Rugby sevens at the World Games 2009

World Games 2009
Rugby Sevens
Host Chinese Taipei Kaohsiung
Dates July 24–25, 2009
Teams 8
Podium
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  Portugal
Third place  South Africa
Fourth place  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

Pools[2]

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/-
 South Africa 3300621250
 Portugal 3201461927
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 31022765−38
 United States 30033170−39

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/-
 Argentina 3300631251
 Fiji 3201523715
 Japan 31023539−4
 Hong Kong 30031577−62

Fixtures[3]

Day 1

Pool A

  • South Africa 29–0 Chinese Taipei
  • Portugal 22–7 USA
  • South Africa 7–5 Portugal
  • Chinese Taipei 22–17 USA
  • South Africa 26–7 USA
  • Portugal 19–5 Chinese Taipei

Pool B

  • Fiji 26–10 Hong Kong
  • Argentina 15–5 Japan
  • Fiji 19–10 Japan
  • Argentina 31–0 Hong Kong
  • Argentina 17–7 Fiji
  • Japan 20–5 Hong Kong

Day 2

Quarter Finals

Semifinals

Losers Bracket
Medals Bracket

Finals

7th Place Match
5th Place Match
Bronze Medal Match
Gold Medal Match

References

  1. ↑ World Games Day 2: Fiji cruise to Gold Medal | Ultimate Rugby Sevens – The Online Home for Everything Rugby 7s. Ur7s.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-24.
  2. ↑ Winless at World Games. Americanrugbynews.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-24.
  3. ↑ Fixtures Day Two World Games » Rugby World Cup News. Therugbyworldcup.co.uk (2007-09-09). Retrieved on 2010-12-24.
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