The 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship was the fifteenth Oceania Sevens tournament in men's rugby sevens. It also served as the regional qualifier for the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
 |
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 |
| 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.