Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games

Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 11 to 12. 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. This was the second time that the men's competition will be held, following rugby sevens' debut at the 2011 Games, with women's rugby sevens making its debut. A total of eight men's and six women's teams competed in each respective tournament.

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the rugby sevens competitions:

PPreliminaries¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsB3rd place play-offFFinal Event↓/Date → Sat 11 Sun 12 MenP ¼ ½ BF WomenP P BF

Medal table

Medalists Men's tournament Sean WhiteAdmir CejvanovicMike FuailefauJohn MoonlightConor TrainorSean DukePhil MackJustin DouglasNathan HirayamaLucas HammondHarry JonesMatthew Mullins Fernando LunaSantiago AlvarezGerman SchulzNicolas BruzzoneEmiliano BoffelliGastón RevolBautista EzcurraRodrigo EtchartFranco SabatoJuan TuculetRamiro FincoAxel Muller Aranda Carlin IslesPatrick BlairBrett ThompsonGarrett BenderMike Te'oStephen TomasinWill HolderBen LeatigagaNate AugspurgerMadison HughesPerry BakerMartin Iosefo Brittany BennKayla MoleschiKaren PaquinKelly RussellAshley SteacySara KaljuveeJen KishNadejda PopovGhislaine LandryHannah DarlingMagali HarveyNatasha Watcham-Roy Megan BonnyKelly GriffinJoanne Fa'avesiLeyla KelterRichelle StephensLauren DoyleKristen ThomasHannah LopezMelissa FowlerIrene GardnerKate ZackaryKathryn Johnson Juliana Esteves dos SantosBruna LotufoBeatriz Futuro MuhlbauerEdna SantiniPaula IshibashiIsadora CerulloClaudia Lopes TelesHaline Leme ScatrutAngelica Pereira GevaerdMaira Bravo BehrendtRaquel KochhannMariana 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.

Men EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation1Qualified automatically 22014 South American GamesMarch 8–9 Santiago12014 NACRA SevensDecember 3–4 Mexico City22015 Mar del Plata Sevens January 10–11 Mar del Plata2 Total 8

Women EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost Nation1Qualified automatically 12014 South American GamesMarch 8–9 Santiago12014 NACRA Women's SevensDecember 3–4 Mexico City12015 Mar del Plata Sevens January 10–11 Mar del Plata2 Total 6

Participating nations A total of nine countries have qualified rugby sevens teams. The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants qualified.

See also Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References