The Cook Islands national rugby sevens team represents the Cook Islands in rugby sevens internationally. They have participated in two Rugby World Cup Sevens tournaments, in 1997 and 2001, and have also competed at the Commonwealth Games on four occasions. They qualified for the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens tournament and played in the World Series Qualifiers.

The Cook Islands also compete in the Oceania Sevens Championships and the Pacific Games.

History Cook Islands lost to Papua New Guinea at the 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship which denied them a place at the Sydney and Hamilton legs of the World Series and also qualification for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Rugby World Cup Sevens.

They competed at the 2023 Oceania Sevens Championship in Brisbane, and finished eighth overall after losing to Australia in the seventh place playoff.

Tournament history The Cook Islands has not qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup Sevens RecordYearRoundPosition 1993Did Not Enter 1997Plate Semifinalists11th6330 2001Plate Quarterfinalists13th6330 2005Did not qualify 2009 2013 2018 2022Total 0 Titles 2/8 12 6 6 0

Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games recordYearRoundPosition 1998Plate Winners9th7520 2002Bowl Semifinalists11th4130 2006Bowl Quarterfinalists13th4130 2010Did not qualify 2014Bowl Finalist10th6330 2018Did not qualify 2022 Total 0 Titles 4/7 21 10 11 0

Pacific Games Pacific GamesYearRoundPosition 1999Did Not Compete 2003Cup Final6402 2007Plate Final6th6204 2011Did Not Compete 2015 2019Bronze Final4th5302 20237th Place Playoff8th5104Total0 Titles4/72210012

Oceania Sevens Oceania SevensYearRoundPosition 2008Bronze Final5302 2009Plate Final5th7304 2010Plate Final5th6303 2011Plate Final5th7304 2012Bronze Final4th6204 2013Bronze Final4th6303 20147th Place Playoff7th6303 2015Plate Final5th6303 20165th Place Playoff6th6303 20175th Place Playoff6th6204 20185th Place Playoff6th5203 20199th Place Playoff10th6105 2021Did Not Compete 2022 20237th Place Playoff8th5203Total0 Titles13/157733044

Players Cook Islands squad to the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands: PlayersBrian AkavaAlbert EtueteRobert HeatherTe Ara HendersonApolo JohnsonJames KoraMataroa MauiOkirua NaeaAlistair NewbiggingTaio TaioHabasaloma TamaruaTimothy TangirereLeandro VakatiniStephen Willis

Notable players

Koiatu Koiatu Terry Piri Harry Berryman

See also Cook Islands national rugby union team (XV) Rugby union in the Cook Islands

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