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

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.

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
2007
2015

Participants

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Format

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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

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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Championship bracket

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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

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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

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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

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

Final

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

Middle bracket

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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

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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

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

Fifth place

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

Lower bracket

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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

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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

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

Ninth place

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

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  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.