2008 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2008 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship
Host nationSamoa Samoa
Date25–26 July
Cup
Champion Australia
Runner-up New Zealand
Tournament details
Matches played14
2012 →

The 2008 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship was the inaugural tournament for the Oceania Women's Sevens Championship and was held in Samoa from 25–26 July. The tournament was a regional qualifier for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Australia won the tournament and New Zealand were runners-up. They made history by qualifying for the first ever Rugby World Cup Sevens women's competition.[1][2]

Teams[]

Five teams competed at the tournament and were vying for a spot at the RWC Sevens.[3]

Tournament[]

Nation Won Drawn Lost For Against
 Australia 4 0 0 141 12
 New Zealand 3 0 1 124 25
 Fiji 2 0 2 89 64
 Samoa 1 0 3 60 92
  0 0 4 0 221

New Zealand  29 - 0  Samoa


Fiji  55 - 0  


Australia  21 - 7  Fiji


Samoa  48 - 0  


  0 - 59  New Zealand


Samoa  0 - 46  Australia


Fiji  10 - 31  New Zealand


Australia  59 - 0  


Australia  15 - 5  New Zealand


Samoa  12 - 17  Fiji

Finals[]

 
Semi-finalsCup Final
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Australia 29
 
 
 
 Samoa 0
 
 Australia 22
 
 
 
 New Zealand 15
 
 New Zealand 35
 
 
 Fiji 10
 
3rd Place
 
 
 
 
 
 Fiji 24
 
 
 Samoa 7

References[]

  1. ^ "Four qualify from Oceania for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009". RNZ. 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  2. ^ "RWC Sevens field continues to take shape". ESPN.com. 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  3. ^ "Oceania sides battle for RWC 7s spot". ESPN.com. 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
Retrieved from ""