Touch rugby at the 2003 South Pacific Games – Men's tournament

The Men's touch rugby tournament at the 2003 Pacific Games was held in Suva from 7 to 10 July 2003 at the Veiuto Primary School.[1] Fiji won the gold medal, defeating Papua New Guinea by 6–5 in the final. Samoa took the bronze medal.[2]

Participants edit

Seven teams played in the tournament:

Format edit

The teams played a round-robin followed by play-offs for the medals.

Preliminary round edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/−
  Papua New Guinea
  Fiji
  Samoa
  Tuvalu
  Tonga
  Niue
  Tahiti
 • Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the medal play-offs.

Day 1 edit

7 Jul 2009
10:00 am
Tuvalu  10–1  Tahiti
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

7 Jul 2009
10:00 am
Fiji  6–7  Papua New Guinea
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

7 Jul 2009
11:00 am
Tonga  1–4  Samoa
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

7 Jul 2009
1:00 pm
Tahiti  0–20  Fiji
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

7 Jul 2009
2:00 pm
Papua New Guinea  6–1  Tonga
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

7 Jul 2009
2:00 pm
Samoa  2–0  Niue
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

Day 2 edit

8 Jul 2009
10:00 am
Papua New Guinea  10–5  Samoa
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

8 Jul 2009
11:00 am
Niue  7–8  Tuvalu
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

8 Jul 2009
12:00 pm
Fiji  10–5  Tonga
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

8 Jul 2009
1:00 pm
Papua New Guinea  15–6  Niue
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

8 Jul 2009
2:00 pm
Tahiti  0–14  Samoa
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

8 Jul 2009
3:00 pm
Tonga  2–5  Tuvalu
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

Day 3 edit

9 Jul 2009
1:00 am
Fiji  12–6  Samoa
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

9 Jul 2009
11:00 am
Tonga  7–5  Niue
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

9 Jul 2009
1:00 pm
Papua New Guinea  12–4  Tuvalu
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

9 Jul 2009
9:00 am
Fiji  11–1  Tuvalu
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

9 Jul 2009
9:00 am
Tahiti  4–13  Niue
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

9 Jul 2009
11:00 am
Papua New Guinea  22–0  Tahiti
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

9 Jul 2009
3:00 pm
Tahiti  1–21  Tonga
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

9 Jul 2009
4:00 pm
Tuvalu  5–6  Samoa
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

9 Jul 2009
4:00 pm
Fiji  13–3  Niue
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

Lower bracket play-offs edit

Seventh place knockout Fifth place
1   Tonga
2   Niue 9   Niue
3   Tahiti 3

Seventh place knockout edit

10 Jul 2009
10:00 am
Niue  9–3  Tahiti
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

Fifth play-off edit

10 Jul 2009
1:00 pm
Tonga  def. by  Niue
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

Medal play-offs edit

SemifinalsPreliminary finalGrand final
  Papua New Guinea6  Papua New Guinea5
  Fiji5  Fiji6
  Fiji11
  Samoa2
  Samoa10
  Tuvalu5

Major semi-final edit

10 Jul 2009
8:00 am
Papua New Guinea  6–5  Fiji
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

Elimination semi-final edit

10 Jul 2009
9:00 am
Samoa  10–5  Tuvalu
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

Preliminary final edit

10 Jul 2009
12:00 pm
Fiji  11–2  Samoa
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

Final edit

10 Jul 2009
3:00 pm
Papua New Guinea  5–6  Fiji
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Touch Rugby: Results & Fixtures - Men". Sports Pulse. 10 July 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Touch Rugby: Finals Day - Day 4". Sports Pulse. 10 July 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.