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2023 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nation	Australia
Date	10–12 November 2023
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Samoa
Third	Fiji
Tournament details
Matches played	39
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The 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship was the fifteenth Oceania Sevens tournament in men's rugby sevens. It also served as the regional qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympic Sevens and was held at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane, Australia from 10 to 12 November.

Teams

Fourteen national teams were scheduled to compete at the 2023 tournament, plus an Oceania invitational team:

•  American Samoa
•  Australia
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  Kiribati
•  Nauru
•  New Zealand
•  Niue
• Oceania Barbarians
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tonga
•  Tuvalu
•  Vanuatu

Format

Teams were seeded into three pools of five.

To allow a clear run for countries competing for qualification to the 2024 Summer Olympic Sevens, the three Oceania nations already qualified (Australia, Fiji and New Zealand) were placed in Pool A together with, Niue (not Olympic eligible) and the Oceania invitational team (Barbarians). The remaining teams were seeded into Pool B and Pool C for Olympic qualification.

A playoff between the winners of Pool B and Pool C decided the Olympic qualifying berth.

Pool stage

Pool A (Championship)

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji	4	4	0	0	118	44	+74	12	Advance to finals
2	New Zealand	4	3	0	1	131	22	+109	10
3	Australia	4	2	0	2	103	47	+56	8	Middle classification
4	Oceania Barbarians	4	1	0	3	59	123	–64	6	Lower classification
5	Niue	4	0	0	4	22	197	–175	4	Fifteenth place

Fiji	47–5	Niue

New Zealand	56–0	Oceania Barbarians

Australia	24–0	Oceania Barbarians

New Zealand	5–12	Fiji

Fiji	31–12	Oceania Barbarians

Australia	47–5	Niue

New Zealand	56–0	Niue

Fiji	28–22	Australia

Niue	12–47	Oceania Barbarians

New Zealand	14–10	Australia

Pool B (Olympic)

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Samoa	4	4	0	0	184	0	+184	12	Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier
2	Solomon Islands	4	3	0	1	105	74	+31	10	Fifth place match
3	Cook Islands	4	2	0	2	62	75	–13	8	Middle classification
4	Tuvalu	4	1	0	3	48	96	–48	6	Middle classification
5	American Samoa	4	0	0	4	12	166	–154	4	Lower classification

Solomon Islands	50–5	American Samoa

Samoa	36–0	Tuvalu

Cook Islands	17–10	Tuvalu

Samoa	50–0	Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands	36–5	Tuvalu

Cook Islands	31–0	American Samoa

Solomon Islands	19–14	Cook Islands

Samoa	52–0	American Samoa

American Samoa	7–33	Tuvalu

Samoa	46–0	Cook Islands

Pool C (Olympic)

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Papua New Guinea	4	4	0	0	156	33	+123	12	Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier
2	Tonga	4	3	0	1	214	36	+178	10	Fifth place match
3	Vanuatu	4	2	0	2	43	136	–93	8	Middle classification
4	Nauru	4	1	0	3	43	109	–66	6	Middle classification
5	Kiribati	4	0	0	4	20	162	–142	4	Lower classification

Papua New Guinea	46–0	Kiribati

Tonga	59–7	Nauru

Vanuatu	19–5	Nauru

Tonga	21–24	Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea	31–5	Nauru

Vanuatu	17–15	Kiribati

Papua New Guinea	55–7	Vanuatu

Tonga	73–5	Kiribati

Kiribati	0–26	Nauru

Tonga	61–0	Vanuatu

Classification

Thirteenth place match

Kiribati	5–12	American Samoa

Eleventh place match

Tuvalu	10–5	Nauru

Ninth place match

Oceania Barbarians	34–10	Vanuatu

Seventh place match

Australia	48–0	Cook Islands

Fifth place match

Solomon Islands	5–22	Tonga

Finals

	Semi-final				Championship final
	12 November 2023 – 15:18 – Ballymore Stadium
	A1  Fiji	17
					12 November 2023 – 20:00 – Ballymore Stadium      New Zealand 24      Samoa 19
	A2  New Zealand	24
	Olympic qualifier final 12 November 2023 – 15:40 – Ballymore Stadium
	B1  Samoa	24
					Third place
	C1  Papua New Guinea	0
					12 November 2023 – 19:08 – Ballymore Stadium
					Fiji	36
					Papua New Guinea	7

Semi-finals

Fiji	17–24	New Zealand

Olympic qualifying match

Samoa	24–0	Papua New Guinea

Third place match

Fiji	36–7	Papua New Guinea

Championship final match

New Zealand	24–19	Samoa

Ranking

Place	Team	Qualification
	New Zealand	Already qualified for 2024 Olympics
	Samoa	Qualified for 2024 Olympics
	Fiji	Already qualified for 2024 Olympics
4	Papua New Guinea	Qualified for Olympic Repechage
5	Tonga
6	Solomon Islands
7	Australia	Already qualified for 2024 Olympics
8	Cook Islands
9	Oceania Barbarians	Not eligible for 2024 Olympics
10	Vanuatu
11	Tuvalu
12	Nauru
13	American Samoa
14	Kiribati
15	Niue	Not eligible for 2024 Olympics

See also

• 2023 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship

References

1. ^ "Brisbane Set to host 2023 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship with Olympic Qualification on the line". Oceania Rugby. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
2. "Teams buzzing ahead of Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship for place at Paris Olympics". Oceania Rugby. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
3. "Oceania Sevens teams" (PDF). Oceania Rugby. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
4. "Tournament fixture: 2023 Oceania Sevens" (PDF). Oceania Rugby. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

• Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship
• 2023 rugby sevens competitions
• 2023 in Oceanian rugby union
• 2023 in Australian rugby union
• International rugby union competitions hosted by Australia
• November 2023 sports events in Australia
• Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification