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 nation	Fiji
Date	7–9 November
Cup
Champion	Australia (5th title)
Runner-up	Fiji
Third	New Zealand
Tournament details
Matches played	30
← 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]

•  Australia
•  Canada
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  Japan SDS
•  Nauru
•  New Zealand
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tonga
•  Vanuatu

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	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

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7 November 14:18

New Zealand	26–5	Japan

ANZ Stadium, Suva

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8 November 11:44

Canada	5–12	Japan

ANZ Stadium, Suva

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8 November 12:06

New Zealand	5–17	Australia

ANZ Stadium, Suva

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8 November 16:08

Australia	28–10	Japan

ANZ Stadium, Suva

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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	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

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7 November 17:14

Fiji	48–0	Vanuatu

ANZ Stadium, Suva

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8 November 12:28

Nauru	10–24	Vanuatu

ANZ Stadium, Suva

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8 November 12:50

Fiji	75–0	Solomon Islands

ANZ Stadium, Suva

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8 November 16:52

Solomon Islands	27–5	Vanuatu

ANZ Stadium, Suva

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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	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

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7 November 11:22

Papua New Guinea	52–0	Tonga

ANZ Stadium, Suva

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8 November 11:00

Samoa	43–0	Tonga

ANZ Stadium, Suva

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8 November 11:22

Papua New Guinea	19–12	Cook Islands

ANZ Stadium, Suva

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8 November 15:24

Cook Islands	25–5	Tonga

ANZ Stadium, Suva

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8 November 15:46

Papua New Guinea	17–10	Samoa

ANZ Stadium, Suva

Knockout stage

Lower classification

	7th–10th playoffs				Seventh place
	9 November 2019 – 10.00 – ANZ Stadium
	Cook Islands	0
					9 November 2019 – 15.08 – ANZ Stadium
	Canada	33
					Canada	10
	9 November 2019 – 10.22 – ANZ Stadium
					Japan	5
	Japan	39
	Vanuatu	0
					Ninth place
					9 November 2019 – 14.56 – ANZ Stadium
					Cook Islands	34
					Vanuatu	0

Eleventh place

	9 November 2019 – 12.56 – ANZ Stadium
	Nauru	12
	Tonga	19

Title playoffs

	Olympic qualifier semifinals				International playoff				Oceania final
					9 November 2019 – 15.30 – ANZ Stadium
					A1  Australia	12
					A2  New Zealand	0
									9 November 2019 – 19.50 – ANZ Stadium
									Australia	24
	9 November 2019 – 12.12 – ANZ Stadium
									Fiji	12
	B1  Fiji	43
					Olympic qualifier 9 November 2019 – 15.52 – ANZ Stadium
	C2  Samoa	0
					Fiji	36
	9 November 2019 – 12.34 – ANZ Stadium
					Papua New Guinea	0			Third place
	C1  Papua New Guinea	31
									9 November 2019 – 18.35 – ANZ Stadium
	B2  Solomon Islands	7
									New Zealand	29
									Papua New Guinea	0

	Fifth place 9 November 2019 – 16.58 – ANZ Stadium
	Samoa	45
	Solomon Islands	0

Placings

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

• 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship (for men)