 Fiji won title and was undefeated in the two matches the team played.Teams competing in previous years, Canada, Japan and the United States were not scheduled to participate in the tournament for 2016 and 2017 due the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying format.The top two teams on aggregate across the 2016 and 2017 Pacific Nations Cups qualified for Japan 2019, with the team finishing third scheduled to enter the repechage for qualification.