Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship
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| Most recent season or competition: 2024 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
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| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| First season | 2008 |
| Most recent champion(s) |  New Zealand (2023) |
| Most titles |  Fiji (5 titles) |
The Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship 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.
Participating teams
[edit]Men's teams competing in the Oceania Sevens and their finishing positions are as follows (placings of home nations in bold):
| Team | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceania teams | ||||||||||||||||||
 American Samoa
|
– | – | – | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | – | 9 | – | – | – | 13 | 13 | Q |
 Australia
|
– | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 4 | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | Q |
 Cook Islands
|
3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | – | – | – | 8 | 6 | Q |
| Fiji
|
– | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Q |
 Kiribati
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | Q | |
 Nauru
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | – | – | – | 12 | 11 | Q |
 New Caledonia
|
– | – | – | 9 | – | – | 11 | – | 8 | 9 | 8 | 14 | – | – | – | – | 12 | Q |
| New Zealand
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 7 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | Q |
 Niue
|
4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | 13 | 15 | – | – | – | 15 | 8 | Q |
 Papua New Guinea
|
5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | 4 | – | Q |
 Samoa
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3* | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | Q |
 Solomon Islands
|
6 | – | – | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | – | – | – | 6 | 9 | Q |
 Tahiti
|
8 | 7 | 7 | – | 8 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | Q |
 Tonga
|
2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | – | – | 4 | 5 | 3 | Q |
 Tuvalu
|
– | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | 13 | 11 | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | 4 | Q |
 Vanuatu
|
7 | 6 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 10 | 13 | – | – | – | 10 | 10 | Q |
| Invited teams | ||||||||||||||||||
 Japan
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 7 | Q |
| Oceania Barbarians | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 9 | – | – |
| Number of teams | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | – | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 |
- Notes:
- * – an asterisk indicates a shared placing (e.g. 3* is equal third)
Summary of tournaments
[edit]Results by year
[edit]The table below is a summary of the men's finals matches at the Oceania Sevens since 2008:
Results by team
[edit]Updated after the 2023 edition:
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | Top-3 Apps | Top-6 Apps | Total Apps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji
|
5 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Samoa
|
4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Australia
|
4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 9 | 12 | 13 |
| New Zealand
|
2 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Tonga
|
– | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 12 | 13 |
| Papua New Guinea
|
– | – | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| Cook Islands
|
– | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| Japan a
|
– | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Niue
|
– | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 8 |
| Oceania Barbarians a | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| American Samoa
|
– | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 9 |
| Solomon Islands
|
– | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 9 |
| Vanuatu
|
– | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 7 |
| Tahiti
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 5 |
| New Caledonia
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 6 |
| Nauru
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 6 |
| Tuvalu
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Kiribati
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Notes:
^a Invited team, not a member of Oceania Rugby.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Samoa belt Tonga to claim title". FORU. 27 July 2008. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Oceania Sevens - Samoa defend title in Tahiti". Oceania Rugby. 17 November 2009. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013.
- ^ "Sport: Oceania Sevens for 2020 cancelled". Radio New Zealand. 8 September 2020. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020.