# 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship

The 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship was the fifteenth Oceania Sevens tournament in men's rugby sevens. It also served as the regional qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympic Sevens and was held at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane, Australia from 10 to 12 November.

## Teams

Fourteen national teams were scheduled to compete at the 2023 tournament, plus an Oceania invitational team:
* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Oceania Barbarians
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu

## Format

Teams were seeded into three pools of five.
To allow a clear run for countries competing for qualification to the 2024 Summer Olympic Sevens, the three Oceania nations already qualified (Australia, Fiji and New Zealand) were placed in Pool A together with, Niue (not Olympic eligible) and the Oceania invitational team (Barbarians). The remaining teams were seeded into Pool B and Pool C for Olympic qualification.
A playoff between the winners of Pool B and Pool C decided the Olympic qualifying berth.

## Pool stage
### Pool A (Championship)

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Fiji | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 44 | +74 | 12 | Advance to finals |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 131 | 22 | +109 | 10 | Advance to finals |
| 3 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 47 | +56 | 8 | Middle classification |
| 4 | Oceania Barbarians | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 123 | –64 | 6 | Lower classification |
| 5 | Niue | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 197 | –175 | 4 | Fifteenth place |
* 10 November 14:56
| Fiji | 47–5 | Niue |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 10 November 15:18
| New Zealand | 56–0 | Oceania Barbarians |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 10 November 18:58
| Australia | 24–0 | Oceania Barbarians |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 10 November 19:42
| New Zealand | 5–12 | Fiji |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 13:12
| Fiji | 31–12 | Oceania Barbarians |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 13:34
| Australia | 47–5 | Niue |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 16:30
| New Zealand | 56–0 | Niue |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 16:52
| Fiji | 28–22 | Australia |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 18:42
| Niue | 12–47 | Oceania Barbarians |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 19:26
| New Zealand | 14–10 | Australia |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

### Pool B (Olympic)

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Samoa | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 0 | +184 | 12 | Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 74 | +31 | 10 | Fifth place match |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 75 | –13 | 8 | Middle classification |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 96 | –48 | 6 | Middle classification |
| 5 | American Samoa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 166 | –154 | 4 | Lower classification |
* 10 November 14:12
| Solomon Islands | 50–5 | American Samoa |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 10 November 14:34
| Samoa | 36–0 | Tuvalu |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 10 November 18:14
| Cook Islands | 17–10 | Tuvalu |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 10 November 18:36
| Samoa | 50–0 | Solomon Islands |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 12:28
| Solomon Islands | 36–5 | Tuvalu |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 12:50
| Cook Islands | 31–0 | American Samoa |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 15:24
| Solomon Islands | 19–14 | Cook Islands |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 15:46
| Samoa | 52–0 | American Samoa |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 17:58
| American Samoa | 7–33 | Tuvalu |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 18:20
| Samoa | 46–0 | Cook Islands |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

### Pool C (Olympic)

| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 33 | +123 | 12 | Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier |
| 2 | Tonga | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 214 | 36 | +178 | 10 | Fifth place match |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 136 | –93 | 8 | Middle classification |
| 4 | Nauru | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 109 | –66 | 6 | Middle classification |
| 5 | Kiribati | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 162 | –142 | 4 | Lower classification |
* 10 November 13:28
| Papua New Guinea | 46–0 | Kiribati |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 10 November 13:50
| Tonga | 59–7 | Nauru |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 10 November 17:30
| Vanuatu | 19–5 | Nauru |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 10 November 17:52
| Tonga | 21–24 | Papua New Guinea |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 11:44
| Papua New Guinea | 31–5 | Nauru |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 12:06
| Vanuatu | 17–15 | Kiribati |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 14:40
| Papua New Guinea | 55–7 | Vanuatu |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 15:02
| Tonga | 73–5 | Kiribati |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 17:14
| Kiribati | 0–26 | Nauru |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane
* 11 November 17:36
| Tonga | 61–0 | Vanuatu |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

## Classification
### Thirteenth place match

* 12 November 13:28
| Kiribati | 5–12 | American Samoa |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

### Eleventh place match

* 12 November 13:50
| Tuvalu | 10–5 | Nauru |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

### Ninth place match

* 12 November 14:12
| Oceania Barbarians | 34–10 | Vanuatu |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

### Seventh place match

* 12 November 14:34
| Australia | 48–0 | Cook Islands |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

### Fifth place match

* 12 November 14:56
| Solomon Islands | 5–22 | Tonga |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

## Finals

| Semi-final | Semi-final | Championship final | Championship final |
| 12 November 2023 – 15:18 – Ballymore Stadium | 12 November 2023 – 15:18 – Ballymore Stadium |
| A1 Fiji | 17 |
| A1 Fiji | 17 | 12 November 2023 – 20:00 – Ballymore Stadium  New Zealand 24 Samoa 19 | 12 November 2023 – 20:00 – Ballymore Stadium  New Zealand 24 Samoa 19 |
| A2 New Zealand | 24 | 12 November 2023 – 20:00 – Ballymore Stadium  New Zealand 24 Samoa 19 | 12 November 2023 – 20:00 – Ballymore Stadium  New Zealand 24 Samoa 19 |
| Olympic qualifier final 12 November 2023 – 15:40 – Ballymore Stadium | Olympic qualifier final 12 November 2023 – 15:40 – Ballymore Stadium | | 12 November 2023 – 20:00 – Ballymore Stadium  New Zealand 24 Samoa 19 | 12 November 2023 – 20:00 – Ballymore Stadium  New Zealand 24 Samoa 19 |
| B1 Samoa | 24 | 12 November 2023 – 20:00 – Ballymore Stadium  New Zealand 24 Samoa 19 | 12 November 2023 – 20:00 – Ballymore Stadium  New Zealand 24 Samoa 19 |
| B1 Samoa | 24 | Third place | Third place |
| C1 Papua New Guinea | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| C1 Papua New Guinea | 0 | 12 November 2023 – 19:08 – Ballymore Stadium | 12 November 2023 – 19:08 – Ballymore Stadium |
| | | Fiji | 36 |
| | | Papua New Guinea | 7 |

### Semi-finals

* 12 November 15:18
| Fiji | 17–24 | New Zealand |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

#### Olympic qualifying match

* 12 November 15:40
| Samoa | 24–0 | Papua New Guinea |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

### Third place match

* 12 November 19:08
| Fiji | 36–7 | Papua New Guinea |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

### Championship final match

* 12 November 20:00
| New Zealand | 24–19 | Samoa |
* Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

## Ranking

| Place | Team | Qualification |
| | New Zealand | Already qualified for 2024 Olympics |
| | Samoa | Qualified for 2024 Olympics |
| | Fiji | Already qualified for 2024 Olympics |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | Qualified for Olympic Repechage |
| 5 | Tonga | Qualified for Olympic Repechage |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | |
| 7 | Australia | Already qualified for 2024 Olympics |
| 8 | Cook Islands | |
| 9 | Oceania Barbarians | Not eligible for 2024 Olympics |
| 10 | Vanuatu | |
| 11 | Tuvalu | |
| 12 | Nauru | |
| 13 | American Samoa | |
| 14 | Kiribati | |
| 15 | Niue | Not eligible for 2024 Olympics |