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The Women'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 6–2 in the final. The Cook Islands took the bronze medal defeating Kiribati by 11–2 in the third place play-off.

Participants

Five teams played in the tournament:

•  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	4	0	0	63	4	+59
Cook Islands	4	2	1	1	42	11	+31
Samoa	4	2	1	1	42	17	+25
Kiribati	4	1	0	3	11	62	-51
Tonga	4	0	0	4	4	68	-64
Updated: 11 July 2015  • Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the semifinals.

Day 1

Papua New Guinea	24–0	Tonga

Cook Islands	18–1	Kiribati

Day 2

Papua New Guinea	8–1	Samoa

Cook Islands	18–0	Tonga

Cook Islands	2–6	Papua New Guinea

Kiribati	4–16	Samoa

Day 3

Cook Islands	4–4	Samoa

Kiribati	5–3	Tonga

Day 4

Samoa	21–1	Tonga

Kiribati	1–25	Papua New Guinea

Finals

Semifinals

Samoa	4–3	Cook Islands

Papua New Guinea	25–1	Kiribati

Bronze final

Cook Islands	11–2	Kiribati
	Report

Gold final

Papua New Guinea	6–2	Samoa
	Report

See also

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

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. ^ "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.

• Touch rugby at the 2015 Pacific Games