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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
gold medal  Fiji
silver medal  Samoa
bronze medal  Tonga
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Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pacific Games

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

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Ten teams played in the tournament:[4]

Format

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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

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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:[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

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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:[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

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Championship bracket

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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

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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

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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

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

Gold medal game

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

Middle bracket

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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

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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

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

Fifth place game

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

Lower bracket

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Ninth place
 Guam 31
 Nauru 0

Ninth place game

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

See also

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References

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