Touch rugby at the 2003 South Pacific Games – Men's tournament

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The Men's touch rugby tournament at the 2003 Pacific Games was held in Suva from 7 to 10 July 2003 at the Veiuto Primary School.[1] Fiji won the gold medal, defeating Papua New Guinea by 6–5 in the final. Samoa took the bronze medal.[2]

Participants[edit]

Seven teams played in the tournament:

Format[edit]

The teams played a round-robin followed by play-offs for the medals.

Preliminary round[edit]

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/−
 Papua New Guinea
 Fiji
 Samoa
 Tuvalu
 Tonga
 Niue
 Tahiti
 • Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the medal play-offs.

Day 1[edit]

7 Jul 2009
10:00 am
Tuvalu 10–1 Tahiti
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

7 Jul 2009
10:00 am
Fiji 6–7 Papua New Guinea
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

7 Jul 2009
11:00 am
Tonga 1–4 Samoa
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

7 Jul 2009
1:00 pm
Tahiti 0–20 Fiji
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

7 Jul 2009
2:00 pm
Papua New Guinea 6–1 Tonga
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

7 Jul 2009
2:00 pm
Samoa 2–0 Niue
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

Day 2[edit]

8 Jul 2009
10:00 am
Papua New Guinea 10–5 Samoa
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

8 Jul 2009
11:00 am
Niue 7–8 Tuvalu
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

8 Jul 2009
12:00 pm
Fiji 10–5 Tonga
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

8 Jul 2009
1:00 pm
Papua New Guinea 15–6 Niue
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

8 Jul 2009
2:00 pm
Tahiti 0–14 Samoa
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

8 Jul 2009
3:00 pm
Tonga 2–5 Tuvalu
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

Day 3[edit]

9 Jul 2009
1:00 am
Fiji 12–6 Samoa
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

9 Jul 2009
11:00 am
Tonga 7–5 Niue
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

9 Jul 2009
1:00 pm
Papua New Guinea 12–4 Tuvalu
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

9 Jul 2009
9:00 am
Fiji 11–1 Tuvalu
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

9 Jul 2009
9:00 am
Tahiti 4–13 Niue
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

9 Jul 2009
11:00 am
Papua New Guinea 22–0 Tahiti
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

9 Jul 2009
3:00 pm
Tahiti 1–21 Tonga
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

9 Jul 2009
4:00 pm
Tuvalu 5–6 Samoa
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

9 Jul 2009
4:00 pm
Fiji 13–3 Niue
Veiuto Primary School No. 2

Lower bracket play-offs[edit]

Seventh place knockout Fifth place
1  Tonga
2  Niue 9  Niue
3  Tahiti 3

Seventh place knockout[edit]

10 Jul 2009
10:00 am
Niue 9–3 Tahiti
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

Fifth play-off[edit]

10 Jul 2009
1:00 pm
Tonga def. by Niue
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

Medal play-offs[edit]

SemifinalsPreliminary finalGrand final
 Papua New Guinea6 Papua New Guinea5
 Fiji5 Fiji6
 Fiji11
 Samoa2
 Samoa10
 Tuvalu5

Major semi-final[edit]

10 Jul 2009
8:00 am
Papua New Guinea 6–5 Fiji
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

Elimination semi-final[edit]

10 Jul 2009
9:00 am
Samoa 10–5 Tuvalu
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

Preliminary final[edit]

10 Jul 2009
12:00 pm
Fiji 11–2 Samoa
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

Final[edit]

10 Jul 2009
3:00 pm
Papua New Guinea 5–6 Fiji
Veiuto Primary School No. 1

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Touch Rugby: Results & Fixtures - Men". Sports Pulse. 10 July 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Touch Rugby: Finals Day - Day 4". Sports Pulse. 10 July 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2015.