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 nationFiji Fiji
Date10–11 November
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Australia
 Samoa
2016
2018

Qualifiers

Aside from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Samoa, the tournament serves as a qualifier for the following:

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 2200595+546
 American Samoa 20111938−193
 New Caledonia 20111449−353
10 November 2017
13:40
American Samoa 14–14 New Caledonia

10 November 2017
16:40
Fiji 35−0 New Caledonia

10 November 2017
19:40
Fiji 24−5 American Samoa

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 2200820+826
 Cook Islands 21012736−94
 Nauru 2002073−732
10 November 2017
13:20
Cook Islands 27–0 Nauru

10 November 2017
16:20
New Zealand 46−0 Nauru

10 November 2017
19:20
New Zealand 36−0 Cook Islands

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Australia 2200757+686
 Tonga 21011424−104
 Solomon Islands 2002058−582
10 November 2017
13:00
Tonga 7–0 Solomon Islands

10 November 2017
16:00
Australia 51–0 Solomon Islands

10 November 2017
19:00
Australia 24−7 Tonga

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 330012114+1079
 Papua New Guinea 32017341+327
 Vanuatu 31022485−615
 Tuvalu 300322100−783
10 November 2017
12:20
Papua New Guinea 26–10 Tuvalu

10 November 2017
12:40
Samoa 40–0 Vanuatu

10 November 2017
15:20
Papua New Guinea 33−0 Vanuatu

10 November 2017
15:40
Samoa 50−0 Tuvalu

10 November 2017
18:20
Vanuatu 24−12 Tuvalu

10 November 2017
18:40
Samoa 31−14 Papua New Guinea

Knockout stage

9th-12th Place

 
Semi-finalsNinth Place
 
      
 
11 November 2017 – 12:20
 
 
 Solomon Islands19
 
11 November 2017 - 16:26
 
 Vanuatu0
 
 Solomon IslandsN/A[N 1]
 
11 November 2017 – 12:40
 
 New Caledonia
 
 New Caledonia34
 
 
 Nauru10
 
Eleventh Place
 
 
11 November 2017 - 16:06
 
 
 VanuatuN/A[N 1]
 
 
 Nauru

5th-8th Place

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFifth Place
 
          
 
11 November 2017 – 11:00
 
 
 Australia22
 
11 November 2017 – 14:20
 
 Papua New Guinea21
 
 Papua New Guinea22
 
11 November 2017 – 11:20
 
 American Samoa7
 
 New Zealand58
 
11 November 2017 - 17:26
 
 American Samoa0
 
 Papua New Guinea32
 
11 November 2017 – 11:40
 
 Cook Islands0
 
 Samoa45
 
11 November 2017 – 14:40
 
 Tonga0
 
 Tonga5
 
11 November 2017 – 12:00
 
 Cook Islands12 Seventh Place
 
 Fiji57
 
11 November 2017 - 16:46
 
 Cook Islands0
 
 American SamoaN/A[N 1]
 
 
 Tonga
 

Championship

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 November 2017 – 11:00
 
 
 Australia22
 
11 November 2017 – 15:00
 
 Papua New Guinea21
 
 Australia0
 
11 November 2017 – 11:20
 
 New Zealand31
 
 New Zealand58
 
11 November 2017 - 18:46
 
 American Samoa0
 
 New Zealand0
 
11 November 2017 – 11:40
 
 Fiji26
 
 Samoa45
 
11 November 2017 – 15:20
 
 Tonga0
 
 Samoa7
 
11 November 2017 – 12:00
 
 Fiji17 Third place
 
 Fiji57
 
11 November 2017 - 18:06
 
 Cook Islands0
 
 AustraliaN/A[N 1]
 
 
 Samoa
 

Notes:

  1. 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
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

  1. "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.
  2. "Oceania Sevens Championships". Flashscore. 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.
  3. rugbybworldcup.com. "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018". rwcsevens.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  4. "Papua New Guinea qualify for first RWC Sevens". World Rugby. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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