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

2011 Pacific Games Men's Rugby 7s
Tournament details
Host nation 2011 Pacific Games Men's Rugby 7s
VenueStade Numa Daly, Nouméa
Dates31 August – 2 September 2011
No. of nations12
Final positions
Champions  Samoa
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Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pacific Games

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 3 3 0 0 174 0 +174 9
 Tokelau 3 2 0 1 25 87 −63 7
 Tahiti 3 1 0 2 22 69 −47 5
 Wallis and Futuna 3 0 0 3 17 81 −64 3
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
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
31 August 2011
16:38
Fiji 52 – 0 Wallis and Futuna
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
1 September 2011
11:06
Fiji 45 – 0 Tahiti
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
1 September 2011
13:18
Tokelau 12 – 5 Wallis and Futuna
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
1 September 2011
15:30
Tahiti 17 – 12 Wallis and Futuna
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
1 September 2011
16:36
Fiji 77 – 0 Tokelau
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

Group B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 152 12 +140 9
 Solomon Islands 3 2 0 1 43 67 −24 7
 American Samoa 3 1 0 2 39 81 −42 5
 Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 24 98 −74 3
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
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
31 August 2011
17:00
Samoa 55 – 0 American Samoa
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
1 September 2011
11:28
Samoa 52 – 12 Vanuatu
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
1 September 2011
13:40
Solomon Islands 19 – 17 American Samoa
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
1 September 2011
15:52
Vanuatu 7 – 22 American Samoa
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
1 September 2011
16:58
Samoa 45 – 0 Solomon Islands
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

Group C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Papua New Guinea 3 3 0 0 94 17 +77 9
 New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 65 48 +17 7
 Niue 3 1 0 2 70 34 +36 5
 Tuvalu 3 0 0 3 0 130 −130 3
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
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
31 August 2011
17:22
Papua New Guinea 41 – 0 Tuvalu
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
1 September 2011
11:50
Papua New Guinea 36 – 7 New Caledonia
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
1 September 2011
14:02
Niue 48 – 0 Tuvalu
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
1 September 2011
16:14
New Caledonia 41 – 0 Tuvalu
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
1 September 2011
17:20
Papua New Guinea 17 – 10 Niue
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 September
 
 
 Niue26
 
2 September
 
 Tokelau0
 
 Niue0
 
2 September
 
 Samoa43
 
 Samoa52
 
2 September
 
 New Caledonia0
 
 Samoa21
 
2 September
 
 Fiji19
 
 Papua New Guinea40
 
2 September
 
 Solomon Islands5
 
 Papua New Guinea19
 
2 September
 
 Fiji24 Third place
 
 Fiji33
 
2 September
 
 American Samoa5
 
 Niue5
 
 
 Papua New Guinea10
 

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

2 September 2011
17:14
Niue 0 – 43 Samoa
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
2 September 2011
17:36
Fiji 24 – 19
  (a.e.t.)[a]		 Papua New Guinea
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

Third place

2 September 2011
19:09
Niue 5 – 10 Papua New Guinea
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

Final

2 September 2011
20:08
Samoa 21 – 19 Fiji
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

Middle bracket

 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
2 September
 
 
 Tokelau12
 
2 September
 
 New Caledonia19
 
 New Caledonia17
 
2 September
 
 American Samoa19
 
 Solomon Islands21
 
 
 American Samoa26
 
Third place
 
 
2 September
 
 
 Tokelau7
 
 
 Solomon Islands33

5th–8th semifinals

2 September 2011
16:25
Tokelau 12 – 19 New Caledonia
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
2 September 2011
16:47
Solomon Islands 21 – 26 American Samoa
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

Seventh place

2 September 2011
18:25
Tokelau 7 – 33 Solomon Islands
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

Fifth place

2 September 2011
18:47
New Caledonia 17 – 19 American Samoa
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

Lower bracket

 
SemifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
2 September
 
 
 Tahiti17
 
2 September
 
 Tuvalu12
 
 Tahiti7
 
2 September
 
 Vanuatu17
 
 Wallis and Futuna0
 
 
 Vanuatu14
 
Eleventh Place
 
 
2 September
 
 
 Tuvalu10
 
 
 Wallis and Futuna19

9th–12th semifinals

2 September 2011
12:30
Tahiti 17 – 12 Tuvalu
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
2 September 2011
12:52
Wallis and Futuna 0 – 14 Vanuatu
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

Eleventh place

2 September 2011
15:14
Tuvalu 10 – 19 Wallis and Futuna
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

Ninth place

2 September 2011
15:36
Tahiti 7 – 17 Vanuatu
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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.