2005 Oceania Cup

The 2005 Oceania Cup was an international rugby union competition for countries and territories from Oceania with national teams in the developmental band. It was run by the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions, which is the administrative body for rugby in the Oceania region.

2005 Oceania Cup

Date	2 June– 26 October 2005
Countries	Cook Islands  Niue  Tahiti  Papua New Guinea  Solomon Islands  Vanuatu
Final positions
Champions	Cook Islands
Runner-up	Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
2006 →

The tournament, won by the Cook Islands, also served as the first two rounds of the Oceania qualification for 2007 Rugby World Cup.

First round

Pool A

29 July 2005

Vanuatu	12 - 20	Solomon Islands

Port Vila

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13 August 2005

Solomon Islands	7 - 45	Papua New Guinea

Honiara

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3 September 2005

Papua New Guinea	97 - 3	Vanuatu

Port Moresby

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Ranking:

• 1.  Papua New Guinea qualified for final
• 2.  Solomon Islands
• 3.  Vanuatu

Pool B

23 July 2005

Niue	55 - 8	Tahiti

Alofi

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30 July 2005

Tahiti	22 - 47	Cook Islands

Papeete

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6 August 2005

Cook Islands	24 - 5	Niue

Rarotonga

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Ranking:

• 1.  Cook Islands qualified for final
• 2.  Niue
• 3.  Tahiti

Finals

3 September 2005

Cook Islands	37 - 12	Papua New Guinea

Rarotonga

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10 September 2005

Papua New Guinea	20 - 11	Cook Islands

Port Moresby

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Cook Islands won on aggregate (48-32) and was also admitted to Round four of Oceania qualification for 2007 RWC.

See also

• FORU Oceania Cup