoa 2 Q
 Papua New Guinea 3 Q
 Cook Islands — Q

References
  1. "RLIF Oceania Cup confirmed for 2019". rlif.com. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  2. "Oceania Cup is back with three cracking Double Headers". Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  3. "Oceania Cup cancelled for 2020". Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation. 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
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