Touch rugby at the 2015 Pacific Games – Mixed tournament

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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[]

Five teams played in the tournament:[2]

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

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 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[]

8 July 2015
13:00
Cook Islands 13–3  Kiribati

8 July 2015
14:00
Samoa 14–3  Tonga

8 July 2015
15:00
Kiribati 1–19  Papua New Guinea

Day 2[]

9 July 2015
09:00
Cook Islands 6–10  Samoa

9 July 2015
10:00
Papua New Guinea 18–1  Tonga

9 July 2015
11:00
Kiribati 1–20  Samoa

9 July 2015
13:00
Cook Islands 11–4  Tonga

9 July 2015
14:00
Papua New Guinea 7–7  Samoa

Day 3[]

10 July 2015
09:00
Cook Islands 1–12  Papua New Guinea

10 July 2015
10:00
Kiribati 5–10  Tonga

Finals[]

Semifinals[]

10 July 2015
12:00
Papua New Guinea 18–1  Tonga

10 July 2015
12:00
Samoa 11–6  Cook Islands

Bronze final[]

10 July 2015
14:00
Cook Islands 3–10  Tonga

Gold final[]

10 July 2015
15:00
Papua New Guinea 7–9 Samoa

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Touch Rugby Schedule". Port Moresby 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
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