Cook Islands national rugby sevens team

The Cook Islands national rugby sevens team is a minor national sevens side. They qualified for the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens tournament and played in the World Series Qualifiers.[1]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Cook Islands women's national rugby sevens team.
Cook Islands Rugby Sevens
UnionCook Islands Rugby Union
Nickname(s)Kuki 7s
Team kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances2 (First in 1997)
Best result11th (1997)
Kenya sevens team playing the Cook Islands at 2014 Commonwealth 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.[2]

Tournament history

The Cook Islands has not qualified for the Summer Olympics.

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Scotland 1993 Did Not Enter
Hong Kong 1997 Plate Semifinalists 11th 6 3 3 0
Argentina 2001 Plate Quarterfinalists 13th 6 3 3 0
Hong Kong 2005 Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2009
Russia 2013
United States 2018
Total0 Titles2/712660

Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Malaysia 1998 Plate Winners 9th 7 5 2 0
England 2002 Bowl Semifinalists 11th 4 1 3 0
Australia 2006 Bowl Quarterfinalists 13th 4 1 3 0
India 2010 Did not qualify
Scotland 2014 Bowl Finalist 10th 6 3 3 0
Australia 2018 Did not qualify
Total0 Titles4/62110110

Players

Notable players

See also

References
  1. Series qualifying - Hong Kong[Usurped!]
  2. "Sport: Cook Islands target World 7s Series return". RNZ. 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2021-10-21.


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