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Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship

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Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2023 Oceania Sevens Championship
SportRugby sevens
First season2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Most recent
champion(s)
 New Zealand (2023)
Most titles Fiji (5 titles)

The Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship is an international rugby sevens competition organised by Oceania Rugby. It has been held regularly since 2008 to select the best men's national team in Oceania.

Participating teams

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Men's teams competing in the Oceania Sevens and their finishing positions are as follows (placings of home nations in bold):

Team 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Oceania teams
 American Samoa 6 6 5 8 7 7 7 9 13
 Australia 1 4 1 3 4 1 3 3* 4 1 3 2 7
 Cook Islands 3 5 5 5 4 4 7 5 6 6 6 10 8
 Fiji 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3
 Kiribati 14
 Nauru 8 9 11 12 12 12
 New Caledonia 9 11 8 9 8 14
 New Zealand 2 2 2 7 2 1 1
 Niue 4 4 6 8 10 13 15 15
 Papua New Guinea 5 3 4 7 5 6 5 4 4 5 7 6 4
 Samoa 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 3* 3 4 2
 Solomon Islands 6 10 7 7 9 6 10 9 9 8 6
 Tahiti 8 7 7 8 12
 Tonga 2 2 3 3 3 6 2 5 7 5 5 4 5
 Tuvalu 8 13 11 11 11
 Vanuatu 7 6 8 11 10 13 10
Invited teams
 Japan 3
Oceania Barbarians 4 9
Number of teams 8 6 8 10 8 8 12 8 10 13 13 15 4 4 15
Notes:
* – an asterisk indicates a shared placing (e.g. 3* is equal third)

Summary of tournaments

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Results by year

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The table below is a summary of the men's finals matches at the Oceania Sevens since 2008:

Year Host city Final Third place match
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
2008  Samoa[1]
Apia

Samoa
52–0
Tonga

Cook Islands
33–15
Niue
2009  French Polynesia[2]
Papeete

Samoa
31–14
Tonga

Papua New Guinea
24–12
Niue
2010 Australia
Darwin

Australia
34–12
Samoa

Tonga
12–7
Papua New Guinea
2011 Samoa
Apia

Samoa
19–11
Fiji

Tonga
28–12
Australia
2012 Australia
Sydney

Australia
12–7
Samoa

Tonga
19–17
Cook Islands
2013 Fiji
Suva

Samoa
31–17
Fiji

Australia
49–5
Cook Islands
2014 Australia
Noosa

Fiji
21–5
New Zealand

Samoa
33–7
Australia
2015 New Zealand
Auckland

Australia
50–0
Tonga

Samoa
54–0
Papua New Guinea
2016 Fiji
Suva

Fiji
28–19
Samoa

Australia
25–0
Papua New Guinea
2017 Fiji
Suva

Fiji
26–0
New Zealand

Australia
Shared third place
Samoa
2018 Fiji
Suva

Fiji
17–12
New Zealand

Samoa
14–12
Australia
2019 Fiji
Suva

Australia
22–7
Fiji

Japan
26–21
Samoa
2020 No tournament in 2020[3]
2021 Australia
Townsville

Fiji
round
robin

New Zealand

Australia
round
robin
Oceania ​Barbarians
2022 New Zealand
Pukekohe

New Zealand
round
robin

Australia

Fiji
round
robin

Tonga
2023 Australia
Brisbane

New Zealand
24–19
Samoa

Fiji
36–7
Papua New Guinea

Results by team

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Updated after the 2023 edition:

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Top-3 Apps Top-6 Apps Total Apps
 Fiji 5 3 2 10 10 10
 Samoa 4 4 4 1 12 13 13
 Australia 4 1 4 3 1 9 12 13
 New Zealand 2 4 1 6 6 7
 Tonga 3 3 1 4 1 1 6 12 13
 Papua New Guinea 1 4 4 2 2 1 11 13
 Cook Islands 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 10 13
 Japana 1 1 1 1
 Niue 2 1 1 3 8
Oceania Barbarians a 1 1 1 2
 American Samoa 1 2 3 1 1 3 9
 Solomon Islands 3 2 3 3 9
 Vanuatu 1 1 1 1 7
 Tahiti 2 2 5
 New Caledonia 2 2 6
 Nauru 1 1 6
 Tuvalu 1 5
 Kiribati 1

Notes:

^a Invited team, not a member of Oceania Rugby.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Samoa belt Tonga to claim title". FORU. 27 July 2008. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Oceania Sevens - Samoa defend title in Tahiti". Oceania Rugby. 17 November 2009. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Sport: Oceania Sevens for 2020 cancelled". Radio New Zealand. 8 September 2020. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020.
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