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
Date	9–10 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:

•  Australia
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  Nauru
•  New Caledonia
•  Niue
•  New Zealand
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tonga
•  Tuvalu
•  Vanuatu

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	2	2	0	0	82	0	+82	6
Papua New Guinea	2	1	0	1	37	35	+2	4
Solomon Islands	2	0	0	2	0	0	−84	2

9 November 2018 13:48

Papua New Guinea	14–14	Solomon Islands

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9 November 2018 16:57

Fiji	47–0	Solomon Islands

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9 November 2018 20:06

Fiji	35–0	Papua New Guinea

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	109	0	+109	6
New Caledonia	2	1	0	1	41	61	−20	4
Nauru	2	0	0	2	14	103	−89	2

9 November 2018 13:27

New Caledonia	41–14	Nauru

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9 November 2018 16:36

New Zealand	62–0	Nauru

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9 November 2018 19:45

New Zealand	47–0	New Caledonia

Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Australia	2	2	0	0	77	0	+77	6
Cook Islands	2	1	0	1	24	32	−8	4
Vanuatu	2	0	0	2	5	74	−69	2

9 November 2018 13:36

Cook Islands	24–5	Vanuatu

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9 November 2018 16:15

Australia	50–0	Vanuatu

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9 November 2018 19:24

Australia	27–0	Cook Islands

Pool D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	128	0	+128	9
Tonga	3	2	0	1	83	28	+55	7
Tuvalu	3	1	0	2	30	107	−77	5
Niue	3	0	0	3	19	125	−106	3

9 November 2018 12:24

Tonga	38–0	Niue

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9 November 2018 12:45

Samoa	43–0	Tuvalu

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9 November 2018 15:33

Tonga	45–7	Tuvalu

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9 November 2018 15:54

Samoa	64–0	Niue

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9 November 2018 18:42

Tuvalu	23–19	Niue

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9 November 2018 19:03

Samoa	21–0	Tonga

Knockout stage

9th-12th Place

	Semi-finals				Ninth Place
	10 November 2018 – 12:24
	Nauru	14
					10 November 2018 - 17:10
	Vanuatu	28
					Vanuatu	7
	10 November 2018 – 12:45
					Solomon Islands	29
	Solomon Islands	40
	Tuvalu	5
					Eleventh Place
					10 November 2018 - 16:49
					Nauru	24
					Tuvalu	29

5th-8th Place

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Fifth Place
	10 November 2018 – 11:00
	Australia	19
					10 November 2018 – 14:30
	Tonga	7
					Tonga	17
	10 November 2018 – 11:21
					Papua New Guinea	5
	New Zealand	47
									10 November 2018 - 18:34
	Papua New Guinea	0
									Tonga	29
	10 November 2018 – 11:42
									Cook Islands	12
	Samoa	19
					10 November 2018 – 14:51
	Cook Islands	12
					Cook Islands	19
	10 November 2018 – 12:03
					New Caledonia	14			Seventh Place
	Fiji	38
									10 November 2018 - 17:52
	New Caledonia	0
									Papua New Guinea	28
									New Caledonia	12

Championship

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	10 November 2018 – 11:00
	Australia	19
					11 November 2018 – 15:12
	Tonga	7
					Australia	5
	10 November 2018 – 11:21
					New Zealand	14
	New Zealand	47
									11 November 2018 - 20:03
	Papua New Guinea	0
									New Zealand	12
	10 November 2018 – 11:42
									Fiji	17
	Samoa	19
					11 November 2018 – 15:33
	Cook Islands	12
					Samoa	7
	10 November 2018 – 12:03
					Fiji	36			Third place
	Fiji	38
									11 November 2018 - 19:16
	New Caledonia	0
									Australia	12
									Samoa	14

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.