Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

The women's tournament of rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 11 to 12.[1] The rugby sevens competition was held at BMO Field, although due to naming rights, the venue was known as Exhibition Stadium for the duration of the games.[2] Women's rugby sevens was making its debut in the Pan American Games.[3] A total of six teams competed in the tournament.[4]

Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenuesExhibition Stadium
DatesJuly 11–12, 2015
Competitors72 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
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Qualification

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A total of six women's teams qualified to compete at the games (12 athletes per team).[5]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation 1   Canada
Qualified automatically 1   United States
2014 South American Games March 8–9   Santiago 1   Brazil
2014 NACRA Women's Sevens December 3–4   Mexico City 1   Mexico
2015 Mar del Plata Sevens January 10–11   Mar del Plata 2   Argentina
  Colombia
Total 6

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's tournament   Canada
Brittany Benn
Kayla Moleschi
Karen Paquin
Kelly Russell
Ashley Steacy
Sara Kaljuvee
Jen Kish
Nadejda Popov
Ghislaine Landry
Hannah Darling
Magali Harvey
Natasha Watcham-Roy
  United States
Megan Bonny
Kelly Griffin
Joanne Fa'avesi
Leyla Kelter
Richelle Stephens
Lauren Doyle
Kristen Thomas
Hannah Lopez
Melissa Fowler
Irene Gardner
Kate Zackary
Kathryn Johnson
  Brazil
Juliana Esteves dos Santos
Bruna Lotufo
Beatriz Futuro Muhlbauer
Edna Santini
Paula Ishibashi
Isadora Cerullo
Claudia Lopes Teles
Haline Leme Scatrut
Angelica Pereira Gevaerd
Maira Bravo Behrendt
Raquel Kochhann
Mariana Barbosa Ramalho

Tournament

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Preliminary stage

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Pool Play

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
  Canada 5 5 0 0 230 12 +218 15 Qualified for gold-medal match
  United States 5 4 0 1 203 48 +155 13
  Brazil 5 3 0 2 115 67 +48 11 Qualified for bronze-medal match
  Argentina 5 1 1 3 57 131 −74 8
  Colombia 5 1 1 3 29 148 −119 8
  Mexico 5 0 0 5 24 252 −228 5
Source: [citation needed]
11 July 2015
10:05
Canada  55–0  Colombia
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto


11 July 2015
10:49
Mexico  5–40  Argentina
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto


11 July 2015
13:11
Brazil  22–5  Argentina
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

11 July 2015
13:33
Canada  60–0  Mexico
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto


11 July 2015
17:55
Canada  36–0  Brazil
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

11 July 2015
18:17
Colombia  24–19  Mexico
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

12 July 2015
10:05
Argentina  0–45  Canada
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

12 July 2015
10:27
Colombia  0–29  Brazil
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto


12 July 2015
12:49
Argentina  5–5  Colombia
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

12 July 2015
13:11
Brazil  57–0  Mexico
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

12 July 2015
13:33
Canada  34–12  United States
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Fifth Place Game

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12 July 2015
17:33
Mexico  17–17  Colombia
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Bronze Medal Game

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12 July 2015
17:55
  Brazil  29–0  Argentina
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Gold Medal Game

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12 July 2015
18:20
  United States  7–55  Canada  
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto


 2015 Pan American Games champion 
 
Canada
1st title

Final ranking

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Rank Team Record
    Canada 6–0–0
    United States 4–0–2
    Brazil 4–0–2
4   Argentina 1–1–4
5   Colombia 1–2–3
  Mexico 0–1–5

References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Exhibition Stadium". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ "First Chance at Pan Am Games Tickets Starts Now". toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Rugby Sevens". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Sport Technical Manual Rugby sevens". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.