2017 Oceania Sevens Championship

2017 Oceania Sevens Championship
2017 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nation	Fiji
Date	10–11 November
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third	Australia; Samoa
	← 2016 2018 →

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	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	2	2	0	82	0	+82	6
Cook Islands	2	1	1	27	36	−9	4
Nauru	2	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	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Australia	2	2	0	75	7	+68	6
Tonga	2	1	1	14	24	−10	4
Solomon Islands	2	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	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	121	14	+107	9
Papua New Guinea	3	2	1	73	41	+32	7
Vanuatu	3	1	2	24	85	−61	5
Tuvalu	3	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-finals		Ninth Place

11 November 2017 – 12:20

Solomon Islands	19
		11 November 2017 - 16:26
Vanuatu	0
		Solomon Islands	N/A ^{[N 1]}
11 November 2017 – 12:40
		New Caledonia
New Caledonia	34

Nauru	10
		Eleventh Place

		11 November 2017 - 16:06

		Vanuatu	N/A ^{[N 1]}

		Nauru

5th-8th Place

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Fifth Place

11 November 2017 – 11:00

Australia	22
		11 November 2017 – 14:20
Papua New Guinea	21
		Papua New Guinea	22
11 November 2017 – 11:20
		American Samoa	7
New Zealand	58
				11 November 2017 - 17:26
American Samoa	0
				Papua New Guinea	32
11 November 2017 – 11:40
				Cook Islands	0
Samoa	45
		11 November 2017 – 14:40
Tonga	0
		Tonga	5
11 November 2017 – 12:00
		Cook Islands	12	Seventh Place
Fiji	57
				11 November 2017 - 16:46
Cook Islands	0
				American Samoa	N/A ^{[N 1]}

				Tonga

Championship

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

11 November 2017 – 11:00

Australia	22
		11 November 2017 – 15:00
Papua New Guinea	21
		Australia	0
11 November 2017 – 11:20
		New Zealand	31
New Zealand	58
				11 November 2017 - 18:46
American Samoa	0
				New Zealand	0
11 November 2017 – 11:40
				Fiji	26
Samoa	45
		11 November 2017 – 15:20
Tonga	0
		Samoa	7
11 November 2017 – 12:00
		Fiji	17	Third place
Fiji	57
				11 November 2017 - 18:06
Cook Islands	0
				Australia	N/A ^{[N 1]}

				Samoa

Notes:

^ ^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
	Fiji
	New Zealand
	Australia
	Samoa
5	Papua New Guinea
6	Cook Islands

Place	Team
7	American Samoa
7	Tonga
9	New Caledonia
9	Solomon Islands
11	Nauru
11	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

References

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

[cancelled-6] 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.

[preview-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.

[full-results-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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