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

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

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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: *

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Tournaments Summary

Results by year

Participating teams results

Teams competing in the Oceania Women's Sevens and their finishing positions are as follows: ; Notes: *Host nations are highlighted in red. *(*) Asterisk indicates a shared placing. *(†) New Zealand fielded two teams, Black Ferns Ma, and Black Ferns Pango who finished in first and fourth place respectively.

Asia Pacific Women’s Sevens Championship

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