The 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship was the ninth Oceania Women's Sevens tournament. 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]
| 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Fiji |
| Date | 7–9 November |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Australia (5th title) |
| Runner-up | Fiji |
| Third |  New Zealand |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 30 |
← 2018 2021 → | |
Australia won the tournament to claim their fifth Oceania Championship, defeating Fiji by 24–12 in the final. Runners-up Fiji, as the highest-placed side not already qualified, won the Oceania berth at the 2020 Olympic Sevens in Tokyo.
Papua New Guinea and Samoa 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 as well as the 2020 Hong Kong Women's Sevens qualifying tournament for the 2020–21 World Women's Sevens Series.
Teams
editThe following nations competed at the 2019 tournament, including two invited teams – the Canadian development team (Maple Leafs) and a development side from Japan:[1]
Format
editTeams were seeded into three pools of four.[2]
To allow a clear run for countries competing for qualification to the 2020 Olympic Sevens, the two Oceania nations already qualified, Australia and New Zealand, were placed in Pool A together with the invited development sides (not eligible for Oceania berths) from Canada and Japan. The remaining teams were seeded into Pool B and Pool C.
A knockout competition involving the two top teams of Pool B and two top teams of 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 | Australia
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 20 | +44 | 9 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 2 | New Zealand
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 7 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 3 |  Japan
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 59 | –32 | 5 | |
| 4 |  Canada
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 50 | –28 | 3 |
Pool B (Olympic)
edit| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiji
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 0 | +189 | 9 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 2 |  Solomon Islands
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 97 | –56 | 5 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 3 |  Vanuatu
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 85 | –56 | 5 | |
| 4 |  Nauru
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 104 | –77 | 5 |
Pool C (Olympic)
edit| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Papua New Guinea
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 22 | +66 | 9 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 2 |  Samoa
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 7 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 3 |  Cook Islands
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 5 | |
| 4 |  Tonga
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 120 | –115 | 3 |
Knockout stage
editLower classification
edit| 7th–10th playoffs | Seventh place | |||||
| 9 November 2019 – 10.00 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| Cook Islands | 0 | |||||
| 9 November 2019 – 15.08 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| Canada | 33 | |||||
| Canada | 10 | |||||
| 9 November 2019 – 10.22 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||
| Japan | 39 | |||||
| Vanuatu | 0 | |||||
| Ninth place | ||||||
| 9 November 2019 – 14.56 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||
| Cook Islands | 34 | |||||
| Vanuatu | 0 | |||||
| 9 November 2019 – 12.56 – ANZ Stadium | ||
| Nauru | 12 | |
| Tonga | 19 | |
Title playoffs
edit| Olympic qualifier semifinals | International playoff | Oceania final | ||||||||
| 9 November 2019 – 15.30 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||||||
A1 Australia | 12 | |||||||||
A2 New Zealand | 0 | |||||||||
| 9 November 2019 – 19.50 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 24 | |||||||||
| 9 November 2019 – 12.12 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 12 | |||||||||
B1 Fiji | 43 | |||||||||
Olympic qualifier 9 November 2019 – 15.52 – ANZ Stadium
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C2 Samoa | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 36 | |||||||||
| 9 November 2019 – 12.34 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
C1 Papua New Guinea | 31 | |||||||||
| 9 November 2019 – 18.35 – ANZ Stadium | ||||||||||
B2 Solomon Islands | 7 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 29 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | |||||||||
Fifth place 9 November 2019 – 16.58 – ANZ Stadium
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| Samoa | 45 | |
| Solomon Islands | 0 | |
Placings
edit| Place | Team | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
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Australia
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Fiji
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Direct qualification to the Olympic Sevens for 2020 |
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New Zealand
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| 4 | Papua New Guinea
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Entry to Olympic qualifier and World Challenger Series for 2020 |
| 5 | Samoa
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Entry to Olympic qualifier for 2020 |
| 6 | Solomon Islands
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| 7 | Canada
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| 8 | Japan
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| 9 | Cook Islands
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| 10 | Vanuatu
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| 11 | Tonga
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| 12 | Nauru
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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
edit- 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship (for men)
References
edit- ^ a b "Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships". Oceania Rugby. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Season fixture: 2019 Women's Sevens". Oceania Rugby. Retrieved 4 November 2019.[permanent dead link]