2019 Oceania Sevens Championship
# 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship

The 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship was the twelfth Oceania Sevens tournament in men's rugby sevens. It served as the regional qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Sevens and was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 7–9 November. A competition for deaf teams was also included as part of the 2019 Oceania Sevens.

Australia won the main men's tournament to claim their fourth Oceania Championship, defeating Fiji by 22–7 in the final. As the highest-placed side not already qualified, Australia also won the Oceania berth at the 2020 Olympic Sevens in Tokyo.

Samoa and Tonga finished fourth and fifth respectively and, as the second and third highest-placed sides not already qualified, won entry to the 2020 Final Olympic Qualifier.

Tonga and Papua New Guinea, as the two highest-placed sides without core status on the World Rugby Sevens Series, won entry to the 2020 Challenger Series for a chance to qualify for the 2020–21 World Sevens Series.

## Teams

Fifteen national teams competed at the 2019 tournament, including an invited sevens development side from Japan:

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Japan
* Nauru
* New Caledonia
* Niue
* New Zealand
* 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 2020 Olympic Sevens, the two Oceania nations already qualified, Fiji and New Zealand, were placed in Pool A together with the invited development side from Japan, New Caledonia (not Olympic eligible) and Niue. The remaining teams were seeded into Pool B and Pool C.

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

## Pool stage

### Pool A (International)

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fiji | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 15 | +160 | 12 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 45 | +53 | 10 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 3 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 38 | +86 | 8 | Middle classification |
| 4 | New Caledonia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 180 | –163 | 6 | Lower classification |
| 5 | Niue | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 143 | –136 | 4 | Fifteenth place |

* 7 November 13:12

| New Zealand | 57–0 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 13:34

| Fiji | 57–0 | Niue |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 16:08

| New Zealand | 38–0 | Niue |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 16:30

| Japan | 50–0 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 19:04

| New Caledonia | 17–7 | Niue |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 19:26

| Fiji | 31–0 | Japan |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 8 November 14:40

| New Zealand | 14–17 | Japan |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 8 November 15:02

| Fiji | 66–0 | New Caledonia |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 8 November 19:04

| Japan | 31–0 | Niue |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 8 November 19:26

| Fiji | 21–15 | New Zealand |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva

### Pool B (Olympic)

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Samoa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 7 | +149 | 12 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 50 | +27 | 10 | Fifth place match |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 88 | –43 | 8 | Middle classification |
| 4 | Cook Islands | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 88 | –38 | 6 | Middle classification |
| 5 | Tuvalu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 119 | –95 | 4 | Lower classification |

* 7 November 12:28

| Cook Islands | 31–19 | Tuvalu |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 12:50

| Samoa | 33–7 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 15:24

| Cook Islands | 5–17 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 15:46

| Solomon Islands | 12–5 | Tuvalu |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 18:20

| Tuvalu | 0–29 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 18:42

| Samoa | 45–0 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 8 November 13:56

| Cook Islands | 14–21 | Solomon Islands |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 8 November 14:18

| Samoa | 47–0 | Tuvalu |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 8 November 18:20

| Solomon Islands | 12–24 | Papua New Guinea |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 8 November 18:42

| Samoa | 41–0 | Cook Islands |
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* ANZ Stadium, Suva

### Pool C (Olympic)

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 7 | +194 | 12 | Advance to title playoffs |
| 2 | Tonga | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 44 | +53 | 10 | Fifth place match |
| 3 | American Samoa | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 116 | –75 | 8 | Middle classification |
| 4 | Vanuatu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 119 | –76 | 6 | Lower classification |
| 5 | Nauru | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 129 | –96 | 4 | Lower classification |

* 7 November 11:44

| Tonga | 29–5 | American Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 12:06

| Australia | 52–7 | Vanuatu |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 14:40

| Tonga | 34–10 | Vanuatu |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 15:02

| Nauru | 14–17 | American Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 17:36

| American Samoa | 19–7 | Vanuatu |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 7 November 17:58

| Australia | 59–0 | Nauru |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 8 November 13:12

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

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 8 November 13:34

| Australia | 66–0 | American Samoa |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 8 November 17:36

| Nauru | 14–19 | Vanuatu |
| - | - | - |

* ANZ Stadium, Suva
* 8 November 17:58

| Australia | 24–0 | Tonga |
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* ANZ Stadium, Suva

