2023 Oceania Sevens Championship
2023 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
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Host nation | Australia |
Date | 10–12 November 2023 |
Cup | |
Champion | New Zealand |
Runner-up | Samoa |
Third | Fiji |
Tournament details | |
Matches played | 39 |
← 2022 2024 → |
The 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship was the fifteenth
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]
- American Samoa
- Australia
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Oceania Barbarians
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
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 |
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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 |
Pool B (Olympic)
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 |
Pool C (Olympic)
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 |
Classification
Thirteenth place match
Eleventh place match
Ninth place match
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Finals
Semi-final | Championship final | ||||||||||||||||
12 November 2023 – 15:18 – Ballymore Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
A1 Fiji | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
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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
- Olympic qualifying match
Third place match
Championship final match
Ranking
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
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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
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Teams buzzing ahead of Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship for place at Paris Olympics". Oceania Rugby. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Oceania Sevens teams" (PDF). Oceania Rugby. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Tournament fixture: 2023 Oceania Sevens" (PDF). Oceania Rugby. Retrieved 19 October 2023.