Rugby sevens at the Pacific Games

This article is about the 7-a-side version of the game. For the 15-a-side version that it replaced, see Rugby union at the Pacific Games.

Rugby sevens at the Pacific Games was played for the first time at the 1999 South Pacific Games with only the men's tournament. The women's tournament was contested for the first time at the 2011 Pacific Games. The champions for the inaugural rugby sevens tournament in 1999 were Fiji for the men and in 2011 were also Fiji for the women. Prior to 1999, 15-a-side matches were played between the 1963–1995 games.

In 2014, Australia and New Zealand were invited to participate in some events for the 2015 Pacific Games, and the Australian women's sevens team was subsequently confirmed as a competitor for the women's tournament in Port Moresby. ^[1]

Men's summaries

Year	Host		Final				Bronze medal match				Ref
			Gold medal	Score	Silver medal		Bronze medal	Score	Fourth place
1999	Santa Rita		Fiji	40–12	Papua New Guinea		Vanuatu	26–7	Solomon Islands		[2]
2003	Suva		Fiji	43–10	Cook Islands		Samoa	50–0	Tonga		[3]
2007	Apia		Fiji	26–19	Samoa		Papua New Guinea	31–5	Solomon Islands		[4] [5] [6]
2011	Noumea		Samoa	21–19	Fiji		Papua New Guinea	10–5	Niue		[7]
2015	Port Moresby		Fiji	33–7	Samoa		Tonga	19–12	Papua New Guinea		[8]
2019	Apia		Fiji	7–5	Samoa		Tonga	19–10	Cook Islands		[9]
2023	Honiara		Fiji	19–5	Samoa		Tonga	19–7	Papua New Guinea		[10] [11]
2027	Pirae			–				–

Women's summaries

Women's rugby sevens was first contested in 2011 since the introduction of the 7-a-side format of rugby at the Pacific Games. ^[12] Fiji have dominated the women's game having won every tournament to date.

Year	Host		Final				Bronze medal match				Ref
			Gold medal	Score	Silver medal		Bronze medal	Score	Fourth place
2011	Noumea		Fiji	43–7	Samoa		Papua New Guinea	19–5	New Caledonia
2015	Port Moresby		Fiji	12–10	Australia		Papua New Guinea	15–0	New Caledonia
2019	Apia		Fiji	14–5	Australia		Papua New Guinea	28–12	Samoa
2023	Honiara		Fiji	17–7	Papua New Guinea		Wallis and Futuna	17–7	Tonga
2027	Pirae			–				–

Medal table

The all-time medal table for rugby sevens at the Pacific Games, including the South Pacific Games, from 1999–present is collated in the table below.

All-time medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Fiji	8	1	0	9
2	Samoa	1	4	1	6
3	Australia	0	2	0	2
4	Papua New Guinea	0	1	5	6
5	Cook Islands	0	1	0	1
6	Tonga	0	0	2	2
7	Vanuatu	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		9	9	9	27

Pacific Mini Games

Men's tournament

Only men's rugby sevens have been contested at the Pacific Mini Games.

Year	Host		Final				Bronze medal match				Ref
			Gold medal	Score	Silver medal		Bronze medal	Score	Fourth place
1997	Pago Pago		Samoa	57–0	American Samoa		Solomon Islands	25–17	Niue		[13] [14]
2009	Rarotonga		Samoa	36–12	Fiji		Tonga	38–12	Niue		[15]
2013	Mata-Utu		Samoa	31–12	Fiji		Tonga	19–12	Papua New Guinea		[16]
2017	Port Vila		Samoa	14–7	Fiji		Tonga	24–19	Solomon Islands		[17] [18] [19]

Medal table

The all-time medal table for rugby sevens at the Pacific Mini Games, including the South Pacific Mini Games, from 1997–present is collated in the table below.

All-time medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Samoa	4	0	0	4
2	Fiji	0	3	0	3
3	American Samoa	0	1	0	1
4	Tonga	0	0	3	3
5	Solomon Islands	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

See also

• Rugby union at the Pacific Games
• Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics
• Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games

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