The 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship was the twelfth Oceania Sevens tournament in men's rugby sevens. It served as the regional qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Sevens and was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 7–9 November.[1] A competition for deaf teams was also included as part of the 2019 Oceania Sevens.[2]
| 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Fiji |
| Date | 7–9 November 2019 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Australia (4th title) |
| Runner-up | Fiji |
| Third |  Japan |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 43 |
← 2018 2021 → | |
Australia won the main men's tournament to claim their fourth Oceania Championship, defeating Fiji by 22–7 in the final. As the highest-placed side not already qualified, Australia also won the Oceania berth at the 2020 Olympic Sevens in Tokyo.
Samoa and Tonga finished fourth and fifth respectively and, as the second and third highest-placed sides not already qualified, won entry to the 2020 Final Olympic Qualifier.
Tonga and Papua New Guinea, as the two highest-placed sides without core status on the World Rugby Sevens Series, won entry to the 2020 Challenger Series for a chance to qualify for the 2020–21 World Sevens Series.
Teams
editFifteen national teams competed at the 2019 tournament, including an invited sevens development side from Japan:[1]
Format
editTeams were seeded into three pools of five.[3]
To allow a clear run for countries competing for qualification to the 2020 Olympic Sevens, the two Oceania nations already qualified, Fiji and New Zealand, were placed in Pool A together with the invited development side from Japan, New Caledonia (not Olympic eligible) and Niue. The remaining teams were seeded into Pool B and Pool C.
A playoff between the winners of Pool B and Pool C decided the Olympic qualifying berth.
Pool stage
editPool A (International)
edit| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiji
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 15 | +160 | 12 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 2 | Japan
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 45 | +53 | 10 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 3 |  New Zealand
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 38 | +86 | 8 | Middle classification |
| 4 |  New Caledonia
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 180 | –163 | 6 | Lower classification |
| 5 |  Niue
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 143 | –136 | 4 | Fifteenth place |
Pool B (Olympic)
edit| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Samoa
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 7 | +149 | 12 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 2 |  Papua New Guinea
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 50 | +27 | 10 | Fifth place match |
| 3 |  Solomon Islands
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 88 | –43 | 8 | Middle classification |
| 4 |  Cook Islands
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 88 | –38 | 6 | Middle classification |
| 5 |  Tuvalu
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 119 | –95 | 4 | Lower classification |
Pool C (Olympic)
edit| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 7 | +194 | 12 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 2 |  Tonga
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 44 | +53 | 10 | Fifth place match |
| 3 |  American Samoa
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 116 | –75 | 8 | Middle classification |
| 4 |  Vanuatu
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 119 | –76 | 6 | Lower classification |
| 5 |  Nauru
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 129 | –96 | 4 | Lower classification |
Knockout stage
editLower classification
edit| 11th–14th playoffs | Eleventh place | |||||
| 9 November 2019 – 10.44 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| New Caledonia | 7 | |||||
| 9 November 2019 – 13.18 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| Tuvalu | 12 | |||||
| Tuvalu | 17 | |||||
| 9 November 2019 – 11.06 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| Nauru | 12 | |||||
| Vanuatu | 14 | |||||
| Nauru | 22 | |||||
| Thirteenth place | ||||||
| 9 November 2019 – 13.40 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| New Caledonia | 7 | |||||
| Vanuatu | 24 | |||||
Middle classification
edit| 7th–10th playoffs | Seventh place | |||||
| 9 November 2019 – 11.50 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| Solomon Islands | 35 | |||||
| 9 November 2019 – 14.24 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| American Samoa | 5 | |||||
| Solomon Islands | 7 | |||||
| 9 November 2019 – 11.28 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| New Zealand | 39 | |||||
| New Zealand | 64 | |||||
| Cook Islands | 0 | |||||
| Ninth place | ||||||
| 9 November 2019 – 14.02 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| American Samoa | 34 | |||||
| Cook Islands | 0 | |||||
Fifth place match
edit| 9 November 2019 – 17.20 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | |||||
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Fifth place
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| Tonga | 31 | |||||
Title playoffs
edit| International playoff | Oceania final | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 November 2019 – 16.14 – ANZ Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
A1 Fiji | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
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A2 Japan | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Olympic qualifier 9 November 2019 – 16.36 – ANZ Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
B1 Samoa | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Third place | |||||||||||||||||
C1 Australia | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 November 2019 – 18.57 – ANZ Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Samoa | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
Placings
edit| Place | Team | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
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Australia
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Direct qualification to the Olympic Sevens for 2020 |
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Fiji
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Japan
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| 4 | Samoa
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Entry to Olympic qualifier for 2020 |
| 5 | Tonga
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Entry to Olympic qualifier and World Challenger Series for 2020 |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea
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Entry to World Challenger Series for 2020 |
| 7 | New Zealand
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| 8 | Solomon Islands
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| 9 | American Samoa
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| 10 | Cook Islands
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| 11 | Tuvalu
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| 12 | Nauru
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| 13 | Vanuatu
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| 14 | New Caledonia
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| 15 | Niue
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Source: [citation needed]
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Light bar | Already a core team in World Series and previously qualified to the Olympic Sevens for 2020 |
| Dark bar | Already a core team in World Series for 2020 |
| Dotted bar | Invited team not eligible for qualification from Oceania |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Japan sent a national sevens development squad to the tournament and thus did not compete as the national team.
References
edit- ^ a b "Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships". Oceania Rugby. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Cama, Akuila (11 September 2019). "Deaf tournament to be part of 2019 Oceania 7s". FBC News. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Season fixture: 2019 Men's Sevens". Oceania Rugby. Retrieved 4 November 2019.[permanent dead link]