The Mixed touch rugby tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby from 8 to 10 July 2015 at the Bisini Touch Football Fields. Samoa won the gold medal, defeating hosts Papua New Guinea by 9–7 in the final. Tonga took the bronze medal defeating the Cook Islands by 10–3 in the third place play-off.[1]
Participants edit
Five teams played in the tournament:[2]
Format edit
The teams played a round-robin followed by semifinals and play-offs for the medals.
Preliminary round edit
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Papua New Guinea
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 10 | +46 | |||||||
 Samoa
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 17 | +34 | |||||||
 Cook Islands
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 29 | +2 | |||||||
 Tonga
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 49 | -31 | |||||||
 Kiribati
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 62 | -52 | |||||||
| Updated: 11 July 2015
• Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the semifinals. | ||||||||||||||
Day 1 edit
Day 2 edit
Day 3 edit
Finals edit
Semifinals edit
Bronze final edit
Gold final edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Phylma Timea, Phylma (11 July 2015). "Mixed Emotions as Touch Footy Samoans Get One Back On Hosts PNG". EMTV. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Touch Rugby Schedule". Port Moresby 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.