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2023 Oceania Sevens Championship

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2023 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nation Australia
Date10–12 November 2023
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Samoa
Third Fiji
Tournament details
Matches played39
2022
2024

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

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

Format

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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

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Pool A (Championship)

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

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

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Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
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
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

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Thirteenth place match

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

Eleventh place match

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

Ninth place match

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

Seventh place match

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

Fifth place match

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

Finals

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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

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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

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

Championship final match

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

Ranking

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Place Team 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
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

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References

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  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.