# Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pan American Games

Rugby sevens at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara from October 29 to October 30 at the Tlaquepaque Stadium. This was the first appearance for rugby sevens at the Pan American Games. The sport is one of two sports being contested just by men, the other being baseball.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's rugby sevens | Canada Nanyak Dala Sean Duke Matt Evans Sean White Ciaran Hearn Nathan Hirayama Tyler Ardon Phil Mack John Moonlight Taylor Paris Mike Scholz Conor Trainor | Argentina Gabriel Ascarate Santiago Bottini Nicolas Bruzzone Francisco Cuneo Manuel Gutierrez Joaquin Luccheti Jose Merello Manuel Montero Ramiro Moyano Hernan Olivari Javier Ortega Desio Diego Palma | United States Mark Bokhoven Colin Hawley Rocco Mauer Folau Niua Milemoti Pulu Nu'u Punimata Blaine Scully Roland Suniula Shalom Suniula Zack Test Peter Tiberio Maka Unufe |

## Qualification

The top 5 ranked teams qualified automatically, along with hosts Mexico and the winners of the North American and South American sevens competition.
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Mexico |
| Seeded by ranking. | | | 5 | Argentina Canada Chile United States Uruguay |
| 2010 NACRA Men's Sevens tournament | July 29–30, 2010 | Georgetown | 1 | Guyana |
| 2011 CONSUR Sevens tournament | February 5–6, 2011 | Bento Gonçalves | 1 | Brazil |
| TOTAL | | | 8 | |

## Venue

The rugby sevens competition will be held at the newly built Tlaquepaque Stadium. The stadium can hold about 1,300 people.

## Preliminary round

All times are Central Daylight Time (UTC-5)

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 15 | +77 | 12 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 9 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 65 | −53 | 6 |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 60 | −50 | 3 |
* October 29, 2011 11:50
| Argentina | 26 – 5 | Mexico |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 29, 2011 12:15
| Uruguay | 20 – 0 | Guyana |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 29, 2011 14:00
| Argentina | 40 – 0 | Guyana |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 29, 2011 14:25
| Uruguay | 22 – 0 | Mexico |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 29, 2011 16:05
| Argentina | 26 – 10 | Uruguay |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 29, 2011 16:30
| Guyana | 12 – 5 | Mexico |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 28 | +81 | 12 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 7 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 71 | −38 | 7 |
| Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 63 | −42 | 3 |
* October 29, 2011 11:00
| United States | 14 – 7 | Chile |
| Tries: Unufe, Mauer Con: Niua (2/2) | Report | Tries: Ianiszeswcki Con: Herrera (1/1) |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 29, 2011 11:25
| Canada | 45 – 0 | Brazil |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 29, 2011 13:10
| United States | 19 – 19 | Brazil |
| Tries: Unufe (2), Pulu Con: Niua (2/3) | Report | Tries: Portugal, Cogliandro, Silva Con: Duque (2/3) |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 29, 2011 13:35
| Canada | 35 – 7 | Chile |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 29, 2011 15:15
| United States | 21 – 29 | Canada |
| Tries: Bokhoven, Pulu, Niua Con: Niua (3/3) | Report | Tries: Dala, Duke (2), Mack, Hearn Con: Hirayama (2/5) |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 29, 2011 15:40
| Brazil | 14 – 7 | Chile |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara

## Elimination stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| October 30 9:30 — Guadalajara | October 30 9:30 — Guadalajara | | | |
| Argentina | 21 | | | |
| Argentina | 21 | October 30 12:00 — Guadalajara | October 30 12:00 — Guadalajara | | |
| Chile | 5 | October 30 12:00 — Guadalajara | October 30 12:00 — Guadalajara | |
| Chile | 5 | Argentina | 17 | |
| October 30 9:25 — Guadalajara | October 30 9:25 — Guadalajara | | Argentina | 17 | |
| October 30 9:25 — Guadalajara | October 30 9:25 — Guadalajara | Uruguay | 5 | |
| Brazil | 0 | Uruguay | 5 | |
| Brazil | 0 | | | | October 30 15:00 — Guadalajara | October 30 15:00 — Guadalajara |
| Uruguay | 7 | | | | October 30 15:00 — Guadalajara | October 30 15:00 — Guadalajara |
| Uruguay | 7 | | | | Argentina | 24 |
| October 30 9:50 — Guadalajara | October 30 9:50 — Guadalajara | | | | | Argentina | 24 |
| October 30 9:50 — Guadalajara | October 30 9:50 — Guadalajara | | | | Canada | 26 |
| Guyana | 12 | | | | Canada | 26 |
| Guyana | 12 | October 30 12:25 — Guadalajara | October 30 12:25 — Guadalajara | | | |
| United States | 24 | October 30 12:25 — Guadalajara | October 30 12:25 — Guadalajara | | | |
| United States | 24 | United States | 19 | | | |
| October 30 10:15 — Guadalajara | October 30 10:15 — Guadalajara | | United States | 19 | | | |
| October 30 10:15 — Guadalajara | October 30 10:15 — Guadalajara | Canada | 21 | | Third place | Third place |
| Canada | 45 | Canada | 21 | | Third place | Third place |
| Canada | 45 | | | | October 30 14:30 — Guadalajara | October 30 14:30 — Guadalajara |
| Mexico | 0 | | | | October 30 14:30 — Guadalajara | October 30 14:30 — Guadalajara |
| Mexico | 0 | | | | Uruguay | 17 |
| | | | | | United States | 19 |

### Quarterfinals

* October 30, 2011 9:00
| Argentina | 21 – 5 | Chile |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 30, 2011 9:25
| Brazil | 0 – 7 | Uruguay |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 30, 2011 9:50
| Guyana | 12 – 24 | United States |
| Tries:McKenzie, Gonsalves Cons:Gonsalves (1/2) | Report | Tries:Scully, Niua (2), Mauer Cons:Niua (2/4) |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 30, 2011 10:15
| Canada | 45 – 0 | Mexico |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara

### Fifth to eighth place

* October 30, 2011 11:10
| Chile | 19 – 14 | Brazil |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 30, 2011 11:35
| Guyana | 7 – 14 | Mexico |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara

### Seventh place match

* October 30, 2011 13:30
| Brazil | 26 – 7 | Guyana |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara

### Fifth place match

* October 30, 2011 13:55
| Chile | 22 – 0 | Mexico |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara

### Semifinals

* October 30, 2011 12:00
| Argentina | 17 – 5 | Uruguay |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* October 30, 2011 12:25
| United States | 19 – 21 | Canada |
| Tries: Scully, Unufe, Suniula Cons: Niua (2/3) | Report | Tries: Duke, Mack, Hearn Cons: Hirayama (3/3) |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara

### Bronze medal match

* October 30, 2011 14:30
| Uruguay | 17 – 19 | United States |
| Tries: Ormaechea (2) Cons: Berchesi (1/2) | Report | Tries: Pulu, Punimata, Unufe Cons: Niua (2/2) |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara

### Gold medal match

* October 30, 2011 15:00
| Argentina | 24 – 26 | Canada |
| | Report | |
* Tlaquepaque Stadium, Guadalajara
* 2011 Pan American Games champion
* Canada 1st title

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Canada | 6 – 0 – 0 |
| | Argentina | 5 – 0 – 1 |
| | United States | 3 – 1 – 2 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 3 – 0 – 3 |
| 5 | Chile | 2 – 0 – 4 |
| 6 | Mexico | 1 – 0 – 5 |
| 7 | Brazil | 2 – 1 – 3 |
| 8 | Guyana | 1 – 0 – 5 |