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

Main article: Touch rugby at the 2015 Pacific Games

The Men'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 8–7 in the final. The Cook Islands took the bronze medal defeating the Solomon Islands by 18–4 in the third place play-off.[1]

Participants

Seven teams played in the tournament:[2]

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 6 6 0 0 102 12 +90
 Samoa 6 5 0 4 75 24 +51
 Cook Islands 6 3 1 2 41 40 +1
 Solomon Islands 6 2 1 3 31 48 -17
 Tonga 6 2 0 4 25 45 -20
 Tuvalu 6 2 0 4 25 60 -35
 Kiribati 6 0 0 6 17 87 -70
Updated: 11 July 2015

 • Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the semifinals.

Day 1

3 July 2015
09:00
Kiribati 1–24 Papua New Guinea
Bisini Touch Football Fields
3 July 2015
11:00
Solomon Islands 4–6 Tonga
Bisini Touch Football Fields
3 July 2015
14:00
Cook Islands 2–17 Papua New Guinea
Bisini Touch Football Fields
3 July 2015
15:00
Samoa 10–3 Tonga
Bisini Touch Football Fields
3 July 2015
15:00
Kiribati 2–8 Solomon Islands
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Day 2

4 July 2015
11:00
Papua New Guinea 19–1 Solomon Islands
Bisini Touch Football Fields
4 July 2015
12:00
Kiribati 4–23 Samoa
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Day 3

5 July 2015
09:00
Tonga 5–6 Tuvalu
Bisini Touch Football Fields
5 July 2015
09:00
Cook Islands 4–4 Solomon Islands
Bisini Touch Football Fields
5 July 2015
10:00
Papua New Guinea 10–7 Samoa
Bisini Touch Football Fields
5 July 2015
11:00
Cook Islands 11–3 Tuvalu
Bisini Touch Football Fields
5 July 2015
13:00
Cook Islands 8–3 Tonga
Bisini Touch Football Fields
5 July 2015
14:00
Samoa 13–4 Solomon Islands
Bisini Touch Football Fields
5 July 2015
15:00
Kiribati 2–11 Tuvalu
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Day 4

6 July 2015
09:00
Cook Islands 2–8 Samoa
Bisini Touch Football Fields
6 July 2015
09:00
Kiribati 3–7 Tonga
Bisini Touch Football Fields
6 July 2015
10:00
Samoa 14–1 Tuvalu
Bisini Touch Football Fields
6 July 2015
10:00
Papua New Guinea 18–0 Tuvalu
Bisini Touch Football Fields
6 July 2015
13:00
Cook Islands 14–5 Kiribati
Bisini Touch Football Fields
6 July 2015
14:00
Papua New Guinea 14–1 Tonga
Bisini Touch Football Fields
6 July 2015
14:00
Solomon Islands 10–4 Tuvalu
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Finals

Semifinals

7 July 2015
10:00
Cook Islands 3–9 Samoa
Bisini Touch Football Fields
7 July 2015
10:00
Papua New Guinea 17–2 Solomon Islands
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Bronze final

7 July 2015
13:00
Cook Islands 18–4 Solomon Islands
Report[3]
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Gold final

7 July 2015
15:00
Papua New Guinea 8–7 Samoa
Report[3]
Bisini Touch Football Fields

See also

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. ^ a b "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.