# 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship

The 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship was the tenth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 10–11 November 2017. The tournament was won by Fiji who defeated New Zealand 26–0 in the final.

## Qualifiers

Aside from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Samoa, the tournament serves as a qualifier for the following:
* The 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifier tournament, with the top two competing for a chance to be a core team for the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series.
* 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, with the best performing team advancing. The second Oceania slot will be allocated to the winner of the 2017 Pacific Mini Games on 8−9 December.
* 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the best-performing member of the Commonwealth of Nations qualifying.

## Teams

Participating nations for the 2017 tournament are:
* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Nauru
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu

## Pool stage

All times are Fiji Summer Time (UTC+13:00)
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Championship quarter-finals
* Teams that advanced to the 9th-12th ranking semi-final
* Eliminated

### Pool A

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Fiji | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 5 | +54 | 6 |
| American Samoa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 3 |
| New Caledonia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 49 | −35 | 3 |
* 10 November 2017 13:40
| American Samoa | 14–14 | New Caledonia |
* 10 November 2017 16:40
| Fiji | 35−0 | New Caledonia |
* 10 November 2017 19:40
| Fiji | 24−5 | American Samoa |

### Pool B

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | +82 | 6 |
| Cook Islands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 4 |
| Nauru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | −73 | 2 |
* 10 November 2017 13:20
| Cook Islands | 27–0 | Nauru |
* 10 November 2017 16:20
| New Zealand | 46−0 | Nauru |
* 10 November 2017 19:20
| New Zealand | 36−0 | Cook Islands |

### Pool C

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 7 | +68 | 6 |
| Tonga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 4 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | −58 | 2 |
* 10 November 2017 13:00
| Tonga | 7–0 | Solomon Islands |
* 10 November 2017 16:00
| Australia | 51–0 | Solomon Islands |
* 10 November 2017 19:00
| Australia | 24−7 | Tonga |

### Pool D

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 14 | +107 | 9 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 41 | +32 | 7 |
| Vanuatu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 85 | −61 | 5 |
| Tuvalu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 100 | −78 | 3 |
* 10 November 2017 12:20
| Papua New Guinea | 26–10 | Tuvalu |
* 10 November 2017 12:40
| Samoa | 40–0 | Vanuatu |
* 10 November 2017 15:20
| Papua New Guinea | 33−0 | Vanuatu |
* 10 November 2017 15:40
| Samoa | 50−0 | Tuvalu |
* 10 November 2017 18:20
| Vanuatu | 24−12 | Tuvalu |
* 10 November 2017 18:40
| Samoa | 31−14 | Papua New Guinea |

