Touch rugby at the 2015 Pacific Games – Mixed tournament

The Mixed touch rugby tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby from 8 to 10 July 2015 at the Bisini Touch Football Fields. Samoa won the gold medal, defeating hosts Papua New Guinea by 9–7 in the final. Tonga took the bronze medal defeating the Cook Islands by 10–3 in the third place play-off.[1]

Participants

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Five teams played in the tournament:[2]

Format

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

Preliminary round

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Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/−
  Papua New Guinea 4 3 1 0 56 10 +46
  Samoa 4 3 1 0 51 17 +34
  Cook Islands 4 2 0 2 31 29 +2
  Tonga 4 1 0 3 18 49 -31
  Kiribati 4 0 0 4 10 62 -52
Updated: 11 July 2015

 • Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the semifinals.

Day 1

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8 July 2015
14:00
Samoa  14–3  Tonga
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Day 2

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9 July 2015
11:00
Kiribati  1–20  Samoa
Bisini Touch Football Fields


Day 3

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10 July 2015
10:00
Kiribati  5–10  Tonga
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Finals

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Semifinals

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10 July 2015
12:00
Samoa  11–6  Cook Islands
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Bronze final

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10 July 2015
14:00
Cook Islands  10–3  Tonga
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Gold final

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Phylma Timea, Phylma (11 July 2015). "Mixed Emotions as Touch Footy Samoans Get One Back On Hosts PNG". EMTV. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Touch Rugby Schedule". Port Moresby 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.