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Venezuela Out of Sudamérica 4 Naciones B

Venezuela are officially out of the Sudamérica 4 Naciones B. Their non-involvement has seen the tournament reduced from four to three competing countries.

As reported by Americas Rugby News Venezuela’s players faced the prospect of being denied entrance into Guatemala after their visas had not been accepted. Now on the eve of there tournament getting underway it is confirmed that Venezuela will not compete.

In missing out on playing in Guatemala City the Sudamérica 4 Naciones B is to be a Tri-Nations competition involving Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Peru.

For Venezuela this spells disaster with no test rugby for the national men’s team in 2018. It sees a reconfiguration of the match fixtures, of which Guatemala is the winner and Costa Rica and Peru are both losers.

With the four teams having been scheduled to all compete over three days – Sunday September 30, Wednesday October 03, and Saturday October 06 the reduction sees Guatemala playing on days 1 and 3, Costa Rica on 1 and 2 and Peru on 2 and 3.

The new fixtures for the competition are as follows:

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30
Guatemala vs Costa Rica

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 03
Peru vs Costa Rica

SATURDAY OCTOBER 06
Guatemala vs Peru

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