2012 Oceania Sevens Championship

The 2012 Oceania Sevens Championship was the fifth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at North Sydney Oval in Sydney, Australia.[1] The winner qualified through to the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in Moscow.

2012 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nationAustralia Australia
Date25–26 August 2012
Cup
Champion Australia
Runner-up Samoa
Third Tonga
Plate
Winner Papua New Guinea
Runner-up American Samoa
2011
2013

Australia won the Oceania Sevens Championship by defeating Samoa 12-7.[2]

Pool Stage

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

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Samoa 3 3 0 0 9
  Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 7
  Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 5
  Tahiti 3 0 0 3 3
25 August 2012
Samoa  47–0  Tahiti
North Sydney Oval
25 August 2012
Papua New Guinea  64–0  Tahiti
North Sydney Oval
25 August 2012
Samoa  26–24  Cook Islands
North Sydney Oval
25 August 2012
Cook Islands  66–0  Tahiti
North Sydney Oval
25 August 2012
Samoa  46–12  Papua New Guinea
North Sydney Oval

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 9
  American Samoa 3 2 0 1 7
  Tonga 3 1 0 2 5
  Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 3
25 August 2012
Tonga  7–14  American Samoa
North Sydney Oval
25 August 2012
Australia  47–0  Solomon Islands
North Sydney Oval
25 August 2012
Tonga  33–7  Solomon Islands
North Sydney Oval
25 August 2012
Australia  22–7  American Samoa
North Sydney Oval
25 August 2012
Australia  45–0  Tonga
North Sydney Oval

Knockout stage

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Plate

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5th–8th semi-finals5th–6th play-off
 
      
 
26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval
 
 
  Solomon Islands7
 
26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval
 
  American Samoa24
 
  Papua New Guinea24
 
26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval
 
  American Samoa21
 
  Papua New Guinea47
 
 
  Tahiti0
 
7th–8th play-off
 
 
26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval
 
 
  Solomon Islands42
 
 
  Tahiti0
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval
 
 
  Samoa62
 
26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval
 
  Solomon Islands0
 
  Samoa52
 
26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval
 
  Cook Islands5
 
  Cook Islands19
 
26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval
 
  American Samoa0
 
  Samoa7
 
26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval
 
  Australia12
 
  Papua New Guinea15
 
26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval
 
  Tonga17
 
  Tonga7
 
26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval
 
  Australia24 Third place
 
  Tahiti0
 
26 August 2012 - North Sydney Oval
 
  Australia55
 
  Cook Islands17
 
 
  Tonga19
 

References

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  1. ^ "Australia looking sharp on Day One of Oceania Sevens". Ultimate Rugby 7s. 25 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Oceania Sevens Day 2 wrap". Oceania Rugby. 26 August 2012. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013.