Samoa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Samoa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	SAM
NOC	Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	17 in 4 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Samoa participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Boxing	3	0	3
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Weightlifting	0	1	1
Total	15	2	17

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jil Walter	Girls' Individual	590	30	Himani  (IND) L1–7	Did not advance				17

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jil Walter  (SAM)   Feng Hao  (CHN)	Mixed team	1278	27	Sliachticas Caetano  (BRA)   Roos  (BEL) L2–6	Did not advance				17

Boxing

Samoa qualified 3 boys based on its performance at Oceania Boxing Championship in Apia,Samoa.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jancen Poutoa	-75 kg	Jiménez  (VEN) W5–0	N/A	Douibi  (ALG) L0–5	Jongjohor  (THA) L0-5	4
Malcolm Matthes	-91 kg	Mikušťák  (CZE) L0–5	Hacid  (ALG) L0-5	Did not advance	Salgado  (CHI) L1-4	6
Vaisilika Tuigamala	+91 kg	Chuol  (CAN) L0–5	Toibay  (KAZ) LWO	Did not advance	Dennis  (AUS) NC	6

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Argentina	5	5	0	0	180	38	+142	15
2	France	5	4	0	1	111	65	+46	13
3	Japan	5	2	1	2	74	103	−29	10
4	South Africa	5	2	0	3	79	84	−5	9
5	United States	5	0	2	3	67	120	−53	7
6	Samoa	5	0	1	4	48	149	−101	6

Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

13 October 2018 14:15

Argentina	50–7	Samoa
Try: Costa 2'c Mendy 4'm Quetglas 5'c Roger 7'm Moneta (2) 8'c, 14'c Graziano 10'c Hernández 11'm Con: Roger (3/5) 3', 5', 9' Elicagaray (2/3) 10', 14'	Report	Try: Tuitama 1'c Con: Sepulona (1/1) 1'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

13 October 2018 16:45

United States	24–24	Samoa
Try: Al-Jiboori (2) 0'c, 3'm Waqavesi (2) 10'c, 12'm Con: Mahe (1/2) 1' Rodriguez (1/2) 10'	Report	Try: Onosai 4'm Ionatana (2) 6'c, 7'c Tusigaigoa 7'c Con: Sepulona (2/4) 6', 7'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

14 October 2018 10:05

Japan	29–0	Samoa
Try: Fujii (3) 0'm, 1'm, 4'c Konishi 10'c Nakanishi 13'm Con: Yamada (2/5) 5', 10'	Report

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

14 October 2018 13:10

France	15–10	Samoa
Try: Peysson 1'm Trouabal 8'm Dulon 14'm Con: Germain (0/1) Tiberghien (0/1) Bellot (0/1)	Report	Try: Tuitama 2'm Fuiono 7'm Con: Sepulona (0/2)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

15 October 2018 11:05

South Africa	31–7	Samoa
Try: Hattingh 1'c Rose 7' Pretorius 7'm Kellerman 9'c Manyike 11'm Con: Hattingh (1/1) 2' Rose (2/4) 7', 10'	Report	Try: Lonetona Tautala 5' Con: Sepulona (1/1) 5'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

Fifth place game

15 October 2018 11:55

United States	24–14	Samoa
Try: Mahe 7'c Neff 9'c Green 12'm Rodriguez 14'm Con: Kruse (2/4) 7', 9'	Report	Try: Ionatona (2) 0'c, 5'c Con: Sepulona (2/2) 1', 6'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Samoa was given a quota by the tripartite committee to compete in weightlifting. ^[1]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lesila Fiapule	Girls' +63 kg	NM		DNF

References

1. "Universality Places Selected (Weightlifting)" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation . 13 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.