Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pacific Games – Men's tournament

2011 Pacific Games Men's Rugby 7s
Tournament details
Host nation  New Caledonia
Venue Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
Dates 31 August – 2 September 2011
No. of nations 12
Champions 
 Samoa
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The 2011 Pacific Games men's rugby sevens tournament was held in New Caledonia from 31 August to 2 September 2011 in Nouméa. Samoa won the gold medal defeating Fiji by 21–19 in the final.[1] Papua New Guinea took the bronze medal defeating Niue 10–5 in the third place match.

Participants

Format

The 12 teams were drawn into 3 groups. The top 2 teams from the first stage alongside the best two third placed teams advanced to the quarterfinal stage. The quarterfinals and semifinals were followed by the matches for the Gold Medal (first place) and Bronze Medal (third place).

Preliminary round

Group A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Fiji 33001740+1749
 Tokelau 32012587−637
 Tahiti 31022269−475
 Wallis and Futuna 30031781−643
Updated: 2 September 2011

 • Teams ranked 1 and 2 (Green background) advanced to the quarterfinals.
 • Teams ranked 3 and 4 (Blue background) advanced to the 9th–12th semifinals.

31 August 2011
14:26
Tokelau  12 – 5  Tahiti
31 August 2011
16:38
Fiji  52 – 0  Wallis and Futuna
1 September 2011
11:06
Fiji  45 – 0  Tahiti
1 September 2011
13:18
Tokelau  12 – 5  Wallis and Futuna
1 September 2011
15:30
Tahiti  17 – 12  Wallis and Futuna
1 September 2011
16:36
Fiji  77 – 0  Tokelau

Group B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 330015212+1409
 Solomon Islands 32014367−247
 American Samoa 31023981−425
 Vanuatu 30032498−743
Updated: 2 September 2011

 • Teams ranked 1 to 3 (Green background) advanced to the quarterfinals.
 • The team ranked 4 (Blue background) advanced to the 9th–12th semifinals.

31 August 2011
14:48
Solomon Islands  24 – 5  Vanuatu
31 August 2011
17:00
Samoa  55 – 0  American Samoa
1 September 2011
11:28
Samoa  52 – 12  Vanuatu
1 September 2011
13:40
Solomon Islands  19 – 17  American Samoa
1 September 2011
15:52
Vanuatu  7 – 22  American Samoa
1 September 2011
16:58
Samoa  45 – 0  Solomon Islands

Group C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Papua New Guinea 33009417+779
 New Caledonia 32016548+177
 Niue 31027034+365
 Tuvalu 30030130−1303
Updated: 2 September 2011

 • Teams ranked 1 to 3 (Green background) advanced to the quarterfinals.
 • The team ranked 4 (Blue background) advanced to the 9th–12th semifinals.

31 August 2011
15:10
Niue  12 – 17  New Caledonia
31 August 2011
17:22
Papua New Guinea  41 – 0  Tuvalu
1 September 2011
11:50
Papua New Guinea  36 – 7  New Caledonia
1 September 2011
14:02
Niue  48 – 0  Tuvalu
1 September 2011
16:14
New Caledonia  41 – 0  Tuvalu
1 September 2011
17:20
Papua New Guinea  17 – 10  Niue

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
2 September        
  Niue  26
2 September
  Tokelau  0  
  Niue  0
2 September
    Samoa  43  
  Samoa  52
2 September
  New Caledonia  0  
  Samoa  21
2 September
    Fiji  19
  Papua New Guinea  40
2 September
  Solomon Islands  5  
  Papua New Guinea  19 Third place
2 September
    Fiji  24  
  Fiji  33   Niue  5
  American Samoa  5     Papua New Guinea  10
2 September

Quarterfinals

2 September 2011
13:41
Niue  26 – 0  Tokelau
2 September 2011
14:03
Papua New Guinea  40 – 5  Solomon Islands
2 September 2011
14:25
Samoa  52 – 0  New Caledonia
2 September 2011
14:47
Fiji  33 – 5  American Samoa

Semifinals

2 September 2011
17:14
Niue  0 – 43  Samoa
2 September 2011
17:36
Fiji  24 – 19
  (a.e.t.)[lower-alpha 1] 		 Papua New Guinea

Third place

2 September 2011
19:09
Niue  5 – 10  Papua New Guinea

Final

2 September 2011
20:08
Samoa  21 – 19  Fiji

Middle bracket

Semifinals Fifth place
2 September
  Tokelau  12  
  New Caledonia  19  
 
2 September
      New Caledonia  17
    American Samoa  19
Third place
2 September 2 September
  Solomon Islands  21   Tokelau  7
  American Samoa  26     Solomon Islands  33

5th–8th semifinals

2 September 2011
16:25
Tokelau  12 – 19  New Caledonia
2 September 2011
16:47
Solomon Islands  21 – 26  American Samoa

Seventh place

2 September 2011
18:25
Tokelau  7 – 33  Solomon Islands

Fifth place

2 September 2011
18:47
New Caledonia  17 – 19  American Samoa

Lower bracket

Semifinals Ninth place
2 September
  Tahiti  17  
  Tuvalu  12  
 
2 September
      Tahiti  7
    Vanuatu  17
Third place
2 September 2 September
  Wallis and Futuna  0   Tuvalu  10
  Vanuatu  14     Wallis and Futuna  19

9th–12th semifinals

2 September 2011
12:30
Tahiti  17 – 12  Tuvalu
2 September 2011
12:52
Wallis and Futuna  0 – 14  Vanuatu

Eleventh place

2 September 2011
15:14
Tuvalu  10 – 19  Wallis and Futuna

Ninth place

2 September 2011
15:36
Tahiti  7 – 17  Vanuatu

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The score was 19-all at the end of regular time.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Rivers, Renate (3 September 2011). "Sevens boys win Samoa's first Gold". savali News. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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