The 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship was the fifteenth Oceania Sevens tournament in men's rugby sevens. It also served as the regional qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympic Sevens and was held at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane, Australia from 10 to 12 November.
Teams Fourteen national teams were scheduled to compete at the 2023 tournament, plus an Oceania invitational team:
Oceania Barbarians
Format Teams were seeded into three pools of five.
To allow a clear run for countries competing for qualification to the 2024 Summer Olympic Sevens, the three Oceania nations already qualified (Australia, Fiji and New Zealand) were placed in Pool A together with, Niue (not Olympic eligible) and the Oceania invitational team (Barbarians). The remaining teams were seeded into Pool B and Pool C for Olympic qualification.
A playoff between the winners of Pool B and Pool C decided the Olympic qualifying berth.
Pool stage Pool A (Championship) Team Qualification1 4 4 0 0 118 44 +7412 Advance to finals2 4 3 0 1 131 22 +109103 4 2 0 2 103 47 +568 Middle classification4Oceania Barbarians 4 1 0 3 59 123 –646 Lower classification5 4 0 0 4 22 197 –1754 Fifteenth place
Pool B (Olympic) Team Qualification1 4 4 0 0 184 0 +18412 Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier2 4 3 0 1 105 74 +3110 Fifth place match3 4 2 0 2 62 75 –138Middle classification 4 4 1 0 3 48 96 –486 Middle classification5 4 0 0 4 12 166 –1544 Lower classification
Pool C (Olympic) Team Qualification1 4 4 0 0 156 33 +123 12Advance to finals and Olympic qualifier2 4 3 0 1 214 36 +178 10 Fifth place match 3 4 2 0 2 43 136 –938Middle classification4 4 1 0 3 43 109 –666 Middle classification5 4 0 0 4 20 162 –1424 Lower classification
Classification Thirteenth place match
Eleventh place match
Ninth place match
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Finals
Semi-finals
Olympic qualifying match
Third place match
Championship final match
Ranking Place TeamQualification Already qualified for 2024 Olympics Qualified for 2024 Olympics Already qualified for 2024 Olympics4 Qualified for Olympic Repechage5 6 7 Already qualified for 2024 Olympics8 9 Oceania BarbariansNot eligible for 2024 Olympics10 11 12 13 14 15 Not eligible for 2024 Olympics
See also 2023 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship
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