Fiji has been seeded at the top for the Oceania World Cup 7s qualifiers to be played in Samoa later this month.

The tournament which is schedule for the 25-26 July will also feature Pacific powerhouse New Zealand who is seeded second, Australia comes in at third, Samoa is fourth whilst Niue bring up the tail end.

Only the top two finishers from the tournament will advance to the 16-team World Cup main draw in Dubai next year.

Meanwhile Nadroga native Iliseva Batibasaga has been selected in the Australia Rugby Union 12-member woman team.

Please find below the schedule for the  two-day event:

Day 1

Friday 25 July 2008
9.00am          W       New Zealand  v Samoa
9.22am          W       Fiji v Niue
9.44am          M       Samoa v Niue
10.06am        M       Tonga v Vanuatu
10.28am        M       Papua New Guinea v Solomon Islands
10.50am        M       Cook Islands v Tahiti
11.12am        W       Australia v Fiji
11.34am        W       Samoa v Niue
11.56am        M       Samoa v Solomon Islands
12.18pm        M       Tonga v Tahiti
12.34pm        Break
1.18pm          W       Niue v New Zealand
1.40pm          W       Samoa v Australia
2.02pm          M       Papua New Guinea v Niue
2.24pm          M       Cook Islands v Vanuatu
2.46pm          W       Fiji v New Zealand
3.08pm          W       Australia v Niue
3.30pm          M       Solomon Islands v Niue
3.52pm          M       Tahiti v Vanuatu
4.14pm          M       Tonga v Cook Islands
4.36pm          W       Australia v New Zealand
4.58pm          W       Samoa v Fiji
5.20pm          M       Samoa v Papua New Guinea

 

Day 2

Saturday 26 July 2008
12.00midday   M       Plate Semifinal
12.22pm        M       Plate Semifinal
12.44pm        W       Cup Semifinal
1.06pm          W       Cup Semifinal
1.28pm          M       Cup Semifinal
1.50pm          M       Cup Semifinal
2.12pm          M       7th & 8th Placing
2.34pm          M       Plate Final
2.56pm          W       3rd & 4th Placing
3.18pm          M       3rd & 4th Placing
3.40pm          W       Cup Final
4.02pm          M       Cup Final