The 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship was the twelfth Oceania Sevens tournament in men's rugby sevens. It served as the regional qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Sevens and was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji on 7–9 November. A competition for deaf teams was also included as part of the 2019 Oceania Sevens.
Australia won the main men's tournament to claim their fourth Oceania Championship, defeating Fiji by 22–7 in the final. As the highest-placed side not already qualified, Australia also won the Oceania berth at the 2020 Olympic Sevens in Tokyo.
Samoa and Tonga finished fourth and fifth respectively and, as the second and third highest-placed sides not already qualified, won entry to the 2020 Final Olympic Qualifier.
Tonga and Papua New Guinea, as the two highest-placed sides without core status on the World Rugby Sevens Series, won entry to the 2020 Challenger Series for a chance to qualify for the 2020–21 World Sevens Series.
Teams Fifteen national teams competed at the 2019 tournament, including an invited sevens development side from Japan:
Format Teams were seeded into three pools of five.
To allow a clear run for countries competing for qualification to the 2020 Olympic Sevens, the two Oceania nations already qualified, Fiji and New Zealand, were placed in Pool A together with the invited development side from Japan, New Caledonia (not Olympic eligible) and Niue. The remaining teams were seeded into Pool B and Pool C.
A playoff between the winners of Pool B and Pool C decided the Olympic qualifying berth.
Pool stage Pool A (International) Team Qualification1440017515+16012Advance to title playoffs243019845+5310Advance to title playoffs3420212438+868 Middle classification4410317180–1636 Lower classification5400471434 Fifteenth place
Pool B (Olympic) Team Qualification144001567+14912Advance to title playoffs243017750+2710 Fifth place match342024588–438Middle classification441035088–386 Middle classification54004241194 Lower classification
Pool C (Olympic) Team Qualification144002017+19412Advance to title playoffs243019744+5310 Fifth place match3420241116–758 Middle classification4410343119–766 Lower classification5400433129–964 Lower classification
Knockout stage Lower classification
Middle classification
Fifth place match
Title playoffs
Placings PlaceTeamQualification Direct qualification to the Olympic Sevens for 2020 4 Entry to Olympic qualifier for 2020 5 Entry to Olympic qualifier and World Challenger Series for 2020 6 Entry to World Challenger Series for 2020 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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LegendLight bar Already a core team in World Series and previously qualified to the Olympic Sevens for 2020Dark bar Already a core team in World Series for 2020 Dotted bar Invited team not eligible for qualification from Oceania
See also 2019 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship
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