2013 Oceania Sevens Championship
Host nationFiji Fiji
Date4–5 October 2013
Cup
Champion Samoa
Runner-up Fiji
Third Australia
Plate
Winner American Samoa
Runner-up Papua New Guinea
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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]

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

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 3 3 0 0 9
 Cook Islands 3 2 0 1 7
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 5
 Tuvalu 3 0 0 3 3
4 October 2013
Cook Islands 14–10 Papua New Guinea
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Fiji 48–0 Tuvalu
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Fiji 41–0 Cook Islands
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Papua New Guinea 54–0 Tuvalu
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Cook Islands 28–10 Tuvalu
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Fiji 44–0 Papua New Guinea
ANZ Stadium, Suva

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 7
 American Samoa 3 1 0 2 5
 Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 3
4 October 2013
Australia 31–0 American Samoa
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Samoa 43–0 Solomon Islands
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Australia 43–0 Solomon Islands
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
American Samoa 0–45 Samoa
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
American Samoa 14–7 Solomon Islands
ANZ Stadium, Suva
4 October 2013
Australia 12–26 Samoa
ANZ Stadium, Suva

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Samoa
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Fiji
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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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