Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Rugby sevens at the XVII Pan American Games
Rugby union pictogram.svg
Venues Exhibition Stadium
Dates July 11–12, 2015
Competitors 168 from 9 nations
Rugby sevens at the
2015 Pan American Games
Rugby union pictogram.svg
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games was held in Toronto, Canada from July 11 to 12.[1] The rugby sevens competition was held at BMO Field, although due to naming rights, the venue was known as Exhibition Stadium for the duration of the games.[2] This was the second time that the men's competition was held, following rugby sevens's debut at the 2011 Games, with women's rugby sevens making its debut.[3] A total of eight men's and six women's teams competed in each respective tournament.[4]

Competition schedule

BMO Field (Exhibition Stadium) in Toronto was the venue for the rugby sevens competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the rugby sevens competitions:[5]


P Preliminaries ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B 3rd place play-off F Final
Event↓/Date → Sat 11 Sun 12
Men P ¼ ½ B F
Women P P B F

Medal tables

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Canada (CAN) 2 0 0 2
2  United States (USA) 0 1 1 2
3  Argentina (ARG) 0 1 0 1
4  Brazil (BRA) 0 0 1 1
Total 2 2 2 6

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
details
 Canada (CAN)
Sean White
Admir Cejvanovic
Michel Fuailefau
John Moonlight
Conor Trainor
Sean Duke
Phil Mack
Justin Douglas
Nathan Hirayama
Lucas Hammond
Harry Jones
Matthews Mullins
 Argentina (ARG)
Fernando Luna
Santiago Alvarez
German Schulz
Nicolas Bruzzone
Emiliano Boffelli
Gastón Revol
Bautista Ezcurra
Rodrigo Etchart
Franco Sabato
Juan Tuculet
Ramiro Finco
Axel Muller Aranda
 United States (USA)
Carlin Isles
Patrick Blair
Brett Thompson
Garrett Bender
Mike Te'o
Stephen Tomasin
Will Holder
Ben Leatigaga
Nate Augspurger
Madison Hughes
Perry Baker
Martin Iosefo
Women's tournament
details
 Canada (CAN)
Brittany Benn
Kayla Moleschi
Karen Paquin
Kelly Russell
Ashley Steacy
Sara Kaljuvee
Jen Kish
Nadejda Popov
Ghislaine Landry
Hannah Darling
Magali Harvey
Natasha Watcham-Roy
 United States (USA)
Megan Bony
Kelly Griffin
Joanne Fa'avesi
Leyla Kelter
Richelle Stephens
Lauren Doyle
Kristen Thomas
Hannah Lopez
Melissa Flower
Irene Gardner
Kate Zackary
Kathryn Johnson
 Brazil (BRA)
Juliana Esteves dos Santos
Bruna Lotufo
Beatriz Futuro Muhlbauer
Edna Santini
Paula Ishibashi
Isadora Cerullo
Claudia Lopes Teles
Haline Leme Scatrut
Angelica Pereira Gevaerd
Maria Bravo Behrendt
Raquel Kochhann
Mariana Barbosa Ramalho

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams and six women's team have qualified to compete at the games. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (12 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 24 athletes.[6]

Men

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
Qualified automatically N/A N/A 2  Argentina
 United States
2014 South American Games March 8–9 Chile Santiago 1  Uruguay
2014 NACRA Sevens December 3–4 Mexico Mexico City 2  Guyana
 Mexico
2015 Mar del Plata Sevens January 10–11 Argentina Mar del Plata 2  Brazil
 Chile
Total 8

Women

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host Nation N/A N/A 1  Canada
Qualified automatically N/A N/A 1  United States
2014 South American Games March 8–9 Chile Santiago 1  Brazil
2014 NACRA Sevens December 3–4 Mexico Mexico City 1  Mexico
2015 Mar del Plata Sevens January 10–11 Argentina Mar del Plata 2  Argentina
 Colombia
Total 6

Participating nations

A total of nine countries have qualified rugby sevens teams.[7] The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants qualified.

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See also