Rugby sevens at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Men's rugby sevens at the XVIV Pan American Games
Host nation	Chile
Cup
Champion	Argentina
Runner-up	Chile
Third	Canada
Tournament details
Matches played	20
Tries scored	121 (average 6.05 per match)
Most points	Santiago Mare (49)
Most tries	2 players
← Lima 2019

The rugby sevens men's tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile was held on 3–4 November 2023, with eight teams participating at the Estadio Municipal de La Pintana.[1][2]

This is the fourth appearance of Rugby sevens at the Pan American Games. Argentina won its second consecutive title.

Qualification

Eight men's teams qualified to compete in the tournament games. Two World Sevens Series core teams (Canada and United States) qualified automatically, along with five other teams in various qualifying tournaments.[3]

Summary

Event	Dates	Location	Quota(s)	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Chile
Automatic qualification	—	—	2	Canada  United States
2022 South American Games[4]	7–9 October	Asuncion	2	Argentina  Uruguay
2022 RAN Super Sevens	11–13 November	Mexico City	2	Jamaica  Mexico
2022 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens[5]	26–27 November	San Jose	1	Brazil
Total			8

Results

All times are in Chile Time (UTC−4).

Pool stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	103	24	+79	9	Semifinals
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	63	47	+16	7
3	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	53	59	−6	5	5–8th place semifinals
4	Jamaica	3	0	0	3	19	108	−89	3

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored; 5) draw.

3 November 2023 12:30

Argentina	40–7	Jamaica
Try: Mare (2) 4', 7' Vera (2) 0', 2' Moneta 3' Graziano 6' Con: Mare (3/4) 5', 8', 1' Vera (2/2) 4', 7'	Report	Try: Anderson 2' Con: Fraser (1/1) 2'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Frank Méndez (Chile)

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3 November 2023 12:55

Uruguay	7–24	Chile
Try: Amaya 7' Con: Lijtenstein (1/1) 7'	Report	Try: Bustamante 3' Lara 3' Videla 4' Con: Warnken (1/2) 4', 6' Strabucchi (1/2) 5'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Talal-Azmat Chaudhry (Canada)

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3 November 2023 17:30

Jamaica	0–41	Uruguay
	Report	Try: Amaya (2) 1', 4' Facciolo 3' Ardao 0' Arcos (2) 2', 6' Basso 7' Con: Álvarez (1/3) 3' Ardao (1/1) 0' Lijtenstein (1/3) 7'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Gonzalo de Achaval (Argentina)

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3 November 2023 17:55

Argentina	28–12	Chile
Try: Moneta 2' Mare (2) 4', 7' Lavayen 4' Con: Mare (3/3) 2', 7', 5' Pellandini (1/1) 5'	Report	Try: Garafulic 0' Strabucchi 7' Con: Warnken (1/1) 1'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

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3 November 2023 20:50

Argentina	35–5	Uruguay
Try: Osadczuk (2) 1', 3' Mare 6' González 4' Lavayen 5' Con: Mare (3/3) 2', 3', 6' Lavayen (2/2) 4', 6'	Report	Try: Facciolo 7'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Talal-Azmat Chaudhry (Canada)

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3 November 2023 21:15

Chile	27–12	Jamaica
Try: Game (2) 3', 3' Garafulic 5' Salas 6' Lara 5' Con: Salas (1/2) 5'	Report	Try: Facey (2) 1', 7' Con: McNally (1/1) 7'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Cauã Santos (Brazil)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	84	17	+67	9	Semifinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	69	36	+33	7
3	Brazil	3	1	0	2	46	39	+7	5	5–8th place semifinals
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	12	119	−107	3

Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored; 5) draw.

3 November 2023 11:40

United States	48–7	Mexico
Try: Lacamp (2) 0', 0' Hardirct II (3) 3', 3', 2' Wendling 4' Williams (2) 3', 9' Con: Walsh (2/4) 2', 1', 2' Hardrict II (1/1) 3' Wendling 4' Lacamp (1/1) 3'	Report	Try: Rodríguez Porras 3' Con: Rodríguez Ramos (1/1) 7'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Cauã Santos (Brazil)

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3 November 2023 12:05

Canada	22–12	Brazil
Try: Richard (3) 0', 2', 6' Hager 3' Con: Kratz (1/2) 1'	Report	Try: Alves de Morais 5' Duque 1' Con: Da Silva (1/1) 1'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

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3 November 2023 16:40

United States	17–5	Brazil
Try: Wendling 6' Vi 1' Hardrict 3' Con: Lacamp (1/3) 1'	Report	Try: Silveira 4'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Talal-Azmat Chaudhry (Canada)

