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

2015 Pacific Games Men's Rugby 7s
Tournament details
Host nation  Papua New Guinea
Venue Sir John Guise Outdoor Stadium
Dates 8 – 10 July 2015
No. of nations 10
Champions 
 Fiji
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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 44001850+18512
 Papua New Guinea 43019936+6310
 Solomon Islands 42024093–538
 Tahiti 41034186–456
 Guam 400412162–1504
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
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
8 July 2015
13:50
Solomon Islands  12–0  Tahiti
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
8 July 2015
16:46
Fiji  59–0  Guam
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
8 July 2015
17:08
Papua New Guinea  24–12  Tahiti
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
8 July 2015
20:04
Fiji  59–0  Solomon Islands
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
8 July 2015
20:26
Guam  0–53  Papua New Guinea
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
9 July 2015
14:20
Fiji  50–0  Tahiti
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
9 July 2015
14:56
Guam  12–21  Solomon Islands
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
9 July 2015
17:52
Papua New Guinea  22–7  Solomon Islands
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
9 July 2015
18:14
Guam  0–29  Tahiti
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 440018312+17112
 Tonga 430113459+7510
 New Caledonia 42028158+238
 Vanuatu 410361112–516
 Nauru 40047225–2184
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
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
8 July 2015
14:34
New Caledonia  17–7  Vanuatu
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
8 July 2015
17:30
Nauru  0–69  Samoa
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
8 July 2015
17:52
New Caledonia  7–27  Tonga
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
9 July 2015
12:00
Samoa  45–0  Vanuatu
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
9 July 2015
12:20
Nauru  0–59  Tonga
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
9 July 2015
15:18
New Caledonia  7–24  Samoa
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
9 July 2015
15:40
Nauru  7–47  Vanuatu
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
9 July 2015
18:36
Tonga  43–7  Vanuatu
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
9 July 2015
18:58
Nauru  0–50  New Caledonia
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

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
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
10 July 2015
13:28
Papua New Guinea  17–0  New Caledonia
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
10 July 2015
13:50
Tonga  19–12  Solomon Islands
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
10 July 2015
14:12
Samoa  48–0  Tahiti
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Semifinals

10 July 2015
15:40
Fiji  24–5  Papua New Guinea
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
10 July 2015
16:02
Samoa  35–5  Tonga
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Bronze medal game

10 July 2015
19:27
Papua New Guinea  12–19  Tonga
Report[6]
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Gold medal game

10 July 2015
19:49
Fiji  33–7  Samoa
Report[6]
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

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
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby
10 July 2015
15:18
Tahiti  14–15  Solomon Islands
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Seventh place game

10 July 2015
17:30
Vanuatu  10–21  Tahiti
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Fifth place game

10 July 2015
17:52
Solomon Islands  0–24  New Caledonia
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

Lower bracket

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

Ninth place game

10 July 2015
17:08
Guam  31–0  Nauru
Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby

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 18 June 2015. 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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