Oceania Sevens

The Oceania Sevens is an international rugby sevens competition organised by Oceania Rugby. It has been held regularly since 2008 to select the best men's national team in Oceania.

Oceania Sevens
SportRugby sevens
Inaugural season2008 (2008)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Australia (4th title)
Most titles Australia
 Fiji
 Samoa (4 titles each)

Participating teams

Men's teams competing in the Oceania Sevens and their finishing positions are as follows (placings of host nations in bold):

Team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Oceania teams
 American Samoa 6th6th 5th8th7th7th7th 9th
 Australia 1st4th1st 3rd4th1st3rd3rd* 4th1st
 Cook Islands 3rd5th5th5th4th 4th7th5th6th6th 6th10th
 Fiji 2nd 2nd1st1st1st 1st2nd
 Nauru 8th9th11th 12th12th
 New Caledonia 9th 11th8th9th 8th14th
 Niue 4th4th6th8th 10th 13th15th
 New Zealand 2nd2nd 2nd7th
 Papua New Guinea 5th3rd4th7th5th 6th5th4th4th5th 7th6th
 Samoa 1st1st2nd1st2nd 1st3rd3rd2nd3rd* 3rd4th
 Solomon Islands 6th10th7th 7th9th6th10th9th 9th8th
 Tahiti 8th7th7th8th 12th
 Tonga 2nd2nd3rd3rd3rd 6th2nd5th7th 5th5th
 Tuvalu 8th13th 11th11th
 Vanuatu 7th6th8th 11th 10th13th
Invited teams
 Japan 3rd
Number of teams 868108 81281013 1315
Notes:
* – an asterisk indicates a shared placing (e.g. 3rd* is equal third)

Summary of tournaments

Results by year

The table below is a summary of the men's finals matches at the Oceania Sevens since 2008:

Year Host city Final Bronze final
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
2008  [1]
Apia

Samoa
52–0
Tonga

Cook Islands
33–15
Niue
2009  [2]
Papeete

Samoa
31–14
Tonga

Papua New Guinea
24–12
Niue
2010
Darwin

Australia
34–12
Samoa

Tonga
12–7
Papua New Guinea
2011
Apia

Samoa
19–11
Fiji

Tonga
28–12
Australia
2012
Sydney

Australia
12–7
Samoa

Tonga
19–17
Cook Islands
2013
Suva

Samoa
31–17
Fiji

Australia
49–5
Cook Islands
2014
Noosa

Fiji
21–5
New Zealand

Samoa
33–7
Australia
2015
Auckland

Australia
50–0
Tonga

Samoa
54–0
Papua New Guinea
2016
Suva

Fiji
28–19
Samoa

Australia
25–0
Papua New Guinea
2017
Suva

Fiji
26–0
New Zealand

Australia
Shared third place
Samoa
2018
Suva

Fiji
17–12
New Zealand

Samoa
14–12
Australia
2019
Suva

Australia
22–7
Fiji

Japan
26–21
Samoa

Results by team

Updated after the 2019 edition:

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Top-3 Apps Top-6 Apps Total Apps
 Samoa 4 3 4 1 11 12 12
 Fiji 4 3 7 7 7
 Australia 4 3 3 7 10 10
 Tonga 3 3 3 1 1 6 7 11
 New Zealand 3 1 3 3 4
 Papua New Guinea 1 3 4 2 2 1 10 12
 Cook Islands 1 2 4 3 1 1 10 12
 Japana 1 1 1 1
 Niue 2 1 1 2 7
 American Samoa 1 2 3 1 1 3 8
 Solomon Islands 2 2 3 2 8
 Vanuatu 1 1 1 1 6
 Tahiti 2 2 5
 New Caledonia 2 2 6
 Nauru 1 1 5
 Tuvalu 1 4

Notes:

^a Invited team, not a member of Oceania Rugby.

See also

References

  1. "Samoa belt Tonga to claim title". FORU. 27 July 2008. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.
  2. "Oceania Sevens - Samoa defend title in Tahiti". Oceania Rugby. 17 November 2009. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013.
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