The Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship is the regional championship for women's international rugby sevens in

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. The tournament is held over two days, typically on a weekend. It is sanctioned and sponsored by

Oceania Rugby Oceania Rugby, previously known as the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU), is the regional governing body for rugby union in Oceania. It was founded in 2000 to represent the interests of Oceania rugby within World Rugby, the international go ...

, which is the rugby union

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for the region. The first official regional 7s championship for international women's teams from Oceania was the Pacific tournament held in Port Moresby in 2007. This was followed by the Oceania Championship in 2008. The Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens serves as a qualification tournament for the following: * World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series *

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Tournaments Summary

Results by year

2007 Pacific Tournament

Played 1 and 2 December at

Port Moresby (; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Z ...

, PNG ''(source IRB)'' *Fiji 40-0 Niue *Samoa 17-17 Papua New Guinea *Fiji 46-0 Papua New Guinea *Samoa 29-0 Niue *Fiji 26-7 Samoa *Niue vs Papua New Guinea

Classification Stages

Plate Final *Papua New Guinea 38-0 Niue Final *Fiji 31-5 Samoa

2014

Coral Coast Sevens

The fifth edition of the tournament was held on 13–15 November 2014 at Sigatoka, Lawaqa Park, (Fiji). 12 women's teams and 24 men's teams were invited to compete for a total prize pool of $75,000. International matches: *PNG 34-7 New Caledonia *Australia 36-5 New Caledonia New Caledonia lost in Bowl final; PNG won the Plate final; Fiji lose Vs Serevi Selects (mainly USA) in Cup semi-finals; Australia won Cup final 19-7 Vs Serevi Selects.

References

External links

Oceania Rugby
official website {{International rugby union Women's rugby sevens competitions Oceania Rugby Sevens Championship Women's rugby union competitions in Oceania for national teams Rugby sevens competitions in Oceania Recurring sporting events established in 2007