The teams are placed into two pools of five teams each, based on their current world rankings:
Pool A : Fiji, Cooks Islands, Niue, Tahiti, Wallis & Futuna.
Pool B : Samoa, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia.
Rugby Sevens Competition Schedule is as follows:
Date
|
Session
|
Start Time
|
Event
|
Thursday 1 Oct ( DAY 1 )
|
Morning
|
1000
|
G1
|
A
|
Cook Islands vs Wallis & Futuna
|
1022
|
G2
|
A
|
Niue vs Tahiti
|
1044
|
G3
|
B
|
Tonga vs New Caledonia
|
Afternoon
|
1106
|
G4
|
B
|
PNG vs Solomon Is.
|
1128
|
G5
|
A
|
Fiji vs Wallis & Futuna
|
1150
|
G6
|
A
|
Cook Islands vs Niue
|
1212
|
G7
|
B
|
Samoa vs New Caledonia
|
BREAK – 20 minute after G7
|
1256
|
G8
|
B
|
Tonga vs PNG
|
1318
|
G9
|
A
|
Fiji vs Tahiti
|
1340
|
G10
|
B
|
Samoa vs Solomon Is
|
LONG BREAK after G10 – next set of games to commence at 1600hrs
|
1600
|
G11
|
A
|
Wallis & Futuna vs Niue
|
1622
|
G12
|
B
|
Solomon Is. vs New Caledonia
|
1644
|
G13
|
A
|
Tahiti vs Cook Islands
|
1706
|
G14
|
B
|
Samoa vs PNG
|
BREAK - 20 minute break after G14
|
1750
|
G15
|
B
|
Solomon Is. vs Tonga
|
1812
|
G16
|
A
|
Fiji vs Cook Islands
|
1834
|
G17
|
A
|
Tahiti vs Wallis & Futuna
|
1856
|
G18
|
B
|
New Caledonia vs PNG
|
1918
|
G19
|
B
|
Samoa vs Tonga
|
1940
|
G20
|
A
|
Fiji vs Niue
|
|
Friday 2 Oct ( DAY 2)
|
Afternoon
|
1200
|
G21
|
SF
|
Plate - 3rd Pool A vs 4th Pool B
|
1222
|
G22
|
SF
|
Plate - 4th Pool A vs 3rd Pool B
|
1244
|
G23
|
SF
|
Medal - 1st Pool A vs 2nd Pool B
|
1306
|
G24
|
SF
|
Medal - 2nd Pool A vs 1st Pool B
|
1328
|
G25
|
F
|
9th & 10th Placing Playoff
Bowl Final - 5th Pool A vs 5th Pool B
|
BREAK - 20 minute break after G25
|
1410
|
G26
|
F
|
7th & 8th Placing Playoff
Loser G21 vs Loser G22
|
1440
|
G27
|
F
|
5th & 6th Placing Playoff
Plate - Winner G21 vs Winner G22
|
1510
|
G28
|
F
|
Bronze Medal Match
Loser G23 vs Loser G24
|
1540
|
G29
|
F
|
Gold & Silver Match
Winner G23 vs Winner G24
|
1620
|
Medal Ceremony – Rugby 7s
|