Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pan American Games

Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara from October 29 to October 30 at the Tlaquepaque Stadium. This was the first appearance for rugby sevens at the Pan American Games. The sport is one of two sports being contested just by men, the other being baseball.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists Men's rugby sevens Nanyak DalaSean DukeMatt EvansSean WhiteCiaran HearnNathan HirayamaTyler ArdronPhil MackJohn Moonlight Taylor ParisMike ScholzConor Trainor Gabriel AscarateSantiago BottiniNicolas BruzzoneFrancisco CuneoManuel GutierrezJoaquin LucchetiJose MerelloManuel MonteroRamiro MoyanoHernan OlivariJavier Ortega DesioDiego Palma Mark BokhovenColin HawleyRocco MauerFolau NiuaMilemoti PuluNu'u PunimataBlaine ScullyRoland SuniulaShalom SuniulaZack TestPeter TiberioMaka Unufe

Qualification The top 5 ranked teams qualified automatically, along with hosts Mexico and the winners of the North American and South American sevens competition.

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation – –1Seeded by ranking.Qualification standards 5 2010 NACRA Men's Sevens tournamentJuly 29–30, 2010 Georgetown12011 CONSUR Sevens tournamentFebruary 5–6, 2011 Bento Gonçalves1 TOTAL 8

Venue The rugby sevens competition will be held at the newly built Tlaquepaque Stadium. The stadium can hold about 1,300 people.

Preliminary round All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

Group A

Group B

Elimination stage

Quarterfinals

Fifth to eighth place

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standings RankTeamRecord 6 – 0 – 0 5 – 0 – 1 3 – 1 – 24 3 – 0 – 35 2 – 0 – 46 1 – 0 – 57 2 – 1 – 38 1 – 0 – 5

See also Rugby sevens at the Pan American Games

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