2023 Oceania Sevens Championship

Men's rugby sevens tournament in Australia

2023 Oceania Sevens Championship

Host nation|  Australia
Date| 10–12 November 2023
Cup
Champion|  New Zealand
Runner-up|  Samoa
Third|  Fiji
Tournament details
Matches played| 39

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The 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship was the fifteenth Oceania Sevens tournament in men's rugby sevens. It also served as the regional qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympic Sevens and was held at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane, Australia from 10 to 12 November.[1]

## Teams[edit]

Fourteen national teams were scheduled to compete at the 2023 tournament, plus an Oceania invitational team:[2][3]

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Oceania Barbarians
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu

## Format[edit]

Teams were seeded into three pools of five.[4]

To allow a clear run for countries competing for qualification to the 2024 Summer Olympic Sevens, the three Oceania nations already qualified (Australia, Fiji and New Zealand) were placed in Pool A together with, Niue (not Olympic eligible) and the Oceania invitational team (Barbarians). The remaining teams were seeded into Pool B and Pool C for Olympic qualification.[1]

A playoff between the winners of Pool B and Pool C decided the Olympic qualifying berth.

## Pool stage[edit]

### Pool A (Championship)[edit]

Pos  | Team  |  P  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  PF  |  PA  |  PD  |  Pts | Qualification

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1 |  Fiji | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 44 | +74 | 12 | Advance to finals
2 |  New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 22 | +109 | 10
3 |  Australia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 47 | +56 | 8 | Middle classification
4 | Oceania Barbarians  | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 123 | –64 | 6 | Lower classification
5 |  Niue | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 197 | –175 | 4 | Fifteenth place

10 November
14:56

Fiji | 47–5|  Niue

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10 November
15:18

New Zealand | 56–0|  Oceania Barbarians

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10 November
18:58

Australia | 24–0|  Oceania Barbarians

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10 November
19:42

New Zealand | 5–12|  Fiji

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11 November
13:12

Fiji | 31–12|  Oceania Barbarians

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11 November
13:34

Australia | 47–5|  Niue

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11 November
16:30

New Zealand | 56–0|  Niue

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11 November
16:52

Fiji | 28–22|  Australia

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11 November
18:42

Niue | 12–47|  Oceania Barbarians

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11 November
19:26

New Zealand | 14–10|  Australia

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### Pool B (Olympic)[edit]

Pos  | Team  |  P  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  PF  |  PA  |  PD  |  Pts | Qualification

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1 |  Samoa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 0 | +184 | 12 | Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier
2 |  Solomon Islands | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 74 | +31 | 10 | Fifth place match
3 |  Cook Islands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 75 | –13 | 8 | Middle classification
4 |  Tuvalu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 96 | –48 | 6 | Middle classification
5 |  American Samoa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 166 | –154 | 4 | Lower classification

10 November
14:12

Solomon Islands | 50–5|  American Samoa

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10 November
14:34

Samoa | 36–0|  Tuvalu

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10 November
18:14

Cook Islands | 17–10|  Tuvalu

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10 November
18:36

Samoa | 50–0|  Solomon Islands

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11 November
12:28

Solomon Islands | 36–5|  Tuvalu

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11 November
12:50

Cook Islands | 31–0|  American Samoa

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11 November
15:24

Solomon Islands | 19–14|  Cook Islands

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11 November
15:46

Samoa | 52–0|  American Samoa

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11 November
17:58

American Samoa | 7–33|  Tuvalu

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11 November
18:20

Samoa | 46–0|  Cook Islands

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### Pool C (Olympic)[edit]

Pos  | Team  |  P  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  PF  |  PA  |  PD  |  Pts | Qualification

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1 |  Papua New Guinea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 33 | +123 | 12 | Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier
2 |  Tonga | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 214 | 36 | +178 | 10 | Fifth place match
3 |  Vanuatu | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 136 | –93 | 8 | Middle classification
4 |  Nauru | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 109 | –66 | 6 | Middle classification
5 |  Kiribati | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 162 | –142 | 4 | Lower classification

10 November
13:28

Papua New Guinea | 46–0|  Kiribati

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10 November
13:50

Tonga | 59–7|  Nauru

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10 November
17:30

Vanuatu | 19–5|  Nauru

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10 November
17:52

Tonga | 21–24|  Papua New Guinea

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11 November
11:44

Papua New Guinea | 31–5|  Nauru

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11 November
12:06

Vanuatu | 17–15|  Kiribati

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11 November
14:40

Papua New Guinea | 55–7|  Vanuatu

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11 November
15:02

Tonga | 73–5|  Kiribati

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11 November
17:14

Kiribati | 0–26|  Nauru

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11 November
17:36

Tonga | 61–0|  Vanuatu

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## Classification[edit]

### Thirteenth place match[edit]

12 November
13:28

Kiribati | 5–12|  American Samoa

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### Eleventh place match[edit]

12 November
13:50

Tuvalu | 10–5|  Nauru

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### Ninth place match[edit]

12 November
14:12

Oceania Barbarians| 34–10|  Vanuatu

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### Seventh place match[edit]

12 November
14:34

Australia | 48–0|  Cook Islands

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### Fifth place match[edit]

12 November
14:56

Solomon Islands | 5–22|  Tonga

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## Finals[edit]

| Semi-final| | Championship final

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| 12 November 2023 – 15:18 – Ballymore Stadium | |

Fiji|  17
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| 12 November 2023 – 20:00 – Ballymore Stadium

|  New Zealand | 24

|  Samoa |  19

New Zealand|  24 |

Olympic qualifier final

12 November 2023 – 15:40 – Ballymore Stadium

Samoa|  24
| Third place

Papua New Guinea|  0 |
| 12 November 2023 – 19:08 – Ballymore Stadium

|  Fiji | 36
|  Papua New Guinea | 7

### Semi-finals[edit]

12 November
15:18

Fiji | 17–24|  New Zealand

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Olympic qualifying match

12 November
15:40

Samoa | 24–0|  Papua New Guinea

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### Third place match[edit]

12 November
19:08

Fiji | 36–7|  Papua New Guinea

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### Championship final match[edit]

12 November
20:00

New Zealand | 24–19|  Samoa

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## Ranking[edit]

Place | Team  | Qualification

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|  New Zealand | Already qualified for 2024 Olympics
|  Samoa | Qualified for 2024 Olympics
|  Fiji | Already qualified for 2024 Olympics
4 |  Papua New Guinea | Qualified for Olympic Repechage
5 |  Tonga
6 |  Solomon Islands |
7 |  Australia | Already qualified for 2024 Olympics
8 |  Cook Islands |
9 | Oceania Barbarians  | Not eligible for 2024 Olympics
10 |  Vanuatu |
11 |  Tuvalu
12 |  Nauru
13 |  American Samoa
14 |  Kiribati
15 |  Niue | Not eligible for 2024 Olympics

## See also[edit]

* 2023 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Brisbane Set to host 2023 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship with Olympic Qualification on the line". Oceania Rugby. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
2. ^ "Teams buzzing ahead of Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship for place at Paris Olympics". Oceania Rugby. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
3. ^ "Oceania Sevens teams" (PDF). Oceania Rugby. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
4. ^ "Tournament fixture: 2023 Oceania Sevens" (PDF). Oceania Rugby. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

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