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

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	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

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	0–71	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
	10 July – 14:12
					Samoa	35			Third place
	Tahiti	0
									10 July – 19:27
	Samoa	48
									Papua New Guinea	12

									Tonga	19

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
					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

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

	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

↑ "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.
1 2 "Rugby Union 7s Male". Port Moresby 2015. 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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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