| Women's Touch rugby at the 2019 Pacific Games | |||||||
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| Venue | St Joseph's Sports Field | ||||||
| Location | Apia, Samoa | ||||||
| Dates | 15–17 July 2019 | ||||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||||
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The Women's touch rugby tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games was held in Apia from 15 to 17 July 2019 at the St Joseph's Sports Field. [1] [2]
Six Pacific Games Associations qualified for this tournament. [1]
Cook Islands (14)
Fiji (14)
Papua New Guinea (14)
Samoa (14) (Host)
Solomon Islands (14)
Tonga (14)| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | |||||||||
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| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||
| Updated: 13 July 2019 •Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the Semi finals. | ||||||||||||||
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