Rugby sevens at the 2003 South Pacific Games

2003 Pacific Games Rugby 7s

Tournament details
Host nation	Fiji
Dates	3 – 5 July 2003
No. of nations	11
Champions	Fiji
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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]

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	+/−	Pts
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]

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	124	7	+117
Niue	3	2	0	2	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]

Group C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	145	0	+145
Cook Islands	3	2	0	2	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]

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			Third place
	5 July
					Samoa	12
	Tahiti	0							Tonga	0
	Samoa	21							Samoa	50
									5 July

See also

• Rugby sevens at the Pacific Games
• Pacific Games

References

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2. "South Pacific Games Update". Rotums News Archive. 15 July 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
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4. "SPG Rugby 7s: Group 1". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
5. "SPG Rugby 7s: Pool 1". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
6. "SPG Rugby 7s: Group 2". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
7. "SPG Rugby 7s: Pool 2". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
8. "SPG Rugby 7s: Group 3". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
9. "SPG Rugby 7s: Pool 3". Sporting Pulse. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.