Rugby sevens at the 2009 World Games
| World Games 2009 Rugby sevens | |
| Host | Template:Flagicon Kaohsiung |
| Dates | July 24–25, 2009 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Podium | |
| File:Gold medal blank.svg Champions | File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji |
| File:Silver medal blank.svg Runners-up | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
| File:Bronze medal blank.svg Third place | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina |
Rugby union, specifically in the sevens format, was introduced as a World Games sport for men at the 2001 World Games in Akita. Fiji entered the 2009 games as the two time defending gold medalists. Held on July 24 and 25 of 2009 in Taiwan, Fiji clinched gold for the 3rd time in front of a crowd of 39,000. The Fijian win preserves Fiji as the only nation to ever capture gold at the games.[1] Represented were South Africa (the reigning IRB Sevens World Series Champions), Portugal (the reigning European Sevens Champions), Argentina (the reigning USA Sevens Champions), Fiji (the reigning World Games gold medalists), and Chinese Taipei (the host nation). The USA was the biggest disappointment of Day 1 going 0–3 having been expected to compete for a medal. The biggest surprise of the event was Portugal finding their way into the gold-medal match and coming away with the Silver Medal.
Teams
8 Teams took part in this tournament:
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
- File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
- File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
- File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
- Template:Flagicon Chinese Taipei
- File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Pools[2]
Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 3 0 0 62 12 50 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 3 2 0 1 46 19 27 Template:Flagicon Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 27 65 −38 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 0 0 3 31 70 −39
Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 3 3 0 0 63 12 51 File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 3 2 0 1 52 37 15 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3 1 0 2 35 39 −4 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 15 77 −62
Fixtures[3]
Day 1
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Pool A
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Pool B
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Day 2
Quarter-finals
- Argentina 19–12 USA
- Portugal 17–0 Japan
- Fiji 28–5 Chinese Taipei
- South Africa 39–0 Hong Kong
Semifinals
Losers Bracket
- Chinese Taipei 17–12 Hong Kong
- USA 29–24 Japan
Medals Bracket
- Portugal 19–12 Argentina
- Fiji 21–7 South Africa
Finals
7th-place match
- Japan 20–5 Hong Kong
5th-place match
- USA 21–19 Chinese Taipei
Bronze-medal match
- South Africa 17–0 Argentina
Gold-medal match
- Fiji 43–10 Portugal
References
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- ↑ World Games Day 2: Fiji cruise to Gold Medal | Ultimate Rugby Sevens – The Online Home for Everything Rugby 7s Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Ur7s.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-24.
- ↑ Winless at World Games Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Americanrugbynews.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-24.
- ↑ Fixtures Day Two World Games » Rugby World Cup News. Therugbyworldcup.co.uk (2007-09-09). Retrieved on 2010-12-24.
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