Rugby sevens at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Men’s rugby sevens
at the XVIII Pan American Games
Men’s rugby sevens; at the XVIII Pan American Games
Host nation	Peru
Cup
Champion	Argentina
Runner-up	Canada
Third	United States
Tournament details
Matches played	20
Tries scored	129 (average 6.45 per match)
Most points	Rodrigo Fernández
Most tries	3 players

The rugby sevens men's tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru was held on 26–28 July 2019, with eight teams participating at the sports center in Villa María del Triunfo.^[1] This is the third appearance of Rugby sevens at the Pan American Games.

Qualification[edit]

Eight men's teams qualified to compete in the tournament games. Three World Sevens Series core teams (Argentina, Canada and United States) qualified automatically, along with five other teams in various qualifying tournaments.^[2]

Summary[edit]

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Automatic qualification	—	—	3	Argentina Canada United States
2018 South American Games	27–29 May	Colcapirhua	2	Chile Uruguay
2018 RAN Sevens	22–23 September	Saint James	2	Guyana Jamaica
2019 Sudamérica Rugby Men's Sevens OQT	29–30 June	Santiago	1	Brazil
Total			8

Results[edit]

All times are in Peru Time (UTC−5).

Pool stage[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	85	24	+61	8	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	92	19	+73	7	Semifinals
3	Chile	3	1	1	1	108	41	+67	6	5–8th place semifinals
4	Guyana	3	0	0	3	7	208	−201	3	5–8th place semifinals

Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored; 5) draw.

26 July 2019
11:30

Brazil	14–14	Chile
Try: D. Sancery 1'c L. Duque 7'c Con: M. Duque (1/1) 2' Reeves (1/1) 9'	Report	Try: Fernández 5'c Urroz 11'c Con: Fernández (1/1) 6' Torrealba (1/1) 12'

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

26 July 2019
11:55

United States	62–0	Guyana
Try: Melphy 0'c Noble 2'c Brown (3) 4'm, 9'm, 11'c Wheeler 5'm Tupuola 7'c Lachina 8'c Broselle (2) 10'm, 14'c Con: Melphy (4/6) 1', 2', 7', 8' Fuala'au (2/4) 12', 14'	Report

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

27 July 2019
11:50

Brazil	59–0	Guyana
Try: da Silva (2) 0'm, 5'c F. Sancery 2'c Giantorno 3'm Tenório 7'c Bourda-Couhet 7'c Reeves 9'c Massari 11'c Tranquez 13'c Con: Duque (2/4) 2', 5' Giantorno (1/1) 7' Reeves (4/4) 7', 9', 12', 14'	Report

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Dale Hall (Canada)

27 July 2019
12:15

United States	20–7	Chile
Try: Clark (3) 7'm, 7'm, 9'm Melphy 9'm Con: Melphy (0/4)	Report	Try: Blanc 5'c Con: Fernández (1/1) 6'

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Francisco Gonzalez (Uruguay)

27 July 2019
15:40

Chile	87–7	Guyana
Try: Urroz 0'c Brangier (3) 1'c, 11'c, 12'c Silva (4) 2'c, 6'c, 7'm, 7'c Fe. Neira 5'c Fernández 8'c Blanc (2) 9'c, 13'm Tredinick 10'c Con: Urroz (4/5) 0', 1', 6', 8' Fernández (7/8) 3', 5', 9', 9', 11', 11', 12'	Report	Try: Angus 14'c Con: Broomes (1/1) 14'

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Cisco Lopez (United States)

27 July 2019
16:05

United States	10–12	Brazil
Try: Fuala'au 3'm Clark 6'm Con: Melphy (0/2)	Report	Try: da Silva 1'm Giantorno 11'c Con: Reeves (1/1) 12' M. Duque (0/1)

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

Pool B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	96	7	+89	9	Semifinals
2	Canada	3	2	1	69	12	+57	7	Semifinals
3	Jamaica	3	1	2	14	93	−79	5	5–8th place semifinals
4	Uruguay	3	0	3	10	77	−67	3	5–8th place semifinals

Source: Lima 2019
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored; 5) draw.

26 July 2019
12:20

Canada	31–0	Uruguay
Try: Hirayama (2) 1'm, 3'm Cejvanovic (2) 5'c, 8'c Morra 10'c Con: Hirayama (3/5) 6', 9', 10'	Report

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Cisco Lopez (United States)

26 July 2019
12:45

Argentina	52–0	Jamaica
Try: Schulz 1'c Luna (2) 3'm, 4' Del Mestre 6'c Osadczuk 7'm Ulloa (2) 8'c, 11'c Vanni 14'c Con: Mare (3/4) 1', 5', 7' Ulloa (3/4) 9', 11', 14'	Report

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Francisco Gonzalez (Uruguay)

27 July 2019
12:40

Canada	31–0	Jamaica
Try: Morra 0'c Coats 3'm Duke 5'c Zaruba (2) 8'c, 11'm Con: Coats (3/4) 1', 5', 8' Kay (0/1)	Report

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Cisco Lopez (United States)

