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Rugby sevens at the 2003 South Pacific Games

Rugby sevens at the 2003 Pacific Games was played as a tournament for 11 men's teams from 3–5 July 2003 at Suva in Fiji. The Fijian team won the final, defeating Cook Islands by 43–10 to claim the gold medal.[1][2]

Rugby union
at the 2003 South Pacific Games
VenueSuva, Fiji
DatesSeptember
Nations11
← 1999
2007 →

Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's rugby 7s   Fiji   Cook Islands   Samoa

Participants edit

There were 11 teams for the 2003 tournament:[3]

Format edit

The eleven teams were drawn into three pools and the first stage was played as a round robin within each group. The top two teams from the each pool and the best two third-placed teams advanced to the knockout stage.

Quarterfinals and semifinals in the knockout stage were followed by the third place play-off for the Bronze Medal, and the final for the Gold Medal.

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/−
  Papua New Guinea 2 2 0 0 74 5 +69
  Tahiti 2 1 0 1 38 27 +11
  Guam 2 0 0 2 5 85 −80

Group A matches:[4][5]

Tahiti  33–5  Guam
Papua New Guinea  22–5  Tahiti
Papua New Guinea  52–0  Guam

Group B edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/−
  Samoa 3 3 0 0 124 7 +117
  Niue 3 2 0 1 38 29 +9
  Vanuatu 3 1 0 2 15 60 −45
  New Caledonia 3 0 0 3 10 91 −81

Group B matches:[6][7]

Samoa  52–0  New Caledonia
Niue  7–0  Vanuatu
Niue  24–0  New Caledonia
Samoa  43–0  Vanuatu
Samoa  29–7  Niue
Vanuatu  15–10  New Caledonia

Group C edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/−
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 145 0 +145
  Cook Islands 3 2 0 1 83 45 +38
  Tonga 3 1 0 2 94 64 +30
  Wallis and Futuna 3 0 0 3 0 213 −213

Group C matches:[8][9]

Cook Islands  64–0  Wallis and Futuna
Fiji  45–0  Tonga
Tonga  82–0  Wallis and Futuna
Fiji  33–0  Cook Islands
Cook Islands  19–12  Tonga
Fiji  63–0  Wallis and Futuna

Knockout stage edit

Championship bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 July
 
 
  Fiji50
 
5 July
 
  Vanuatu5
 
  Fiji36
 
5 July
 
  Tonga0
 
   Papua New Guinea 14
 
5 July
 
  Tonga19
 
  Fiji43
 
5 July
 
  Cook Islands10
 
  Cook Islands36
 
5 July
 
  Niue0
 
  Cook Islands14
 
5 July
 
  Samoa12 Third place
 
   Tahiti 0
 
5 July
 
  Samoa21
 
   Tonga 0
 
 
  Samoa50
 

Play-offs for 5th to 8th edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Papua New Guinea36
 
 
 
  Vanuatu5
 
  Papua New Guinea33
 
 
 
  Niue12
 
  Niue17
 
 
  Tahiti14
 
7th Place
 
 
 
 
 
  Vanuatu0
 
 
  Tahiti0

Play-offs for 9th to 11th edit

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/−
  New Caledonia 2 2 0 0 46 12 +34
  Guam 2 1 0 1 24 40 –16
  Wallis and Futuna 2 0 0 2 21 39 –18
New Caledonia  26–5  Guam
New Caledonia  20–7  Wallis and Futuna
Guam  19–14  Wallis and Futuna

9th Place Play-off edit

New Caledonia  40–17  Guam

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "SPG Rugby 7s: Finals". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. ^ "South Pacific Games Update". Rotums News Archive. 15 July 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. ^ "SPG Rugby 7s: Ladder". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  4. ^ "SPG Rugby 7s: Group 1". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  5. ^ "SPG Rugby 7s: Pool 1". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  6. ^ "SPG Rugby 7s: Group 2". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  7. ^ "SPG Rugby 7s: Pool 2". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  8. ^ "SPG Rugby 7s: Group 3". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  9. ^ "SPG Rugby 7s: Pool 3". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
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