2009 FORU Oceania Cup

The 2009 Oceania Nations Cup doubled as the first round of Oceania's qualifying tournament for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. By winning the Oceania Nations Cup, Papua New Guinea advanced to face Samoa in the Oceania qualification final. [1]

2009 Oceania Cup
Date27 June to 4 July 2009
Countries Niue
 Papua New Guinea
 Cook Islands
 Vanuatu
Final positions
Champions Papua New Guinea
Runner-up Cook Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
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Tahiti and New Caledonia were originally slated to participate, but withdrew.

Play-offs
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
June 27, 2009
 
 
 Papua New Guinea 86
 
July 4, 2009
 
 Vanuatu 12
 
 Papua New Guinea 29
 
June 27, 2009
 
 Cook Islands 21
 
 Cook Islands 29
 
 
 Niue 7
 

Semi-finals
27 June 2009
Papua New Guinea  86–12  Vanuatu
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
27 June 2009
Cook Islands  29–7  Niue
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Final
4 July 2009
Papua New Guinea  29–21  Cook Islands
Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

References
  1. "2009 Oceania Cup Fixtures and Results". Oceania Rugby. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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