2023 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nation Australia
Date10–12 November 2023
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Samoa
Third Fiji
Tournament details
Matches played39
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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

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

Format

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

Pool A (Championship)

Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Fiji 440011844+7412 Advance to finals
2 New Zealand 430113122+10910
3 Australia 420210347+568 Middle classification
4Oceania Barbarians 410359123–646 Lower classification
5 Niue 400422197–1754 Fifteenth place
10 November
14:56
Fiji 47–5 Niue
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
10 November
15:18
New Zealand 56–0 Oceania Barbarians
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
10 November
18:58
Australia 24–0 Oceania Barbarians
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
10 November
19:42
New Zealand 5–12 Fiji
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
13:12
Fiji 31–12 Oceania Barbarians
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
13:34
Australia 47–5 Niue
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
16:30
New Zealand 56–0 Niue
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
16:52
Fiji 28–22 Australia
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
18:42
Niue 12–47 Oceania Barbarians
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
19:26
New Zealand 14–10 Australia
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Pool B (Olympic)

Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Samoa 44001840+18412 Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier
2 Solomon Islands 430110574+3110 Fifth place match
3 Cook Islands 42026275–138 Middle classification
4 Tuvalu 41034896–486 Middle classification
5 American Samoa 400412166–1544 Lower classification
10 November
14:12
Solomon Islands 50–5 American Samoa
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
10 November
14:34
Samoa 36–0 Tuvalu
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
10 November
18:14
Cook Islands 17–10 Tuvalu
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
10 November
18:36
Samoa 50–0 Solomon Islands
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
12:28
Solomon Islands 36–5 Tuvalu
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
12:50
Cook Islands 31–0 American Samoa
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
15:24
Solomon Islands 19–14 Cook Islands
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
15:46
Samoa 52–0 American Samoa
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
17:58
American Samoa 7–33 Tuvalu
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
18:20
Samoa 46–0 Cook Islands
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Pool C (Olympic)

Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Papua New Guinea 440015633+12312 Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier
2 Tonga 430121436+17810 Fifth place match
3 Vanuatu 420243136–938 Middle classification
4 Nauru 410343109–666 Middle classification
5 Kiribati 400420162–1424 Lower classification
10 November
13:28
Papua New Guinea 46–0 Kiribati
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
10 November
13:50
Tonga 59–7 Nauru
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
10 November
17:30
Vanuatu 19–5 Nauru
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
10 November
17:52
Tonga 21–24 Papua New Guinea
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
11:44
Papua New Guinea 31–5 Nauru
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
12:06
Vanuatu 17–15 Kiribati
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
14:40
Papua New Guinea 55–7 Vanuatu
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
15:02
Tonga 73–5 Kiribati
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
17:14
Kiribati 0–26 Nauru
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
11 November
17:36
Tonga 61–0 Vanuatu
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Classification

Thirteenth place match

12 November
13:28
Kiribati 5–12 American Samoa
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Eleventh place match

12 November
13:50
Tuvalu 10–5 Nauru
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Ninth place match

12 November
14:12
Oceania Barbarians34–10 Vanuatu
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Seventh place match

12 November
14:34
Australia 48–0 Cook Islands
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Fifth place match

12 November
14:56
Solomon Islands 5–22 Tonga
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Finals

Semi-finalChampionship final
      
12 November 2023 – 15:18 – Ballymore Stadium
A1
 Fiji		 17
 
12 November 2023 – 20:00 – Ballymore Stadium
 
 
 New Zealand 24
 
 
 Samoa 19
 
A2
 New Zealand		 24

Olympic qualifier final

12 November 2023 – 15:40 – Ballymore Stadium
B1
 Samoa		 24
Third place
C1
 Papua New Guinea		 0
12 November 2023 – 19:08 – Ballymore Stadium
 Fiji 36
 Papua New Guinea 7


Semi-finals

12 November
15:18
Fiji 17–24 New Zealand
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
Olympic qualifying match
12 November
15:40
Samoa 24–0 Papua New Guinea
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Third place match

12 November
19:08
Fiji 36–7 Papua New Guinea
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Championship final match

12 November
20:00
New Zealand 24–19 Samoa
Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Ranking

PlaceTeam Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s) New Zealand Already qualified for 2024 Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samoa Qualified for 2024 Olympics
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
9Oceania 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

References

  1. 1 2 "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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