Main article: Touch rugby at the 2015 Pacific Games
The Men's touch rugby tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games was held in Port Moresby from 3 to 7 July 2015 at the Bisini Touch Football Fields. The hosts Papua New Guinea won the gold medal defeating Samoa by 8–7 in the final. The Cook Islands took the bronze medal defeating the Solomon Islands by 18–4 in the third place play-off.
Participants
Seven teams played in the tournament:
Format
The teams played a round-robin followed by semifinals and play-offs for the medals.
Preliminary round
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Papua New Guinea
|
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 12 | +90 | |||||||
 Samoa
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 24 | +51 | |||||||
 Cook Islands
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 40 | +1 | |||||||
 Solomon Islands
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 48 | -17 | |||||||
 Tonga
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 45 | -20 | |||||||
 Tuvalu
|
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 60 | -35 | |||||||
 Kiribati
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 87 | -70 | |||||||
| Updated: 11 July 2015 • Teams ranked 1 to 4 (Green background) advanced to the semifinals. | ||||||||||||||
Day 1
| 3 July 2015 09:00 |
| Kiribati | 1–24 | Papua New Guinea |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 3 July 2015 11:00 |
| Solomon Islands | 4–6 | Tonga |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 3 July 2015 14:00 |
| Cook Islands | 2–17 | Papua New Guinea |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 3 July 2015 15:00 |
| Samoa | 10–3 | Tonga |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 3 July 2015 15:00 |
| Kiribati | 2–8 | Solomon Islands |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
Day 2
| 4 July 2015 11:00 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19–1 | Solomon Islands |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 4 July 2015 12:00 |
| Kiribati | 4–23 | Samoa |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
Day 3
| 5 July 2015 09:00 |
| Tonga | 5–6 | Tuvalu |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 5 July 2015 09:00 |
| Cook Islands | 4–4 | Solomon Islands |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 5 July 2015 10:00 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10–7 | Samoa |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 5 July 2015 11:00 |
| Cook Islands | 11–3 | Tuvalu |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 5 July 2015 13:00 |
| Cook Islands | 8–3 | Tonga |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 5 July 2015 14:00 |
| Samoa | 13–4 | Solomon Islands |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 5 July 2015 15:00 |
| Kiribati | 2–11 | Tuvalu |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
Day 4
| 6 July 2015 09:00 |
| Cook Islands | 2–8 | Samoa |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 6 July 2015 09:00 |
| Kiribati | 3–7 | Tonga |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 6 July 2015 10:00 |
| Samoa | 14–1 | Tuvalu |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 6 July 2015 10:00 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18–0 | Tuvalu |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 6 July 2015 13:00 |
| Cook Islands | 14–5 | Kiribati |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 6 July 2015 14:00 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14–1 | Tonga |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 6 July 2015 14:00 |
| Solomon Islands | 10–4 | Tuvalu |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
Finals
Semifinals
| 7 July 2015 10:00 |
| Cook Islands | 3–9 | Samoa |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
| 7 July 2015 10:00 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17–2 | Solomon Islands |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
Bronze final
| 7 July 2015 13:00 |
| Cook Islands | 18–4 | Solomon Islands |
| Report |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
Gold final
| 7 July 2015 15:00 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8–7 | Samoa |
| Report |
| Bisini Touch Football Fields |
See also
- Touch rugby at the Pacific Games
- Touch rugby at the 2015 Pacific Games – Women's tournament
- Touch rugby at the 2015 Pacific Games – Mixed tournament
References
- "PNG wins double gold in touch footy". Fiji Times. 11 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- "Touch Rugby Schedule". Port Moresby 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "PNG wins double gold in touch footy". Port Moresby 2015. 7 July 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.