2016 Oceania Sevens Championship
| 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Fiji |
| Date | 11–12 November |
| Cup | |
| Champion | Fiji |
| Runner-up |  Samoa |
| Third |  Australia |
← 2015 2017 → | |
The 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship was the ninth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji.[1] The host nation Fiji won the tournament, defeating Samoa 28–19 in the final.[2] 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
[edit]Participating nations for the 2016 tournament are:
Pool Stage
[edit]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
[edit]| 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 |
Pool B
[edit]| 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 |
Knockout stage
[edit]9th-10th Place
| Final | ||
| 12 November 2016 – 16:19 | ||
| Nauru | 22 | |
| Solomon Islands | 19 | |
5th-8th Place
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 12 November 2016 – 13:52 | ||||||
| Tonga | 26 | |||||
| 12 November 2016 - 17:01 | ||||||
| New Caledonia | 7 | |||||
| Tonga | 19 | |||||
| 12 November – 14:13 | ||||||
| Cook Islands | 0 | |||||
| American Samoa | 14 | |||||
| Cook Islands | 15 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 12 November 2016 - 16:40 | ||||||
| New Caledonia | 19 | |||||
| American Samoa | 26 | |||||
Cup
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 12 November 2016 – 14:34 | ||||||
| Samoa | 17 | |||||
| 12 November 2016 - 19:08 | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | |||||
| Samoa | 19 | |||||
| 12 November – 14:55 | ||||||
| Fiji | 28 | |||||
| Fiji | 19 | |||||
| Australia | 7 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 12 November 2016 - 18:19 | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | |||||
| Australia | 25 | |||||
Final standings
[edit]| Legend |
|---|
| Winner |
| Qualified for the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens. |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 |
Fiji
|
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Samoa
|
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Australia
|
| 4 | Papua New Guinea
|
| 5 | Tonga
|
| 6 | Cook Islands
|
| 7 | American Samoa
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| 8 | New Caledonia
|
| 9 | Nauru
|
| 10 | Solomon Islands
|
References
[edit]- ^ "2016 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships". Oceania Rugby. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
- ^ "Oceania Sevens Championships". Flashscore. 2016. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.
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