Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship Explained
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| Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship |
| Current Season: | 2023 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship |
| Sport: | Rugby sevens |
| Countries: | 10 (in 2023) |
| Champion: | (2023) |
The Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship is the regional championship for women's international rugby sevens in Oceania. The tournament is held over two days, typically on a weekend. It is sanctioned and sponsored by Oceania Rugby, which is the rugby union governing body for the region.
The first official regional 7s championship for international women's teams from Oceania was the Pacific tournament held in Port Moresby in 2007. This was followed by the Oceania Championship in 2008.
The Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens serves as a qualification tournament for the following:[1]
Tournaments Summary
Results by year
Participating teams results
Teams competing in the Oceania Women's Sevens and their finishing positions are as follows:
| Team | 07 | 08 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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| Oceania teams |
|---|
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| – | – | 7 | – | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5* | 6 | 9 | – | – | 7 |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 12 | – | – | 10 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 † | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | – | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5* | 5 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| – | – | 8 | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | 6 | – | – | 9 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7* | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | 6 | – | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7* | – | 11 | – | – | 6 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | – |
| Invited teams |
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| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| Oceania Barbarians | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| Number of teams | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
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Notes:- Host nations are highlighted in red.
- (*) Asterisk indicates a shared placing.
- (†) New Zealand fielded two teams, Black Ferns Ma, and Black Ferns Pango who finished in first and fourth place respectively.
Asia Pacific Women’s Sevens Championship
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Women's Sevens Championship. 2021-11-28. oceania.rugby. en.
- Web site: 2007 . Fijiana take Pacific women's Sevens . IRB . 2 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080404194226/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/womensrugby/newsid=2021408.html . 4 April 2008.
- Web site: 2008 . Oceania Sevens women's final . Oceania Rugby . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150227071012/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/20080726_oceania_sevens_womens_final.html . 27 February 2015.
- Web site: 2012 . New Zealand claim Oceania Women's Sevens Championship . Oceania Rugby . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131209234259/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/new_zealand_claim_oceania_womens_sevens_champions.html . 9 December 2013.
- Web site: 2013 . Women's Sevens Statistics - Day 2 . Oceania Rugby . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131007104704/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/verve/_resources/2013_Womens_Sevens_Statistics_-_Day_2.pdf . 7 October 2013.
- Web site: 2014 . Fiji and New Zealand win the Oceania Sevens . IRB . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072357/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2073140.html . October 6, 2014 .
- Web site: 2015 . Australia and Fijiana Win Places at 2016 Olympic Games Sevens . Oceania Rugby . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151115100833/http://www.oceaniarugby.com/pageitem.aspx?id=103745&id2=1&eID=66726&entityID=66726 . 15 November 2015.
- News: 12 November 2016 . Australian women win Oceania rugby sevens . Special Broadcasting Service . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170309215957/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/11/12/australian-women-win-oceania-rugby-sevens . 9 March 2017.
- Web site: Sevens Action to Return to Fiji in 2017. Oceania Rugby. 19 September 2017. 20 September 2017.
- Web site: Australia and Fiji triumph at Oceania Rugby Sevens . World Rugby . https://web.archive.org/web/20181112021743/https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/news/378152 . 12 November 2018 . 10 November 2018.
- Web site: Season fixture: 2019 Women's Sevens . Oceania Rugby . 4 November 2019.
- 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.
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