| Most recent season or competition: 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
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| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| Inaugural 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceania teams | ||||||||||||||||
 American Samoa | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | – | 9 | – | – | – | 13 |
 Australia | – | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3* | 4 | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 7 |
 Cook Islands | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | – | – | – | 8 |
| Fiji | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | 3 |
 Kiribati | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 |
 Nauru | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | – | – | – | 12 |
 New Caledonia | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | 11 | – | 8 | 9 | 8 | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| New Zealand | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 7 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 |
 Niue | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | 13 | 15 | – | – | – | 15 |
 Papua New Guinea | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | – | – | – | 4 |
 Samoa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3* | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | 2 |
 Solomon Islands | 6 | – | – | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | – | – | – | 6 |
 Tahiti | 8 | 7 | 7 | – | 8 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 Tonga | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | – | – | 4 | 5 |
 Tuvalu | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | 13 | 11 | 11 | – | – | – | 11 |
 Vanuatu | 7 | 6 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 10 | 13 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Invited teams | ||||||||||||||||
 Japan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Oceania Barbarians | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 9 |
| Number of teams | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | – | 4 | 4 | 15 |
The table below is a summary of the men's finals matches at the Oceania Sevens since 2008:
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.
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