Ticket Sales for Pacific Nations Cup 2024 Finals Series Set to Begin
Pre-sales tickets for the Finals Series of this year’s Pacific Nations Cup are set to begin this Saturday, August 10 from 10:00 Japan Standard Time (JST), with general ticket sales following from Saturday, August 17 from 10:00 JST.
Contested between Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Canada, the USA and Japan, the PNC provides these six emerging test nations with an annual tournament of equal stature to Europe’s Six Nations and the Southern Hemisphere’s Rugby Championship.
This year’s competition will see two pools of three teams play in a round-robin format between August 23 – September 7, with each team playing host to one test match on home soil. The Pacific Island giants of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga will compete in Pool A, while Canada, Japan and the USA will fight it out in Pool B.
The Finals Series will then be played in Tokyo and Osaka with all six teams making their way to Japan in September. The Finals will consist of a Fifth Place Play-Off and two Semi-Finals in which the four top-ranked teams will compete for a spot in the Final.
The Fifth Place Play-Off and Semi-Finals will be played at Tokyo’s historic Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium across the weekend of September 14 and 15. The following weekend the action moves to Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashi-Osaka for the Third Place Play-Off and winner-takes-all Final on the Saturday, September 21.
* If Japan competes in the Semi-Finals, they will play in Semi-Final Two on Sunday, September 15.
Ticket information:
https://www.rugby-japan.jp/lp/pnc2024/en/ticket/
Ticket Rugby English page:
http://en.rugby-japan.jp/ticket/
Commenting on the announcement, JRFU President, Masato Tsuchida said:
“We’re delighted to be hosting the Pacific Nations Cup 2024 Finals Series. Welcoming five international test teams to Japan, alongside our beloved Brave Blossoms will surely bring back the wonderful memories of hosting Rugby World Cup in 2019. I speak on behalf of the entire Japanese rugby family when I extend the warmest of welcomes to international rugby fans to come to Japan to experience the unique atmosphere of watching test match, tournament rugby in Tokyo and Osaka. This will be a tournament not to be missed.”