Loading AI tools
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rugby union, specifically in the sevens format, was introduced as a World Games sport for men at the 2001 World Games in Akita. Fiji entered the 2009 games as the two time defending gold medalists. Held on July 24 and 25 of 2009 in Taiwan, Fiji clinched gold for the 3rd time in front of a crowd of 39,000. The Fijian win preserves Fiji as the only nation to ever capture gold at the games.[1] Represented were South Africa (the reigning IRB Sevens World Series Champions), Portugal (the reigning European Sevens Champions), Argentina (the reigning USA Sevens Champions), Fiji (the reigning World Games gold medalists), and Chinese Taipei (the host nation). The USA was the biggest disappointment of Day 1 going 0–3 having been expected to compete for a medal. The biggest surprise of the event was Portugal finding their way into the gold-medal match and coming away with the Silver Medal.
World Games 2009 Rugby sevens | |
Host | ![]() |
Dates | July 24–25, 2009 |
Teams | 8 |
Podium | |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
8 Teams took part in this tournament:
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 12 | 50 |
![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 19 | 27 |
![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 65 | −38 |
![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 70 | −39 |
Pool A
|
Pool B
|
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.