27 July 2019
13:05

Argentina	32–0	Uruguay
Try: Álvarez 1'c Del Mestre 5'm Gonzalez 6'm Mare 10'm Bazan Velez 12'm Sábato 13'm Con: Mare (1/3) 1' Ulloa (0/2) Revol (0/1)	Report

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

27 July 2019
16:30

Uruguay	10–14	Jamaica
Try: Passadore 7'm McCubbin 12'm Con: Pastore (0/1) Brazionis (0/1)	Report	Try: Caton-Brown 1'c Osborne 3'c Con: Adamson (2/2) 2', 3'

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Dale Hall (Canada)

27 July 2019
16:55

Argentina	12–7	Canada
Try: Gonzalez 10'c Bazan Velez 12'm Con: Mare (1/2) 10'	Report	Try: Zaruba 7'c Con: Hirayama (1/1) 7'

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Pualo Duarte (Portugal)

Classification round[edit]

Semi-finals		Fifth Place

28 July — 10:00 — Lima

Chile	24
		28 July — 14:15 — Lima
Uruguay	5
		Chile	50
28 July — 10:25 — Lima
		Jamaica	12
Jamaica	33

Guyana	19
		Seventh Place

		28 July — 13:50 — Lima

		Uruguay	24

		Guyana	0

5–8th place semifinals[edit]

28 July 2019
10:00

Chile	24–5	Uruguay
Try: Fe. Neira 0'm Blanc (2) 5'c, 14'c Fernández 7'm Con: Fernández (2/4) 6', 14'	Report	Try: Ardao 11'm Con: Brazionis (0/1)

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Neheun Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

28 July 2019
10:25

Jamaica	33–19	Guyana
Try: Caton-Brown 2'c Caven 3'c Facey (2) 4'c, 8'c Osborne 10'm Con: Adamson (4/5) 2', 3', 4', 8'	Report	Try: King (2) 11'c, 14'c Schroeder 12'm Con: Broomes (2/3) 11', 14'

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Cisco Lopez (United States)

Seventh place match[edit]

28 July 2019
13:50

Uruguay	24–0	Guyana
Try: Plottier 2'c Ubilla 7'c Brazionis 9'm Viñals 12'm Con: Ubilla (2/3) 3', 7' Brazionis (0/1)

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Cisco Lopez (United States)

Fifth place match[edit]

28 July 2019
14:15

Chile	50–12	Jamaica
Try: Brangier 2'c Sigren 4'm Blanc 5'm Silva (2) 7'c, 14'c Penalty try 7' Tredinick 9'm Fe. Neira 10'c Con: Fernández (2/5) 3', 7' Tredinick (2/2) 11', 14'	Report	Try: Dixon 6'c Smith 12'm Con: Adamson (1/2) 6'

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Francisco Gonzalez (Uruguay)

Medal round[edit]

Semi-finals		Final

28 July — 11:40 — Lima

Brazil	5
		28 July — 16:00 — Lima
Canada	35
		Canada	10
28 July — 12:05 — Lima
		Argentina	33
Argentina	31

United States	7
		Third Place

		28 July — 15:05 — Lima

		Brazil	19

		United States	24 (a.e.t.)

Semifinals[edit]

28 July 2019
11:40

Brazil	5–35	Canada
Try: Tranquez 2'm Con: M. Duque (0/1)	Report	Try: Berna (2) 1'c, 4'c Cejvanovic 6'c Zaruba 8'c Jones 13'c Con: Hirayama (5/5) 2', 4', 6', 8', 13'

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

28 July 2019
12:05

Argentina	31–7	United States
Try: Luna (2) 2'c, 3'c Osadczuk 6'c Álvarez 9'm Vanni 14'm Con: Mare (3/4) 2', 4', 7' Bazan Velez (0/1)	Report	Try: Clark 0'c Con: Melphy (1/1) 0'

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Francisco Gonzalez (Uruguay)

Bronze medal match[edit]

28 July 2019
15:05

Brazil	19–24 (a.e.t.)	United States
Try: Tranquez 5'c F. Sancery 7'c L. Duque 8'm Con: M. Duque (1/1) 6' L. Duque (1/1) 7' Reeves (0/1)	Report	Try: Wheeler (2) 3'c, 10'c Clark 12'm Tupuola 19' Con: Melphy (2/3) 4', 11' Drop: Melphy (0/1)

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Dale Hall (Canada)

Gold medal match[edit]

28 July 2019
16:00

Canada	10–33	Argentina
Try: Morra 0'm Duke 14'm Con: Hirayama (0/2)	Report	Try: Gonzalez (2) 2'c, 4'c Schulz 5'c Sábato 10'c Bazan Velez 12'm Con: Mare (4/5) 2', 4', 6', 11'

Villa María del Triunfo Sports Center
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

Final ranking[edit]

Rank	Team
	Argentina
	Canada
	United States
4	Brazil
5	Chile
6	Jamaica
7	Uruguay
8	Guyana

2019 Pan American Games winners
Argentina 1st title

References[edit]

^ "Rugby Sevens – Competition Schedule" (PDF). COPAL. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.

[1] "Rugby Sevens – Competition Schedule" (PDF). COPAL. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

[2] "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.

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