It also served as the regional qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympic Sevens and was held at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane, Australia from 10 to 12 November.
[1] Fourteen national teams were scheduled to compete at the 2023 tournament, plus an Oceania invitational team:[2][3] Teams were seeded into three pools of five.
[4] To allow a clear run for countries competing for qualification to the 2024 Summer Olympic Sevens, the three Oceania nations already qualified (Australia, Fiji and New Zealand) were placed in Pool A together with, Niue (not Olympic eligible) and the Oceania invitational team (Barbarians).
The remaining teams were seeded into Pool B and Pool C for Olympic qualification.
[1] A playoff between the winners of Pool B and Pool C decided the Olympic qualifying berth.