Oceania Rugby Men's Sevens Championship
 | |
| Sport | Rugby sevens |
|---|---|
| First season | 2008 |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Australia (4th title) |
| Most titles | Australia  Fiji  Samoa (4 titles each) |
The Oceania Sevens 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
Men's teams competing in the Oceania Sevens and their finishing positions are as follows (placings of host nations in bold):
| Team | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceania teams | ||||||||||||
 American Samoa
|
– | – | – | 6th | 6th | 5th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7th | – | 9th |
| Australia
|
– | – | 1st | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd* | 4th | 1st |
 Cook Islands
|
3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 10th |
| Fiji
|
– | – | – | 2nd | – | 2nd | 1st | – | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
 Nauru
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 9th | 11th | 12th | 12th |
 New Caledonia
|
– | – | – | 9th | – | – | 11th | – | 8th | 9th | 8th | 14th |
 Niue
|
4th | 4th | 6th | 8th | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 13th | 15th |
 New Zealand
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 7th |
 Papua New Guinea
|
5th | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 7th | 6th |
| Samoa
|
1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd* | 3rd | 4th |
 Solomon Islands
|
6th | – | – | 10th | 7th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 10th | 9th | 9th | 8th |
 Tahiti
|
8th | 7th | 7th | – | 8th | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – |
 Tonga
|
2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | – | 6th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | 5th | 5th |
 Tuvalu
|
– | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | 13th | 11th | 11th |
 Vanuatu
|
7th | 6th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 10th | 13th |
| Invited teams | ||||||||||||
 Japan
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd |
| Number of teams | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
- Notes:
- * – an asterisk indicates a shared placing (e.g. 3rd* is equal third)
Summary of tournaments
Results by year
The table below is a summary of the men's finals matches at the Oceania Sevens since 2008:
| Year | Host city | Final | Bronze final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 2008 | [1] Apia |
 Samoa |
52–0 |  Tonga |
 Cook Islands |
33–15 |  Niue | ||
| 2009 | [2] Papeete |
Samoa |
31–14 | Tonga |
 Papua New Guinea |
24–12 | Niue | ||
| 2010 | Darwin |
 Australia |
34–12 | Samoa |
Tonga |
12–7 | Papua New Guinea | ||
| 2011 | Apia |
Samoa |
19–11 |  Fiji |
Tonga |
28–12 | Australia | ||
| 2012 | Sydney |
Australia |
12–7 | Samoa |
Tonga |
19–17 | Cook Islands | ||
| 2013 | Suva |
Samoa |
31–17 | Fiji |
Australia |
49–5 | Cook Islands | ||
| 2014 | Noosa |
Fiji |
21–5 |  New Zealand |
Samoa |
33–7 | Australia | ||
| 2015 | Auckland |
Australia |
50–0 | Tonga |
Samoa |
54–0 | Papua New Guinea | ||
| 2016 | Suva |
Fiji |
28–19 | Samoa |
Australia |
25–0 | Papua New Guinea | ||
| 2017 | Suva |
Fiji |
26–0 | New Zealand |
Australia |
Shared third place | Samoa | ||
| 2018 | Suva |
Fiji |
17–12 | New Zealand |
Samoa |
14–12 | Australia | ||
| 2019 | Suva |
Australia |
22–7 | Fiji |
 Japan |
26–21 | Samoa | ||
Results by team
Updated after the 2019 edition:
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | Top-3 Apps | Top-6 Apps | Total Apps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa
|
4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Fiji
|
4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Australia
|
4 | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Tonga
|
– | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| New Zealand
|
– | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Papua New Guinea
|
– | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| Cook Islands
|
– | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| Japan a
|
– | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Niue
|
– | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 7 |
| American Samoa
|
– | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 8 |
| Solomon Islands
|
– | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 8 |
| Vanuatu
|
– | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 6 |
| Tahiti
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 5 |
| New Caledonia
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 6 |
| Nauru
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 5 |
| Tuvalu
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 4 |
Notes:
^a Invited team, not a member of Oceania Rugby.
See also
References
- ^ "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.