# Rugby sevens at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's tournament

The men's rugby sevens tournament at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Colombia. It was hosted at the Estadio Moderno in Barranquilla. The tournament was held from 1 August to 2 August 2018, starting with group matches before finishing with the medal ceremony on 2 August. The 2018 Games marked the second time that rugby sevens has been played at the Central American and Caribbean Games.

## Qualified teams

* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Venezuela

## Competition schedule

The men's rugby tournament takes place over two days:
| Date | Event |
| August 1 | Preliminaries |
| August 2 | Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals |

## Pool stage

In pool play, each team plays one match against the other three teams in the group. Three points are awarded for a win, two points - for a draw, and one point - for a loss.

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 31 | +41 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Guyana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 94 | −82 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
* 1 August 2018 14:06
| Colombia | 19–12 | Mexico |
| Try: Vanegas 7' c Garcia (2) 10' m, 11' c Con: Diosa Gomez (2/3) | Report (Barranquilla 2018) | Try: Ripoll 9' c Martinez-Elhore 15' m Con: Chavez (1/1) Rodriguez (0/1) |
* Estadio Moderno, Barranquilla Referee: Santiago Romero Beloso (Uruguay)
* 1 August 2018 14:28
| Guyana | 22–7 | Costa Rica |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla
* 1 August 2018 16:56
| Colombia | 41–5 | Costa Rica |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla
* 1 August 2018 17:18
| Guyana | 10–14 | Mexico |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla
* 1 August 2018 19:36
| Mexico | 31–0 | Costa Rica |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla
* 1 August 2018 19:58
| Colombia | 12–14 | Guyana |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Jamaica | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 58 | −24 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 72 | −50 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
* 1 August 2018 14:50
| Venezuela | 10–24 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| | Results | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla
* 1 August 2018 15:12
| Jamaica | 29–12 | Guatemala |
| | Results | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres
* 1 August 2018 17:40
| Venezuela | 24–5 | Guatemala |
| | Results | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres
* 1 August 2018 18:02
| Jamaica | 7–17 | Guyana |
| | Results | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres
* 1 August 2018 20:20
| Trinidad and Tobago | 19–5 | Guatemala |
| | Results | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres
* 1 August 2018 20:42
| Venezuela | 0–29 | Jamaica |
| | Results | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres

## Knockout stage

The knockout stages were scheduled for August 2.

### 5–8th place playoff

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 5th-place final | 5th-place final |
| 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno |
| Guatemala | 7 |
| Guatemala | 7 | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno |
| Guyana | 24 | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno |
| Guyana | 24 | Guyana | 7 |
| 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | | Guyana | 7 |
| 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | Venezuela | 28 |
| Venezuela | 29 | Venezuela | 28 |
| Costa Rica | 10 | | |
| Costa Rica | 10 | 7th Place | 7th Place |
| | | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno |
| | | Guatemala | 10 |
| | | Costa Rica | 12 |

#### Semi-finals

* 2 August 2018 16:56
| Guatemala | 7–24 | Guyana |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla
* 2 August 2018 17:18
| Costa Rica | 10–29 | Venezuela |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla

#### Seventh place

* 2 August 2018 19:02
| Guatemala | 10–12 | Costa Rica |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla

#### Fifth-place final

* 2 August 2018 19:24
| Guyana | 7–28 | Venezuela |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla

### Medal Playoff

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold-medal match | Gold-medal match |
| 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | | | |
| Colombia | 24 | | | |
| Colombia | 24 | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | | |
| Guatemala | 0 | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | |
| Guatemala | 0 | Colombia | 26 | |
| 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | | Colombia | 26 | |
| 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | Jamaica | 0 | |
| Jamaica | 15 | Jamaica | 0 | |
| Jamaica | 15 | | | | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno |
| Guyana | 10 | | | | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno |
| Guyana | 10 | | | | Colombia | 21 |
| 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | | | | | Colombia | 21 |
| 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | | | | Mexico | 14 |
| Mexico | 31 | | | | Mexico | 14 |
| Mexico | 31 | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | | | |
| Venezuela | 0 | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | | | |
| Venezuela | 0 | Mexico | 29 | | | |
| 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | | Mexico | 29 | | | |
| 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 20 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 20 | | | | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno |
| Costa Rica | 5 | | | | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno | 2 August 2018 – Estadio Moderno |
| Costa Rica | 5 | | | | Jamaica | 26 |
| | | | | | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 |

#### Quarter-finals

* 2 August 2018 14:10
| Colombia | 24–0 | Guatemala |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla
* 2 August 2018 14:32
| Jamaica | 15–10 | Guyana |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla
* 2 August 2018 14:54
| Mexico | 31–0 | Venezuela |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla
* 2 August 2018 15:16
| Trinidad and Tobago | 20–5 | Costa Rica |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla

#### Semi-finals

* 2 August 2018 17:40
| Colombia | 26–0 | Jamaica |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla
* 2 August 2018 18:02
| Mexico | 29–5 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla

#### Bronze-medal match

* 2 August 2018 20:08
| Jamaica | 26–5 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla

#### Gold-medal match

* 2 August 2018 20:52
| Colombia | 21–14 | Mexico |
| | Report | |
* Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Avg points | Tries | Avg tries |
| | Colombia | 6 | 143 | 23.83 | 23 | 3.83 |
| | Mexico | 6 | 131 | 21.83 | 21 | 3.50 |
| | Jamaica | 6 | 106 | 17.67 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 90 | 15.00 | 16 | 2.67 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 6 | 91 | 15.17 | 15 | 2.50 |
| 6 | Guyana | 6 | 87 | 14.50 | 15 | 2.50 |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 6 | 39 | 6.50 | 7 | 1.17 |
| 8 | Guatemala | 6 | 39 | 6.50 | 7 | 1.17 |