| 2012 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  |
| Date | 25–26 August 2012 |
| Cup | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up |  |
| Third |  |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  |
| Runner-up |  |
← 2011 2013 → | |
The 2012 Oceania Sevens Championship was the fifth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at North Sydney Oval in Sydney, Australia. [1] The winner qualified through to the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in Moscow.
Australia won the Oceania Sevens Championship by defeating Samoa 12-7. [2]
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||
 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5th–8th semi-finals | 5th–6th play-off | |||||
| 26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval | ||||||
| 7 | |||||
| 26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval | ||||||
| 24 | |||||
| 24 | |||||
| 26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval | ||||||
| 21 | |||||
| 47 | |||||
| 0 | |||||
| 7th–8th play-off | ||||||
| 26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval | ||||||
| 42 | |||||
| 0 | |||||
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval | ||||||||||
| 62 | |||||||||
| 26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 52 | |||||||||
| 26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval | ||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| 26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval | ||||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||
| 15 | |||||||||
| 26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval | ||||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||
| 26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval | ||||||||||
| 24 | Third place | ||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval | ||||||||||
| 55 | |||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||
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