Oceania 7s Qualifiers

The men's winner and the women's winner have a direct ticket to Rio. The teams that finish second and third will have a second chance by gaining entry to the World Rugby final Olympic qualifying tournament, expected to be played in June 2016.

The qualifying tournament for men and for women takes place at the Trusts Arena in Auckland on 14 and 15 November 2015.

Amongst the men's teams taking part are two great Sevens countries - Australia and Samoa.

Nauru, an island in the Pacific, is taking part for the first time. It is the third smallest country in the world after Vatican City and Monaco. It formed its rugby union in 2012.

The teams

Men: Australia, Samoa, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, America Samoa, Nauru, Solomon Islands

Women: Fiji, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Tonga

Men's Pools

Pool A: Australia, Cook Islands, Nauru, Tonga

Pool B: Samoa, Papua New Guinea, American Samoa, Solomon Islands

Men's Fixtures, Day 1

Tonga vs Cook Islands

Australia vs Nauru

Tonga vs Nauru

Australia vs Cook Islands

Cook Islands vs Nauru

Australia vs Tonga

Papua New Guinea vs American Samoa

Samoa vs Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea vs Solomon Islands

Samoa vs American Samoa

American Samoa vs Solomon Islands

Samoa vs Papua New Guinea

The referees

Jessica Beard (New Zealand), James Bolabiu (Fiji), Nick Briant (New Zealand), Richard Kelly (New Zealand), Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji), Kaveni Talemaivalagi (Fiji), Jordan Way (Australia), Paul Williams (New Zealand).