2018 Oceania Sevens Championship
The 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship was the eleventh Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 9–10 November.[1] Host nation Fiji won the tournament, defeating New Zealand by 17–12 in the final.[2]
| 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Fiji |
| Date | 9–10 November |
| Cup | |
| Champion | Fiji |
| Runner-up |  New Zealand |
| Third |  Samoa |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 31 |
← 2017 2019 → | |
Tonga finished fifth and, as the highest-placed side without core status on the World Rugby Sevens Series, won berths to the Sydney Sevens and Hamilton Sevens for 2019. Tonga also joined the sixth-placed Cook Islands as Oceania's representatives for the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament for the 2020 World Series.[3]
Teams
Participating nations for the 2018 tournament was almost the same as the previous year with Niue replacing American Samoa in the teams being entered:
Pool stage
The draw for the pool stage was done by a random order with the top four seeds being set as the top team in each of the four pools with the remaining spots in the draw being done by bands (5-8th, 9-12th).[1]
| 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 | 82 | 0 | +82 | 6 |
 Papua New Guinea |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 4 |
 Solomon Islands |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −84 | 2 |
Pool B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0 | +109 | 6 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} New Caledonia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 4 |
 Nauru |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 103 | −89 | 2 |
Pool C
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | +77 | 6 |
 Cook Islands |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 4 |
 Vanuatu |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 74 | −69 | 2 |
Knockout stage
9th-12th Place
| Semi-finals | Ninth Place | |||||
| 10 November 2018 – 12:24 | ||||||
| Nauru | 14 | |||||
| 10 November 2018 - 17:10 | ||||||
| Vanuatu | 28 | |||||
| Vanuatu | 7 | |||||
| 10 November 2018 – 12:45 | ||||||
| Solomon Islands | 29 | |||||
| Solomon Islands | 40 | |||||
 Tuvalu | 5 | |||||
| Eleventh Place | ||||||
| 10 November 2018 - 16:49 | ||||||
| Nauru | 24 | |||||
| Tuvalu | 29 | |||||
5th-8th Place
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth Place | ||||||||
| 10 November 2018 – 11:00 | ||||||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
| 10 November 2018 – 14:30 | ||||||||||
 Tonga | 7 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 17 | |||||||||
| 10 November 2018 – 11:21 | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 47 | |||||||||
| 10 November 2018 - 18:34 | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 29 | |||||||||
| 10 November 2018 – 11:42 | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands | 12 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 19 | |||||||||
| 10 November 2018 – 14:51 | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands | 12 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands | 19 | |||||||||
| 10 November 2018 – 12:03 | ||||||||||
| New Caledonia | 14 | Seventh Place | ||||||||
| Fiji | 38 | |||||||||
| 10 November 2018 - 17:52 | ||||||||||
| New Caledonia | 0 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | |||||||||
| New Caledonia | 12 | |||||||||
Championship
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 November 2018 – 11:00 | ||||||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2018 – 15:12 | ||||||||||
| Tonga | 7 | |||||||||
| Australia | 5 | |||||||||
| 10 November 2018 – 11:21 | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 14 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 47 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2018 - 20:03 | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 12 | |||||||||
| 10 November 2018 – 11:42 | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 17 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 19 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2018 – 15:33 | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands | 12 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 7 | |||||||||
| 10 November 2018 – 12:03 | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 36 | Third place | ||||||||
| Fiji | 38 | |||||||||
| 11 November 2018 - 19:16 | ||||||||||
| New Caledonia | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia | 12 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 14 | |||||||||
Placings
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
 |
Fiji |
 |
New Zealand |
 |
Samoa |
| 4 | Australia |
| 5 | Tonga |
| 6 | Cook Islands |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea |
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 8 | New Caledonia |
| 9 | Solomon Islands |
| 10 | Vanuatu |
| 11 | Tuvalu |
| 12 | Nauru |
| 13 |  Niue |
Source: World Rugby
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Green fill | Qualified to the 2019 Sydney Sevens and 2019 Hamilton Sevens tournaments |
| Dark bar | Gained entry to the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament for the 2020 World Rugby Sevens Series |
| Light bar | Already a core team in World Rugby Sevens Series |
References
- "Pools Confirmed for 2018 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship". 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- "Men's Sevens Championship". Oceania Rugby. 2018. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.
- "Australia and Fiji triumph at Oceania Rugby Sevens". World Rugby. 10 November 2018. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.