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

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Rugby sevens – Men's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
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Venue Exhibition Stadium
DatesJuly 11 – July 12
Competitors96 from 8 nations
Medalists
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The men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Exhibition Stadium from July 11 to 12. [1]

Contents

For the 2015 Pan American Games, the men's rugby sevens competition consisted of an 8-team tournament. The teams were grouped into two pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. All eight teams advanced to the knockout round. [2]

Canada are the defending champions from the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, defeating Argentina, 26–24 in the final.

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams have qualified to compete at the games. Host nation Canada, Argentina and the United States qualified automatically. The top team at the 2014, and top two at the 2015 South American Championships also qualified. The top two teams at the North American and Caribbean Championships in 2015 also qualified. Each nation may enter one team consisting of twelve athletes. [2]

Summary

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

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's tournamentFlag 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

Rosters

At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had up to 12 players on their rosters. [2]

Competition format

In the first round of the competition, teams were divided into two groups of four teams, and play followed a round robin format with each of the teams playing all other teams in the pool once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, two points for a draw and one point for a loss. All ties in the standings will be broken by point differential [2]

Following the completion of the group games, all eight teams advanced to a single elimination round consisting of four quarterfinal games, two semifinal games, and the bronze and gold medal matches. Losing teams competed in classification matches to determine their ranking in the tournament. A penalty stroke competition took place, if a classification matched ended in a draw to determine a winner. [2]

All games were played in two 7 minute halves, except the gold medal match which was played with 10-minute halves. [2]

Draw

The draw for the groups was determined using the 2014–15 Sevens World Series standings. [2]

Results

The official detailed schedule was revealed on June 9, 2015. [3]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

The Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the men's rugby sevens competition DirectEnergyCentre.jpg
The Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Centre), was the venue for the men's rugby sevens competition

Group A

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 33001267+1199Qualified for the quarterfinals
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 32015469157
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 31026246+165
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 300301201203
Source: [ citation needed ]
11 July 2015
11:11
United States  Flag of the United States.svg26–7Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
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11 July 2015
11:33
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg34–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

11 July 2015
16:05
United States  Flag of the United States.svg46–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

11 July 2015
16:27
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg20–17Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
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11 July 2015
18:49
Chile  Flag of Chile.svg38–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
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11 July 2015
19:11
United States  Flag of the United States.svg52–0Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
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Group B

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 33008114+679Qualified for the quarterfinals
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 32017835+437
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 31025250+25
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 300351171123
Source: [ citation needed ]
11 July 2015
11:55
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg19–7Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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11 July 2015
12:17
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg45–0Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
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11 July 2015
16:49
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg41–0Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
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11 July 2015
17:11
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg26–14Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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11 July 2015
19:33
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg31–5Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
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11 July 2015
19:55
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg21–7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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Quarterfinals

12 July 2015
11:10
United States  Flag of the United States.svg31–0Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
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12 July 2015
11:36
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg17–12Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
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12 July 2015
11:55
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg12–5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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12 July 2015
12:17
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg53–0Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Classification round

 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
 
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 0
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 31
 
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 12
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 7
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 14
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7
 
Seventh place
 
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
 
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 26
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 22

Fifth through Eighth places

12 July 2015
16:05
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 0–31Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
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12 July 2015
16:27
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 14–7Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
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Seventh place match

12 July 2015
18:50
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 26–22Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
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Fifth place match

12 July 2015
19:12
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 12–7Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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Medal round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 26
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 19
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 43
 
 
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 7
 
Third place
 
 
July 12 — Toronto
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 40
 
 
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 12

Semifinals

12 July 2015
16:49
United States  Flag of the United States.svg19–26Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Report
Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

12 July 2015
17:11
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg7–43Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Bronze medal match

12 July 2015
19:34
Bronze medal icon.svg United States  Flag of the United States.svg40–12Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
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Gold medal match

12 July 2015
19:59
Gold medal icon.svg Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg22–19Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Silver medal icon.svg
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 2015 Pan American Games champion 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
2nd title

Final ranking

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5–1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 5–1
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 5–1
4Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 3–3
5Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 3–3
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2–4
7Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 1–5
8Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0–6

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