| Rugby Sevens at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Venue | City of Manchester Stadium | ||||||
| Location | Manchester, England | ||||||
| Dates | 2 to 4 August 2002 | ||||||
| Nations | 16 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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Rugby sevens at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was the second appearance of Rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games.[1]
The rugby sevens competition was held at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England, from 2 to 4 August 2002.[2][3]
The gold medal was won by New Zealand who defeated Fiji in the final.[4][5]
Medallists
Pool stage
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 19 | +101 | 9 |
 Canada |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 7 |
 Scotland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 5 |
 Niue |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 151 | −141 | 3 |
Source:
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Africa |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 24 | +103 | 9 |
 Wales |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 36 | +62 | 7 |
 Tonga |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 69 | 0 | 5 |
 Sri Lanka |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 184 | −165 | 3 |
Source:
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 31 | +45 | 9 |
 Samoa |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 52 | +18 | 5 |
 Kenya |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 5 |
 Cook Islands |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 79 | −48 | 5 |
Source:
Pool D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 12 | +121 | 9 |
 Fiji |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 160 | 19 | +141 | 7 |
 Malaysia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 135 | −90 | 5 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 179 | −172 | 3 |
Source:
Knockout stages
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold-medal match | ||||||||
| 03 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 24 | |||||||||
| 04 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| Wales | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 31 | |||||||||
| 03 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
| 04 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| Australia | 10 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 33 | |||||||||
| 03 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 15 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 7 | |||||||||
| 04 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| England | 5 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 17 | |||||||||
| 03 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 7 | Bronze-medal match | ||||||||
| South Africa | 17 | |||||||||
| 04 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| Canada | 12 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 19 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
Plate
For teams knocked out of the Cup quarter finals
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 04 August – Manchester | ||||||
| Australia | 7 | |||||
| 04 August – Manchester | ||||||
| Wales | 5 | |||||
| England | 36 | |||||
| 04 August – Manchester | ||||||
| Australia | 12 | |||||
| England | 29 | |||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Bowl Final | ||||||||
| 03 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| Scotland | 57 | |||||||||
| 04 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 0 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 26 | |||||||||
| 03 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands | 7 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands | 52 | |||||||||
| 04 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | 0 | |||||||||
| Scotland | 40 | |||||||||
| 03 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| Tonga | 26 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 40 | |||||||||
| 04 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 41 | |||||||||
| 03 August – Manchester | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 10 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 59 | |||||||||
| Niue | 5 | |||||||||
References
- "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "'Stage set for Manchester to lay on feast of sport'". The Times. 25 July 2002. p. 36 – via Times Digital Archive.
- "What's on in England's biggest sporting event for more than half a century". Fleetwood Weekly New. 2 January 2002. p. 29. Retrieved 7 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "2002 Manchester". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- "Statistics". BBC. 2 August 2002. Retrieved 14 March 2026.