2023 Oceania Sevens Championship
{{Short description|Men's rugby sevens tournament in Australia}}
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| date = 10–12 November 2023
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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.{{cite news |title=Brisbane Set to host 2023 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship with Olympic Qualification on the line |url=https://oceania.rugby/news/brisbane-set-to-host-2023-oceania-rugby-sevens-championship-with-olympic-qualification-on-the-line-2023928 |work=Oceania Rugby |date=28 September 2023 |access-date=19 October 2023}}
Teams
Fourteen national teams were scheduled to compete at the 2023 tournament, plus an Oceania invitational team:{{cite news |title=Teams buzzing ahead of Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship for place at Paris Olympics |url=https://oceania.rugby/news/teams-buzzing-ahead-of-oceania-rugby-sevens-championship-for-place-at-paris-olympics-20231018 |work=Oceania Rugby |date=18 October 2023 |access-date=19 October 2023 }}{{cite news |title=Oceania Sevens teams |url=https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/34275a4a-82f1-43f4-9159-d76cc137c2d9.pdf |work=Oceania Rugby |date=28 September 2023 |access-date=19 October 2023 }}
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- {{ru7|COK}}
- {{ru7|FIJ}}
- {{ru7|KIR}}
- {{ru7|NRU}}
- {{ru7|NZL}}
- {{ru7|NIU}}
- {{flagicon image|}} Oceania Barbarians
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- {{ru7|SAM}}
- {{ru7|SOL}}
- {{ru7|TON}}
- {{ru7|TUV}}
- {{ru7|VAN}}
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Format
Teams were seeded into three pools of five.{{cite web |title=Tournament fixture: 2023 Oceania Sevens |url=https://d26phqdbpt0w91.cloudfront.net/NonVideo/a6a29f2b-e019-4a5a-81bc-2141f9c3f55f.pdf |website=Oceania Rugby |access-date=19 October 2023 }}
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.
A playoff between the winners of Pool B and Pool C decided the Olympic qualifying berth.
Pool stage
=Pool A (Championship)=
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 44 | +74 | 12
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| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 22 | +109 | 10 |
| 3 | align="left" |{{ru7|AUS}}
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 47 | +56 | 8
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Middle classification |
| 4 | align="left" |Oceania Barbarians
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 123 | –64 | 6
| bgcolor="#feead5" | Lower classification |
| 5 | align="left" |{{ru7|NIU}}
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 197 | –175 | 4
| bgcolor="#ffcccc" | Fifteenth place |
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=Pool B (Olympic)=
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| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 74 | +31 | 10
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| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 75 | –13 | 8
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| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 96 | –48 | 6
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| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 166 | –154 | 4
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=Pool C (Olympic)=
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| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 214 | 36 | +178 | 10
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| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 136 | –93 | 8
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" |Middle classification |
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| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 109 | –66 | 6
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| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 162 | –142 | 4
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Classification
=Thirteenth place match=
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=Eleventh place match=
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=Ninth place match=
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=Seventh place match=
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=Fifth place match=
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Finals
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|12 November 2023 – 15:18 – Ballymore Stadium
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=Semi-finals=
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;Olympic qualifying match
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=Third place match=
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=Championship final match=
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Ranking
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|Already qualified for 2024 Olympics |
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|{{Silver2}} | align="left" | {{ru7|SAM}}
|Qualified for 2024 Olympics |
| bgcolor="#ffffcc"
|{{Bronze3}} | align="left" | {{ru7|FIJ}}
|Already qualified for 2024 Olympics |
| bgcolor="#bbf3ff"
|4 | align=left| {{ru7|PNG}}
| rowspan="2" |Qualified for Olympic Repechage |
| bgcolor="#bbf3ff"
|5 | align=left| {{ru7|TGA}} |
| 6 | align=left| {{ru7|SOL}}
| |
| bgcolor="#ffffcc"
|7 | align=left| {{ru7|AUS}}
|Already qualified for 2024 Olympics |
| 8 | align=left| {{ru7|CKI}}
| |
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|9 | align=left| Oceania Barbarians
|Not eligible for 2024 Olympics |
| 10 | align=left| {{ru7|VAN}}
| rowspan="5" | |
| 11 | align=left| {{ru7|TUV}} |
| 12 | align=left| {{ru7|NRU}} |
| 13 | align=left| {{ru7|ASM}} |
| 14 | align=left| {{ru7|KIR}} |
| bgcolor=darkgrey
|15 | align=left| {{ru7|NIU}}
|Not eligible for 2024 Olympics |
See also
References
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{{Oceania Sevens}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oceania Sevens Championship}}
Category:2023 rugby sevens competitions
Category:2023 in Oceanian rugby union
Category:2023 in Australian rugby union
Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Australia
Category:November 2023 sports events in Australia
Category:Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification