Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

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Rugby sevens at the XVII Pan American Games
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Venues Exhibition Stadium
DatesJuly 11–12, 2015
Competitors72 from 6 nations
Medalists
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The women's tournament of rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games was 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] Women's rugby sevens was making its debut in the Pan American Games. [3] A total of six teams competed in the tournament. [4]

Contents

Qualification

A total of six women's teams qualified to compete at the games (12 athletes per team). [5]

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

Medallists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Women's tournamentFlag 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

Tournament

Preliminary Stage

Pool Play

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 550023012+21815Qualified for gold medal match
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 540120348+15513
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 530211567+4811Qualified for bronze medal match
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 511357131748
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 5113291481198
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 5005242522285
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Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg55–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
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United States  Flag of the United States.svg26–7Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg5–40Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
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11 July 2015
12:49
United States  Flag of the United States.svg40–0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
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11 July 2015
13:11
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg22–5Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
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11 July 2015
13:33
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg60–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
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11 July 2015
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Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg7–54Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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17:55
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg36–0Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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11 July 2015
18:17
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg24–19Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
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12 July 2015
10:05
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg0–45Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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12 July 2015
10:27
Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg0–29Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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12 July 2015
10:49
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg0–71Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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12 July 2015
12:49
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg5–5Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
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12 July 2015
13:11
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg57–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
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12 July 2015
13:33
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg34–12Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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Fifth Place Game

12 July 2015
17:33
Mexico  Flag of Mexico.svg17–17Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Bronze Medal Game

12 July 2015
17:55
Bronze medal icon.svg Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg29–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Gold Medal Game

12 July 2015
18:20
Silver medal icon.svg United States  Flag of the United States.svg7–55Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Gold medal icon.svg
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto
 2015 Pan American Games Champion 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
1st title

Final ranking

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6–0–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 4–0–2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4–0–2
4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1–1–4
5Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1–2–3
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0–1–5

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