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Men's rugby sevens at the 1997 Pacific Mini Games
Location	Pago Pago, American Samoa
Dates	12 August 1997
Teams	4
Medalists
Samoa    American Samoa    Solomon Islands
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Rugby sevens for the 1997 South Pacific Mini Games was held in Pago Pago, American Samoa and took place on 12 August. There were only four teams that contested the event.

Samoa claimed the gold medal after defeating American Samoa in the final. The Solomon Islands took bronze with their win against Niue.

Results

Pool Stage

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−
Samoa	3	3	0	0	81	12	+69	Gold medal final
American Samoa	3	2	0	1	27	36	–9
Solomon Islands	3	1	0	2	33	44	–11	Bronze Playoff
Niue	3	0	0	3	20	69	–49

Samoa	31–0	Niue

American Samoa	10–0	Solomon Islands

American Samoa	12–5	Niue

Samoa	19–7	Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands	26–15	Niue

Samoa	31–5	American Samoa

Finals

Bronze medal playoff

Solomon Islands	25–17	Niue

Gold medal final

Samoa	57–0	American Samoa

References

1. ^ "Final Results August 11–21. 1997: 5th South Pacific Mini Games". web.archive.org. 2017-04-23. Archived from the original on 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
2. ^ "Rugby 7s medals". 1997 South Pacific Mini Games. 1999. Archived from the original on 6 October 1999. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

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