Rugby sevens 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 Guam
Santa Rita
Fiji		 40–12
Papua New Guinea
Vanuatu		 26–7
Solomon Islands		 [2]
2003 Fiji
Suva
Fiji		 43–10
Cook Islands
Samoa		 50–0
Tonga		 [3]
2007 Samoa
Apia
Fiji		 26–19
Samoa
Papua New Guinea		 31–5
Solomon Islands		 [4][5]
[6]
2011 New Caledonia
Noumea
Samoa		 21–19
Fiji
Papua New Guinea		 10–5
Niue		 [7]
2015 Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Fiji		 33–7
Samoa
Tonga		 19–12
Papua New Guinea		 [8]
2019 Samoa
Apia
Fiji		 7–5
Samoa
Tonga		 19–10
Cook Islands		 [9]
2023 Solomon Islands
Honiara		 – –
2027 French Polynesia
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.[10] 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 New Caledonia
Noumea
Fiji		 43–7
Samoa
Papua New Guinea		 19–5
New Caledonia
2015 Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Fiji		 12–10
Australia
Papua New Guinea		 15–0
New Caledonia
2019 Samoa
Apia
Fiji		 14–5
Australia
Papua New Guinea		 28–12
Samoa
2023 Solomon Islands
Honiara		 – –
2027 French Polynesia
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
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Fiji8109
2 Samoa1416
3 Australia0202
4 Papua New Guinea0156
5 Cook Islands0101
6 Tonga0022
7 Vanuatu0011
Totals (7 entries)99927

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 American Samoa
Pago Pago
Samoa		 57–0
American Samoa
Solomon Islands		 25–17
Niue		 [11][12]
2009 Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Samoa		 36–12
Fiji
Tonga		 38–12
Niue		 [13]
2013 Wallis and Futuna
Mata-Utu
Samoa		 31–12
Fiji
Tonga		 19–12
Papua New Guinea		 [14]
2017 Vanuatu
Port Vila
Samoa		 14–7
Fiji
Tonga		 24–19
Solomon Islands		 [15][16][17]

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
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Samoa4004
2 Fiji0303
3 American Samoa0101
4 Tonga0033
5 Solomon Islands0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

See also

References
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  10. Wilson, Matariki (2 September 2011). "Womens 7s squad sets sights on Borneo". Cook Islands News. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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  15. Rugby 7 results
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