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

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]

Rugby sevens – Men's tournament
at the 2015 Pacific Games
VenueSir John Guise Stadium
LocationPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Dates8–10 July, 2015
Nations10
Medalists
 
 
 

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:[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 440018512+17312
 Tonga 430113459+7510
 New Caledonia 42028158+238
 Vanuatu 410361112–516
 Nauru 40047227–2204
Updated: 11 July 2015

Source:[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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 July – 13:06
 
 
 Fiji54
 
10 July – 15:40
 
 Vanuatu5
 
 Fiji24
 
10 July – 13:28
 
 Papua New Guinea5
 
 New Caledonia0
 
10 July – 19:49
 
 Papua New Guinea17
 
 Fiji33
 
10 July – 13:50
 
 Samoa7
 
 Tonga19
 
10 July – 16;02
 
 Solomon Islands12
 
 Tonga5
 
10 July – 14:12
 
 Samoa35 Third place
 
 Tahiti0
 
10 July – 19:27
 
 Samoa48
 
 Papua New Guinea12
 
 
 Tonga19
 

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 semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
10 July – 14:56
 
 
 New Caledonia21
 
10 July – 17:52
 
 Vanuatu5
 
 Solomon Islands0
 
10 July – 15:18
 
 New Caledonia24
 
 Tahiti14
 
 
 Solomon Islands15
 
Seventh place
 
 
10 July – 17:30
 
 
 Vanuatu10
 
 
 Tahiti21

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
 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 11 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. "Rugby Union 7s Male". Port Moresby 2015. 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  6. "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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