WELSH CUP FOR CLUBS
RESULTS
2020
Full Results
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| Club | P | W | L | Match Pts F | Match Pts A | Match Pts Dif | F | A | Dif | Pts | |
| 1 | Pontyclun PC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 79 | 45 | 34 | 505 | 390 | 115 | 9 |
| 2 | Monkstone PC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 70 | 54 | 16 | 466 | 384 | 82 | 9 |
| 3 | Caerleon PC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 56 | 12 | 457 | 414 | 43 | 9 |
| 4 | Wheatsheaf PC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 78 | -32 | 382 | 478 | -96 | 3 |
| 5 | Penarth PC | 4 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 77 | -30 | 361 | 484 | -123 | 0 |
*Maesteg PC also entered, but were forced to pull out after Round 1.
As there were 3 Clubs that tied on 9 points in the overall results then, as the EuroCup rules criteria state, in the event of a draw on points then to determine the winning Club it will be the results of the tied Clubs, and only the tied Clubs’ matches, played against each other.
In the event that there is a draw on points, then the next criteria is match points between the tied Clubs, This scoring process was clarified with the CEP President before being published on the WPA Website and being emailed to all members on 16th October, prior to the final Round being played.
Tied-Clubs Results: FINAL STANDINGS
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| Club | P | W | L | Match Pts F | Match Pts A | Match Pts Dif | F | A | Dif | Pts | |
| 1 | Caerleon PC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 204 | 237 | -33 | 3 |
| 2 | Monkstone PC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 224 | 222 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Pontyclun PC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 35 | -8 | 247 | 216 | 31 | 3 |
Therefore it is congratulations to Caerleon RFC PC who are the 2020 Welsh Cup for Clubs champions and will be invited to compete in the EuroCup 2020.
To clarify this result, the CEP introduced the awarding of “Match Points”, awarding 3 for a “Win”, to overcome the situation where a Club narrowly lost 3 Matches 15-16 (thus gaining a total of 45 “Game-Points”, but ended up beating a Club that narrowly won 2 Matches 16-15 but lost heavily in their 3rd Match 10-21 (thus only gaining a total of 42 “Game-Points”).
The WPA has used this process previously.
The CEP EuroCup Qualifying Rules, Arts. 8.9, 8.10, 8.11 & 8.12 outline the criteria used to award points and decide the results.
In order to prevent any confusion about this in future, the EC has begun the process of updating our own Welsh Cup for Clubs Rules to provide better clarity.
Thanks to all Clubs and players who took part and also thanks to Abegavenny PC for hosting the event.
Robert Pugh
National President