2013 Oceania Sevens Championship

2013 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nation Fiji Fiji
Date 4–5 October 2013
Cup
Champions  Samoa
Runners-up  Fiji
Third  Australia
Plate
Champions  American Samoa
Runners-up  Papua New Guinea
Bowl
Shield
Tournament details
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The 2013 Oceania Sevens Championship was the sixth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji.[1][2]

Samoa won the Oceania Sevens Championship by defeating Fiji 31-17.[3][4] Cook Islands and American Samoa, as the two highest finishers excluding core teams Fiji, Australia and Samoa, qualified for qualified for the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens and the opportunity later to qualify for the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.

Pool Stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3300 9
 Cook Islands 3201 7
 Papua New Guinea 3102 5
 Tuvalu 3003 3
4 October 2013
Cook Islands  14–10  Papua New Guinea
4 October 2013
Fiji  48–0  Tuvalu
4 October 2013
Fiji  41–0  Cook Islands
4 October 2013
Papua New Guinea  54–0  Tuvalu
4 October 2013
Cook Islands  28–10  Tuvalu
4 October 2013
Fiji  44–0  Papua New Guinea

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 3300 9
 Australia 3201 7
 American Samoa 3102 5
 Solomon Islands 3003 3
4 October 2013
Australia  31–0  American Samoa
4 October 2013
Samoa  43–0  Solomon Islands
4 October 2013
Australia  43–0  Solomon Islands
4 October 2013
American Samoa  0–45  Samoa
4 October 2013
American Samoa  14–7  Solomon Islands
4 October 2013
Australia  12–26  Samoa

Knockout stage

Plate

5th–8th semi-finals 5th–6th play-off
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
  American Samoa  24  
  Solomon Islands  7  
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
      American Samoa  29
    Papua New Guinea  19
7th–8th play-off
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva 5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
  Tuvalu     Solomon Islands  33
  Papua New Guinea       Tuvalu  0

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva        
  Fiji   
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
  Solomon Islands     
  Fiji  31
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
    Australia  17  
  Papua New Guinea  19
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
  Australia  36  
  Fiji  17
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
    Samoa  31
  Cook Islands  26
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
  American Samoa  14  
  Cook Islands  0 Third place
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
    Samoa  48  
  Tuvalu      Cook Islands  5
  Samoa        Australia  49
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva

Final standings

Legend
A core team in the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series
Qualifed to play in 2013 Hong Kong Sevens
Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Samoa
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Fiji
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Australia
4  Cook Islands
5  American Samoa
6  Papua New Guinea
7  Solomon Islands
8  Tuvalu

References

  1. ↑ "Fiji and Samoa men unbeaten in Oceania Sevens rugby championship". Boxscore News. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Oceania Sevens opens door to world stage". Rugby Redefined. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Oceania success for Samoa, Cooks and US Samoa". IRB. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "A Milestone Achievement for Am. Samoa's national sevens team". Samoa News. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
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