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Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Tlaquepaque Stadium
Dates	October 29 – October 30
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
Medalists
Canada    Argentina    United States
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Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara from October 29 to October 30 at the Tlaquepaque Stadium. This was the first appearance for rugby sevens at the Pan American Games. 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 entries)		1	1	1	3

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's rugby sevens	Canada Nanyak Dala Sean Duke Matt Evans Sean White Ciaran Hearn Nathan Hirayama Tyler Ardon Phil Mack John Moonlight Taylor Paris Mike Scholz Conor Trainor	Argentina Gabriel Ascarate Santiago Bottini Nicolas Bruzzone Francisco Cuneo Manuel Gutierrez Joaquin Luccheti Jose Merello Manuel Montero Ramiro Moyano Hernan Olivari Javier Ortega Desio Diego Palma	United States Mark Bokhoven Colin Hawley Rocco Mauer Folau Niua Milemoti Pulu Nu'u Punimata 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.

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	–	–	1	Mexico
Seeded by ranking.			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.

Preliminary round

All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

Argentina	26 – 5	Mexico
	Report

Uruguay	20 – 0	Guyana
	Report

Argentina	40 – 0	Guyana
	Report

Uruguay	22 – 0	Mexico
	Report

Argentina	26 – 10	Uruguay
	Report

Guyana	12 – 5	Mexico
	Report

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
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

United States	14 – 7	Chile
Tries: Unufe, Mauer Con: Niua (2/2)	Report	Tries: Ianiszeswcki Con: Herrera (1/1)

Canada	45 – 0	Brazil
	Report

United States	19 – 19	Brazil
Tries: Unufe (2), Pulu Con: Niua (2/3)	Report	Tries: Portugal, Cogliandro, Silva Con: Duque (2/3)

Canada	35 – 7	Chile
	Report

United States	21 – 29	Canada
Tries: Bokhoven, Pulu, Niua Con: Niua (3/3)	Report	Tries: Dala, Duke (2), Mack, Hearn Con: Hirayama (2/5)

Brazil	14 – 7	Chile
	Report

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

Argentina	21 – 5	Chile
	Report

Brazil	0 – 7	Uruguay
	Report

Guyana	12 – 24	United States
Tries:McKenzie, Gonsalves Cons:Gonsalves (1/2)	Report	Tries:Scully, Niua (2), Mauer Cons:Niua (2/4)

Canada	45 – 0	Mexico
	Report

Fifth to eighth place

Chile	19 – 14	Brazil
	Report

Guyana	7 – 14	Mexico
	Report

Seventh place match

Brazil	26 – 7	Guyana
	Report

Fifth place match

Chile	22 – 0	Mexico
	Report

Semifinals

Argentina	17 – 5	Uruguay
	Report

United States	19 – 21	Canada
Tries: Scully, Unufe, Suniula Cons: Niua (2/3)	Report	Tries: Duke, Mack, Hearn Cons: Hirayama (3/3)

Bronze medal match

Uruguay	17 – 19	United States
Tries: Ormaechea (2) Cons: Berchesi (1/2)	Report	Tries: Pulu, Punimata, Unufe Cons: Niua (2/2)

Gold medal match

Argentina	24 – 26	Canada
	Report

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

1. ^ "Rugby technical manual" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
2. "Canada wins Pan Am rugby gold". The Globe and Mail. 30 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
3. Qualification standards Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine

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