Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship

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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.

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

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   [1]
Apia
 
Samoa
52–0  
Tonga
 
Cook Islands
33–15  
Niue
2009   [2]
Papeete
 
Samoa
31–14  
Tonga
 
Papua New Guinea
24–12  
Niue
2010  
Darwin
 
Australia
34–12  
Samoa
 
Tonga
12–7  
Papua New Guinea
2011  
Apia
 
Samoa
19–11  
Fiji
 
Tonga
28–12  
Australia
2012  
Sydney
 
Australia
12–7  
Samoa
 
Tonga
19–17  
Cook Islands
2013  
Suva
 
Samoa
31–17  
Fiji
 
Australia
49–5  
Cook Islands
2014  
Noosa
 
Fiji
21–5  
New Zealand
 
Samoa
33–7  
Australia
2015  
Auckland
 
Australia
50–0  
Tonga
 
Samoa
54–0  
Papua New Guinea
2016  
Suva
 
Fiji
28–19  
Samoa
 
Australia
25–0  
Papua New Guinea
2017  
Suva
 
Fiji
26–0  
New Zealand
 
Australia
Shared third place  
Samoa
2018  
Suva
 
Fiji
17–12  
New Zealand
 
Samoa
14–12  
Australia
2019  
Suva
 
Australia
22–7  
Fiji
 
Japan
26–21  
Samoa
2020 No tournament in 2020[3]
2021  
Townsville
 
Fiji
round
robin
 
New Zealand
 
Australia
round
robin
Oceania ​Barbarians
2022  
Pukekohe
 
New Zealand
round
robin
 
Australia
 
Fiji
round
robin
 
Tonga
2023  
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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