Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship Explained

Last Season:2023 Oceania Sevens Championship
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Sport:Rugby sevens
Champion: (2023)
Most Champs: (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

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

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Oceania teams
align=left 6 6 5 8 7 7 7 9 13
align=left 14 13 41 3 3*4 1 3 2 7
align=left 3 5 5 5 44 7 5 6 6 6 10 8
align=left 2 21 1 1121 3 style="background-color:#cc9966;"3
align=left 14
align=left 8 9 11 12 12 12
align=left 9 11 8 9 8 14
align=left 2 22 7 2 1 style="background-color:#ffd700;"1
align=left 4 4 6 8 10 13 15 15
align=left 5 3 4 7 5 6 5 4 4 5 7 6 style="background-color:#9acdff;"4
align=left 11 2 1 21 3 3 2 3*3 4 style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"2
align=left 6 10 7 7 9 6 10 9 9 8 6
align=left 8 7 7 8 12
align=left 2 2 3 3 3 6 2 5 7 5 5 4 5
align=left 8 13 11 11 11
align=left 7 6 8 11 10 13 10
Invited teams
align=left 3
align=left Oceania Barbarians4 9
Number of teams8 6 810 8 8 12 810 13 1315 4 4 15
Notes:

* – an asterisk indicates a shared placing (e.g. 3* is equal third)

Summary of tournaments

Results by year

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

YearHost cityFinalThird place match
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
2008[1]
Apia
52–033–15
2009[2]
Papeete
31–1424–12
2010
Darwin
34–1212–7
2011
Apia
19–1128–12
2012
Sydney
12–719–17
2013
Suva
31–1749–5
2014
Noosa
21–533–7
2015
Auckland
50–054–0
2016
Suva
28–1925–0
2017
Suva
26–0Shared third place
2018
Suva
17–1214–12
2019
Suva
22–726–21
2020No tournament in 2020[3]
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2021
Townsville
round
robin
round
robin
Oceania Barbarians
2022
Pukekohe
round
robin
round
robin
2023
Brisbane
24–1936–7

Results by team

Updated after the 2023 edition:

Team1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9thTop-3 Top-6 Total
532 101010
4441121313
41431 91213
241 667
331411 6 1213
14422 11113
124311 11013
1 111
21138
Oceania Barbarians1112
1231139
32339
1111 7
225
226
116
15
1

Notes:

Invited team, not a member of Oceania Rugby.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 27 July 2008 . Samoa belt Tonga to claim title . FORU . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141214184228/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/20080726_oceania_sevens_mens_final.html . 14 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Oceania Sevens - Samoa defend title in Tahiti . Oceania Rugby . https://web.archive.org/web/20130816222407/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/tahiti_sevens_wrap.html . 16 August 2013 . 17 November 2009.
  3. News: Sport: Oceania Sevens for 2020 cancelled . Radio New Zealand . 8 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200907235325/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/425501/sport-oceania-sevens-for-2020-cancelled . 7 September 2020.