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3 November 2023 17:05

Canada	42–5	Mexico
Try: McDougall 3' Kratz (2) 8', 3' Richard (2) 2', 8' Thiel 4' Con: Kratz (6/6) 6', 9', 2', 3', 4', 8'	Report	Try: Martín 6'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Cauã Santos (Brazil)

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3 November 2023 20:00

United States	19–5	Canada
Try: Vi (2) 1', 3' Wendling 6' Con: Lacamp (1/2) 1' Walsh (1/1) 3'	Report	Try: McDougall 1'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Gonzalo de Achaval (Argentina)

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3 November 2023 20:25

Brazil	29–0	Mexico
Try: Alves 3' Duque 5' Teixeira 2' Menezez 4' Con: Duque (2/3) 3', 5' Da Silva 7'	Report

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Francisca Gonzalez (Uruguay)

Classification round

	Semi-finals				Fifth Place
	4 November — 10:50 — Santiago
	Jamaica	14
					4 November — 16.15 — Santiago
	Brazil	27
					Uruguay	15
	4 November — 11:15 — Santiago
					Brazil	14
	Uruguay	40
	Mexico	12
					Seventh Place
					4 November — 15:50 — Santiago
					Mexico	24
					Jamaica	26

5–8th place semifinals

4 November 2023 10:50

Jamaica	14–27	Brazil
Try: Rampton 3' Fraser 5' Con: Franklyn (2/2) 3', 6'	Report	Try: Da Silva 2' Claudio 6' Menezez (3) 1', 4', 7' Con: Rainho (1/1) 7'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Francisco Gonzalez (Uruguay)

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4 November 2023 11:15

Uruguay	40–12	Mexico
Try: Facciolo 0' Ardao 1' Grille (2) 4', 3' Viñals 7' Álvarez 6' Con: Lijtenstein (4/4) 0', 2', 4', 7' Álvarez (1/2) 3'	Report	Try: Cole 3' Carmona 7' Con: Chavez (1/1) 7'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Cauã Santos (Brazil)

Seventh place match

4 November 2023 15:50

Mexico	24–26	Jamaica
Try: Martínez-Elhore (2) 3', 6' Galindo 5' Falcón 3' Con: Rodríguez Ramos (2/4) 6', 4'	Report	Try: Green 1' Facey 8' Anderson 0' McNally 5' Con: St. Claire (1/1) 2' Franklyn (1/1) 0' McNally (1/1) 5'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Adrian Bogado (Paraguay)

Fifth place match

4 November 2023 16:15

Uruguay	15–14	Brazil
Try: Grille 0' Basso 5' Amaya 6'	Report	Try: Teixeira 3' Claudio 6' Con: Duque (2/2) 4', 6'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Frank Méndez (Chile)

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 November — 12:30 — Santiago
	Chile	15
					4 November — 18:10 — Santiago
	United States	12
					Argentina	24
	4 November — 12:55 — Santiago
					Chile	5
	Argentina	21
	Canada	7
					Third Place
					4 November — 17:10 — Santiago
					Canada	19
					United States	17

Semifinals

4 November 2023 12:30

Chile	15–12	United States
Try: Warnken (2) 3', 5' Game 7'	Report	Try: Santos 3' Bizer 7' Con: Walsh (1/2) 3'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Gonzalo de Achaval (Argentina)

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4 November 2023 12:55

Argentina	21–7	Canada
Try: Lavayen 2' Fraga 2' Moneta 6' Con: Mare (3/3) 2', 2', 6'	Report	Try: Russell 4' Con: Kratz (1/1) 4'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Francisco López (United States)

Bronze medal match

4 November 2023 17:10

Canada	19–17	United States
Try: Richard 3' Thier 1' Russell 3' Con: Kratz (2/3) 3', 3'	Report	Try: Thomas 5' Williams 2' Vi 6' Con: Lacamp (1/3) 3'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Cauã Santos (Brazil)

Gold medal match

4 November 2023 18:10

Argentina	24–5	Chile
Try: Lavayen (3) 1', 2', 6' Osadczuk 3' Con: Lavayen (2/3) 2', 6'	Report	Try: Bustamante 0'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana Referee: Francisco Gonzalez (Uruguay)

Final ranking

Rank Team  Argentina  Chile  Canada 4  United States 5  Uruguay 6  Brazil 7  Jamaica 8  Mexico

2023 Pan American Games winners  Argentina 2nd title

References

1. "Venues". www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
2. "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
3. "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
4. "Argentina and Uruguay qualify for 2023 Pan American Games". www.americasrugbynews.com/. Americas Rugby News. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
5. "Tupis 7s garantem vaga nos Jogos Pan-Americanos" [Tupis 7s guarantee a place in the Pan American Games]. www.olimpiadatododia.com.br/. Olimpíada Todo Dia. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

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