2018 Oceania Sevens Championship

Rugby sevens tournament

2018 Oceania Sevens Championship

Host nation|  Fiji
Date| 9–10 November
Cup
Champion|  Fiji
Runner-up|  New Zealand
Third|  Samoa
Tournament details
Matches played| 31

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The 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship was the eleventh Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 9–10 November.[1] Host nation Fiji won the tournament, defeating New Zealand by 17–12 in the final.[2]

Tonga finished fifth and, as the highest-placed side without core status on the World Rugby Sevens Series, won berths to the Sydney Sevens and Hamilton Sevens for 2019. Tonga also joined the sixth-placed Cook Islands as Oceania's representatives for the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament for the 2020 World Series.[3]

## Teams

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Participating nations for the 2018 tournament was almost the same as the previous year with Niue replacing American Samoa in the teams being entered:

*  Australia
*  Cook Islands
*  Fiji
*  Nauru
*  New Caledonia
*  Niue
*  New Zealand
*  Papua New Guinea
*  Samoa
*  Solomon Islands
*  Tonga
*  Tuvalu
*  Vanuatu

## Pool stage

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The draw for the pool stage was done by a random order with the top four seeds being set as the top team in each of the four pools with the remaining spots in the draw being done by bands (5-8th, 9-12th).[1]

Key to colours in group tables

| Teams that advanced to the Championship quarter-finals
| Teams that advanced to the 9th-12th ranking semi-final
| Eliminated

### Pool A

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/−  | Pts

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Fiji | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | +82 | 6
Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 4
Solomon Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −84 | 2

9 November 2018
13:48

Papua New Guinea | 14–14|  Solomon Islands

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9 November 2018
16:57

Fiji | 47–0|  Solomon Islands

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9 November 2018
20:06

Fiji | 35–0|  Papua New Guinea

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### Pool B

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/−  | Pts

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New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0 | +109 | 6
New Caledonia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 4
Nauru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 103 | −89 | 2

9 November 2018
13:27

New Caledonia | 41–14|  Nauru

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9 November 2018
16:36

New Zealand | 62–0|  Nauru

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9 November 2018
19:45

New Zealand | 47–0|  New Caledonia

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### Pool C

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/−  | Pts

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Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | +77 | 6
Cook Islands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 4
Vanuatu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 74 | −69 | 2

9 November 2018
13:36

Cook Islands | 24–5|  Vanuatu

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9 November 2018
16:15

Australia | 50–0|  Vanuatu

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9 November 2018
19:24

Australia | 27–0|  Cook Islands

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### Pool D

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Teams  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/−  | Pts

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Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 0 | +128 | 9
Tonga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 28 | +55 | 7
Tuvalu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 107 | −77 | 5
Niue | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 125 | −106 | 3

9 November 2018
12:24

Tonga | 38–0|  Niue

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9 November 2018
12:45

Samoa | 43–0|  Tuvalu

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9 November 2018
15:33

Tonga | 45–7|  Tuvalu

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9 November 2018
15:54

Samoa | 64–0|  Niue

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9 November 2018
18:42

Tuvalu | 23–19|  Niue

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9 November 2018
19:03

Samoa | 21–0|  Tonga

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## Knockout stage

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9th-12th Place

| Semi-finals| | Ninth Place

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| 10 November 2018 – 12:24 | |

|  Nauru| 14

| 10 November 2018 - 17:10

|  Vanuatu| 28 |

|  Vanuatu| 7

| 10 November 2018 – 12:45

| |  Solomon Islands| 29

|  Solomon Islands| 40

|  Tuvalu| 5 |

| Eleventh Place

| 10 November 2018 - 16:49

|  Nauru| 24

|  Tuvalu| 29

5th-8th Place

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Fifth Place

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| 10 November 2018 – 11:00 | | | | |

|  Australia| 19

| 10 November 2018 – 14:30

|  Tonga| 7 |

|  Tonga| 17

| 10 November 2018 – 11:21

| |  Papua New Guinea| 5 |

|  New Zealand| 47

| | 10 November 2018 - 18:34

|  Papua New Guinea| 0 |

|  Tonga| 29

| 10 November 2018 – 11:42

| |  Cook Islands| 12

|  Samoa| 19

| 10 November 2018 – 14:51 |

|  Cook Islands| 12 |

|  Cook Islands| 19

| 10 November 2018 – 12:03

| |  New Caledonia| 14 | | Seventh Place

|  Fiji| 38

| | 10 November 2018 - 17:52

|  New Caledonia| 0 |

|  Papua New Guinea| 28

|  New Caledonia| 12

Championship

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 10 November 2018 – 11:00 | | | | |

|  Australia| 19

| 11 November 2018 – 15:12

|  Tonga| 7 |

|  Australia| 5

| 10 November 2018 – 11:21

| |  New Zealand| 14 |

|  New Zealand| 47

| | 11 November 2018 - 20:03

|  Papua New Guinea| 0 |

|  New Zealand| 12

| 10 November 2018 – 11:42

| |  Fiji| 17

|  Samoa| 19

| 11 November 2018 – 15:33 |

|  Cook Islands| 12 |

|  Samoa| 7

| 10 November 2018 – 12:03

| |  Fiji| 36 | | Third place

|  Fiji| 38

| | 11 November 2018 - 19:16

|  New Caledonia| 0 |

|  Australia| 12

|  Samoa| 14

## Placings

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Place  |  Team

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|  Fiji
|  New Zealand
|  Samoa
4  |  Australia
5  |  Tonga
6  |  Cook Islands
7  |  Papua New Guinea

Place  |  Team

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8  |  New Caledonia
9  |  Solomon Islands
10  |  Vanuatu
11  |  Tuvalu
12  |  Nauru
13  |  Niue

Source: World Rugby

Legend

Green fill  | Qualified to the 2019 Sydney Sevens and 2019 Hamilton Sevens tournaments
Dark bar  | Gained entry to the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament for the 2020 World Rugby Sevens Series
Light bar  | Already a core team in World Rugby Sevens Series

## References

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1. ^ a b "Pools Confirmed for 2018 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship". 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
2. ^ "Men's Sevens Championship". Oceania Rugby. 2018. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.
3. ^ "Australia and Fiji triumph at Oceania Rugby Sevens". World Rugby. 10 November 2018. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.

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