2020 Tahiti Championship | |
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Countries | Tahiti |
Date | 9 July 2020 – 6 August 2020 |
Matches played | 7 [1][2] |
Top point scorer | Mathias Delpoux (Punaauia) 23 points [3][4] |
Top try scorer | Haunui Tarahu (Faa’a) 3 tries [5][6] |
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The 2020 Tahiti Championship competition is the 47th Tahitian domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby-Tahiti (FPR).[7][8] The season was originally supposed to run from 7 March to 27 June, but due to COVID-19 pandemic in Tahiti, the season began on 9 July. Due to concerns of spreading the coronavirus, the season has been officially suspended on 9 August,[9][10] with Faa’a being the top team on the standings table.[11][12]
Club | City (commune) | Stadium | Capacity | Previous season |
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Arue | Papeete, Arue | Stade Fautaua | 10,000 | Vice Champions (1st in league) |
Faa’a | Papeete, Faa’a | Stade Fautaua | 10,000 | 6th |
Papeete | Papeete | Stade Fautaua | 10,000 | Semi-finalists (4th in league) |
Pirae | Papeete, Pirae | Stade Fautaua | 10,000 | Champions (2nd in league) |
Punaauia | Papeete, Punaauia | Stade Fautaua | 10,000 | Semi-finalists (3rd in league) |
All teams this season are from Papeete or suburbs of the Papeete Urban Area.
Teams | Region or island | Team(s) |
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5 | Tahiti | Arue, Faa’a, Papeete, Pirae and Punaauia |
The top four teams at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another twice.) enter a knockout stage to decide the Champions of Tahiti. This consists of two rounds. The semi-finals, with the losers meeting for 3rd place and with the winners meeting in the final. All matches are held at the Stade Fautaua in Pirae.[13][14]
Since as far back as 2015, Tahiti's bonus point system operates as follows:[15]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Faa’a | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | Semi-finals |
2 | Punaauia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
3 | Pirae | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 45 | +32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
4 | Arue | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 82 | −48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | Papeete | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |