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

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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[edit]

Seven teams played in the tournament:[2]

Format[edit]

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

Preliminary round[edit]

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[edit]





Day 2[edit]


Day 3[edit]







Day 4[edit]







Finals[edit]

Semifinals[edit]


Bronze final[edit]


Gold final[edit]


See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.