# Rugby sevens at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games

Rugby sevens at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games was held in Port Vila, Vanuatu at the Korman Stadium, from 8 to 9 December 2017. There was no women's tournament for this sport at these games. The competition also doubled as the final Oceania qualifying spot to the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco.
Samoa edged Fiji to win the gold medal. Tonga beat the Solomon Islands for the bronze medal. Since Fiji and Samoa had already qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, the final World Cup spot went to Tonga.

## Participating teams

Twelve teams were initially expected to compete in the competition. Tahiti withdrew at the last minute due to the French Polynesian government's decision to boycott the games.
* Fiji
* Nauru
* New Caledonia
* Niue
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tuvalu
* Tonga
* Vanuatu (Host)
* Wallis and Futuna

## Pool Stage
### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Fiji | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 5 | +144 | 12 |
| Solomon Islands | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 58 | +13 | 10 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 69 | –33 | 8 |
| Niue | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 91 | –66 | 6 |
| Tuvalu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 87 | –61 | 4 |
Source:
* 8 December
| New Caledonia | 17–5 | Niue |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Solomon Islands | 26–14 | Tuvalu |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Fiji | 43–0 | New Caledonia |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Niue | 15–12 | Tuvalu |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Solomon Islands | 21–10 | New Caledonia |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Fiji | 43–0 | Niue |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Fiji | 29–5 | Solomon Islands |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| New Caledonia | 12–0 | Tuvalu |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Fiji | 34–0 | Tuvalu |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Solomon Islands | 19–5 | Niue |
* Korman Stadium

### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Samoa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 15 | +139 | 12 |
| Tonga | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 31 | +75 | 10 |
| Nauru | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 90 | –30 | 8 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 129 | –84 | 6 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 132 | –100 | 4 |
Source:
* 8 December
| Tonga | 33–0 | Wallis and Futuna |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Nauru | 24–12 | Vanuatu |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Samoa | 24–5 | Tonga |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Vanuatu | 26–17 | Wallis and Futuna |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Tonga | 32–0 | Nauru |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Samoa | 42–5 | Wallis and Futuna |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Tonga | 36–7 | Vanuatu |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Samoa | 36–5 | Nauru |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Samoa | 52–0 | Vanuatu |
* Korman Stadium
* 8 December
| Nauru | 31–10 | Wallis and Futuna |
* Korman Stadium

## Knockout stage
### Ninth–place playoff

* 9 December
| Wallis and Futuna | 19–14 | Tuvalu |
* Korman Stadium

### Plate Pool

* 9 December
| New Caledonia | 24–0 | Vanuatu |
* Korman Stadium
* 9 December
| Niue | 15–0 | Nauru |
* Korman Stadium

#### Seventh-place playoff

* 9 December
| Vanuatu | 12–7 | Niue |
* Korman Stadium

#### Fifth-place playoff

* 9 December
| New Caledonia | 17–12 | Nauru |
* Korman Stadium

### Cup Semi-finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | Cup Final |
| 9 December | 9 December |
| Samoa | 33 |
| Samoa | 33 | 9 December | 9 December |
| Solomon Islands | 0 | 9 December | 9 December |
| Solomon Islands | 0 | Samoa | 14 |
| 9 December | 9 December | | Samoa | 14 |
| 9 December | 9 December | Fiji | 7 |
| Fiji | 41 | Fiji | 7 |
| Tonga | 7 | | |
| Tonga | 7 | 3rd Place | 3rd Place |
| | | 9 December | 9 December |
| | | Tonga | 24 |
| | | Solomon Islands | 19 |

## Final rankings

* Legend
* Championship final
* Qualified for 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
| Rank | Team |
| | Samoa |
| | Fiji |
| | Tonga |
| 4 | Solomon Islands |
| 5 | New Caledonia |
| 6 | Nauru |
| 7 | Vanuatu |
| 8 | Niue |
| 9 | Wallis and Futuna |
| 10 | Tuvalu |
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