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2016 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nation	Fiji
Date	11–12 November
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	Samoa
Third	Australia
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The 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship was the ninth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji. The host nation Fiji won the tournament, defeating Samoa 28–19 in the final. Papua New Guinea and Tonga, as the two highest finishers not already core teams in the Sevens World Series, won qualification to the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens for a chance to earn core team status for the 2018 season.

Teams

Participating nations for the 2016 tournament are:

•  American Samoa
•  Australia
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  Nauru

•  New Caledonia
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tonga

Pool Stage

All times are Fiji Summer Time (UTC+13)

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Fiji	4	4	0	0	198	31	+167	12
Papua New Guinea	4	3	0	1	114	60	+54	10
Tonga	4	2	0	2	101	82	+19	8
American Samoa	4	1	0	3	38	150	-112	6
Nauru	4	0	0	4	25	153	-128	4

Papua New Guinea	29-5	Nauru

Fiji	52-0	American Samoa

Fiji	31-12	Papua New Guinea

Tonga	38-7	American Samoa

Fiji	73-0	Nauru

Tonga	10-28	Papua New Guinea

American Samoa	17-15	Nauru

Fiji	42-19	Tonga

Papua New Guinea	45-15	American Samoa

Tonga	34-5	Nauru

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Samoa	4	4	0	0	140	10	+130	12
Australia	4	3	0	1	117	36	+81	10
Cook Islands	4	2	0	2	58	64	-6	8
New Caledonia	4	1	0	3	38	124	-86	6
Solomon Islands	4	0	0	4	24	143	-119	4

Cook Islands	24-7	New Caledonia

Australia	43-0	Solomon Islands

Australia	12-7	Cook Islands

Samoa	52-0	Solomon Islands

Australia	57-5	New Caledonia

Samoa	33-5	Cook Islands

Solomon Islands	12-26	New Caledonia

Australia	5-24	Samoa

Cook Islands	22-12	Solomon Islands

Samoa	31-0	New Caledonia

Knockout stage

9th-10th Place

	Final
	12 November 2016 – 16:19
	Nauru	22
	Solomon Islands	19

5th-8th Place

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 November 2016 – 13:52
	Tonga	26
					12 November 2016 - 17:01
	New Caledonia	7
					Tonga	19
	12 November – 14:13
					Cook Islands	0
	American Samoa	14
	Cook Islands	15
					Third place
					12 November 2016 - 16:40
					New Caledonia	19
					American Samoa	26

Cup

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 November 2016 – 14:34
	Samoa	17
					12 November 2016 - 19:08
	Papua New Guinea	12
					Samoa	19
	12 November – 14:55
					Fiji	28
	Fiji	19
	Australia	7
					Third place
					12 November 2016 - 18:19
					Papua New Guinea	0
					Australia	25

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Fiji
	Samoa
	Australia
4	Papua New Guinea
5	Tonga
6	Cook Islands
7	American Samoa
8	New Caledonia
9	Nauru
10	Solomon Islands

References

1. "2016 Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships". Oceania Rugby. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
2. "Oceania Sevens Championships". Flashscore. 2016. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.

• Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship
• 2016 rugby sevens competitions
• Sport in Suva
• 2016 in Oceanian rugby union
• 2016 in Fijian rugby union
• International rugby union competitions hosted by Fiji
• November 2016 sports events in Oceania