2020 Tahiti Championship season

2020 Tahiti Championship

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
(Faʻaʻā)
3 tries [5][6]
Official website
www.federationpolynesiennederugby.com/competitions/2020/resultats-2020/seniors-championnat-de-tahiti-a-xv-2020.html

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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 Faʻaʻā being the top team on the standings table.[11][12]

## Teams

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Club | City (commune) | Stadium | Capacity | Previous season

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Arue | Papeete, Arue | Stade Fautaua | 10,000  | Vice Champions (1st in league)
Faʻaʻā | Papeete, Faʻaʻā | 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)

## Number of teams by regions

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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, Faʻaʻā, Papeete, Pirae and Punaauia

## Competition format

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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]

* 4 points for a win.
* 2 points for a draw.
* 1 point for a loss.
* No point for a forfeit.
* 1 bonus point for scoring at least 4 tries (or more).
* 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points (or fewer).

## Table

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2020 Tahiti Championship table  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Faʻaʻā | 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  |

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Competition points earned in head-to-head matches
2. Points difference in head-to-head matches
3. Try differential in head-to-head matches
4. Points difference in all matches
5. Try differential in all matches
6. Points scored in all matches
7. Tries scored in all matches
8. Fewer matches forfeited
9. Classification in the previous Tahiti Championship season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tahiti and the suspension of the season, teams may end up not having to be relegated to Tahiti Championship D2.

[16][unreliable source?]

## References

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1. ^ "SENIORS - Championnat de Tahiti à XV 2020".
2. ^ "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Tahiti". Facebook.
3. ^ "SENIORS - Championnat de Tahiti à XV 2020".
4. ^ "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Tahiti". Facebook.
5. ^ "SENIORS - Championnat de Tahiti à XV 2020".
6. ^ "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Tahiti". Facebook.
7. ^ "Home". federationpolynesiennederugby.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
8. ^ https://www.facebook.com/rugbytahitiinfos [user-generated source]
9. ^ "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Tahiti". Facebook.
10. ^ "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Tahiti". Facebook.
11. ^ "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Résultats 2020 - SENIORS - Championnat de Tahiti à XV 2020". www.federationpolynesiennederugby.com.
12. ^ "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Tahiti". Facebook.
13. ^ "Home". federationpolynesiennederugby.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
14. ^ "Calendrier Général".
15. ^ "Rugby Club de Pirae - Tahiti - Séniors - Championnat à XV 2015".
16. ^ "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Tahiti". m.facebook.com.

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Matches played
*[W]: Matches won
*[D]: Matches drawn
*[L]: Matches lost
*[PF]: Match points for
*[PA]: Match points against
*[PD]: Match points difference
*[TF]: Tries for
*[TA]: Tries against
*[TB]: Try bonus competition points
*[LB]: Losing bonus competition points
*[Pts]: Total competition points