Samoa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Samoa at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	SAM
NOC	Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	17 in 4 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Samoa participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Boxing	3	0	3
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Weightlifting	0	1	1
Total	15	2	17

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jil Walter	Girls' Individual	590	30	Himani (IND) L 1–7	did not advance				17

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jil Walter (SAM)  Feng Hao (CHN)	Mixed team	1278	27	Sliachticas Caetano (BRA)  Roos (BEL) L 2–6	did not advance				17

Boxing

Samoa qualified 3 boys based on its performance at Oceania Boxing Championship in Apia, Samoa.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jancen Poutoa	-75 kg	Jiménez (VEN) W 5–0	—	Douibi (ALG) L 0–5	Jongjohor (THA) L 0-5	4
Malcolm Matthes	-91 kg	Mikušťák (CZE) L 0–5	Hacid (ALG) L 0-5	Did not advance	Salgado (CHI) L 1-4	6
Vaisilika Tuigamala	+91 kg	Chuol (CAN) L 0–5	Toibay (KAZ) L WO	Did not advance	Dennis (AUS) NC	6

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Argentina	5	5	0	0	180	38	+142	15
2	France	5	4	0	1	111	65	+46	13
3	Japan	5	2	1	2	74	103	−29	10
4	South Africa	5	2	0	3	79	84	−5	9
5	United States	5	0	2	3	67	120	−53	7
6	Samoa	5	0	1	4	48	149	−101	6

Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

13 October 2018 14:15

Argentina	50–7	Samoa
Try: Costa 2'c Mendy 4'm Quetglas 5'c Roger 7'm Moneta (2) 8'c, 14'c Graziano 10'c Hernández 11'm Con: Roger (3/5) 3', 5', 9' Elicagaray (2/3) 10', 14'	Report	Try: Tuitama 1'c Con: Sepulona (1/1) 1'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

13 October 2018 16:45

United States	24–24	Samoa
Try: Al-Jiboori (2) 0'c, 3'm Waqavesi (2) 10'c, 12'm Con: Mahe (1/2) 1' Rodriguez (1/2) 10'	Report	Try: Onosai 4'm Ionatana (2) 6'c, 7'c Tusigaigoa 7'c Con: Sepulona (2/4) 6', 7'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

14 October 2018 10:05

Japan	29–0	Samoa
Try: Fujii (3) 0'm, 1'm, 4'c Konishi 10'c Nakanishi 13'm Con: Yamada (2/5) 5', 10'	Report

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

14 October 2018 13:10

France	15–10	Samoa
Try: Peysson 1'm Trouabal 8'm Dulon 14'm Con: Germain (0/1) Tiberghien (0/1) Bellot (0/1)	Report	Try: Tuitama 2'm Fuiono 7'm Con: Sepulona (0/2)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

15 October 2018 11:05

South Africa	31–7	Samoa
Try: Hattingh 1'c Rose 7' Pretorius 7'm Kellerman 9'c Manyike 11'm Con: Hattingh (1/1) 2' Rose (2/4) 7', 10'	Report	Try: Lonetona Tautala 5' Con: Sepulona (1/1) 5'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

Fifth place game

15 October 2018 11:55

United States	24–14	Samoa
Try: Mahe 7'c Neff 9'c Green 12'm Rodriguez 14'm Con: Kruse (2/4) 7', 9'	Report	Try: Ionatona (2) 0'c, 5'c Con: Sepulona (2/2) 1', 6'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Samoa was given a quota by the tripartite committee to compete in weightlifting.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lesila Fiapule	Girls' +63 kg	NM		DNF

References

1. "Universality Places Selected (Weightlifting)" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.