The 2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the inaugural rugby union tournament created by World Rugby for national 'A' teams to develop home grown talent for their national test sides.

For national 'A' teams from the Americas, this new tournament replaced the pre-2015 format of the Americas Rugby Championship, which is now an annual championship elevated to test status.

The tournament was hosted by Uruguay, with all matches played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.

[1] Argentina XV won the tournament undefeated, with Fiji Warriors as runner-up.

The competing teams were:[2] Group A Group B Final standings for combined pools: The matches were announced on 7 September 2016.