2013 Oceania Sevens Championship

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
Date4–5 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 qualified for the 2013 Hong Kong Sevens and the opportunity later to qualify for the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.

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

Pool A
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 33009
 Cook Islands 32017
 Papua New Guinea 31025
 Tuvalu 30033
4 October 2013
Cook Islands  14–10  Papua New Guinea
4 October 2013
Fiji  48–0  Tuvalu
4 October 2013
Fiji  41–0  Cook Islands
4 October 2013
Papua New Guinea  54–0  Tuvalu
4 October 2013
Cook Islands  28–10  Tuvalu
4 October 2013
Fiji  44–0  Papua New Guinea

Pool B
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 33009
 Australia 32017
 American Samoa 31025
 Solomon Islands 30033
4 October 2013
Australia  31–0  American Samoa
4 October 2013
Samoa  43–0  Solomon Islands
4 October 2013
Australia  43–0  Solomon Islands
4 October 2013
American Samoa  0–45  Samoa
4 October 2013
American Samoa  14–7  Solomon Islands
4 October 2013
Australia  12–26  Samoa

Knockout stage

Plate
 
5th–8th semi-finals5th–6th play-off
 
      
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 
 American Samoa24
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 Solomon Islands7
 
 American Samoa29
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 Papua New Guinea19
 
 Tuvalu
 
 
 Papua New Guinea
 
7th–8th play-off
 
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 
 Solomon Islands33
 
 
 Tuvalu0

Cup
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 
 Fiji
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 Solomon Islands
 
 Fiji31
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 Australia17
 
 Papua New Guinea19
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 Australia36
 
 Fiji17
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 Samoa31
 
 Cook Islands26
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 American Samoa14
 
 Cook Islands0
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 Samoa48 Third place
 
 Tuvalu
 
5 October 2013 - ANZ Stadium, Suva
 
 Samoa
 
 Cook Islands5
 
 
 Australia49
 

Final standings
Legend
A core team in the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series
Qualified to play in 2013 Hong Kong Sevens
Rank Team
 Samoa
 Fiji
 Australia
4 Cook Islands
5 American Samoa
6 Papua New Guinea
7 Solomon Islands
8 Tuvalu

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Oceania Sevens opens door to world stage". Rugby Redefined. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013.
  3. "Oceania success for Samoa, Cooks and US Samoa". IRB. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. "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.
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