Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pan American Games

Rugby sevens
at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue Tlaquepaque Stadium
Dates October 29 – October 30
Competitors 104 from 8 nations
Medalists
   Canada
   Argentina
   United States
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The Rugby sevens competition at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara will be held from October 29 to October 30 at the Tlaquepaque Stadium. [1] Rugby sevens will be making its first appearance at the Pan American Games. The sport is one of two sports being contested just by men, the other being Baseball.

Contents

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Canada 1 0 0 1
2 Argentina 0 1 0 1
3 United States 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 1 3

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's rugby sevens  Canada (CAN)
Nanyak Dala
Sean Duke
Matthew Evans
Sean White
Ciaran Hearn
Nathan Hirayama
Tyler Ardon
Phil Mack
John Moonlight
Taylor Paris
Mike Scholz
Conor Trainor		  Argentina (ARG)
Gabriel Ascarate
Santiago Bottini
Nicolas Bruzzone
Francisco Cuneo
Manuel Gutierrez
Joaquin Luccheti
Jose Merello
Manuel Montero
Ramiro Moyano
Hernan Olivari
Javier Ortega
Diego Palma		  United States (USA)
Mark Bokhoven
Colin Hawley
Rocco Mauer
Folau Niua
Milemoti Pulu
Bernard Punimata
Blaine Scully
Jordan Suniula
Nigel Suniula
Zachary Test
Peter Tiberio
Kisi Unufe

Qualification

The top 5 ranked teams qualified automatically, along with hosts Mexico and the winners of the North American and South American sevens competition.[1]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation – – 1  Mexico
Seeded by ranking.[2] 5  Argentina
 Canada
 Chile
 United States
 Uruguay
2010 NACRA Men's Sevens tournament July 29–30, 2010 Georgetown 1  Guyana
2011 CONSUR Sevens tournament February 5–6, 2011 Bento Gonçalves 1  Brazil
TOTAL 8

Venue

The rugby sevens competition will be held at the newly built Tlaquepaque Stadium. The stadium can hold about 1,300 people.[1]

Preliminary round

All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

Group A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 92 15 +77 12
 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 52 26 +26 9
 Guyana 3 1 0 2 12 65 –53 6
 Mexico 3 0 0 3 10 60 –50 3
October 29, 2011
11:50		 Argentina  26 – 5  Mexico Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
October 29, 2011
12:15		 Uruguay  20 – 0  Guyana Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
October 29, 2011
14:00		 Argentina  40 – 0  Guyana Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
October 29, 2011
14:25		 Uruguay  22 – 0  Mexico Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
October 29, 2011
16:05		 Argentina  26 – 10  Uruguay Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
October 29, 2011
16:30		 Guyana  12 – 5  Mexico Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 109 28 +81 12
 United States 3 1 1 1 54 55 -1 7
 Brazil 3 1 1 1 33 71 –38 7
 Chile 3 0 0 3 21 63 –42 3
October 29, 2011
11:00		 United States  14 – 7  Chile Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
October 29, 2011
11:25		 Canada  45 – 0  Brazil Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
October 29, 2011
13:10		 United States  19 – 19  Brazil Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
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October 29, 2011
13:35		 Canada  35 – 7  Chile Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
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October 29, 2011
15:15		 United States  21 – 29  Canada Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
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October 29, 2011
15:40		 Brazil  14 – 7  Chile Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report

Elimination stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
October 30 9:30 — Guadalajara        
  Argentina  21
October 30 12:00 — Guadalajara
  Chile  5  
  Argentina  17
October 30 9:25 — Guadalajara
    Uruguay  5  
  Brazil  0
October 30 15:00 — Guadalajara
  Uruguay  7  
  Argentina  24
October 30 9:50 — Guadalajara
    Canada  26
  Guyana  12
October 30 12:25 — Guadalajara
  United States  24  
  United States  19 Third place
October 30 10:15 — Guadalajara
    Canada  21  
  Canada  45   Uruguay  17
  Mexico  0     United States  19
October 30 14:30 — Guadalajara

Quarterfinals

October 30, 2011
9:00		 Argentina  21 – 5  Chile Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
October 30, 2011
9:25		 Brazil  0 – 7  Uruguay Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
October 30, 2011
9:50		 Guyana  12 – 24  United States Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
October 30, 2011
10:15		 Canada  45 – 0  Mexico Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report

Fifth to eight place

October 30, 2011
11:10		 Chile  19 – 14  Brazil Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
October 30, 2011
11:35		 Guyana  7 – 14  Mexico Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report

Seventh place match

October 30, 2011
13:30		 Brazil  26 – 7  Guyana Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report

Fifth place match

October 30, 2011
13:55		 Chile  22 – 0  Mexico Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report

Semifinals

October 30, 2011
12:00		 Argentina  17 – 5  Uruguay Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
October 30, 2011
12:25		 United States  19 – 21  Canada Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report

Bronze medal match

October 30, 2011
14:30		 Uruguay  17 – 19  United States Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report

Gold medal match

October 30, 2011
15:00		 Argentina  24 – 26  Canada Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
Report
 2011 Pan American Games Champion 

Canada
1st title

Final standings

Rank Team Record
 Canada 6 – 0 – 0
 Argentina 5 – 0 – 1
 United States 3 – 1 – 2
4  Uruguay 3 – 0 – 3
5  Chile 2 – 0 – 4
6  Mexico 1 – 0 – 5
7  Brazil 2 – 1 – 3
8  Guyana 1 – 0 – 5

References

  1. ^ a b c Rugby technical manual
  2. ^ Qualification standards
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