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

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]

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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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   Santiago 1   Uruguay
2014 NACRA Sevens December 3–4   Mexico City 2   Guyana
  Mexico
2015 Mar del Plata Sevens January 10–11   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
11:11
United States  26–7  Chile
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

11 July 2015
11:33
Uruguay  34–0  Mexico
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto


11 July 2015
16:27
Uruguay  20–17  Chile
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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
11:55
Argentina  19–7  Brazil
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

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

11 July 2015
16:49
Argentina  41–0  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
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

11 July 2015
19:55
Argentina  21–7  Canada
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Quarterfinals

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

12 July 2015
11:55
Uruguay  12–5  Brazil
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

12 July 2015
12:17
Argentina  53–0  Mexico
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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
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

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

Seventh place match

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

Fifth place match

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12 July 2015
19:12
  Chile12–7  Brazil
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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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12 July 2015
16:49
United States  19–26  Canada
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

12 July 2015
17:11
Uruguay  7–43  Argentina
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Bronze medal match

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12 July 2015
19:34
  United States  40–12  Uruguay
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Gold medal match

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12 July 2015
19:59
  Canada  22–19  Argentina  
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto


 2015 Pan American Games champion 
 
Canada
2nd title

Final ranking

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Rank Team Record
    Canada 5–1
    Argentina 5–1
    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.