2013 Oceania Sevens Championship

Summary

The 2013 Oceania Sevens Championship was the sixth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji.[1][2]

2013 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nationFiji Fiji
Date4–5 October 2013
Cup
Champion Samoa
Runner-up Fiji
Third Australia
Plate
Winner American Samoa
Runner-up Papua New Guinea
2012
2014

Samoa won the Oceania Sevens Championship by defeating Fiji 31-17.[3][4] Cook Islands and American Samoa, as the two highest finishers excluding core teams Fiji, Australia and Samoa, qualified for the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens and the opportunity later to qualify for the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.

Pool Stage edit

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 9
  Cook Islands 3 2 0 1 7
  Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 5
  Tuvalu 3 0 0 3 3
4 October 2013
Cook Islands  14–10  Papua New Guinea
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Fiji  48–0  Tuvalu
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Fiji  41–0  Cook Islands
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Papua New Guinea  54–0  Tuvalu
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Cook Islands  28–10  Tuvalu
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Fiji  44–0  Papua New Guinea
ANZ Stadium, Suva

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Samoa 3 3 0 0 9
  Australia 3 2 0 1 7
  American Samoa 3 1 0 2 5
  Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 3
4 October 2013
Australia  31–0  American Samoa
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Samoa  43–0  Solomon Islands
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Australia  43–0  Solomon Islands
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
American Samoa  0–45  Samoa
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
American Samoa  14–7  Solomon Islands
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Australia  12–26  Samoa
ANZ Stadium, Suva

Knockout stage edit

Plate edit

 
5th–8th semi-finals5th–6th play-off
 
      
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 
  American Samoa24
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
  Solomon Islands7
 
  American Samoa29
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
  Papua New Guinea19
 
  Tuvalu
 
 
  Papua New Guinea
 
7th–8th play-off
 
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 
  Solomon Islands33
 
 
  Tuvalu0

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 
  Fiji
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
  Solomon Islands
 
  Fiji31
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
  Australia17
 
  Papua New Guinea19
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
  Australia36
 
  Fiji17
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
  Samoa31
 
  Cook Islands26
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
  American Samoa14
 
  Cook Islands0
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
  Samoa48 Third place
 
  Tuvalu
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
  Samoa
 
  Cook Islands5
 
 
  Australia49
 

Final standings edit

Legend
A core team in the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series
Qualified to play in 2013 Hong Kong Sevens
Rank Team
    Samoa
    Fiji
    Australia
4   Cook Islands
5   American Samoa
6   Papua New Guinea
7   Solomon Islands
8   Tuvalu

References edit

  1. ^ "Fiji and Samoa men unbeaten in Oceania Sevens rugby championship". Boxscore News. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Oceania Sevens opens door to world stage". Rugby Redefined. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Oceania success for Samoa, Cooks and US Samoa". IRB. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. ^ "A Milestone Achievement for Am. Samoa's national sevens team". Samoa News. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.