## Knockout stage

9th-12th Place
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Ninth Place | Ninth Place |
| 11 November 2017 – 12:20 | 11 November 2017 – 12:20 |
| Solomon Islands | 19 |
| Solomon Islands | 19 | 11 November 2017 - 16:26 | 11 November 2017 - 16:26 |
| Vanuatu | 0 | 11 November 2017 - 16:26 | 11 November 2017 - 16:26 |
| Vanuatu | 0 | Solomon Islands | N/A |
| 11 November 2017 – 12:40 | 11 November 2017 – 12:40 | | Solomon Islands | N/A |
| 11 November 2017 – 12:40 | 11 November 2017 – 12:40 | New Caledonia | |
| New Caledonia | 34 | New Caledonia | |
| Nauru | 10 | | |
| Nauru | 10 | Eleventh Place | Eleventh Place |
| | | 11 November 2017 - 16:06 | 11 November 2017 - 16:06 |
| | | Vanuatu | N/A |
| | | Nauru | |
5th-8th Place
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| 11 November 2017 – 11:00 | 11 November 2017 – 11:00 | | | |
| Australia | 22 | | | |
| Australia | 22 | 11 November 2017 – 14:20 | 11 November 2017 – 14:20 | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 11 November 2017 – 14:20 | 11 November 2017 – 14:20 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | Papua New Guinea | 22 | |
| 11 November 2017 – 11:20 | 11 November 2017 – 11:20 | | Papua New Guinea | 22 | |
| 11 November 2017 – 11:20 | 11 November 2017 – 11:20 | American Samoa | 7 | |
| New Zealand | 58 | American Samoa | 7 | |
| New Zealand | 58 | | | | 11 November 2017 - 17:26 | 11 November 2017 - 17:26 |
| American Samoa | 0 | | | | 11 November 2017 - 17:26 | 11 November 2017 - 17:26 |
| American Samoa | 0 | | | | Papua New Guinea | 32 |
| 11 November 2017 – 11:40 | 11 November 2017 – 11:40 | | | | | Papua New Guinea | 32 |
| 11 November 2017 – 11:40 | 11 November 2017 – 11:40 | | | | Cook Islands | 0 |
| Samoa | 45 | | | | Cook Islands | 0 |
| Samoa | 45 | 11 November 2017 – 14:40 | 11 November 2017 – 14:40 | | | |
| Tonga | 0 | 11 November 2017 – 14:40 | 11 November 2017 – 14:40 | | | |
| Tonga | 0 | Tonga | 5 | | | |
| 11 November 2017 – 12:00 | 11 November 2017 – 12:00 | | Tonga | 5 | | | |
| 11 November 2017 – 12:00 | 11 November 2017 – 12:00 | Cook Islands | 12 | | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| Fiji | 57 | Cook Islands | 12 | | Seventh Place | Seventh Place |
| Fiji | 57 | | | | 11 November 2017 - 16:46 | 11 November 2017 - 16:46 |
| Cook Islands | 0 | | | | 11 November 2017 - 16:46 | 11 November 2017 - 16:46 |
| Cook Islands | 0 | | | | American Samoa | N/A |
| | | | | | Tonga | |
Championship
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 11 November 2017 – 11:00 | 11 November 2017 – 11:00 | | | |
| Australia | 22 | | | |
| Australia | 22 | 11 November 2017 – 15:00 | 11 November 2017 – 15:00 | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 11 November 2017 – 15:00 | 11 November 2017 – 15:00 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | Australia | 0 | |
| 11 November 2017 – 11:20 | 11 November 2017 – 11:20 | | Australia | 0 | |
| 11 November 2017 – 11:20 | 11 November 2017 – 11:20 | New Zealand | 31 | |
| New Zealand | 58 | New Zealand | 31 | |
| New Zealand | 58 | | | | 11 November 2017 - 18:46 | 11 November 2017 - 18:46 |
| American Samoa | 0 | | | | 11 November 2017 - 18:46 | 11 November 2017 - 18:46 |
| American Samoa | 0 | | | | New Zealand | 0 |
| 11 November 2017 – 11:40 | 11 November 2017 – 11:40 | | | | | New Zealand | 0 |
| 11 November 2017 – 11:40 | 11 November 2017 – 11:40 | | | | Fiji | 26 |
| Samoa | 45 | | | | Fiji | 26 |
| Samoa | 45 | 11 November 2017 – 15:20 | 11 November 2017 – 15:20 | | | |
| Tonga | 0 | 11 November 2017 – 15:20 | 11 November 2017 – 15:20 | | | |
| Tonga | 0 | Samoa | 7 | | | |
| 11 November 2017 – 12:00 | 11 November 2017 – 12:00 | | Samoa | 7 | | | |
| 11 November 2017 – 12:00 | 11 November 2017 – 12:00 | Fiji | 17 | | Third place | Third place |
| Fiji | 57 | Fiji | 17 | | Third place | Third place |
| Fiji | 57 | | | | 11 November 2017 - 18:06 | 11 November 2017 - 18:06 |
| Cook Islands | 0 | | | | 11 November 2017 - 18:06 | 11 November 2017 - 18:06 |
| Cook Islands | 0 | | | | Australia | N/A |
| | | | | | Samoa | |
Notes:
* 1 2 3 4 Due to adverse weather conditions affecting the schedule of games, all classification finals except the fifth-place playoff and Championship Final were cancelled. The fifth-place match was played because of qualification implications.

## Placings

| Place | Team |
| | Fiji |
| | New Zealand |
| | Australia |
| | Samoa |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea |
| 6 | Cook Islands |
| Place | Team |
| 7 | American Samoa |
| 7 | Tonga |
| 9 | New Caledonia |
| 9 | Solomon Islands |
| 11 | Nauru |
| 11 | Vanuatu |
| 13 | Tuvalu |
Legend :
| Green fill | Qualified to 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens ­and 2018 Commonwealth Games |
| Dark bar | Gained entry to the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Rugby Sevens Series |
| Light bar | Already a core team in World Rugby Sevens Series |