Touch rugby at the 2015 Pacific Games – Mixed tournament
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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.
Participants
Five teams played in the tournament:
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- {{flaglink|COK|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
- {{flaglink|KIR|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
- {{flaglink|PNG|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
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- {{flaglink|SAM|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
- {{flaglink|TON|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
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Format
The teams played a round-robin followed by semifinals and play-offs for the medals.
Preliminary round
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| width="200"|Teams
!width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− | ||||||
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| bgcolor=#d8ffeb
|align=left|{{flaglink|PNG|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}} |4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 10 | +46 |
| bgcolor=#d8ffeb
|align=left|{{flaglink|SAM|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}} |4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 17 | +34 |
| bgcolor=#d8ffeb
|align=left|{{flaglink|COK|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}} |4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 29 | +2 |
| bgcolor=#d8ffeb
|align=left|{{flaglink|TGA|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}} |4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 49| | |
| 31 | ||||||
| align=left|{{flaglink|KIR|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 62| | |
| 52 | ||||||
| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" align=center
|colspan="15" style="border:0px"|Updated: 11 July 2015 {{bull}} Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the semifinals. |
=Day 1=
{{rugbybox
|date=8 July 2015 |time= 13:00
|home= Cook Islands {{flagdeco|Cook Islands}}
|score=13–3
|away= {{flaglink|Kiribati|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=8 July 2015 |time= 14:00
|home= Samoa {{flagdeco|Samoa}}
|score= 14–3
|away= {{flaglink|Tonga|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=8 July 2015 |time= 15:00
|home= Kiribati {{flagdeco|Kiribati}}
|score= 1–19
|away= {{flaglink|Papua New Guinea|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
=Day 2=
{{rugbybox
|date=9 July 2015 |time= 09:00
|home= Cook Islands {{flagdeco|Cook Islands}}
|score= 6–10
|away= {{flaglink|Samoa|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=9 July 2015 |time= 10:00
|home= Papua New Guinea {{flagdeco|Papua New Guinea}}
|score= 18–1
|away= {{flaglink|Tonga|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=9 July 2015 |time= 11:00
|home= Kiribati {{flagdeco|Kiribati}}
|score= 1–20
|away= {{flaglink|Samoa|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=9 July 2015 |time= 13:00
|home= Cook Islands {{flagdeco|Cook Islands}}
|score= 11–4
|away= {{flaglink|Tonga|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=9 July 2015 |time= 14:00
|home= Papua New Guinea {{flagdeco|Papua New Guinea}}
|score= 7–7
|away= {{flaglink|Samoa|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
=Day 3=
{{rugbybox
|date=10 July 2015 |time= 09:00
|home= Cook Islands {{flagdeco|Cook Islands}}
|score= 1–12
|away= {{flaglink|Papua New Guinea|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=10 July 2015 |time= 10:00
|home= Kiribati {{flagdeco|Kiribati}}
|score= 5–10
|away= {{flaglink|Tonga|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
Finals
=Semifinals=
{{rugbybox
|date=10 July 2015 |time= 12:00
|home= Papua New Guinea {{flagdeco|PNG}}
|score= 18–1
|away= {{flaglink|TGA|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
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{{rugbybox
|date=10 July 2015 |time= 12:00
|home= Samoa {{flagdeco|SAM}}
|score= 11–6
|away= {{flaglink|COK|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
=Bronze final=
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{{rugbybox
|date=10 July 2015 |time= 14:00
|home= Cook Islands {{flagdeco|Cook Islands}}
|score= 10–3
|away= {{flaglink|TGA|at the 2015 Pacific Games#Touch rugby}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
=Gold final=
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{{rugbybox
|date=10 July 2015 |time= 15:00
|home= Papua New Guinea {{flagdeco|PNG}}
|score= 7–9
|away= Samoa {{flagdeco|SAM}}
|stadium= Bisini Touch Football Fields
}}
See also
References
{{reflist|refs=
|title=Touch Rugby Schedule
|url= http://pg2015.gems.pro/Result/Calendar.aspx?SetLanguage=en-GB&Sport_GUID=1defeee2-94bc-4089-a517-715895df3a81&Grouping=D
|work=Port Moresby 2015
|accessdate=20 June 2015}}
|date= 11 July 2015
|first=Phylma |last=Phylma Timea
|title= Mixed Emotions as Touch Footy Samoans Get One Back On Hosts PNG
|website= EMTV
|accessdate= 11 July 2015
|url= http://www.emtv.com.pg/article.aspx?slug=Mixed-Emotions-as-Touch-Footy-Samoans-Get-One-Back-On-Hosts-PNG&subcategory=Pacific-Games-2015
|url-status= live
|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150711155312/http://www.emtv.com.pg/article.aspx?slug=Mixed-Emotions-as-Touch-Footy-Samoans-Get-One-Back-On-Hosts-PNG&subcategory=Pacific-Games-2015
|archivedate= 11 July 2015}}
}}
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