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	New Caledonia
Venue	Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
Dates	31 August – 2 September 2011
No. of nations	12
Champions	Samoa
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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-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	2 September

	Niue	26
					2 September
	Tokelau	0
					Niue	0
	2 September
					Samoa	43
	Samoa	52
									2 September
	New Caledonia	0
									Samoa	21
	2 September
									Fiji	24
	Papua New Guinea	40
					2 September
	Solomon Islands	5
					Papua New Guinea	19
	2 September
					Fiji	24			Third place
	Fiji	33
									2 September
	American Samoa	5
									Niue	5

									Papua New Guinea	10

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.)[lower-alpha 1]	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 – 24	Fiji

Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa

Middle bracket

	Semifinals				Fifth place

	2 September

	Tokelau	12
					2 September
	New Caledonia	19
					New Caledonia	17
	2 September
					American Samoa	19
	Solomon Islands	21

	American Samoa	26
					Third place

					2 September

					Tokelau	7

					Solomon Islands	33

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

	Semifinals				Ninth place

	2 September

	Tahiti	17
					2 September
	Tuvalu	12
					Tahiti	7
	2 September
					Vanuatu	17
	Wallis and Futuna	0

	Vanuatu	14
					Third place

					2 September

					Tuvalu	10

					Wallis and Futuna	19

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

The score was 19-all at the end of regular time.[lower-alpha 2]

References

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.

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