2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship

The 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship was the ninth Oceania Women's Sevens tournament. It served as the regional qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Sevens and was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 7–9 November.[1]

2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship
Host nationFiji Fiji
Date7–9 November
Cup
Champion Australia (5th title)
Runner-up Fiji
Third New Zealand
Tournament details
Matches played30
2018
2021

Australia won the tournament to claim their fifth Oceania Championship, defeating Fiji by 24–12 in the final. Runners-up Fiji, as the highest-placed side not already qualified, won the Oceania berth at the 2020 Olympic Sevens in Tokyo.

Papua New Guinea and Samoa finished fourth and fifth respectively and, as the second and third highest-placed sides not already qualified, won entry to the 2020 Final Olympic Qualifier as well as the 2020 Hong Kong Women's Sevens qualifying tournament for the 2020–21 World Women's Sevens Series.

Teams

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The following nations competed at the 2019 tournament, including two invited teams – the Canadian development team (Maple Leafs) and a development side from Japan:[1]

Format

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Teams were seeded into three pools of four.[2]

To allow a clear run for countries competing for qualification to the 2020 Olympic Sevens, the two Oceania nations already qualified, Australia and New Zealand, were placed in Pool A together with the invited development sides (not eligible for Oceania berths) from Canada and Japan. The remaining teams were seeded into Pool B and Pool C.

A knockout competition involving the two top teams of Pool B and two top teams of Pool C decided the Olympic qualifying berth.

Pool stage

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Pool A (International)

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Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 3 3 0 0 64 20 +44 9 Advance to title playoffs
2   New Zealand 3 2 0 1 50 34 +16 7 Advance to title playoffs
3   Japan 3 1 0 2 27 59 –32 5
4   Canada 3 0 0 3 22 50 –28 3
7 November
13:56
Canada  5–19  Australia
ANZ Stadium, Suva

7 November
14:18
New Zealand  26–5  Japan
ANZ Stadium, Suva

8 November
11:44
Canada  5–12  Japan
ANZ Stadium, Suva

8 November
12:06
New Zealand  5–17  Australia
ANZ Stadium, Suva

8 November
16:08
Australia  28–10  Japan
ANZ Stadium, Suva

8 November
16:30
New Zealand  19–12  Canada
ANZ Stadium, Suva

Pool B (Olympic)

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Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Fiji 3 3 0 0 189 0 +189 9 Advance to title playoffs
2   Solomon Islands 3 1 0 2 41 97 –56 5 Advance to title playoffs
3   Vanuatu 3 1 0 2 29 85 –56 5
4   Nauru 3 1 0 2 27 104 –77 5
7 November
16:52
Nauru  17–14  Solomon Islands
ANZ Stadium, Suva

7 November
17:14
Fiji  48–0  Vanuatu
ANZ Stadium, Suva

8 November
12:28
Nauru  10–24  Vanuatu
ANZ Stadium, Suva

8 November
12:50
Fiji  75–0  Solomon Islands
ANZ Stadium, Suva

8 November
16:52
Solomon Islands  27–5  Vanuatu
ANZ Stadium, Suva

8 November
17:14
Fiji  66–0  Nauru
ANZ Stadium, Suva

Pool C (Olympic)

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Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Papua New Guinea 3 3 0 0 88 22 +66 9 Advance to title playoffs
2   Samoa 3 2 0 1 74 36 +38 7 Advance to title playoffs
3   Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 56 45 +11 5
4   Tonga 3 0 0 3 5 120 –115 3
7 November
11:00
Samoa  21–19  Cook Islands
ANZ Stadium, Suva

7 November
11:22
Papua New Guinea  52–0  Tonga
ANZ Stadium, Suva

8 November
11:00
Samoa  43–0  Tonga
ANZ Stadium, Suva

8 November
11:22
Papua New Guinea  19–12  Cook Islands
ANZ Stadium, Suva

8 November
15:24
Cook Islands  25–5  Tonga
ANZ Stadium, Suva

8 November
15:46
Papua New Guinea  17–10  Samoa
ANZ Stadium, Suva

Knockout stage

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Lower classification

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7th–10th playoffsSeventh place
      
9 November 2019 – 10.00 – ANZ Stadium
  Cook Islands0
9 November 2019 – 15.08 – ANZ Stadium
  Canada33
  Canada10
9 November 2019 – 10.22 – ANZ Stadium
  Japan5
  Japan39
  Vanuatu0
Ninth place
9 November 2019 – 14.56 – ANZ Stadium
  Cook Islands34
  Vanuatu0
Eleventh place
 
9 November 2019 – 12.56 – ANZ Stadium
 
 
  Nauru12
 
 
  Tonga19
 

Title playoffs

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Olympic qualifier semifinalsInternational playoffOceania final
          
9 November 2019 – 15.30 – ANZ Stadium
A1
  Australia
12
A2
  New Zealand
0
9 November 2019 – 19.50 – ANZ Stadium
  Australia24
9 November 2019 – 12.12 – ANZ Stadium
  Fiji12
B1
  Fiji
43
Olympic qualifier
9 November 2019 – 15.52 – ANZ Stadium
C2
  Samoa
0
  Fiji36
9 November 2019 – 12.34 – ANZ Stadium
  Papua New Guinea0 Third place
C1
  Papua New Guinea
31
9 November 2019 – 18.35 – ANZ Stadium
B2
  Solomon Islands
7
  New Zealand29
  Papua New Guinea0
 
Fifth place
9 November 2019 – 16.58 – ANZ Stadium
 
 
  Samoa45
 
 
  Solomon Islands0
 

Placings

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Place Team Qualification
    Australia
    Fiji Direct qualification to the Olympic Sevens for 2020
    New Zealand
4   Papua New Guinea Entry to Olympic qualifier and World Challenger Series for 2020
5   Samoa Entry to Olympic qualifier for 2020
6   Solomon Islands
7   Canada
8   Japan
9   Cook Islands
10   Vanuatu
11   Tonga
12   Nauru

Source: [citation needed]

Legend
Light bar Already a core team in World Series and previously qualified to the Olympic Sevens for 2020
Dark bar Already a core team in World Series for 2020
Dotted bar Invited team not eligible for qualification from Oceania

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Oceania Rugby Sevens Championships". Oceania Rugby. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Season fixture: 2019 Women's Sevens". Oceania Rugby. Retrieved 4 November 2019.[permanent dead link]