Rugby sevens at the 2009 World Games
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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.[1] 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:
Pools
Source:[2]
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Africa |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 12 | 50 |
| 2 |  Portugal |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 19 | 27 |
| 3 |  Chinese Taipei |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 65 | −38 |
| 4 |  United States |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 70 | −39 |
Pool B
Source:[3]
Knockout stage
5th to 8th playoffs
| 5th place semifinals | 5th place final | |||||
| 25 July – Kaohsiung National Stadium | ||||||
| United States | 29 | |||||
| 25 July – Kaohsiung National Stadium | ||||||
 Japan | 24 | |||||
| United States | 21 | |||||
| 25 July – Kaohsiung National Stadium | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 19 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 17 | |||||
 Hong Kong | 12 | |||||
| 7th place final | ||||||
| 25 July – Kaohsiung National Stadium | ||||||
| Japan | 20 | |||||
| Hong Kong | 5 | |||||
Medal
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 25 July – Kaohsiung National Stadium | ||||||||||
 Argentina | 19 | |||||||||
| 25 July – Kaohsiung National Stadium | ||||||||||
| United States | 12 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 12 | |||||||||
| 25 July – Kaohsiung National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 19 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 17 | |||||||||
| 25 July – Kaohsiung National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 10 | |||||||||
| 25 July – Kaohsiung National Stadium | ||||||||||
 Fiji | 43 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 28 | |||||||||
| 25 July – Kaohsiung National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 21 | |||||||||
| 25 July– Kaohsiung National Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 7 | Bronze final | ||||||||
| South Africa | 39 | |||||||||
| 25 July – Kaohsiung National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 17 | |||||||||