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

Five teams played in the tournament:[2]

Format

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

Preliminary round

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/−
 Papua New Guinea 43105610+46
 Samoa 43105117+34
 Cook Islands 42023129+2
 Tonga 41031849-31
 Kiribati 40041062-52
Updated: 11 July 2015

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

Day 1

8 July 2015
13:00
Cook Islands 13–3  Kiribati
Bisini Touch Football Fields

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

8 July 2015
15:00
Kiribati 1–19  Papua New Guinea
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Day 2

9 July 2015
09:00
Cook Islands 6–10  Samoa
Bisini Touch Football Fields

9 July 2015
10:00
Papua New Guinea 18–1  Tonga
Bisini Touch Football Fields

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

9 July 2015
13:00
Cook Islands 11–4  Tonga
Bisini Touch Football Fields

9 July 2015
14:00
Papua New Guinea 7–7  Samoa
Bisini Touch Football Fields

Day 3

10 July 2015
09:00
Cook Islands 1–12  Papua New Guinea
Bisini Touch Football Fields

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

Finals

Semifinals

10 July 2015
12:00
Papua New Guinea 18–1  Tonga
Bisini Touch Football Fields

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

Bronze final


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

Gold final


10 July 2015
15:00
Papua New Guinea 7–9 Samoa
Bisini Touch Football Fields

See also

References

  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.
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