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

Main article: Touch rugby at the 2015 Pacific Games

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.[1]

Participants

Five 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 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

3 July 2015
12:00
Papua New Guinea 24–0 Tonga
Bisini - Touch Football Fields
3 July 2015
13:00
Cook Islands 18–1 Kiribati
Bisini - Touch Football Fields

Day 2

4 July 2015
09:00
Papua New Guinea 8–1 Samoa
Bisini - Touch Football Fields
4 July 2015
10:00
Cook Islands 18–0 Tonga
Bisini - Touch Football Fields
4 July 2015
13:00
Cook Islands 2–6 Papua New Guinea
Bisini - Touch Football Fields
4 July 2015
13:00
Kiribati 4–16 Samoa
Bisini - Touch Football Fields

Day 3

5 July 2015
11:00
Cook Islands 4–4 Samoa
Bisini - Touch Football Fields
5 July 2015
12:00
Kiribati 5–3 Tonga
Bisini - Touch Football Fields

Day 4

6 July 2015
11:00
Samoa 21–1 Tonga
Bisini - Touch Football Fields
6 July 2015
12:00
Kiribati 1–25 Papua New Guinea
Bisini - Touch Football Fields

Finals

Semifinals

7 July 2015
9:00
Samoa 4–3 Cook Islands
Bisini Touch Football Fields
7 July 2015
9:00
Papua New Guinea 25–1 Kiribati
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Bronze final

7 July 2015
12:00
Cook Islands 11–2 Kiribati
Report[3]
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Gold final

7 July 2015
14:00
Papua New Guinea 6–2 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.