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2015 Oceania Sevens Championship

2015 Oceania Sevens Championship

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The 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship was the eighth Oceania Sevens. It was held in West Auckland, New Zealand on 14–15 November 2015.[1] As well as determining the regional championship, the tournament was also a qualifying event for the 2016 Olympics sevens, with the highest-placed eligible team gaining a direct berth to Rio de Janeiro.[1]

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Australia won the tournament, defeating Tonga 50–0 in the final.[2] The second and third place getters Tonga and Samoa received invitations to the final qualification tournament.[3] Fiji and New Zealand did not participate in the 2015 Oceania Sevens as they had already qualified for the 2016 Olympics.

Teams

Participating nations for the 2015 tournament are:

Pool stage

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All times are New Zealand Daylight Time, i.e. UTC+13.

Pool A

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14 November 2015
11:28
Tonga 29–0 Cook Islands
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
11:50
Australia 62–0 Nauru
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
14:04
Tonga 45–0 Nauru
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
14:26
Australia 48–7 Cook Islands
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
16:40
Cook Islands 45–0 Nauru
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
17:02
Australia 49–0 Tonga
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand

Pool B

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14 November 2015
10:44
Papua New Guinea 47–0 American Samoa
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
11:06
Samoa 48–0 Solomon Islands
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
13:20
Papua New Guinea 52–0 Solomon Islands
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
13:42
Samoa 50–0 American Samoa
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
15:56
American Samoa 7–17 Solomon Islands
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand
14 November 2015
16:18
Samoa 41–7 Papua New Guinea
The Trusts Arena, Henderson, New Zealand

Knockout stage

Plate

 
5th–8th semi-finals5th–6th play-off
 
      
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 
 Solomon Islands31
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 Nauru 5
 
  Solomon Islands14
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
  Cook Islands17
 
  Cook Islands24
 
 
  American Samoa19
 
7th–8th play-off
 
 
 15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 
  Nauru12
 
 
  American Samoa33

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 
 Tonga 47
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 Solomon Islands 0
 
 Tonga 41
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 Samoa 5
 
 Samoa 59
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 Nauru 0
 
  Tonga0
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
  Australia50
 
 Papua New Guinea 19
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 Cook Islands 7
 
 Papua New Guinea 0
 
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 Australia 36 Third place
 
 Australia 52
 
15 November 2015 - The Trusts Arena, West Auckland
 
 American Samoa 0
 
  Samoa 54
 
 
  Papua New Guinea0
 

Final standings

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Tonga and Papua New Guinea also qualified to the 2016 Hong Kong Sevens World Series qualifier.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Regional Sevens Tournaments". World Rugby. 9 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Aussie men in Olympic sevens heaven". Special Broadcasting Service. 15 November 2015. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. [3]
    "How to qualify for Rio 2016 - Men's Rugby Sevens - An Analysis". Australian Rugby. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
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