2016 Oceania Sevens Championship

The 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship was the ninth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji.[1] The host nation Fiji won the tournament, defeating Samoa 28–19 in the final.[2] Papua New Guinea and Tonga, as the two highest finishers not already core teams in the Sevens World Series, won qualification to the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens for a chance to earn core team status for the 2018 season.

2016 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nationFiji Fiji
Date11–12 November
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up Samoa
Third Australia
2015
2017

Teams

Participating nations for the 2016 tournament are:

Pool Stage

All times are Fiji Summer Time (UTC+13)

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advance to the Championship semi-final
Teams that advance to the 5th-8th ranking semi-final
Teams that advance to 9th-10th ranking playoff

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Fiji 440019831+16712
 Papua New Guinea 430111460+5410
 Tonga 420210182+198
 American Samoa 410338150-1126
 Nauru 400425153-1284
11 November 2016
11:45
Papua New Guinea 29-5 Nauru

11 November 2016
12:06
Fiji 52-0 American Samoa

11 November 2016
14:12
Fiji 31-12 Papua New Guinea

11 November 2016
14:33
Tonga 38-7 American Samoa

11 November 2016
16:39
Fiji 73-0 Nauru

11 November 2016
17:00
Tonga 10-28 Papua New Guinea

11 November 2016
19:06
American Samoa 17-15 Nauru

11 November 2016
19:27
Fiji 42-19 Tonga

12 November 2016
11:21
Papua New Guinea 45-15 American Samoa

12 November 2016
12:03
Tonga 34-5 Nauru

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 440014010+13012
 Australia 430111736+8110
 Cook Islands 42025864-68
 New Caledonia 410338124-866
 Solomon Islands 400424143-1194
11 November 2016
11:03
Cook Islands 24-7 New Caledonia

11 November 2016
11:24
Australia 43-0 Solomon Islands

11 November 2016
13:30
Australia 12-7 Cook Islands

11 November 2016
13:51
Samoa 52-0 Solomon Islands

11 November 2016
15:57
Australia 57-5 New Caledonia

11 November 2016
16:18
Samoa 33-5 Cook Islands

11 November 2016
18:24
Solomon Islands 12-26 New Caledonia

11 November 2016
18:45
Australia 5-24 Samoa

12 November 2016
11:00
Cook Islands 22-12 Solomon Islands

12 November 2016
11:42
Samoa 31-0 New Caledonia

Knockout stage

9th-10th Place

 
Final
 
  
 
12 November 2016 – 16:19
 
 
 Nauru 22
 
 
 Solomon Islands 19
 

5th-8th Place

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 November 2016 – 13:52
 
 
 Tonga 26
 
12 November 2016 - 17:01
 
 New Caledonia 7
 
 Tonga 19
 
12 November – 14:13
 
 Cook Islands 0
 
 American Samoa 14
 
 
 Cook Islands 15
 
Third place
 
 
12 November 2016 - 16:40
 
 
 New Caledonia 19
 
 
 American Samoa 26

Cup

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 November 2016 – 14:34
 
 
 Samoa 17
 
12 November 2016 - 19:08
 
 Papua New Guinea 12
 
 Samoa 19
 
12 November – 14:55
 
 Fiji 28
 
 Fiji 19
 
 
 Australia 7
 
Third place
 
 
12 November 2016 - 18:19
 
 
 Papua New Guinea 0
 
 
 Australia 25

Final standings

Legend
Winner
Qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens.
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fiji
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samoa
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Australia
4 Papua New Guinea
5 Tonga
6 Cook Islands
7 American Samoa
8 New Caledonia
9 Nauru
10 Solomon Islands

References

  1. "2016 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships". Oceania Rugby. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  2. "Oceania Sevens Championships". Flashscore. 2016. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.
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