Oceania Sevens

Oceania Sevens

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Sport Rugby sevens
Inaugural season 2008
No. of teams 12
Most recent champion(s)  Australia  (3rd title)
Most titles  Samoa  (4 times)

The Oceania Sevens is an international rugby sevens competition organised by Oceania Rugby. It has been held regularly since 2008 to select the best men's national team in Oceania.

Honours

Year Winner Tournament location Refs
2008  Samoa Apia, Samoa [1]
2009  Samoa Papeete, Tahiti [2]
2010  Australia Darwin, Australia [3]
2011  Samoa Apia, Samoa [4]
2012  Australia Sydney, Australia [5]
2013  Samoa Suva, Fiji [6]
2014  Fiji Noosa, Australia [7]
2015  Australia Auckland, New Zealand [8]

History

The teams that participated in the Oceania Sevens and their finishing positions are as follows:

Team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
 American Samoa N/A N/A N/A 6th 6th 5th 8th 7th
 Australia N/A N/A 1st 4th 1st 3rd 4th 1st
 Cook Islands 3rd 5th 5th 5th 4th 4th 7th 5th
 Fiji N/A N/A N/A 2nd N/A 2nd 1st N/A
 Nauru N/A N/A N/A 9th N/A N/A N/A 8th
 New Caledonia N/A N/A N/A 9th N/A N/A 11th N/A
 Niue 4th 4th 6th 8th N/A N/A 10th N/A
 New Zealand N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2nd N/A
 Papua New Guinea 5th 3rd 4th 7th 5th 6th 5th 4th
 Samoa 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd
 Solomon Islands 6th N/A N/A 10th 7th 7th 9th 6th
 Tahiti 8th 7th 7th N/A 8th N/A 12th N/A
 Tonga 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd N/A 6th 2nd
 Tuvalu N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8th N/A N/A
 Vanuatu 7th 6th 8th N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Samoa belt Tonga to claim title". FORU. 27 July 2008. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Oceania Sevens - Samoa defend title in Tahiti. FORU. 17 November 2009
  3. ↑ Australia win their first ever Oceania Sevens title. FORU. 2 October 2010
  4. ↑ Samoa crowned 2011 Oceania Sevens Champions. FORU. 30 October 2011
  5. ↑ Oceania Sevens: Australia beat Samoa to win Oceania Sevens crown. FORU. 26 August 2012
  6. ↑ "Oceania success for Samoa, Cooks and US Samoa". IRB. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Fiji Crowned 2014 Oceania Sevens Champion". Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions. 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Regional Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournaments Schedule 2015" (PDF 0.2 MB). World Rugby. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

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