2023 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
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Host nation | ![]() |
Date | 10–12 November 2023 |
Cup | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third | ![]() |
Tournament details | |
Matches played | 39 |
← 2022 2024 → |
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.[1]
Teams
[edit]Fourteen national teams were scheduled to compete at the 2023 tournament, plus an Oceania invitational team:[2][3]
American Samoa
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Nauru
New Zealand
Niue
Oceania Barbarians
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Format
[edit]Teams were seeded into three pools of five.[4]
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.[1]
A playoff between the winners of Pool B and Pool C decided the Olympic qualifying berth.
Pool stage
[edit]Pool A (Championship)
[edit]Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 44 | +74 | 12 | Advance to finals |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 22 | +109 | 10 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 47 | +56 | 8 | Middle classification |
4 | Oceania Barbarians | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 123 | –64 | 6 | Lower classification |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 197 | –175 | 4 | Fifteenth place |
Pool B (Olympic)
[edit]Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 0 | +184 | 12 | Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 74 | +31 | 10 | Fifth place match |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 75 | –13 | 8 | Middle classification |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 96 | –48 | 6 | Middle classification |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 166 | –154 | 4 | Lower classification |
Pool C (Olympic)
[edit]Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 33 | +123 | 12 | Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 214 | 36 | +178 | 10 | Fifth place match |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 136 | –93 | 8 | Middle classification |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 109 | –66 | 6 | Middle classification |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 162 | –142 | 4 | Lower classification |
Classification
[edit]Thirteenth place match
[edit]Eleventh place match
[edit]Ninth place match
[edit]Seventh place match
[edit]Fifth place match
[edit]Finals
[edit]Semi-final | Championship final | ||||||||||||||||
12 November 2023 – 15:18 – Ballymore Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
A1 ![]() | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
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A2 ![]() | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
Olympic qualifier final 12 November 2023 – 15:40 – Ballymore Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
B1 ![]() | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
Third place | |||||||||||||||||
C1 ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
12 November 2023 – 19:08 – Ballymore Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Semi-finals
[edit]- Olympic qualifying match
Third place match
[edit]Championship final match
[edit]Ranking
[edit]Place | Team | Qualification |
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Already qualified for 2024 Olympics |
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Qualified for 2024 Olympics |
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Already qualified for 2024 Olympics |
4 | ![]() |
Qualified for Olympic Repechage |
5 | ![]() | |
6 | ![]() |
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7 | ![]() |
Already qualified for 2024 Olympics |
8 | ![]() |
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9 | Oceania Barbarians | Not eligible for 2024 Olympics |
10 | ![]() |
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11 | ![]() | |
12 | ![]() | |
13 | ![]() | |
14 | ![]() | |
15 | ![]() |
Not eligible for 2024 Olympics |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Brisbane Set to host 2023 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship with Olympic Qualification on the line". Oceania Rugby. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Teams buzzing ahead of Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship for place at Paris Olympics". Oceania Rugby. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Oceania Sevens teams" (PDF). Oceania Rugby. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Tournament fixture: 2023 Oceania Sevens" (PDF). Oceania Rugby. Retrieved 19 October 2023.