Touch rugby at the 2015 Pacific Games – Men's tournament

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The Men's touch rugby tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby from 3 to 7 July 2015 at the Bisini Touch Football Fields. The hosts Papua New Guinea won the gold medal defeating Samoa by 8–7 in the final. The Cook Islands took the bronze medal defeating the Solomon Islands by 18–4 in the third place play-off.[1]

Participants[]

Seven teams played in the tournament:[2]

  •  Cook Islands
  •  Kiribati
  •  Papua New Guinea
  •  Samoa
  •  Solomon Islands
  •  Tonga
  •  Tuvalu

Format[]

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

Preliminary round[]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/−
 Papua New Guinea 6 6 0 0 102 12 +90
 Samoa 6 5 0 4 75 24 +51
 Cook Islands 6 3 1 2 41 40 +1
 Solomon Islands 6 2 1 3 31 48 -17
 Tonga 6 2 0 4 25 45 -20
 Tuvalu 6 2 0 4 25 60 -35
 Kiribati 6 0 0 6 17 87 -70
Updated: 11 July 2015

 • Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the semifinals.

Day 1[]

3 July 2015
09:00
Kiribati 1–24  Papua New Guinea

3 July 2015
11:00
Solomon Islands 4–6  Tonga

3 July 2015
14:00
Cook Islands 2–17  Papua New Guinea

3 July 2015
15:00
Samoa 10–3  Tonga

3 July 2015
15:00
Kiribati 2–8  Solomon Islands

Day 2[]

4 July 2015
11:00
Papua New Guinea 19–1  Solomon Islands

4 July 2015
12:00
Kiribati 4–23  Samoa

Day 3[]

5 July 2015
09:00
Tonga 5–6  Tuvalu

5 July 2015
09:00
Cook Islands 4–4  Solomon Islands

5 July 2015
10:00
Papua New Guinea 10–7  Samoa

5 July 2015
11:00
Cook Islands 11–3  Tuvalu

5 July 2015
13:00
Cook Islands 8–3  Tonga

5 July 2015
14:00
Samoa 13–4  Solomon Islands

5 July 2015
15:00
Kiribati 2–11  Tuvalu

Day 4[]

6 July 2015
09:00
Cook Islands 2–8  Samoa

6 July 2015
09:00
Kiribati 3–7  Tonga

6 July 2015
10:00
Samoa 14–1  Tuvalu

6 July 2015
10:00
Papua New Guinea 18–0  Tuvalu

6 July 2015
13:00
Cook Islands 14–5  Kiribati

6 July 2015
14:00
Papua New Guinea 14–1  Tonga

6 July 2015
14:00
Solomon Islands 10–4  Tuvalu

Finals[]

Semifinals[]

7 July 2015
10:00
Cook Islands 3–9  Samoa

7 July 2015
10:00
Papua New Guinea 17–2  Solomon Islands

Bronze final[]

7 July 2015
13:00
Cook Islands 18–4  Solomon Islands
Report[3]

Gold final[]

7 July 2015
15:00
Papua New Guinea 8–7  Samoa
Report[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "PNG wins double gold in touch footy". Fiji Times. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Touch Rugby Schedule". Port Moresby 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "PNG wins double gold in touch footy". Port Moresby 2015. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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