The 2011 Pacific Games men's rugby sevens tournament was held in New Caledonia from 31 August to 2 September 2011 in Nouméa. Samoa won the gold medal defeating Fiji by 21–19 in the final.[1] Papua New Guinea took the bronze medal defeating Niue 10–5 in the third place match.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  2011 Pacific Games Men's Rugby 7s |
| Venue | Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa |
| Dates | 31 August – 2 September 2011 |
| No. of nations | 12 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Samoa |
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Participants
editFormat
editThe 12 teams were drawn into 3 groups. The top 2 teams from the first stage alongside the best two third placed teams advanced to the quarterfinal stage. The quarterfinals and semifinals were followed by the matches for the Gold Medal (first place) and Bronze Medal (third place).
Preliminary round
editGroup A
edit| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fiji
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 0 | +174 | 9 | ||||||
 Tokelau
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 87 | −63 | 7 | ||||||
 Tahiti
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 69 | −47 | 5 | ||||||
 Wallis and Futuna
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 81 | −64 | 3 | ||||||
Updated: 2 September 2011
• Teams ranked 1 and 2 (Green background) advanced to the quarterfinals. | ||||||||||||||
Group B
edit| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 12 | +140 | 9 | ||||||
 Solomon Islands
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 7 | ||||||
 American Samoa
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 81 | −42 | 5 | ||||||
 Vanuatu
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 98 | −74 | 3 | ||||||
Updated: 2 September 2011
• Teams ranked 1 to 3 (Green background) advanced to the quarterfinals. | ||||||||||||||
Group C
edit| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Papua New Guinea
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 17 | +77 | 9 | ||||||
 New Caledonia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 7 | ||||||
 Niue
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 34 | +36 | 5 | ||||||
 Tuvalu
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 130 | −130 | 3 | ||||||
Updated: 2 September 2011
• Teams ranked 1 to 3 (Green background) advanced to the quarterfinals. | ||||||||||||||
Knockout stage
editChampionship bracket
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 September | ||||||||||
| Niue | 26 | |||||||||
| 2 September | ||||||||||
| Tokelau | 0 | |||||||||
| Niue | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 September | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 43 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 52 | |||||||||
| 2 September | ||||||||||
| New Caledonia | 0 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 21 | |||||||||
| 2 September | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 19 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | |||||||||
| 2 September | ||||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 5 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | |||||||||
| 2 September | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 24 | Third place | ||||||||
| Fiji | 33 | |||||||||
| 2 September | ||||||||||
| American Samoa | 5 | |||||||||
| Niue | 5 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
editSemifinals
editThird place
editFinal
editMiddle bracket
edit| Semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| 2 September | ||||||
| Tokelau | 12 | |||||
| 2 September | ||||||
| New Caledonia | 19 | |||||
| New Caledonia | 17 | |||||
| 2 September | ||||||
| American Samoa | 19 | |||||
| Solomon Islands | 21 | |||||
| American Samoa | 26 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 2 September | ||||||
| Tokelau | 7 | |||||
| Solomon Islands | 33 | |||||
5th–8th semifinals
editSeventh place
editFifth place
editLower bracket
edit| Semifinals | Ninth place | |||||
| 2 September | ||||||
| Tahiti | 17 | |||||
| 2 September | ||||||
| Tuvalu | 12 | |||||
| Tahiti | 7 | |||||
| 2 September | ||||||
| Vanuatu | 17 | |||||
| Wallis and Futuna | 0 | |||||
| Vanuatu | 14 | |||||
| Eleventh Place | ||||||
| 2 September | ||||||
| Tuvalu | 10 | |||||
| Wallis and Futuna | 19 | |||||
9th–12th semifinals
editEleventh place
editNinth place
editSee also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Rivers, Renate (3 September 2011). "Sevens boys win Samoa's first Gold". savali News. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.