The Games Competition marked Recording the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted Social_event the event Competition , the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation , the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney , and also the first time a Lusophone ( Portuguese-speaking ) country hosted Social_event the event Competition .

These were also the highest sustained winds in the Western Hemisphere until Hurricane Patricia in 2015 .

It was the 17th final in the Southern Hemisphere 's premier transnational club rugby competition 's history and the second under the newly expanded 15-team format .

Severe Tropical Cyclone Catastrophe Zoe was the second-most intense tropical cyclone Catastrophe on record Recording within the Southern Hemisphere .