Draw confirmed for 2011 Oceania Sevens Championship

September 22, 2011 - 11:48am


The Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU) today released the Tournament Draw for the 2011 Oceania Sevens Championship to be held in Apia, Samoa, on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 October 2011.

                                                                               

Regional Sevens power houses Fiji and Tonga front one side of the Tournament Draw, while Samoa and Australia front the other side of the Draw. However, it will not be an easy passage through the Tournament for these teams, as Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands and Niue will provide strong competition, as will the likes of American Samoa, New Caledonia and Solomon Islands who successfully participated in the recent Pacific Games.

 

Tournament Director, Michael Groom says the Oceania Sevens Championship will be tough competition for all teams.  “This year’s Tournament will be contested by a record number of teams, whereby the strong Regional teams will be provided with stiff competition from the Region’s developing teams who are looking to gauge their progress against their more fancied rivals.  It will be a very strong Regional Tournament.”

 

The Tournament Draw for the 2011 Oceania Sevens Championship is included on the below.

                                                                                                                                                                                         

Contact information:

www.oceaniarugby.com

Michael.groom@irb.com

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DAY 1:  FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 2011

Time

Match

Team

v

Team

ROUND 1

10.00

1

Tonga

v

PNG

10.22

2

Samoa

v

Niue

10.44

3

American Samoa

v

New Caledonia

11.06

4

Cook Islands

v

Solomon Islands

15 Minute Break

11.37

5

Fiji

v

Tonga

11.59

6

PNG

v

American Samoa

12.21

7

Cook Islands

v

Niue

12.43

8

Samoa

v

Australia

15 Minute Break

13.14

9

New Caledonia

v

Tonga

13.36

10

PNG

v

Fiji

13.58

11

Niue

v

Solomon Islands

14.20

12

Australia

v

Cook Islands

15 Minute Break

14.51

13

American Samoa

v

Tonga

15.13

14

New Caledonia

v

Fiji

15.35

15

Solomon Islands

v

Australia

15.57

16

Cook Islands

v

Samoa

15 Minute Break

16.34

17

PNG

v

New Caledonia

16.56

18

Fiji

v

American Samoa

17.18

19

Niue

v

Australia

17.40

20

Solomon Islands

v

Samoa

 

DAY 2:  SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER 2011

Time

Match

Team

v

Team

ROUND 2

12.00

21

1st Pool A

v

4th Pool B

12.22

22

2nd Pool A

v

3rd Pool B

12.44

23

3rd Pool A

v

2nd Pool B

13.06

24

4th Pool A

v

1st Pool B

ROUND 3

13.28

25

5th Pool A

v

5th Pool B

13.50

26

Loser Match 21

v

Loser Match 23

14.12

27

Loser Match 22

v

Loser Match 24

14.34

28

Winner Match 21

v

Winner Match 23

14.56

29

Winner Match 22

v

Winner Match 24

30 Minute Break

7th & 8th Play Off Match

15.48

30

Loser Match 26

v

Loser Match 27

5th & 6th Play Off Match

16.10

31

Winner Match 26

v

Winner Match 27

3rd & 4th Play Off Match

16.32

32

Loser Match 28

v

Loser Match 29

FINAL

16.54

33

Winner Match 28

v

Winner Match 29