Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pacific Games – Men's tournament

Rugby sevens – Men's tournament
at the 2015 Pacific Games
Venue Sir John Guise Stadium
Location Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Dates 8–10 July, 2015
Nations 10
Medalists
  Fiji
  Samoa
  Tonga

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]

Participants

Ten teams played in the tournament:[4]

Format

The 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

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Fiji 4 4 0 0 185 0 +185 12
 Papua New Guinea 4 3 0 1 99 36 +63 10
 Solomon Islands 4 2 0 2 40 93 –53 8
 Tahiti 4 1 0 3 41 86 –45 6
 Guam 4 0 0 4 12 162 –150 4
Updated: 11 July 2015

Source: Port Moresby 2015 [5]
 • Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the Quarterfinals.
 • The team ranked 5 (Blue background) advanced to the Ninth place play-off.

8 July 2015
13:28
Fiji  17–0  Papua New Guinea
8 July 2015
13:50
Solomon Islands  12–0  Tahiti
8 July 2015
16:46
Fiji  59–0  Guam
8 July 2015
17:08
Papua New Guinea  24–12  Tahiti
8 July 2015
20:04
Fiji  59–0  Solomon Islands
8 July 2015
20:26
Guam  0–53  Papua New Guinea
9 July 2015
14:20
Fiji  50–0  Tahiti
9 July 2015
14:56
Guam  12–21  Solomon Islands
9 July 2015
17:52
Papua New Guinea  22–7  Solomon Islands
9 July 2015
18:14
Guam  0–29  Tahiti

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 4 4 0 0 185 12 +173 12
 Tonga 4 3 0 1 134 59 +75 10
 New Caledonia 4 2 0 2 81 58 +23 8
 Vanuatu 4 1 0 3 61 112 –51 6
 Nauru 4 0 0 4 7 227 –220 4
Updated: 11 July 2015

Source: Port Moresby 2015 [5]
 • Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the Quarterfinals.
 • The team ranked 5 (Blue background) advanced to the Ninth place play-off.

8 July 2015
14:12
Samoa  45–5  Tonga
8 July 2015
14:34
New Caledonia  17–7  Vanuatu
8 July 2015
17:30
Nauru  0–71  Samoa
8 July 2015
17:52
New Caledonia  7–27  Tonga
9 July 2015
12:00
Samoa  45–0  Vanuatu
9 July 2015
12:20
Nauru  0–59  Tonga
9 July 2015
15:18
New Caledonia  7–24  Samoa
9 July 2015
15:40
Nauru  7–47  Vanuatu
9 July 2015
18:36
Tonga  43–7  Vanuatu
9 July 2015
18:58
Nauru  0–50  New Caledonia

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

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 Third place
10 July – 14:12
    Samoa  35  
  Tahiti  0   Papua New Guinea  12
  Samoa  48     Tonga  19
10 July – 19:27

Quarterfinals

10 July 2015
13:06
Fiji  54–5  Vanuatu
10 July 2015
13:28
Papua New Guinea  17–0  New Caledonia
10 July 2015
13:50
Tonga  19–12  Solomon Islands
10 July 2015
14:12
Samoa  48–0  Tahiti

Semifinals

10 July 2015
15:40
Fiji  24–5  Papua New Guinea
10 July 2015
16:02
Samoa  35–5  Tonga

Bronze medal game

10 July 2015
19:27
Papua New Guinea  12–19  Tonga
Report[6]

Gold medal game

10 July 2015
19:49
Fiji  33–7  Samoa
Report[6]

Middle bracket

5th–8th semifinals Fifth place
10 July – 14:56
  New Caledonia  21  
  Vanuatu  5  
 
10 July – 17:52
      Solomon Islands  0
    New Caledonia  24
Seventh place
10 July – 15:18 10 July – 17:30
  Tahiti  14   Vanuatu  10
  Solomon Islands  15     Tahiti  21

5th–8th semifinals

10 July 2015
14:56
New Caledonia  21–5  Vanuatu
10 July 2015
15:18
Tahiti  14–15  Solomon Islands

Seventh place game

10 July 2015
17:30
Vanuatu  10–21  Tahiti

Fifth place game

10 July 2015
17:52
Solomon Islands  0–24  New Caledonia

Lower bracket

Ninth place
   
10 July – 17:08
  Guam  31
  Nauru  0

Ninth place game

10 July 2015
17:08
Guam  31–0  Nauru

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Fiji take rugby 7s double gold". Fiji Times. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fiji storms to men's rugby 7s title". Port Moresby 2015. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Calendar Rugby Union 7s". Port Moresby 2015. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Rugby Union 7s Male". Port Moresby 2015. 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Fiji takes rugby 7s double gold". Port Moresby 2015. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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