2020 Tahiti Championship season

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]

2020 Tahiti Championship
Countries Tahiti
Date9 July 2020 – 6 August 2020
Matches played7 [1][2]
Top point scorerFrance Mathias Delpoux
(Punaauia)
23 points [3][4]
Top try scorerFrench Polynesia Haunui Tarahu
(Faa’a)
3 tries [5][6]
Official website
www.federationpolynesiennederugby.com/competitions/2020/resultats-2020/seniors-championnat-de-tahiti-a-xv-2020.html

Teams

Number of teams by regions

All teams this season are from Papeete or suburbs of the Papeete Urban Area.

Teams Region or island Team(s)
5  TahitiArue, Faa’a, Papeete, Pirae and Punaauia

Competition format

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
2020 Tahiti Championship Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Diff. Yellow Cards Red Cards Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1Faa’a3210674324521112
2Punaauia3201503911201111
3Pirae311177453221119
4Arue30123482-4820004
5Papeete20112342-1901003

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
Green background (rows 1 to 4) receive berths in the Semi-finals.
Plain background (row 5) 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.
Final table — source:

[16]

References
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  2. "Fédération Polynésienne de Rugby - Tahiti". Facebook.
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  8. https://www.facebook.com/rugbytahitiinfos
  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.
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