Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pan American Games

Rugby sevens at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Tlaquepaque Stadium
Dates	October 29 – October 30
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
Canada    Argentina    United States
«First 2015»

Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara from October 29 to October 30 at the Tlaquepaque Stadium.^[1] This was the first appearance for rugby sevens at the Pan American Games.^[2] The sport is one of two sports being contested just by men, the other being baseball.

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	1	0	0	1
2	Argentina	0	1	0	1
3	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		1	1	1	3

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's rugby sevens	Canada (CAN) Nanyak Dala Sean Duke Matthew Evans Sean White Ciaran Hearn Nathan Hirayama Phil Mack John Moonlight Taylor Paris Mike Scholz Conor Trainor	Argentina (ARG) Gabriel Ascarate Nicolas Bruzzone Manuel Montero Ramiro Moyano Javier Ortega Desio	United States (USA) Colin Hawley Rocco Mauer Folau Niua Blaine Scully Roland Suniula Shalom Suniula Zack Test Peter Tiberio Maka Unufe

Qualification[]

The top 5 ranked teams qualified automatically, along with hosts Mexico and the winners of the North American and South American sevens competition.^[1]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Mexico
Seeded by ranking.[3]			5	Argentina  Canada  Chile  United States  Uruguay
2010 NACRA Men's Sevens tournament	July 29–30, 2010	Georgetown	1	Guyana
2011 CONSUR Sevens tournament	February 5–6, 2011	Bento Gonçalves	1	Brazil
TOTAL			8

Venue[]

The rugby sevens competition will be held at the newly built Tlaquepaque Stadium. The stadium can hold about 1,300 people.^[1]

Preliminary round[]

All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

Group A[]

Team v	PLD	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Points
Argentina	3	3	0	0	92	15	+77	12
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	52	26	+26	9
Guyana	3	1	0	2	12	65	–53	6
Mexico	3	0	0	3	10	60	–50	3

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Group B[]

Team v	PLD	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Points
Canada	3	3	0	0	109	28	+81	12
United States	3	1	1	1	54	55	–1	7
Brazil	3	1	1	1	33	71	–38	7
Chile	3	0	0	3	21	63	–42	3

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Elimination stage[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	October 30 9:30 — Guadalajara
	Argentina	21
					October 30 12:00 — Guadalajara
	Chile	5
					Argentina	17
	October 30 9:25 — Guadalajara
					Uruguay	5
	Brazil	0
									October 30 15:00 — Guadalajara
	Uruguay	7
									Argentina	24
	October 30 9:50 — Guadalajara
									Canada	26
	Guyana	12
					October 30 12:25 — Guadalajara
	United States	24
					United States	19
	October 30 10:15 — Guadalajara
					Canada	21			Third place
	Canada	45
									October 30 14:30 — Guadalajara
	Mexico	0
									Uruguay	17
									United States	19

Quarterfinals[]

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Fifth to eighth place[]

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Seventh place match[]

Fifth place match[]

Semifinals[]

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Bronze medal match[]

Gold medal match[]

2011 Pan American Games Champion
Canada 1st title

Final standings[]

Rank	Team	Record
	Canada	6 – 0 – 0
	Argentina	5 – 0 – 1
	United States	3 – 1 – 2
4	Uruguay	3 – 0 – 3
5	Chile	2 – 0 – 4
6	Mexico	1 – 0 – 5
7	Brazil	2 – 1 – 3
8	Guyana	1 – 0 – 5

See also[]

• Rugby sevens at the Pan American Games

References[]