2015 Oceania Sevens Championship

2015 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nationNew Zealand New Zealand
Date14–15 November 2015
Cup
Champion Australia
Runner-up Tonga
Third Samoa
Plate
Winner Cook Islands
Runner-up Solomon Islands
Third American Samoa
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The 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship was the eighth Oceania Sevens. It was held in West Auckland, New Zealand on 14–15 November 2015.[1] As well as determining the regional championship, the tournament was also a qualifying event for the 2016 Olympics sevens, with the highest-placed eligible team gaining a direct berth to Rio de Janeiro.[1]

Australia won the tournament, defeating Tonga 50–0 in the final.[2] The second and third place getters Tonga and Samoa received invitations to the final qualification tournament.[3] Fiji and New Zealand did not participate in the 2015 Oceania Sevens as they had already qualified for the 2016 Olympics.

Teams

Participating nations for the 2015 tournament are:

Pool stage

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

All times are New Zealand Daylight Time, i.e. UTC+13.

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 159 7 +152 9
 Tonga 3 2 0 1 74 49 +25 7
 Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 52 77 –25 5
 Nauru 3 0 0 3 0 152 –152 3
14 November 2015
11:28
Tonga 29–0 Cook Islands
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
11:50
Australia 62–0 Nauru
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
14:04
Tonga 45–0 Nauru
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
14:26
Australia 48–7 Cook Islands
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
16:40
Cook Islands 45–0 Nauru
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
17:02
Australia 49–0 Tonga
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 139 7 +132 9
 Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 106 41 +65 7
 Solomon Islands 3 1 0 2 17 107 –90 4
 American Samoa 3 0 0 3 7 114 –107 3
14 November 2015
10:44
Papua New Guinea 47–0 American Samoa
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
11:06
Samoa 48–0 Solomon Islands
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
13:20
Papua New Guinea 52–0 Solomon Islands
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
13:42
Samoa 50–0 American Samoa
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
15:56
American Samoa 7–17 Solomon Islands
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
16:18
Samoa 41–7 Papua New Guinea
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand

Knockout stage

Plate

 
5th–8th semi-finals5th–6th play-off
 
      
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 
 Solomon Islands31
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 Nauru 5
 
  Solomon Islands14
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
  Cook Islands17
 
  Cook Islands24
 
 
  American Samoa19
 
7th–8th play-off
 
 
 15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 
  Nauru12
 
 
  American Samoa33

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 
 Tonga 47
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 Solomon Islands 0
 
 Tonga 41
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 Samoa 5
 
 Samoa 59
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 Nauru 0
 
  Tonga0
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
  Australia50
 
 Papua New Guinea 19
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 Cook Islands 7
 
 Papua New Guinea 0
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 Australia 36 Third place
 
 Australia 52
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 American Samoa 0
 
  Samoa 54
 
 
  Papua New Guinea0
 

Final standings

Legend
Winner of qualification position for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Winner of qualification position for the Final Olympic qualification tournament.
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Tonga
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Samoa
4  Papua New Guinea
5  Cook Islands
6  Solomon Islands
7  American Samoa
8  Nauru

Tonga and Papua New Guinea also qualified to the 2016 Hong Kong Sevens World Series qualifier.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Regional Sevens Tournaments". World Rugby. 9 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Aussie men in Olympic sevens heaven". Special Broadcasting Service. 15 November 2015. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. ^ "How to qualify for Rio 2016 - Men's Rugby Sevens - An Analysis". Australian Rugby. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.