Rugby sevens at the 2009 World Games
# Rugby sevens at the 2009 World Games

Rugby union, specifically in the sevens format, was introduced as a World Games sport for men at the 2001 World Games in Akita. Fiji entered the 2009 games as the two time defending gold medalists. Held on July 24 and 25 of 2009 in Taiwan, Fiji clinched gold for the 3rd time in front of a crowd of 39,000. The Fijian win preserves Fiji as the only nation to ever capture gold at the games. Represented were South Africa (the reigning IRB Sevens World Series Champions), Portugal (the reigning European Sevens Champions), Argentina (the reigning USA Sevens Champions), Fiji (the reigning World Games gold medalists), and Chinese Taipei (the host nation). The USA was the biggest disappointment of Day 1 going 0–3 having been expected to compete for a medal. The biggest surprise of the event was Portugal finding their way into the gold-medal match and coming away with the Silver Medal.

## Teams

8 Teams took part in this tournament:

* Argentina
* Fiji
* Hong Kong
* Japan
* Portugal
* South Africa
* Chinese Taipei
* United States

## Pools

### Pool A

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/-  South Africa 3300621250  Portugal 3201461927 Chinese Taipei 31022765−38  United States 30033170−39

### Pool B

    Team Pld W D L PF PA +/-  Argentina 3300631251  Fiji 3201523715  Japan 31023539−4  Hong Kong 30031577−62

## Fixtures

### Day 2

**Quarter-finals**

* Argentina 19–12 USA
* Portugal 17–0 Japan
* Fiji 28–5 Chinese Taipei
* South Africa 39–0 Hong Kong

**Semifinals**

**Losers Bracket**

* Chinese Taipei 17–12 Hong Kong
* USA 29–24 Japan

**Semifinals**

**Medals Bracket**

* Portugal 19–12 Argentina
* Fiji 21–7 South Africa

**Finals**

**7th-place match**

* Japan 20–5 Hong Kong

**Finals**

**5th-place match**

* USA 21–19 Chinese Taipei

**Finals**

**Bronze-medal match**

* South Africa 17–0 Argentina

**Finals**

**Gold-medal match**

* Fiji 43–10 Portugal
