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2011 Pacific Games Men's Rugby 7s

Tournament details
Host nation	2011 Pacific Games Men's Rugby 7s
Venue	Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
Dates	31 August – 2 September 2011
No. of nations	12
Final positions
Champions	Samoa
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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. Papua New Guinea took the bronze medal defeating Niue 10–5 in the third place match.

Participants

•  American Samoa
•  Fiji
•  New Caledonia
•  Niue
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tahiti
•  Tokelau
•  Tuvalu
•  Vanuatu
•  Wallis and Futuna

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.

Tokelau	12 – 5	Tahiti

Fiji	52 – 0	Wallis and Futuna

Fiji	45 – 0	Tahiti

Tokelau	12 – 5	Wallis and Futuna

Tahiti	17 – 12	Wallis and Futuna

Fiji	77 – 0	Tokelau

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.

Solomon Islands	24 – 5	Vanuatu

Samoa	55 – 0	American Samoa

Samoa	52 – 12	Vanuatu

Solomon Islands	19 – 17	American Samoa

Vanuatu	7 – 22	American Samoa

Samoa	45 – 0	Solomon Islands

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.

Niue	12 – 17	New Caledonia

Papua New Guinea	41 – 0	Tuvalu

Papua New Guinea	36 – 7	New Caledonia

Niue	48 – 0	Tuvalu

New Caledonia	41 – 0	Tuvalu

Papua New Guinea	17 – 10	Niue

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	19
	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

Niue	26 – 0	Tokelau

Papua New Guinea	40 – 5	Solomon Islands

Samoa	52 – 0	New Caledonia

Fiji	33 – 5	American Samoa

Semifinals

Niue	0 – 43	Samoa

Fiji	24 – 19   (a.e.t.)	Papua New Guinea

Third place

Niue	5 – 10	Papua New Guinea

Final

Samoa	21 – 19	Fiji

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

Tokelau	12 – 19	New Caledonia

Solomon Islands	21 – 26	American Samoa

Seventh place

Tokelau	7 – 33	Solomon Islands

Fifth place

New Caledonia	17 – 19	American Samoa

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
					Eleventh Place
					2 September
					Tuvalu	10
					Wallis and Futuna	19

9th–12th semifinals

Tahiti	17 – 12	Tuvalu

Wallis and Futuna	0 – 14	Vanuatu

Eleventh place

Tuvalu	10 – 19	Wallis and Futuna

Ninth place

Tahiti	7 – 17	Vanuatu

See also

• Rugby sevens at the Pacific Games
• Women's Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pacific Games
• Pacific Games

Notes

1. The score was 19-all at the end of regular time.

References

1. ^ 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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