2017 Oceania Sevens Championship

Men's rugby sevens championship held in Fiji in 2017
2017 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nationFiji Fiji
Date10–11 November
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Australia
 Samoa
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The 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship was the tenth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 10–11 November 2017.[1] The tournament was won by Fiji who defeated New Zealand 26–0 in the final.[2]

Qualifiers

Aside from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Samoa, the tournament serves as a qualifier for the following:

  • The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament, with the top two competing for a chance to be a core team for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.
  • 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, with the best performing team advancing.[3] The second Oceania slot will be allocated to the winner of the 2017 Pacific Mini Games on 8−9 December.[4]
  • 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the best-performing member of the Commonwealth of Nations qualifying.[5]

Teams

Participating nations for the 2017 tournament are:

Pool stage

All times are Fiji Summer Time (UTC+13:00)

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Championship quarter-finals
Teams that advanced to the 9th-12th ranking semi-final
Eliminated

Pool A

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Fiji 2 2 0 0 59 5 +54 6
 American Samoa 2 0 1 1 19 38 −19 3
 New Caledonia 2 0 1 1 14 49 −35 3
10 November 2017
13:40
American Samoa 14–14 New Caledonia
10 November 2017
16:40
Fiji 35−0 New Caledonia
10 November 2017
19:40
Fiji 24−5 American Samoa

Pool B

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 82 0 +82 6
 Cook Islands 2 1 0 1 27 36 −9 4
 Nauru 2 0 0 2 0 73 −73 2
10 November 2017
13:20
Cook Islands 27–0 Nauru
10 November 2017
16:20
New Zealand 46−0 Nauru
10 November 2017
19:20
New Zealand 36−0 Cook Islands

Pool C

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Australia 2 2 0 0 75 7 +68 6
 Tonga 2 1 0 1 14 24 −10 4
 Solomon Islands 2 0 0 2 0 58 −58 2
10 November 2017
13:00
Tonga 7–0 Solomon Islands
10 November 2017
16:00
Australia 51–0 Solomon Islands
10 November 2017
19:00
Australia 24−7 Tonga

Pool D

Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 121 14 +107 9
 Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 73 41 +32 7
 Vanuatu 3 1 0 2 24 85 −61 5
 Tuvalu 3 0 0 3 22 100 −78 3
10 November 2017
12:20
Papua New Guinea 26–10 Tuvalu
10 November 2017
12:40
Samoa 40–0 Vanuatu
10 November 2017
15:20
Papua New Guinea 33−0 Vanuatu
10 November 2017
15:40
Samoa 50−0 Tuvalu
10 November 2017
18:20
Vanuatu 24−12 Tuvalu
10 November 2017
18:40
Samoa 31−14 Papua New Guinea

Knockout stage

9th-12th Place

 
Semi-finalsNinth Place
 
      
 
11 November 2017 – 12:20
 
 
 Solomon Islands19
 
11 November 2017 - 16:26
 
 Vanuatu0
 
 Solomon IslandsN/A [N 1]
 
11 November 2017 – 12:40
 
 New Caledonia
 
 New Caledonia34
 
 
 Nauru10
 
Eleventh Place
 
 
11 November 2017 - 16:06
 
 
 VanuatuN/A [N 1]
 
 
 Nauru

5th-8th Place

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFifth Place
 
          
 
11 November 2017 – 11:00
 
 
 Australia22
 
11 November 2017 – 14:20
 
 Papua New Guinea21
 
 Papua New Guinea22
 
11 November 2017 – 11:20
 
 American Samoa7
 
 New Zealand58
 
11 November 2017 - 17:26
 
 American Samoa0
 
 Papua New Guinea32
 
11 November 2017 – 11:40
 
 Cook Islands0
 
 Samoa45
 
11 November 2017 – 14:40
 
 Tonga0
 
 Tonga5
 
11 November 2017 – 12:00
 
 Cook Islands12 Seventh Place
 
 Fiji57
 
11 November 2017 - 16:46
 
 Cook Islands0
 
 American SamoaN/A [N 1]
 
 
 Tonga
 

Championship

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 November 2017 – 11:00
 
 
 Australia22
 
11 November 2017 – 15:00
 
 Papua New Guinea21
 
 Australia0
 
11 November 2017 – 11:20
 
 New Zealand31
 
 New Zealand58
 
11 November 2017 - 18:46
 
 American Samoa0
 
 New Zealand0
 
11 November 2017 – 11:40
 
 Fiji26
 
 Samoa45
 
11 November 2017 – 15:20
 
 Tonga0
 
 Samoa7
 
11 November 2017 – 12:00
 
 Fiji17 Third place
 
 Fiji57
 
11 November 2017 - 18:06
 
 Cook Islands0
 
 AustraliaN/A [N 1]
 
 
 Samoa
 

Notes:

  1. ^ a b c d Due to adverse weather conditions affecting the schedule of games, all classification finals except the fifth-place playoff and Championship Final were cancelled. The fifth-place match was played because of qualification implications.

Placings

Place  Team
7  American Samoa
 Tonga
9  New Caledonia
 Solomon Islands
11  Nauru
 Vanuatu
13  Tuvalu
Legend
Green fill Qualified to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens ­and 2018 Commonwealth Games
Dark bar Gained entry to the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Rugby Sevens Series
Light bar Already a core team in World Rugby Sevens Series

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sevens Action to Return to Fiji in 2017". Oceania Rugby. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Oceania Sevens Championships". Flashscore. 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.
  3. ^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018". rwcsevens.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Papua New Guinea qualify for first RWC Sevens". World Rugby. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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