2018 Oceania Sevens Championship
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| 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host nation |  Fiji |
| Date | 9–10 November |
| Cup | |
| Champion | Fiji |
| Runner-up |  New Zealand |
| Third |  Samoa |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 31 |
← 2017 2019 → | |
The 2018 Oceania Sevens Championship was the eleventh Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 9–10 November.[1] Host nation Fiji won the tournament, defeating New Zealand by 17–12 in the final.[2]
Tonga finished fifth and, as the highest-placed side without core status on the World Rugby Sevens Series, won berths to the Sydney Sevens and Hamilton Sevens for 2019. Tonga also joined the sixth-placed Cook Islands as Oceania's representatives for the 2019 Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament for the 2020 World Series.[3]
Participating nations for the 2018 tournament was almost the same as the previous year with Niue replacing American Samoa in the teams being entered:
Pool stage
The draw for the pool stage was done by a random order with the top four seeds being set as the top team in each of the four pools with the remaining spots in the draw being done by bands (5-8th, 9-12th).[1]
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Championship quarter-finals | |
| Teams that advanced to the 9th-12th ranking semi-final | |
| Eliminated | |
Pool A
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 0 | +82 | 6 |
 Papua New Guinea |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 4 |
 Solomon Islands |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −84 | 2 |
Pool B
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0 | +109 | 6 |
 New Caledonia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 4 |
 Nauru |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 103 | −89 | 2 |
Pool C
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | +77 | 6 |
 Cook Islands |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 4 |
 Vanuatu |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 74 | −69 | 2 |
Pool D
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samoa |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 0 | +128 | 9 |
 Tonga |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 28 | +55 | 7 |
 Tuvalu |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 107 | −77 | 5 |
 Niue |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 125 | −106 | 3 |
