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Americas Rugby League Championship
Current season or competition:
2023 Americas Rugby League Championship
SportRugby league
Inaugural season2016
RegionNorth America (ARL)
Holders Jamaica (1st title)
Most titles United States (2 titles)
Related competitionColonial Cup

The Americas Rugby League Championship is an international rugby league football tournament contested by originally contested by North America national rugby league teams. The tournament was created to follow the success of the Americas region of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying.[1]

History

Background

Previously the only regular international competitions in North America were the Colonial Cup between the USA and Canada and the Caribbean Carnival Cup between Jamaica and Canada (2011–14). As part of the RLIFs policy of expansion and the introduction of a regular international calendar the America's Cup was established which gave the nations opportunity for regular competitive games.

2015–present

The tournament began in 2016 following the previous years successful North America qualification tournament for the 2017 World Cup. The tournament was held every year until 2018 when it switched to every two years however the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament restared in 2023, and in years ahead of the world cup, the tournament has seen the winners of the previous year's South American Rugby League Championship compete in it as the tournament acts as North and South America's qualification to the World Cup. 2023 saw a women's event added for the first time, men's event did not occur for unknown reasons.

Results

Men's

Year WC Qual. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
United States 2015^ 2017
United States
Jamaica
Canada 		N/A
United StatesCanada 2016 N/A
United States
Canada
Jamaica
United StatesCanada 2017
United States
Jamaica
Canada
United States 2018 2021
Jamaica
United States
Canada
Chile
Jamaica 2020 N/A Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Jamaica 2023 2025  Brazil,  Canada,
 Jamaica,  United States

^Officially the 2017 Rugby League World Cup North American qualification tournament.

Women's

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
Jamaica 2023
Canada
United States
Jamaica

References

  1. ^ "Rugby League to create Americas Cup". Archived from the original on 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
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