Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games

Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 11 to 12.[1] The rugby sevens competition was held at BMO Field, although due to naming rights, the venue was known as Exhibition Stadium for the duration of the games.[2] This will be the second time that the men's competition will be held, following rugby sevens' debut at the 2011 Games, with women's rugby sevens making its debut.[3] A total of eight men's and six women's teams competed in each respective tournament.[4]

Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games
Rugby sevens pictogram for the games
VenuesExhibition Stadium
DatesJuly 11–12
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors168 from 9 nations
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Competition schedule

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BMO Field (Exhibition Stadium) in Toronto was the venue for the rugby sevens competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the rugby sevens competitions:[5]

P Preliminaries ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B 3rd place play-off F Final
Event↓/Date → Sat 11 Sun 12
Men P ¼ ½ B F
Women P P B F

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Canada*2002
2  United States0112
3  Argentina0101
4  Brazil0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
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  Canada
Sean White
Admir Cejvanovic
Mike Fuailefau
John Moonlight
Conor Trainor
Sean Duke
Phil Mack
Justin Douglas
Nathan Hirayama
Lucas Hammond
Harry Jones
Matthew Mullins
  Argentina
Fernando Luna
Santiago Alvarez
German Schulz
Nicolas Bruzzone
Emiliano Boffelli
Gastón Revol
Bautista Ezcurra
Rodrigo Etchart
Franco Sabato
Juan Tuculet
Ramiro Finco
Axel Muller Aranda
  United States
Carlin Isles
Patrick Blair
Brett Thompson
Garrett Bender
Mike Te'o
Stephen Tomasin
Will Holder
Ben Leatigaga
Nate Augspurger
Madison Hughes
Perry Baker
Martin Iosefo
Women's tournament
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  Canada
Brittany Benn
Kayla Moleschi
Karen Paquin
Kelly Russell
Ashley Steacy
Sara Kaljuvee
Jen Kish
Nadejda Popov
Ghislaine Landry
Hannah Darling
Magali Harvey
Natasha Watcham-Roy
  United States
Megan Bonny
Kelly Griffin
Joanne Fa'avesi
Leyla Kelter
Richelle Stephens
Lauren Doyle
Kristen Thomas
Hannah Lopez
Melissa Fowler
Irene Gardner
Kate Zackary
Kathryn Johnson
  Brazil
Juliana Esteves dos Santos
Bruna Lotufo
Beatriz Futuro Muhlbauer
Edna Santini
Paula Ishibashi
Isadora Cerullo
Claudia Lopes Teles
Haline Leme Scatrut
Angelica Pereira Gevaerd
Maira Bravo Behrendt
Raquel Kochhann
Mariana Barbosa Ramalho

Qualification

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A total of eight men's teams and six women's team have qualified to compete at the games. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (12 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 24 athletes.[6]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1   Canada
Qualified automatically 2   Argentina
  United States
2014 South American Games March 8–9   Santiago 1   Uruguay
2014 NACRA Sevens December 3–4   Mexico City 2   Guyana
  Mexico
2015 Mar del Plata Sevens January 10–11   Mar del Plata 2   Brazil
  Chile
Total 8

Women

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Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1   Canada
Qualified automatically 1   United States
2014 South American Games March 8–9   Santiago 1   Brazil
2014 NACRA Women's Sevens December 3–4   Mexico City 1   Mexico
2015 Mar del Plata Sevens January 10–11   Mar del Plata 2   Argentina
  Colombia
Total 6

Participating nations

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A total of nine countries have qualified rugby sevens teams.[7] The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants qualified.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Exhibition Stadium". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 2014-10-22. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ "First Chance at Pan Am Games Tickets Starts Now". toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Rugby Sevens". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Sport Technical Manual Rugby sevens". scribd.com. TO2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Sevens teams confirmed for Pan American Games 2015". www.worldrugby.org/. World Rugby. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 20 January 2015.