The Men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby from 8 to 10 July 2015 at the Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium. Fiji won the gold medal defeating Samoa by 33–7 in the final.[1] Tonga took the bronze medal defeating hosts PNG 19–12 in the third place match.[2][3]
| Rugby sevens – Men's tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Sir John Guise Stadium | ||||||
| Location | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | ||||||
| Dates | 8–10 July 2015 | ||||||
| Nations | 10 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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Participants
editTen teams played in the tournament:[4]
Format
editThe teams were split into two pools of five, with a round-robin played in each pool. This was followed by a knockout stage which included the medal play-offs.
Pool A
edit| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fiji
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 0 | +185 | 12 | ||||||
 Papua New Guinea
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 36 | +63 | 10 | ||||||
 Solomon Islands
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 93 | –53 | 8 | ||||||
 Tahiti
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 86 | –45 | 6 | ||||||
 Guam
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 162 | –150 | 4 | ||||||
| Updated: 11 July 2015 Source:[5] | ||||||||||||||
Pool B
edit| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Samoa
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 12 | +173 | 12 | ||||||
 Tonga
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 59 | +75 | 10 | ||||||
 New Caledonia
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 58 | +23 | 8 | ||||||
 Vanuatu
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 112 | –51 | 6 | ||||||
 Nauru
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 227 | –220 | 4 | ||||||
| Updated: 11 July 2015 Source:[5] | ||||||||||||||
Knockout stage
editChampionship bracket
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 July – 13:06 | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 54 | |||||||||
| 10 July – 15:40 | ||||||||||
| Vanuatu | 5 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 24 | |||||||||
| 10 July – 13:28 | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | |||||||||
| New Caledonia | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 July – 19:49 | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 33 | |||||||||
| 10 July – 13:50 | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 7 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 19 | |||||||||
| 10 July – 16;02 | ||||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 12 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 5 | |||||||||
| 10 July – 14:12 | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 35 | Third place | ||||||||
| Tahiti | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 July – 19:27 | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 48 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 19 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
editSemifinals
editBronze medal game
editGold medal game
editMiddle bracket
edit| 5th–8th semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| 10 July – 14:56 | ||||||
| New Caledonia | 21 | |||||
| 10 July – 17:52 | ||||||
| Vanuatu | 5 | |||||
| Solomon Islands | 0 | |||||
| 10 July – 15:18 | ||||||
| New Caledonia | 24 | |||||
| Tahiti | 14 | |||||
| Solomon Islands | 15 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 10 July – 17:30 | ||||||
| Vanuatu | 10 | |||||
| Tahiti | 21 | |||||
5th–8th semifinals
editSeventh place game
editFifth place game
editLower bracket
edit| Ninth place | |||
| Guam
| 31 | ||
| Nauru
| 0 | ||
Ninth place game
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sport: Double gold for Fiji sevens teams in PNG". Radio New Zealand. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Fiji take rugby 7s double gold". Fiji Times. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Fiji storms to men's rugby 7s title". Port Moresby 2015. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Calendar Rugby Union 7s". Port Moresby 2015. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Rugby Union 7s Male". Port Moresby 2015. 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Fiji takes rugby 7s double gold". Port Moresby 2015. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.