## Knockout stage

### Lower classification

| 11th–14th playoffs | 11th–14th playoffs | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 November 2019 – 10.44 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 10.44 – ANZ Stadium |
| New Caledonia | 7 |
| New Caledonia | 7 | 9 November 2019 – 13.18 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 13.18 – ANZ Stadium |
| Tuvalu | 12 | 9 November 2019 – 13.18 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 13.18 – ANZ Stadium |
| Tuvalu | 12 | Tuvalu | 17 |
| 9 November 2019 – 11.06 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 11.06 – ANZ Stadium | | Tuvalu | 17 |
| 9 November 2019 – 11.06 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 11.06 – ANZ Stadium | Nauru | 12 |
| Vanuatu | 14 | Nauru | 12 |
| Nauru | 22 | | |
| Nauru | 22 | Thirteenth place | Thirteenth place |
| | | 9 November 2019 – 13.40 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 13.40 – ANZ Stadium |
| | | New Caledonia | 7 |
| | | Vanuatu | 24 |

### Middle classification

| 7th–10th playoffs | 7th–10th playoffs | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 November 2019 – 11.50 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 11.50 – ANZ Stadium |
| Solomon Islands | 35 |
| Solomon Islands | 35 | 9 November 2019 – 14.24 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 14.24 – ANZ Stadium |
| American Samoa | 5 | 9 November 2019 – 14.24 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 14.24 – ANZ Stadium |
| American Samoa | 5 | Solomon Islands | 7 |
| 9 November 2019 – 11.28 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 11.28 – ANZ Stadium | | Solomon Islands | 7 |
| 9 November 2019 – 11.28 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 11.28 – ANZ Stadium | New Zealand | 39 |
| New Zealand | 64 | New Zealand | 39 |
| Cook Islands | 0 | | |
| Cook Islands | 0 | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| | | 9 November 2019 – 14.02 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 14.02 – ANZ Stadium |
| | | American Samoa | 34 |
| | | Cook Islands | 0 |

### Fifth place match

| 9 November 2019 – 17.20 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 17.20 – ANZ Stadium |
| - | - |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Tonga | 31 | Fifth place | Fifth place |

### Title playoffs

| International playoff | International playoff | Oceania final | Oceania final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 November 2019 – 16.14 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 16.14 – ANZ Stadium |
| A1 Fiji | 33 |
| A1 Fiji | 33 | 9 November 2019 – 19.50 – ANZ Stadium  Fiji7 Australia22 | 9 November 2019 – 19.50 – ANZ Stadium  Fiji7 Australia22 |
| A2 Japan | 0 | 9 November 2019 – 19.50 – ANZ Stadium  Fiji7 Australia22 | 9 November 2019 – 19.50 – ANZ Stadium  Fiji7 Australia22 |
| Olympic qualifier 9 November 2019 – 16.36 – ANZ Stadium | Olympic qualifier 9 November 2019 – 16.36 – ANZ Stadium | | 9 November 2019 – 19.50 – ANZ Stadium  Fiji7 Australia22 | 9 November 2019 – 19.50 – ANZ Stadium  Fiji7 Australia22 |
| B1 Samoa | 12 | 9 November 2019 – 19.50 – ANZ Stadium  Fiji7 Australia22 | 9 November 2019 – 19.50 – ANZ Stadium  Fiji7 Australia22 |
| B1 Samoa | 12 | Third place | Third place |
| C1 Australia | 19 | Third place | Third place |
| C1 Australia | 19 | 9 November 2019 – 18.57 – ANZ Stadium | 9 November 2019 – 18.57 – ANZ Stadium |
| | | Japan | 26 |
| | | Samoa | 21 |

## Placings

| Place | Team | Qualification |
| - | - | - |
| | Australia | Direct qualification to the Olympic Sevens for 2020 |
| | Fiji | |
| | Japan | |
| 4 | Samoa | Entry to Olympic qualifier for 2020 |
| 5 | Tonga | Entry to Olympic qualifier and World Challenger Series for 2020 |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | Entry to World Challenger Series for 2020 |
| 7 | New Zealand | |
| 8 | Solomon Islands | |
| 9 | American Samoa | |
| 10 | Cook Islands | |
| 11 | Tuvalu | |
| 12 | Nauru | |
| 13 | Vanuatu | |
| 14 | New Caledonia | |
| 15 | Niue | |

Source:

Legend :

| Light bar | Already a core team in World Series and previously qualified to the Olympic Sevens for 2020 |
| - | - |
| Dark bar | Already a core team in World Series for 2020 |
| Dotted bar | Invited team not eligible for qualification from Oceania |
