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2017 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nation	Fiji
Date	10–11 November
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	New Zealand
Third	Australia  Samoa
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The 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship was the tenth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 10–11 November 2017. The tournament was won by Fiji who defeated New Zealand 26–0 in the final.

Qualifiers

Aside from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Samoa, the tournament serves as a qualifier for the following:

• The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament, with the top two competing for a chance to be a core team for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.
• 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, with the best performing team advancing. The second Oceania slot will be allocated to the winner of the 2017 Pacific Mini Games on 8−9 December.
• 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the best-performing member of the Commonwealth of Nations qualifying.

Teams

Participating nations for the 2017 tournament are:

•  American Samoa
•  Australia
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  Nauru
•  New Caledonia
•  New Zealand
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tonga
•  Tuvalu
•  Vanuatu

Pool stage

All times are Fiji Summer Time (UTC+13:00)

Pool A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Fiji	2	2	0	0	59	5	+54	6
American Samoa	2	0	1	1	19	38	−19	3
New Caledonia	2	0	1	1	14	49	−35	3

American Samoa	14–14	New Caledonia

Fiji	35−0	New Caledonia

Fiji	24−5	American Samoa

Pool B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	82	0	+82	6
Cook Islands	2	1	0	1	27	36	−9	4
Nauru	2	0	0	2	0	73	−73	2

Cook Islands	27–0	Nauru

New Zealand	46−0	Nauru

New Zealand	36−0	Cook Islands

Pool C

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Australia	2	2	0	0	75	7	+68	6
Tonga	2	1	0	1	14	24	−10	4
Solomon Islands	2	0	0	2	0	58	−58	2

Tonga	7–0	Solomon Islands

Australia	51–0	Solomon Islands

Australia	24−7	Tonga

Pool D

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/−	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	121	14	+107	9
Papua New Guinea	3	2	0	1	73	41	+32	7
Vanuatu	3	1	0	2	24	85	−61	5
Tuvalu	3	0	0	3	22	100	−78	3

Papua New Guinea	26–10	Tuvalu

Samoa	40–0	Vanuatu

Papua New Guinea	33−0	Vanuatu

Samoa	50−0	Tuvalu

Vanuatu	24−12	Tuvalu

Samoa	31−14	Papua New Guinea

Knockout stage

9th-12th Place

	Semi-finals				Ninth Place
	11 November 2017 – 12:20
	Solomon Islands	19
					11 November 2017 - 16:26
	Vanuatu	0
					Solomon Islands	N/A
	11 November 2017 – 12:40
					New Caledonia
	New Caledonia	34
	Nauru	10
					Eleventh Place
					11 November 2017 - 16:06
					Vanuatu	N/A
					Nauru

5th-8th Place

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Fifth Place
	11 November 2017 – 11:00
	Australia	22
					11 November 2017 – 14:20
	Papua New Guinea	21
					Papua New Guinea	22
	11 November 2017 – 11:20
					American Samoa	7
	New Zealand	58
									11 November 2017 - 17:26
	American Samoa	0
									Papua New Guinea	32
	11 November 2017 – 11:40
									Cook Islands	0
	Samoa	45
					11 November 2017 – 14:40
	Tonga	0
					Tonga	5
	11 November 2017 – 12:00
					Cook Islands	12			Seventh Place
	Fiji	57
									11 November 2017 - 16:46
	Cook Islands	0
									American Samoa	N/A
									Tonga

Championship

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 November 2017 – 11:00
	Australia	22
					11 November 2017 – 15:00
	Papua New Guinea	21
					Australia	0
	11 November 2017 – 11:20
					New Zealand	31
	New Zealand	58
									11 November 2017 - 18:46
	American Samoa	0
									New Zealand	0
	11 November 2017 – 11:40
									Fiji	26
	Samoa	45
					11 November 2017 – 15:20
	Tonga	0
					Samoa	7
	11 November 2017 – 12:00
					Fiji	17			Third place
	Fiji	57
									11 November 2017 - 18:06
	Cook Islands	0
									Australia	N/A
									Samoa

Notes:

1. ^ Due to adverse weather conditions affecting the schedule of games, all classification finals except the fifth-place playoff and Championship Final were cancelled. The fifth-place match was played because of qualification implications.

Placings

Place	Team
	Fiji
	New Zealand
	Australia
	Samoa
5	Papua New Guinea
6	Cook Islands

Place	Team
7	American Samoa
	Tonga
9	New Caledonia
	Solomon Islands
11	Nauru
	Vanuatu
13	Tuvalu

See also

• 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying – Men
• Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament
• 2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship

References

1. "Sevens Action to Return to Fiji in 2017". Oceania Rugby. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
2. "Oceania Sevens Championships". Flashscore. 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.
3. rugbybworldcup.com. "Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018". rwcsevens.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
4. "Papua New Guinea qualify for first RWC Sevens". World Rugby. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
5. "Athlete Allocation System" (PDF). www.triathlon.org/. International Triathlon Union. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

• Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship
• 2017 rugby sevens competitions
• 2017 in Oceanian rugby union
• 2017 in Fijian rugby union
• International rugby union competitions hosted by Fiji
• Sport in Suva
• November 2017 sports events in Oceania