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

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

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

Pool A (International)
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Australia 33006420+449 Advance to title playoffs
2 New Zealand 32015034+167 Advance to title playoffs
3 Japan 31022759–325
4 Canada 30032250–283
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)
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Fiji 33001890+1899 Advance to title playoffs
2 Solomon Islands 31024197–565 Advance to title playoffs
3 Vanuatu 31022985–565
4 Nauru 310227104–775
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)
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Papua New Guinea 33008822+669 Advance to title playoffs
2 Samoa 32017436+387 Advance to title playoffs
3 Cook Islands 31025645+115
4 Tonga 30035120–1153
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

Lower classification
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
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
Place Team Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Fiji Direct qualification to the Olympic Sevens for 2020
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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:

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

References
  1. "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.
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