2017 Oceania Sevens Championship
The 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship was the tenth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 10–11 November 2017.[1] The tournament was won by Fiji who defeated New Zealand 26–0 in the final.[2]
| 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Fiji |
| Date | 10–11 November |
| Cup | |
| Champion | Fiji |
| Runner-up |  New Zealand |
| Third | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia Samoa |
← 2016 2018 → | |
Qualifiers
Aside from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Samoa, the tournament serves as a qualifier for the following:
- The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament, with the top two competing for a chance to be a core team for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.
- 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, with the best performing team advancing.[3] The second Oceania slot will be allocated to the winner of the 2017 Pacific Mini Games on 8−9 December.[4]
- 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the best-performing member of the Commonwealth of Nations qualifying.[5]
Teams
Participating nations for the 2017 tournament are:
Pool stage
All times are Fiji Summer Time (UTC+13:00)
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Championship quarter-finals | |
| Teams that advanced to the 9th-12th ranking semi-final | |
| Eliminated | |
Pool A
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 5 | +54 | 6 |
 American Samoa |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 3 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} New Caledonia |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 49 | −35 | 3 |
Pool B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | +82 | 6 |
 Cook Islands |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 4 |
 Nauru |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | −73 | 2 |
Pool C
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 7 | +68 | 6 |
 Tonga |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 4 |
 Solomon Islands |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | −58 | 2 |
Pool D
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 14 | +107 | 9 |
 Papua New Guinea |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 41 | +32 | 7 |
 Vanuatu |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 85 | −61 | 5 |
 Tuvalu |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 100 | −78 | 3 |
Knockout stage
9th-12th Place
| Semi-finals | Ninth Place | |||||
| 11 November 2017 – 12:20 | ||||||
| Solomon Islands | 19 | |||||
| 11 November 2017 - 16:26 | ||||||
| Vanuatu | 0 | |||||
| Solomon Islands | N/A [N 1] | |||||
| 11 November 2017 – 12:40 | ||||||
| New Caledonia | ||||||
| New Caledonia | 34 | |||||
| Nauru | 10 | |||||
| Eleventh Place | ||||||
| 11 November 2017 - 16:06 | ||||||
| Vanuatu | N/A [N 1] | |||||
| Nauru | ||||||
5th-8th Place
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth Place | ||||||||
| 11 November 2017 – 11:00 | ||||||||||
| Australia | 22 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 – 14:20 | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 – 11:20 | ||||||||||
| American Samoa | 7 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 58 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 - 17:26 | ||||||||||
| American Samoa | 0 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 – 11:40 | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands | 0 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 45 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 – 14:40 | ||||||||||
| Tonga | 0 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 5 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 – 12:00 | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands | 12 | Seventh Place | ||||||||
| Fiji | 57 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 - 16:46 | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands | 0 | |||||||||
| American Samoa | N/A [N 1] | |||||||||
| Tonga | ||||||||||
Championship
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 11 November 2017 – 11:00 | ||||||||||
| Australia | 22 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 – 15:00 | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | |||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 – 11:20 | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 31 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 58 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 - 18:46 | ||||||||||
| American Samoa | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 – 11:40 | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 26 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 45 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 – 15:20 | ||||||||||
| Tonga | 0 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 7 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 – 12:00 | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 17 | Third place | ||||||||
| Fiji | 57 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2017 - 18:06 | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia | N/A [N 1] | |||||||||
| Samoa
| ||||||||||
Notes:
- Due to adverse weather conditions affecting the schedule of games, all classification finals except the fifth-place playoff and Championship Final were cancelled. The fifth-place match was played because of qualification implications.
Placings
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
 |
Fiji |
 |
New Zealand |
 |
Australia |
| Samoa | |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea |
| 6 | Cook Islands |
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 7 | American Samoa |
| Tonga | |
| 9 | New Caledonia |
| Solomon Islands | |
| 11 | Nauru |
| Vanuatu | |
| 13 | Tuvalu |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Green fill | Qualified to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens and 2018 Commonwealth Games |
| Dark bar | Gained entry to the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Rugby Sevens Series |
| Light bar | Already a core team in World Rugby Sevens Series |
See also
References
- "Sevens Action to Return to Fiji in 2017". Oceania Rugby. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- "Oceania Sevens Championships". Flashscore. 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.
- rugbybworldcup.com. "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018". rwcsevens.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- "Papua New Guinea qualify for first RWC Sevens". World Rugby. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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