Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship

The Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship is the regional championship for women's international rugby sevens in Oceania. The tournament is held over two days, typically on a weekend. It is sanctioned and sponsored by Oceania Rugby, which is the rugby union governing body for the region.

Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship
SportRugby sevens
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Countries10 (in 2023)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Australia (2023)
Most titles Australia (6 titles)

The first official regional 7s championship for international women's teams from Oceania was the Pacific tournament held in Port Moresby in 2007. This was followed by the Oceania Championship in 2008.

The Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens serves as a qualification tournament for the following:[1]

Tournaments Summary

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Results by year

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Year Venue Winner Runner-up Refs
Pacific 7s
2007   Port Moresby   Fiji   Samoa [2]
Oceania 7s
2008   Apia   Australia   New Zealand [3]
2012   Lautoka   New Zealand   Australia [4]
2013   Noosa   Australia   Fiji [5]
2014   Noosa   New Zealand   Australia [6]
2015   Auckland   Fiji   Samoa [7]
2016   Suva   Australia   Fiji [8]
2017   Suva   New Zealand   Australia [9]
2018   Suva   Australia   New Zealand [10]
2019   Suva   Australia   Fiji [11]
2020 No tournament [12]
2021   Townsville   New Zealand   Australia
2022   Pukekohe   New Zealand   Australia
2023   Brisbane   Australia   Fiji

Participating teams results

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Teams competing in the Oceania Women's Sevens and their finishing positions are as follows:

Team 07 08 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23
Oceania teams
  American Samoa 8
  Australia 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1
  Cook Islands 7 6 3 4 5* 6 9 7
  Fiji 1 3 3 2 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 2
  Nauru 8 12 10
  New Caledonia 7
  New Zealand 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 † 3
  Niue 4 5
  Papua New Guinea 3 4 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 4
  Samoa 2 4 5 4 4 2 5 5* 5 5 5
  Solomon Islands 8 7 6 9
  Tahiti 7*
  Tonga 6 7 5 6 7* 11 6
  Vanuatu 10
Invited teams
  Canada 7
  Japan 8
Oceania Barbarians 4
Number of teams 4 5 8 5 7 5 7 8 8 12 4 4 10
Notes:
  • Host nations are highlighted in red.
  • (*) Asterisk indicates a shared placing.
  • (†) New Zealand fielded two teams, Black Ferns Ma, and Black Ferns Pango who finished in first and fourth place respectively.

Asia Pacific Women’s Sevens Championship

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Year Host Winner
2010   Malaysia   Kazakhstan
2011   Malaysia   Papua New Guinea
2012   Malaysia   Australia
2013   China   China
2015   Malaysia   Japan

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Women's Sevens Championship". oceania.rugby. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  2. ^ "Fijiana take Pacific women's Sevens". IRB. 2007. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Oceania Sevens women's final". Oceania Rugby. 2008. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015.
  4. ^ "New Zealand claim Oceania Women's Sevens Championship". Oceania Rugby. 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's Sevens Statistics - Day 2" (PDF). Oceania Rugby. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Fiji and New Zealand win the Oceania Sevens". IRB. 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Australia and Fijiana Win Places at 2016 Olympic Games Sevens". Oceania Rugby. 2015. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Australian women win Oceania rugby sevens". Special Broadcasting Service. 12 November 2016. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Sevens Action to Return to Fiji in 2017". Oceania Rugby. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Australia and Fiji triumph at Oceania Rugby Sevens". World Rugby. 10 November 2018. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Season fixture: 2019 Women's Sevens". Oceania Rugby. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Sport: Oceania Sevens for 2020 cancelled". Radio New Zealand. 8 September 2020. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020.
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