Touch rugby was introduced to the Pacific Games in 2003 at Suva in Fiji.[1] It is an optional sport for the Pacific Games program,[2] and the tournaments include men's, women's and mixed competitions.[3] The first touch rugby tournament at the Pacific Mini Games was played in the Cook Islands in 2009.
Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Ref | |||||||
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Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
2003 | Suva |
Fiji | 6–5 | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | medal playoffs |
Tuvalu | [4] [5] | |||
2007 | Apia |
Fiji | 6–4 | Samoa | Papua New Guinea | 5–4 | Cook Islands | [6] [7] | |||
2015 | Port Moresby |
Papua New Guinea | 8–7 | Samoa | Cook Islands | 18–4 | Solomon Islands | [8] | |||
2019 | Apia |
Papua New Guinea | 12–11 | Samoa | Fiji | 9–6 | Cook Islands | ||||
2023 | Honiara |
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Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Ref | |||||||
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Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
2003 | Suva |
No women's competition on programme | |||||||||
2007 | Apia |
Cook Islands | 4–1 | Samoa | Papua New Guinea | 7–6 | Niue | [9] [7] | |||
2015 | Port Moresby |
Papua New Guinea | 6–2 | Samoa | Cook Islands | 11–2 | Kiribati | [8] | |||
2019 | Apia |
Papua New Guinea | 9–4 | Samoa | Fiji | 6–5 | Cook Islands | ||||
2023 | Honiara |
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Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Ref | |||||||
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Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
2003 | Suva |
Fiji | 9–8 | Cook Islands | Samoa | medal playoffs |
Niue | [10] [5] | |||
2007 | Apia |
Samoa | 7–6 | Cook Islands | Papua New Guinea | 5–4 | Niue | [11] [7] | |||
2015 | Port Moresby |
Samoa | 9–7 | Papua New Guinea | Cook Islands | 10–3 | Tonga | ||||
2019 | Apia |
Papua New Guinea | 10–9 | Samoa | Cook Islands | 10–7 | Fiji | ||||
2023 | Honiara |
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Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
2 | Fiji (FIJ) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
3 | Samoa (SAM) | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
4 | Cook Islands (COK) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Totals (4 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Ref | |||||||
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Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
2009 | Rarotonga |
Cook Islands | 9–4 | Fiji | Samoa | [12] [13] |
Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Ref | |||||||
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Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
2009 | Rarotonga |
Samoa | 5–4 | Cook Islands | Niue | [12] [13] |
Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Ref | |||||||
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Gold medal | Score | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
2009 | Rarotonga |
Cook Islands | 8–7 (a.e.t.) |
Fiji | Papua New Guinea | [13] [14] |