2008 FORU Oceania Cup

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2008 Oceania Cup
Date16 August 2008–
30 April 2008
CountriesFlag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Flag of Niue.svg  Niue
Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Niue.svg  Niue
Runner-upFlag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
2007
2009

The 2008 FORU Oceania Cup was a rugby union competition for countries and territories in Oceania with national teams in the developmental band.

Rugby union Team sport, code of rugby football

Rugby union, widely known simply as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts at each end.

Oceania Geographic region comprising Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia

Oceania is a geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Spanning the eastern and western hemispheres, Oceania has a land area of 8,525,989 square kilometres (3,291,903 sq mi) and a population of 40 million. Situated in the southeast of the Asia-Pacific region, Oceania, when compared to continental regions, is the smallest in land area and the second smallest in population after Antarctica.

Contents

The tournament was played as a straight knockout, which was won by Niue. [1] The Band 1 teams from Oceania teams (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga) do not participate in the Oceania Cup.

First round

Western Zone

16 August 2008
New Caledonia  Flag of FLNKS.svg29–20 [A] Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report [2]
Rivière Salée Stadium, Noumea
Referee: Mikea Rokodrakia (Fiji)

Eastern Zone

16 August 2008
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg7–18Flag of Niue.svg  Niue
Report [3]
Tereora National Stadium, Raratonga, Cook Islands

Ranking:

Final

30 August 2008
New Caledonia  Flag of FLNKS.svg5–27Flag of Niue.svg  Niue
Report [4]
Rivière Salée Stadium, Noumea
Referee: Sione Tanoa (Fiji)

See also

Notes
[A] The score on the Rugby International match report was 29–20 to New Caledonia, but the FORU web site originally recorded it as 32–20 to New Caledonia (since corrected).

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References

  1. "FORU Cup 2008 / Results". espnscrum.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  2. "New Caledonia 29 v Vanuatu 20". Rugby International. 26 October 2008. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015.
  3. "Cool Islands 7 v Niue 18". FORU. 26 October 2008. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015.
  4. "Niue 27 v New Caledonia 5". Rugby International. 26 October 2008. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012.