2016 Oceania Sevens Championship
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| 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Fiji |
| Date | 11–12 November |
| Cup | |
| Champion | Fiji |
| Runner-up |  Samoa |
| Third |  Australia |
← 2015 2017 → | |
The 2016 Oceania Sevens Championship was the ninth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji.[1] The host nation Fiji won the tournament, defeating Samoa 28–19 in the final.[2] Papua New Guinea and Tonga, as the two highest finishers not already core teams in the Sevens World Series, won qualification to the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens for a chance to earn core team status for the 2018 season.
Participating nations for the 2016 tournament are:
Pool Stage
All times are Fiji Summer Time (UTC+13)
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advance to the Championship semi-final | |
| Teams that advance to the 5th-8th ranking semi-final | |
| Teams that advance to 9th-10th ranking playoff | |
Pool A
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 31 | +167 | 12 |
 Papua New Guinea |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 60 | +54 | 10 |
 Tonga |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 82 | +19 | 8 |
 American Samoa |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 150 | -112 | 6 |
 Nauru |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 153 | -128 | 4 |
Pool B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 10 | +130 | 12 |
| Australia |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 36 | +81 | 10 |
 Cook Islands |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 64 | -6 | 8 |
 New Caledonia |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 124 | -86 | 6 |
 Solomon Islands |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 143 | -119 | 4 |
