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]
| 2013 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Fiji |
| Date | 4–5 October 2013 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Samoa |
| Runner-up | Fiji |
| Third |  Australia |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  American Samoa |
| Runner-up |  Papua New Guinea |
← 2012 2014 → | |
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 the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens and the opportunity later to qualify for the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.
Pool Stage
edit| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal | |
Pool A
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
 Cook Islands
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Papua New Guinea
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
 Tuvalu
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Pool B
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Australia
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||
| American Samoa
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
 Solomon Islands
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Knockout stage
editPlate
edit| 5th–8th semi-finals | 5th–6th play-off | |||||
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| American Samoa | 24 | |||||
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| Solomon Islands | 7 | |||||
| American Samoa | 29 | |||||
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| Papua New Guinea | 19 | |||||
| Tuvalu | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea | ||||||
| 7th–8th play-off | ||||||
| 5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||||||
| Solomon Islands | 33 | |||||
| Tuvalu | 0 | |||||
Cup
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva | ||||||||||
| Fiji | ||||||||||
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| Solomon Islands | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 31 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 17 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | |||||||||
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| Australia | 36 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 17 | |||||||||
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| Samoa | 31 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands | 26 | |||||||||
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| American Samoa | 14 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands | 0 | |||||||||
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| Samoa | 48 | Third place | ||||||||
| Tuvalu | ||||||||||
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| Samoa | ||||||||||
| Cook Islands | 5 | |||||||||
| Australia | 49 | |||||||||
Final standings
edit| Legend |
|---|
| A core team in the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series |
| Qualified to play in 2013 Hong Kong Sevens |
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
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Samoa
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Fiji
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Australia
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| 4 | Cook Islands
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| 5 | American Samoa
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| 6 | Papua New Guinea
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| 7 | Solomon Islands
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| 8 | Tuvalu
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References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Oceania Sevens opens door to world stage". Rugby Redefined. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Oceania success for Samoa, Cooks and US Samoa". IRB. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "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.