# 2025 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup

The 2025 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup will be the seventeenth Pacific Nations Cup (PNC) tournament and will mirror the new format that was launched in 2024.
Unlike in 2024, the finals series will be hosted in the United States

## World Cup qualification

The 2025 edition will also double up as the Pacific (Americas North and Oceania) qualifying process for the 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup, with the top three teams (outside of Fiji and Japan who have already qualified) qualifying for the Rugby World Cup as Pacific 1, 2 and 3. The remaining sixth team in the competition will have two further opportunities to qualify. Initially, they will advance as Pacific 4 to a Sudamérica / Pacific play-off match against Sudamérica 2, for a chance to qualify for the World Cup as the Sudamérica America / Pacific play-off winner. The loser of that match will advance to the Final Qualification Tournament Europe 5, the winner of the Africa 2 -Asia 2 playoff, and Sudamérica 3.

## Particpants

| Nation | Rank | Began play | 2027 RWC Qualifying status |
| Canada | 23 | 25 August 2025 | |
| Fiji | 9 | N/A | Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup |
| Japan | 13 | N/A | Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2023 World Cup |
| Samoa | 14 | 23 August 2025 | |
| Tonga | 19 | 23 August 2025 | |
| United States | 15 | 25 August 2025 | |

## Pool stage
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| 1 | Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Tonga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* 23 August 2025
| Tonga | v | Samoa |
* 30 August 2025
| Fiji | v | Tonga |
* HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
* 6 September 2025
| Samoa | v | Fiji |
* Apia Park, Apia

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| 1 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* 25 August 2025
| Canada | v | United States |
* TBA
* 30 August 2025
| Japan | v | Canada |
* Yurtec Stadium, Sendai
* 5 September 2025
| United States | v | Japan |
* TBA

## Finals series
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| 13 September – TBA | 13 September – TBA |
| Pool A Winner | |
| Pool A Winner | | 20 September – TBA | 20 September – TBA |
| Pool B Runners-up | | 20 September – TBA | 20 September – TBA |
| 13 September – TBA | 13 September – TBA | | |
| Pool B Winner | | | |
| Pool A Runners-up | | | |
| Pool A Runners-up | | Bronze Final | Bronze Final |
| | | 20 September – TBA | 20 September – TBA |

### Semi-finals

* 13 September 2025
| Pool A Winner | v | Pool B Runners-up |
* TBA, United States
* 13 September 2025
| Pool B Winner | v | Pool A Runners-up |
* TBA, United States

### Fifth-place play-off

* 20 September 2025
| Pool A third-placed team | v | Pool B third-placed team |
* TBA, United States

### Bronze Final

* 20 September 2025
* v
* TBA, United States

### Grand Final

* 20 September 2025
* v
* TBA, United States

## Final standings

| Pos. | Team | 2027 RWC / WRNC Division 2 qualification |
| 1 | TBC | Qualified |
| 2 | TBC | Qualified |
| 3 | TBC | Qualified |
| 4 | TBC | Qualified |
| 5 | TBC | Qualified |
| 6 | TBC | Advances to South America / Pacific play off |