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2021 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nationAustralia
Date25–27 June 2021
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Third Australia
Tournament details
Matches played12
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The 2021 Oceania Sevens Championship was held in Townsville, Australia on the weekend of 25–27 June 2021. The rugby sevens event was sponsored by the PacificAus Sports program (Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), and was the thirteenth Oceania Sevens tournament in men's rugby sevens.

The competition was the final official tournament for Oceania Rugby national teams ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Sevens. It was played as a double round-robin format at the North Queensland Stadium, commercially known as Queensland Country Bank Stadium. Fiji won the tournament undefeated, with New Zealand as runner-up.

Teams

Four men's teams competed at the 2021 tournament:

Tournament

The tournament mirrored the Olympic three-day schedule, with each team playing two matches per day. Each team played the other three teams twice. The highest ranked team after all matches were completed was declared the champion.

Standings

Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Fiji 6 6 0 0 148 64 +84 24
2  New Zealand 6 4 0 2 116 86 +30 18
3  Australia 5 1 0 4 75 98 −27 8
4 Oceania Barbarians 5 0 0 5 51 142 −91 5

Round 1

25 Jun
14:00
Fiji 26–14 Australia
North Queensland Stadium, Townsville
25 Jun
14:22
 New Zealand28–5 Oceania Barbarians
North Queensland Stadium, Townsville

Round 2

25 Jun
19:30
Fiji 32–12 Oceania Barbarians
North Queensland Stadium, Townsville
25 Jun
19:52
New Zealand 24–21 Australia
North Queensland Stadium, Townsville

Round 3

26 Jun
12:00
Australia 28–12 Oceania Barbarians
North Queensland Stadium, Townsville
26 Jun
12:22
New Zealand 19–21 Fiji
North Queensland Stadium, Townsville

Round 4

26 Jun
19:30
Fiji 19–7Australia 
North Queensland Stadium, Townsville
26 Jun
19:52
 New Zealand21–17 Oceania Barbarians
North Queensland Stadium, Townsville

Round 5

27 Jun
12:30
Fiji 33–5 Oceania Barbarians
North Queensland Stadium, Townsville
27 Jun
12:52
New Zealand 17–5 Australia
North Queensland Stadium, Townsville

Round 6

27 Jun
17:45
Australia Cancelled Oceania Barbarians
North Queensland Stadium, Townsville
27 Jun
18:07
New Zealand 7–17 Fiji
North Queensland Stadium, Townsville

Placings

Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Fiji
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia
4 Oceania Barbarians

Source:

See also

References

  1. Haravanua, Simione (4 June 2021). "Yes, Oceania 7s Finally On". The Fiji Sun. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Fiji 7s to face NZ, Australia in Olympic warm-up". Radio New Zealand. 3 June 2021. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 PacificAus Sports Oceania Sevens Draws". 16 June 2021. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021.
  4. "Australia, Fiji and New Zealand to feature At PacificAus Sports Oceania Rugby Sevens". Oceania Rugby. 3 June 2021. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021.
  5. "Mens PacificAus Sports Oceania 7s–2021: Fixtures & Results". Oceania Rugby. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. "Australian Men's Sevens to keep learning following Oceania Sevens". rugby.com.au. 27 June 2021. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
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