2016 Oceania Sevens Championship
# 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship

The 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship was the ninth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji. The host nation Fiji won the tournament, defeating Samoa 28–19 in the final. Papua New Guinea and Tonga, as the two highest finishers not already core teams in the Sevens World Series, won qualification to the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens for a chance to earn core team status for the 2018 season.

## Teams

Participating nations for the 2016 tournament are:

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Nauru
* New Caledonia
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga

## Pool Stage

All times are Fiji Summer Time (UTC+13)

Key to colours in group tables :

* Teams that advance to the Championship semi-final
* Teams that advance to the 5th-8th ranking semi-final
* Teams that advance to 9th-10th ranking playoff

### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fiji | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 31 | +167 | 12 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 60 | +54 | 10 |
| Tonga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 82 | +19 | 8 |
| American Samoa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 150 | -112 | 6 |
| Nauru | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 153 | -128 | 4 |

* 11 November 2016 11:45

| Papua New Guinea | 29-5 | Nauru |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 12:06

| Fiji | 52-0 | American Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 14:12

| Fiji | 31-12 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 14:33

| Tonga | 38-7 | American Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 16:39

| Fiji | 73-0 | Nauru |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 17:00

| Tonga | 10-28 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 19:06

| American Samoa | 17-15 | Nauru |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 19:27

| Fiji | 42-19 | Tonga |
| - | - | - |

* 12 November 2016 11:21

| Papua New Guinea | 45-15 | American Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* 12 November 2016 12:03

| Tonga | 34-5 | Nauru |
| - | - | - |

### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samoa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 10 | +130 | 12 |
| Australia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 36 | +81 | 10 |
| Cook Islands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 64 | -6 | 8 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 124 | -86 | 6 |
| Solomon Islands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 143 | -119 | 4 |

* 11 November 2016 11:03

| Cook Islands | 24-7 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 11:24

| Australia | 43-0 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 13:30

| Australia | 12-7 | Cook Islands |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 13:51

| Samoa | 52-0 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 15:57

| Australia | 57-5 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 16:18

| Samoa | 33-5 | Cook Islands |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 18:24

| Solomon Islands | 12-26 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |

* 11 November 2016 18:45

| Australia | 5-24 | Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* 12 November 2016 11:00

| Cook Islands | 22-12 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |

* 12 November 2016 11:42

| Samoa | 31-0 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |

## Knockout stage

9th-10th Place

| Final | Final |
| - | - |
| 12 November 2016 – 16:19 | 12 November 2016 – 16:19 |
| Nauru | 22 |
| Solomon Islands | 19 |

5th-8th Place

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 November 2016 – 13:52 | 12 November 2016 – 13:52 |
| Tonga | 26 |
| Tonga | 26 | 12 November 2016 - 17:01 | 12 November 2016 - 17:01 |
| New Caledonia | 7 | 12 November 2016 - 17:01 | 12 November 2016 - 17:01 |
| New Caledonia | 7 | Tonga | 19 |
| 12 November – 14:13 | 12 November – 14:13 | | Tonga | 19 |
| 12 November – 14:13 | 12 November – 14:13 | Cook Islands | 0 |
| American Samoa | 14 | Cook Islands | 0 |
| Cook Islands | 15 | | |
| Cook Islands | 15 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 November 2016 - 16:40 | 12 November 2016 - 16:40 |
| | | New Caledonia | 19 |
| | | American Samoa | 26 |

Cup

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 November 2016 – 14:34 | 12 November 2016 – 14:34 |
| Samoa | 17 |
| Samoa | 17 | 12 November 2016 - 19:08 | 12 November 2016 - 19:08 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 12 November 2016 - 19:08 | 12 November 2016 - 19:08 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | Samoa | 19 |
| 12 November – 14:55 | 12 November – 14:55 | | Samoa | 19 |
| 12 November – 14:55 | 12 November – 14:55 | Fiji | 28 |
| Fiji | 19 | Fiji | 28 |
| Australia | 7 | | |
| Australia | 7 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 November 2016 - 18:19 | 12 November 2016 - 18:19 |
| | | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| | | Australia | 25 |

## Final standings

* Legend
* Winner
* Qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens.

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Fiji |
| | Samoa |
| | Australia |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea |
| 5 | Tonga |
| 6 | Cook Islands |
| 7 | American Samoa |
| 8 | New Caledonia |
| 9 | Nauru |
| 10 | Solomon Islands |
