Pacific Islands Cup

The Pacific Islands Cup (not to be confused with the Pacific Sevens Cup) is a new Sevens tournament that was announced by the IRB in 2012. The inaugural edition will be held in 2012.

There are a number of hosting bids:


 * Fiji, Suva
 * Lovia, Noble City
 * New Zealand, Wellington

The IRB-board has tried to attracted as large a number of participants as possible, and a number of teams will likely debut at the Cup. The IRB celebrated having attracted possible participation from all Pacific nations and the five major colonies, though it is not known whether all of them will compete. This would definetely increase Rugby Sevens' popularity throughout the Pacific, and possibly worldwide.

These are the likely participants (nations who have expressed interest), as of now:


 * Cook Islands
 * Fiji
 * Kiribati
 * Lovia
 * Marshall Islands
 * Micronesia (Federated States of)
 * New Caledonia
 * New Zealand
 * Niue
 * Palau
 * Samoa
 * Solomon Islands
 * Tokelau
 * Tonga
 * Tuvalu