The competition was expanded from the previous season with Fiji and Samoa joining New Zealand and hosts Australia at Bond University on the Gold Coast.

[1][2] The Oceania Championship was played over three rounds in nine days, with New Zealand defeating Australia by 43–6 in the last match of the round-robin tournament on 6 May 2017,[3] to take the title.

Both matches finished as draws but Fiji, after securing a four-try bonus point in the second match, won the event.

[5] The teams for the 2017 Oceania Rugby Under 20 tournaments were: Championship Trophy Final competition table: Source: Oceania Rugby[6]

[5] Final competition table: Source: Oceania Rugby[5]