Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament

Rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venues	Exhibition Stadium
Dates	July 11–12, 2015
Competitors	72 from 6 nations
Medalists
Canada    United States    Brazil
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The women's tournament of rugby sevens at the 2015 Pan American Games was held in Toronto, Ontario, 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] Women's rugby sevens was making its debut in the Pan American Games.^[3] A total of six teams competed in the tournament.^[4]

Qualification

A total of six women's teams qualified to compete at the games (12 athletes per team).^[5]

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

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's tournament	Canada 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 Megan Bonny Kelly Griffin Joanne Fa'avesi Leyla Kelter Richelle Stephens Lauren Doyle Kristen Thomas Hannah Lopez Melissa Fowler Irene Gardner Kate Zackary Kathryn Johnson	Brazil Juliana Esteves dos Santos Bruna Lotufo Beatriz Futuro Muhlbauer Edna Santini Paula Ishibashi Isadora Cerullo Claudia Lopes Teles Haline Leme Scatrut Angelica Pereira Gevaerd Maira Bravo Behrendt Raquel Kochhann Mariana Barbosa Ramalho

Tournament

Preliminary stage

Pool Play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	5	5	0	0	230	12	+218	15	Qualified for gold-medal match
United States	5	4	0	1	203	48	+155	13
Brazil	5	3	0	2	115	67	+48	11	Qualified for bronze-medal match
Argentina	5	1	1	3	57	131	−74	8
Colombia	5	1	1	3	29	148	−119	8
Mexico	5	0	0	5	24	252	−228	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

11 July 2015 10:05

Canada	55–0	Colombia
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11 July 2015 10:27

United States	26–7	Brazil
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11 July 2015 10:49

Mexico	5–40	Argentina
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11 July 2015 12:49

United States	40–0	Colombia
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11 July 2015 13:11

Brazil	22–5	Argentina
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11 July 2015 13:33

Canada	60–0	Mexico
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11 July 2015 17:33

Argentina	7–54	United States
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11 July 2015 17:55

Canada	36–0	Brazil
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11 July 2015 18:17

Colombia	24–19	Mexico
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12 July 2015 10:05

Argentina	0–45	Canada
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12 July 2015 10:27

Colombia	0–29	Brazil
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12 July 2015 10:49

Mexico	0–71	United States
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12 July 2015 12:49

Argentina	5–5	Colombia
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12 July 2015 13:11

Brazil	57–0	Mexico
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12 July 2015 13:33

Canada	34–12	United States
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Fifth Place Game

12 July 2015 17:33

Mexico	17–17	Colombia
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Bronze Medal Game

12 July 2015 17:55

Brazil	29–0	Argentina
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

Gold Medal Game

12 July 2015 18:20

United States	7–55	Canada
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Exhibition Stadium, Toronto

2015 Pan American Games champion
Canada 1st title

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record
	Canada	6–0–0
	United States	4–0–2
	Brazil	4–0–2
4	Argentina	1–1–4
5	Colombia	1–2–3
	Mexico	0–1–5

References

1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
2. "Exhibition Stadium". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
3. "First Chance at Pan Am Games Tickets Starts Now". toronto2015.org. TO2015. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
4. "Rugby Sevens". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
5. "Sport Technical Manual Rugby sevens". scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.