2024 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship
| 2024 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host nation | Solomon Islands |
| Date | 7–8 December 2024 |
| Cup | |
| Champion | Fiji Development |
| Runner-up | Samoa |
| Third | Tonga |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 21 |
← 2023 2025 → | |
The 2024 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship was the thirteenth Oceania Women's Sevens for Oceania women's teams and was held at the National Stadium in Honiara, Solomon Islands from 7 to 8 December.[1][2] Teams competed to qualify for a spot in the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series.[1]
The Fiji Development team defeated Samoa in the final to win the tournament.[3][4] As Fiji were already in the SVNS series, Samoa as runners-up qualified for the 2025 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series.[3][5]
Teams
Nine women's national teams competed in the tournament:[6]
- American Samoa
- Cook Islands
- Fiji Development
- Kiribati
- Niue
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Vanuatu
Format
Teams were seeded into three pools of three teams. The top two teams from each group alongside the top two third ranked teams advanced to the quarter-finals.[1] The highest-ranked non-2024–25 SVNS team would secure a spot in the World Rugby Challenger Series.[6]
Pool stage
Pool A
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiji Development | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | +85 | 4 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 44 | –27 | 2 | |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 63 | –58 | 0 |
Pool B
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samoa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 5 | +89 | 4 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | Niue | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 53 | –24 | 2 | |
| 3 | American Samoa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 77 | –65 | 0 |
Pool C
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | +85 | 4 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | Cook Islands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 2 | |
| 3 | Kiribati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 113 | –113 | 0 | Eliminated |
Knockout stage
5th–8th Semi-final
| Semi-finals | 5th Place Final | |||||
| 8 December – National Stadium | ||||||
| Niue | 31 | |||||
| 8 December – National Stadium | ||||||
| Vanuatu | 5 | |||||
| Cook Islands | 26 | |||||
| 8 December – National Stadium | ||||||
| Niue | 0 | |||||
| Cook Islands | 43 | |||||
| American Samoa | 0 | |||||
| 7th Place | ||||||
| 8 December – National Stadium | ||||||
| American Samoa | 29 | |||||
| Vanuatu | 0 | |||||
Quarter-finals
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| 8 December – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Tonga | 43 | |||||||||
| 8 December – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Niue | 0 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 5 | |||||||||
| 8 December – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji Dev. | 36 | |||||||||
| Fiji Dev. | 48 | |||||||||
| 8 December – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Vanuatu | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiji Dev. | 14 | |||||||||
| 8 December – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 5 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 December – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 15 | |||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 December – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 24 | 3rd Place | ||||||||
| Samoa | 50 | |||||||||
| 8 December – National Stadium | ||||||||||
| American Samoa | 0 | |||||||||
| Tonga | 41 | |||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 5 | |||||||||
Placings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| Fiji Development | |
| Samoa | |
| Tonga | |
| 4 | Solomon Islands |
| 5 | Cook Islands |
| 6 | Niue |
| 7 | American Samoa |
| 8 | Vanuatu |
| 9 | Kiribati |
References
- ^ a b c "Solomon Islands Government and Oceania Rugby Announce Historic Oceania Rugby 7s Tournament in Honiara". Oceania Rugby. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Raqio, Mosese (2024-12-08). "Fijiana 7s development crowned Oceania 7s champion after 14-5 win over Samoa in the final". www.fijivillage.com. Retrieved 2025-04-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lima, BJ Telefoni (2024-12-08). "Historic Achievement: Manusina have Qualified for the HSBC 7's Challenger Series - Samoa Global News". Retrieved 2025-04-03.
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