| 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Australia |
| Date | 10–12 November 2023 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  New Zealand |
| Runner-up |  Samoa |
| Third |  Fiji |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 39 |
← 2022 2024 → | |
The 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship was the fifteenth Oceania Sevens tournament in men's rugby sevens. It also served as the regional qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympic Sevens and was held at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane, Australia from 10 to 12 November. [1]
Fourteen national teams were scheduled to compete at the 2023 tournament, plus an Oceania invitational team: [2] [3]
American Samoa Australia 
Cook Islands Fiji 
Kiribati 
Nauru New Zealand 
Niue 
Oceania Barbarians
Papua New Guinea Samoa 
Solomon Islands 
Tonga 
Tuvalu 
Vanuatu Teams were seeded into three pools of five. [4]
To allow a clear run for countries competing for qualification to the 2024 Summer Olympic Sevens, the three Oceania nations already qualified (Australia, Fiji and New Zealand) were placed in Pool A together with, Niue (not Olympic eligible) and the Oceania invitational team (Barbarians). The remaining teams were seeded into Pool B and Pool C for Olympic qualification. [1]
A playoff between the winners of Pool B and Pool C decided the Olympic qualifying berth.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiji | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 44 | +74 | 12 | Advance to finals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 22 | +109 | 10 | |
| 3 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 47 | +56 | 8 | Middle classification |
| 4 | Oceania Barbarians | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 123 | –64 | 6 | Lower classification |
| 5 | Niue | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 197 | –175 | 4 | Fifteenth place |
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samoa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 0 | +184 | 12 | Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 74 | +31 | 10 | Fifth place match |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 75 | –13 | 8 | Middle classification |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 96 | –48 | 6 | Middle classification |
| 5 | American Samoa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 166 | –154 | 4 | Lower classification |
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 33 | +123 | 12 | Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier |
| 2 | Tonga | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 214 | 36 | +178 | 10 | Fifth place match |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 136 | –93 | 8 | Middle classification |
| 4 | Nauru | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 109 | –66 | 6 | Middle classification |
| 5 | Kiribati | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 162 | –142 | 4 | Lower classification |
| Semi-final | Championship final | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 November 2023 – 15:18 – Ballymore Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
A1 Fiji | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
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A2 New Zealand | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
Olympic qualifier final 12 November 2023 – 15:40 – Ballymore Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
B1 Samoa | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Third place | |||||||||||||||||
C1 Papua New Guinea | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 November 2023 – 19:08 – Ballymore Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
| Fiji | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place | Team | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
 | New Zealand | Already qualified for 2024 Olympics |
 | Samoa | Qualified for 2024 Olympics |
 | Fiji | Already qualified for 2024 Olympics |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | Qualified for Olympic Repechage |
| 5 | Tonga | |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | |
| 7 | Australia | Already qualified for 2024 Olympics |
| 8 | Cook Islands | |
| 9 | Oceania Barbarians | Not eligible for 2024 Olympics |
| 10 | Vanuatu | |
| 11 | Tuvalu | |
| 12 | Nauru | |
| 13 | American Samoa | |
| 14 | Kiribati | |
| 15 | Niue | Not eligible for 2024 Olympics |
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