Rugby sevens at the 2003 South Pacific Games

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at the 2003 South Pacific Games
VenueSuva, Fiji
DatesSeptember
Nations11
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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]

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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