RANKING PROCESS

AMERICAS RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP

Ranking at the conclusion of the Pool Phase (CANADA)

At the conclusion of the pool phase, the Teams in a pool are ranked one through four based on their cumulative match points, and identified respectively as winner, runner up, third and fourth.

If at the completion of the pool phase two or more teams are level on match points, then the following criteria shall be used in the following order until one of the teams can be determined as the higher ranked:

I. the winner of the match in which the two tied Teams have played each other shall be the higher ranked;

*In the event three teams are level on match points, criteria I. will not apply and the ranking process will start at criteria II.

II. the team which has the best difference between points scored for and points scored against in all its pool matches shall be the higher ranked;

III. the team which has the best difference between tries scored for and tries scored against in all its pool matches shall be the higher ranked;

IV. the team which has scored most points in all its pool matches shall be the higher ranked;

V. the team which has scored most tries in all its pool matches shall be the higher ranked;

VI. if none of the above produce a result, then it will be resolved with a toss of a coin.