2018 Oceania Sevens Championship

The 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship was the eleventh Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 9–10 November.[1] Host nation Fiji won the tournament, defeating New Zealand by 17–12 in the final.[2]

2018 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nation Fiji
Date9–10 November
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Samoa
← 2017
2019 →

Tonga finished fifth and, as the highest-placed side without core status on the World Rugby Sevens Series, won berths to the Sydney Sevens and Hamilton Sevens for 2019. Tonga also joined the sixth-placed Cook Islands as Oceania's representatives for the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament for the 2020 World Series.[3]

Teams

Participating nations for the 2018 tournament was almost the same as the previous year with Niue replacing American Samoa in the teams being entered:

Pool stage

The draw for the pool stage was done by a random order with the top four seeds being set as the top team in each of the four pools with the remaining spots in the draw being done by bands (5-8th, 9-12th).[1]

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 2200820+826
 Papua New Guinea 21013735+24
 Solomon Islands 200200−842
9 November 2018
13:48
Papua New Guinea  14–14  Solomon Islands

9 November 2018
16:57
Fiji  47–0  Solomon Islands

9 November 2018
20:06
Fiji  35–0  Papua New Guinea

Pool B
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 New Zealand 22001090+1096
 New Caledonia 21014161−204
 Nauru 200214103−892
9 November 2018
13:27
New Caledonia  41–14  Nauru

9 November 2018
16:36
New Zealand  62–0  Nauru

9 November 2018
19:45
New Zealand  47–0  New Caledonia

Pool C
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Australia 2200770+776
 Cook Islands 21012432−84
 Vanuatu 2002574−692
9 November 2018
13:36
Cook Islands  24–5  Vanuatu

9 November 2018
16:15
Australia  50–0  Vanuatu

9 November 2018
19:24
Australia  27–0  Cook Islands

Pool D
Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts
 Samoa 33001280+1289
 Tonga 32018328+557
 Tuvalu 310230107−775
 Niue 300319125−1063
9 November 2018
12:24
Tonga  38–0  Niue

9 November 2018
12:45
Samoa  43–0  Tuvalu

9 November 2018
15:33
Tonga  45–7  Tuvalu

9 November 2018
15:54
Samoa  64–0  Niue

9 November 2018
18:42
Tuvalu  23–19  Niue

9 November 2018
19:03
Samoa  21–0  Tonga

Knockout stage

9th-12th Place

 
Semi-finalsNinth Place
 
      
 
10 November 2018 – 12:24
 
 
 Nauru14
 
10 November 2018 - 17:10
 
 Vanuatu28
 
 Vanuatu7
 
10 November 2018 – 12:45
 
 Solomon Islands29
 
 Solomon Islands40
 
 
 Tuvalu5
 
Eleventh Place
 
 
10 November 2018 - 16:49
 
 
 Nauru24
 
 
 Tuvalu29

5th-8th Place

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFifth Place
 
          
 
10 November 2018 – 11:00
 
 
 Australia19
 
10 November 2018 – 14:30
 
 Tonga7
 
 Tonga17
 
10 November 2018 – 11:21
 
 Papua New Guinea5
 
 New Zealand47
 
10 November 2018 - 18:34
 
 Papua New Guinea0
 
 Tonga29
 
10 November 2018 – 11:42
 
 Cook Islands12
 
 Samoa19
 
10 November 2018 – 14:51
 
 Cook Islands12
 
 Cook Islands19
 
10 November 2018 – 12:03
 
 New Caledonia14 Seventh Place
 
 Fiji38
 
10 November 2018 - 17:52
 
 New Caledonia0
 
 Papua New Guinea28
 
 
 New Caledonia12
 

Championship

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 November 2018 – 11:00
 
 
 Australia19
 
11 November 2018 – 15:12
 
 Tonga7
 
 Australia5
 
10 November 2018 – 11:21
 
 New Zealand14
 
 New Zealand47
 
11 November 2018 - 20:03
 
 Papua New Guinea0
 
 New Zealand12
 
10 November 2018 – 11:42
 
 Fiji17
 
 Samoa19
 
11 November 2018 – 15:33
 
 Cook Islands12
 
 Samoa7
 
10 November 2018 – 12:03
 
 Fiji36 Third place
 
 Fiji38
 
11 November 2018 - 19:16
 
 New Caledonia0
 
 Australia12
 
 
 Samoa14
 

Placings
Place  Team
 Fiji
 New Zealand
 Samoa
4  Australia
5  Tonga
6  Cook Islands
7  Papua New Guinea
Place  Team
8  New Caledonia
9  Solomon Islands
10  Vanuatu
11  Tuvalu
12  Nauru
13  Niue

Source: World Rugby

Legend
Green fill Qualified to the 2019 Sydney Sevens and 2019 Hamilton Sevens tournaments
Dark bar Gained entry to the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament for the 2020 World Rugby Sevens Series
Light bar Already a core team in World Rugby Sevens Series

References
  1. "Pools Confirmed for 2018 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship". 13 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. "Men's Sevens Championship". Oceania Rugby. 2018. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.
  3. "Australia and Fiji triumph at Oceania Rugby Sevens". World Rugby. 10 November 2018. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.
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