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Auckland, New Zealand: Eden Park hosted three matches on 21 October 2023, including the second Pacific Cup match between New Zealand and Samoa, a women's match between New Zealand and Tonga, and a men's match between New Zealand A and Tonga A. Hamilton, New Zealand: Waikato Stadium hosted the Pacific Cup final on 4 November 2023.
The tournament was created in 2019 as the Oceania Cup 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. Australia won the Cup in the inaugural season while Fiji won the shield and got promoted for the 2020 competition.
In 2019, a similar competition called the "Oceania Cup" was founded. This time it featured Australia and New Zealand, in addition to many of the Pacific Cup nations, who had since established themselves in the sport. The competition has a single edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was re-founded in 2023 as the Rugby League Pacific ...
The men's football tournament at the 2023 Pacific Games was the 16th edition [1] of the men's football tournament at the Pacific Games, held from 17 November to 2 December, in Honiara, Solomon Islands. [2] [3] [4] New Zealand's Under-23s were the defending champions after beating New Caledonia in the final in 2019. [5]
The 2023 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup was the sixteenth edition of the Pacific Nations Cup annual international rugby union competition. Four teams competed, with Fiji , Samoa and Tonga returning, whilst Japan is reinstated for the first time since 2019 , as the four nations use the tournament as preparation ahead of the 2023 Rugby World Cup .
Most of the major Continental multi-sports events – the Pan American, European, Asian and Pacific Games – are held this year, one year ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, in addition to the Francophone Games. 2023 sees the first combined cycling world championships, including all disciplines except Cyclo-cross, and the first mixed ...
It was created as a replacement of the AFL International Cup alongside the AFL Asia Cup and the AFL Pacific Cup after the competition was affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. In August 2021, the AFL announced that the IC would return in 2023 to align with its original three-year schedule but did not announce the host. [1]
The World Rugby Pacific Challenge, formerly the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup, is an annual rugby union football tournament held in Oceania since 2006. It is contested by national 'A' teams (formed from the best locally based players, with most not already on their nations' senior rugby team) from the Asia-Pacific region.