Oceania Rugby Men's Championship

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Oceania Rugby Men's Championship
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File:Rugby football current event.svg 2022 Oceania Rugby Men's Championship
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SportRugby union football
Instituted2005
Number of teams3 (2022)
RegionOceania
HoldersFile:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea (2022)
Most titlesPapua New Guinea (7 titles)

The Oceania Rugby Men's Championship (formerly known as the Oceania Cup)[1] is an international rugby union competition for countries and territories from Oceania with national teams in the developmental band. It is administered by Oceania Rugby.

The tournament has been played under various formats depending on the number and strength of the teams entered. The first competition was held in 1996-97 as part of the qualification process for the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

The competition was officially re-launched as the FORU Oceania Cup for the 2007 season. From 2009 onward, it has been held bi-annually and it has been played under a round robin format since 2011, with the title awarded to the leading team on the ladder after all matches are completed.

The 2009 champions were Papua New Guinea, who defeated the Cook Islands 29-21 in the final.[2] Papua New Guinea retained their title in 2011, winning the round-robin tournament over Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Niue.[3]

Cook Islands defeated Papua New Guinea 37-31 on the final day of the 2013 tournament, winning the tournament from the defending champions, with Solomon Islands third, and Tahiti fourth. The Cook Islands did not compete in 2015, and Papua New Guinea claimed their fourth title with Tahiti finishing as runner-up.[4]

Teams

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Competing nations in the Oceania Rugby Cup are:


Note: The Tier 1 and 2 teams from Oceania (Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa, and Tonga) do not participate in the Oceania Rugby Cup.

Summary

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Winners and runners-up for official FORU and IRB (WR) developmental tournaments in Oceania:

Year Winner Score Runner-up Match venue Refs
Oceania tournaments
1996* File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands round-robin File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Rarotonga [5]
2002* File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 29–14
16–21 		File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands Port Moresby
Rarotonga 		[6]
2003 File:Flag of Niue.svg Niue round-robin File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands Auckland
Rarotonga 		[7]
2004 File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands 50–5 File:Flag of Niue.svg Niue Rarotonga [8][9]
2005* File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands 37–12
11–20 		File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Rarotonga
Port Moresby 		[10]
2006 The final of the 2006 FORU Cup between Vanuatu and Niue was cancelled. [11]
Oceania Cup
2007† File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 46–27 File:Flag of Niue.svg Niue Paliati, Alofi [12]
2008 File:Flag of Niue.svg Niue 27–5 File:New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg New Caledonia Noumea [13]
2009* File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 29–21 File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands Port Moresby [2]
2011 File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea round-robin File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands Port Moresby [3]
2013* File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands round-robin File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Port Moresby [14]
2015 File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea round-robin File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti Port Moresby [15]
2017* File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti 13–9 File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands Rarotonga [16]
Oceania Championship
2019 File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea round-robin File:Flag of Niue.svg Niue Port Moresby [17]
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [18]
2022 File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea round-robin File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands Port Moresby [19]

Notes:

* Part of the Rugby World Cup qualification process.
† The final of the 2007 tournament was not held until April 2008. Starting from 2009, the tournament has been held biennially.

See also

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Notes and references

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  2. ^ a b Crucial qualifiers Archived 2009-07-05 at the Wayback Machine IRB. (2009).
  3. ^ a b PNG claim Oceania Cup Archived 2011-12-07 at the Wayback Machine IRB. (2011).
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  10. ^ The competition also served as rounds 1 and 2 of Oceania qualification for 2007 Rugby World Cup.
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  12. ^ "Niue Island v Papua New Guinea at Paliati". ESPN Scrum. 22 April 2008.
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