Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games
Rugby-sevens-picto.png
Rugby sevens pictogram for the games
Venues Exhibition Stadium
DatesJuly 11–12
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors168 from 9 nations
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Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games will be 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] This will be the second time that the men's competition will be held, following rugby sevens' debut at the 2011 Games, with women's rugby sevens making its debut. [3] A total of eight men's and six women's teams competed in each respective tournament. [4]

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Competition schedule

BMO Field (Exhibition Stadium) in Toronto was the venue for the rugby sevens competitions Rugbysevens2015pan.jpg
BMO Field (Exhibition Stadium) in Toronto was the venue for the rugby sevens competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the rugby sevens competitions: [5]

PPreliminaries¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal
Event↓/Date →Sat 11Sun 12
Men P¼½BF
Women PPBF

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada*2002
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0112
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0101
4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournament
details
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sean White
Admir Cejvanovic
Mike Fuailefau
John Moonlight
Conor Trainor
Sean Duke
Phil Mack
Justin Douglas
Nathan Hirayama
Lucas Hammond
Harry Jones
Matthew Mullins
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Fernando Luna
Santiago Alvarez
German Schulz
Nicolas Bruzzone
Emiliano Boffelli
Gastón Revol
Bautista Ezcurra
Rodrigo Etchart
Franco Sabato
Juan Tuculet
Ramiro Finco
Axel Muller Aranda
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Carlin Isles
Patrick Blair
Brett Thompson
Garrett Bender
Mike Te'o
Stephen Tomasin
Will Holder
Ben Leatigaga
Nate Augspurger
Madison Hughes
Perry Baker
Martin Iosefo
Women's tournament
details
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  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
Flag of the United States.svg  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
Flag of Brazil.svg  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

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and six women's team have qualified to compete at the games. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (12 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 24 athletes. [6]

Men

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Qualified automatically2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2014 South American Games March 8–9 Flag of Chile.svg Santiago 1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
2014 NACRA Sevens December 3–4 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City 2Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2015 Mar del Plata Sevens January 10–11 Flag of Argentina.svg Mar del Plata 2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Total8

Women

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host Nation1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Qualified automatically1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2014 South American Games March 8–9 Flag of Chile.svg Santiago 1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2014 NACRA Women's Sevens December 3–4 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City 1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2015 Mar del Plata Sevens January 10–11 Flag of Argentina.svg Mar del Plata 2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Total6

Participating nations

A total of nine countries have qualified rugby sevens teams. [7] The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants qualified.

See also

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