Rugby sevens at the 2003 South Pacific Games

Rugby sevens at the 2003 Pacific Games was played as a tournament for 11 men's teams from 3–5 July 2003 at Suva in Fiji. The Fijian team won the final, defeating Cook Islands by 43–10 to claim the gold medal.^[1][2]

Rugby union at the 2003 South Pacific Games
Venue	Suva, Fiji
Dates	September
Nations	11
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Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's rugby 7s	Fiji	Cook Islands	Samoa

Participants

There were 11 teams for the 2003 tournament:^[3]

•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  Guam
•  New Caledonia
•  Niue
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Tahiti
•  Tonga
•  Vanuatu
•  Wallis and Futuna

Format

The eleven teams were drawn into three pools and the first stage was played as a round robin within each group. The top two teams from the each pool and the best two third-placed teams advanced to the knockout stage.

Quarterfinals and semifinals in the knockout stage were followed by the third place play-off for the Bronze Medal, and the final for the Gold Medal.

Preliminary round

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−
Papua New Guinea	2	2	0	0	74	5	+69
Tahiti	2	1	0	1	38	27	+11
Guam	2	0	0	2	5	85	−80

Group A matches:^[4][5]

Tahiti	33–5	Guam

Papua New Guinea	22–5	Tahiti

Papua New Guinea	52–0	Guam

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−
Samoa	3	3	0	0	124	7	+117
Niue	3	2	0	1	38	29	+9
Vanuatu	3	1	0	2	15	60	−45
New Caledonia	3	0	0	3	10	91	−81

Group B matches:^[6][7]

Samoa	52–0	New Caledonia

Niue	7–0	Vanuatu

Niue	24–0	New Caledonia

Samoa	43–0	Vanuatu

Samoa	29–7	Niue

Vanuatu	15–10	New Caledonia

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−
Fiji	3	3	0	0	145	0	+145
Cook Islands	3	2	0	1	83	45	+38
Tonga	3	1	0	2	94	64	+30
Wallis and Futuna	3	0	0	3	0	213	−213

Group C matches:^[8][9]

Cook Islands	64–0	Wallis and Futuna

Fiji	45–0	Tonga

Tonga	82–0	Wallis and Futuna

Fiji	33–0	Cook Islands

Cook Islands	19–12	Tonga

Fiji	63–0	Wallis and Futuna

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	5 July
	Fiji	50
					5 July
	Vanuatu	5
					Fiji	36
	5 July
					Tonga	0
	Papua New Guinea	14
									5 July
	Tonga	19
									Fiji	43
	5 July
									Cook Islands	10
	Cook Islands	36
					5 July
	Niue	0
					Cook Islands	14
	5 July
					Samoa	12			Third place
	Tahiti	0
									5 July
	Samoa	21
									Tonga	0
									Samoa	50

Play-offs for 5th to 8th

	Semi-finals				Final
	Papua New Guinea	36
	Vanuatu	5
					Papua New Guinea	33
					Niue	12
	Niue	17
	Tahiti	14
					7th Place
					Vanuatu	0
					Tahiti	0

Play-offs for 9th to 11th

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−
New Caledonia	2	2	0	0	46	12	+34
Guam	2	1	0	1	24	40	–16
Wallis and Futuna	2	0	0	2	21	39	–18

New Caledonia	26–5	Guam

New Caledonia	20–7	Wallis and Futuna

Guam	19–14	Wallis and Futuna

9th Place Play-off

New Caledonia	40–17	Guam

See also

• Rugby sevens at the Pacific Games
• Pacific Games

References

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