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Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

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Rugby sevens – Men's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueExhibition Stadium
DatesJuly 11 – July 12
Competitors96 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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The men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Exhibition Stadium from July 11 to 12.[1]

For the 2015 Pan American Games, the men's rugby sevens competition consisted of an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. All eight teams advanced to the knockout round.[2]

Canada are the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Argentina, 26–24 in the final.

Qualification

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A total of eight men's teams have qualified to compete at the games. Host nation Canada, Argentina and the United States qualified automatically. The top team at the 2014, and top two at the 2015 South American Championships also qualified. The top two teams at the North American and Caribbean Championships in 2015 also qualified. Each nation may enter one team consisting of twelve athletes.[2]

Summary

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Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1  Canada
Qualified automatically 2  Argentina
 United States
2014 South American Games March 8–9 Chile Santiago 1  Uruguay
2014 NACRA Sevens December 3–4 Mexico Mexico City 2  Guyana
 Mexico
2015 Mar del Plata Sevens January 10–11 Argentina Mar del Plata 2  Brazil
 Chile
Total 8

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  Canada
Sean White
Admir Cejvanovic
Mike Fuailefau
John Moonlight
Conor Trainor
Sean Duke
Phil Mack
Justin Douglas
Nathan Hirayama
Lucas Hammond
Harry Jones
Matthew Mullins
 Argentina
Fernando Luna
Santiago Alvarez
German Schulz
Nicolas Bruzzone
Emiliano Boffelli
Gastón Revol
Bautista Ezcurra
Rodrigo Etchart
Franco Sabato
Juan Tuculet
Ramiro Finco
Axel Muller Aranda
 United States
Carlin Isles
Patrick Blair
Brett Thompson
Garrett Bender
Mike Te'o
Stephen Tomasin
Will Holder
Ben Leatigaga
Nate Augspurger
Madison Hughes
Perry Baker
Martin Iosefo

Rosters

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At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters.[2]

Competition format

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In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into two groups of four teams, and play followed a round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, two points for a draw and one point for a loss. All ties in the standings will be broken by point differential[2]

Following the completion of the group games, all eight teams advanced to a single elimination round consisting of four quarterfinal games, two semifinal games, and the bronze and gold medal matches. Losing teams competed in classification matches to determine their ranking in the tournament. A penalty stroke competition took place, if a classification matched ended in a draw to determine a winner.[2]

All games were played in two 7 minute halves, except the gold medal match which was played with 10-minute halves.[2]

Draw

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The draw for the groups was determined using the 2014–15 Sevens World Series standings.[2]

Results

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The official detailed schedule was revealed on June 9, 2015.[3]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

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The Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the men's rugby sevens competition

Group A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 United States 3 3 0 0 126 7 +119 9 Qualified for the quarterfinals
 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 54 69 −15 7
 Chile 3 1 0 2 62 46 +16 5
 Mexico 3 0 0 3 0 120 −120 3
Source: [citation needed]



11 July 2015
16:27
Uruguay 20–17 Chile
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

11 July 2015
18:49
Chile 38–0 Mexico
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Group B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 81 14 +67 9 Qualified for the quarterfinals
 Canada 3 2 0 1 78 35 +43 7
 Brazil 3 1 0 2 52 50 +2 5
 Guyana 3 0 0 3 5 117 −112 3
Source: [citation needed]

11 July 2015
12:17
Canada 45–0 Guyana
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto


11 July 2015
17:11
Canada 26–14 Brazil
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

11 July 2015
19:33
Brazil 31–5 Guyana
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Quarterfinals

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12 July 2015
11:36
Canada 17–12 Chile
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto


Classification round

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SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
 
 Guyana 0
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
 Chile 31
 
 Chile 12
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
 Brazil 7
 
 Brazil 14
 
 
 Mexico 7
 
Seventh place
 
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
 
 Guyana 26
 
 
 Mexico 22

Fifth through Eighth places

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12 July 2015
16:05
 Guyana0–31 Chile
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

12 July 2015
16:27
 Brazil14–7 Mexico
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Seventh place match

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12 July 2015
18:50
 Guyana26–22 Mexico
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Fifth place match

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12 July 2015
19:12
 Chile12–7 Brazil
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Medal round

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
 
 United States 19
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
 Canada 26
 
 Argentina 19
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
 Canada 22
 
 Argentina 43
 
 
 Uruguay 7
 
Third place
 
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
 
 United States 40
 
 
 Uruguay 12

Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

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Gold medal match

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12 July 2015
19:59
1st place, gold medalist(s) Canada 22–19 Argentina 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto


 2015 Pan American Games champion 

Canada
2nd title

Final ranking

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Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada 5–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina 5–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 5–1
4  Uruguay 3–3
5  Chile 3–3
6  Brazil 2–4
7  Guyana 1–5
8  Mexico 0–6

References

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  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Sport Technical Manual Rugby sevens". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Draw and schedule announced for Rugby Sevens at Toronto 2015 PAN-AM Games in July". ur7s.com/. World Rugby. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.