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| Union | Tonga Rugby Football Union | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | 'Ikale Tahi | ||
| Coach(es) | Tevita Tu'ifua | ||
| Captain(s) | Fautasi Mau | ||
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| World Cup Sevens | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1993 ) | ||
| Best result | 7th (1993) | ||
The Tonga national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Tonga has participated in all but one of the Rugby World Cup Sevens tournaments.
2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series
Tonga have participated in only a few rounds of the World Rugby Sevens Series so far. They managed the bowl final in their first round of this series in Wellington, they won 24–56 over Cook Islands.
2009 Wellington Sevens
Tonga were in pool "A" along with Scotland, South Africa and Kenya for the Wellington round of the IRB World Sevens Series.
| Stages | Team | Pts | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kenya | 21–35 |  Tonga |
| 2 |  South Africa | 22–65 | Tonga |
| 3 |  Scotland | 15–21 | Tonga |
| 1/4 final bowl |  Niue | 0–21 | Tonga |
| Semi-final bowl |  France | 5–28 | Tonga |
| Final bowl |  Cook Islands | 24–56 | Tonga |
2015 Hong Kong Sevens
Tonga played in the World Series Qualifier in the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens. They only managed one win against Guyana 7s. [1]
Tonga have participated in the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series, the competition to gain promotion to the World Rugby Sevens Series. They finished 6th in 2020 and 7th in 2022, failing to gain promotion.
Tonga finished first in the 2023 Challenger Series, thereby gaining entry to the London Sevens core team qualifier for the 2023–24 season. [2] They also competed in the 2024 Challenger Series; the first round was held in Dubai where they finished sixth. [3] [4]
| World Cup record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
| 1993 | Quarterfinalists | 7th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
 1997 | Plate Winners | 9th | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
 2001 | Did not qualify | |||||
 2005 | Bowl Semifinalists | 19th | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
 2009 | Plate Semifinalists | 11th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
 2013 | Plate Quarterfinalists | 13th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
 2018 | 21st Place Final | 22nd | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 19th Place Final | 20th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 7/8 | 38 | 17 | 22 | 0 |
Tonga's first appearance was at the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens held in Scotland. They finished at the top of their pool and progressed to the finals with four wins and a loss to the hosts. [5] The quarter finals were another round robin with teams split into two pools. Tonga lost all their games and finished in seventh place overall.
The 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held in the mecca of sevens rugby Hong Kong. The tournament was played over three days. Day 1 and 2 had a total of eight pools with three teams per pool. Teams were seeded at the end of Day 1 and assigned to their various pools for Day 2. Tonga had a win against Japan and a loss to New Zealand. [6]
Tonga's pool on Day 2 was a repeat of Day 1 with Japan and New Zealand being pooled together with them. Day 2 yielded the same results as the previous day. They were placed in the Plate quarterfinals and recorded wins against Wales, the Cook Islands and the hosts, Hong Kong to win the Plate and finish in ninth place.
The 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens was held in Argentina. Tonga did not qualify.
Hong Kong hosted the Sevens World Cup in 2005 for a second time. Tonga finished at the bottom of their pool [7] and ended up in the Bowl quarterfinals where they defeated Chinese Taipei 28 – 19. They lost to Canada in the semi-finals 7 – 0 and finished in their lowest rankings at a World Cup in 19th place.
Tonga qualified for the 2009 World Cup in the Oceania region. The United Arab Emirates were the hosts for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. They were in Pool A and played against Arabian Gulf 7s, Italy 7s and New Zealand 7s. Tonga were second in their pool with two wins and a loss. [8] They made it to the Plate quarterfinals and beat Tunisia 24 – 7. However, they lost to Australia in the semis 22 – 19. They finished in eleventh place overall.
Russia were the hosts for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Tonga won over Uruguay and advanced to the Plate quarterfinals from their pool. [9] They lost to Canada 26 – 0 and finished in 13th place.
| Olympic Games record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
 2016 | Did not qualify | |||||
 2020 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 2024 | To be determined | |||||
| Total | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tonga finished second behind Australia at the 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship, and thus failed to advance to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Tonga also played in the 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship, but failed to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
| Commonwealth Games record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L | D |
 1998 | Plate Semifinalists | 11th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 2002 | Bowl Finalists | 10th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 2006 | Bowl Finalists | 10th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 2010 | Bowl Semifinalists | 11th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | |||||
| 2018 | ||||||
| 2022 | 9th–12th Place Semi-finals | =11th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 5/7 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0 |
| Pacific Games | ||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
 1999 | Did Not Compete | |||||
 2003 | Bronze Final | 4th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
 2007 | Did Not Compete | |||||
 2011 | ||||||
 2015 | Bronze Final |  | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | Bronze Final | | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
 2023 | Bronze Final | | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 4/7 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| Oceania Sevens | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
| 2008 | Cup Final |  | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
 2009 | Cup Final | | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | Bronze Final | | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | Bronze Final | | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | Bronze Final | | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 2014 | Plate Final | 6th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
 2015 | Cup Final | | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 5th Place Playoff | 5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | — [lower-alpha 1] | 7th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5th Place Playoff | 5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5th Place Playoff | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 2022 | Round-robin | 4th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | Round-robin |  | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5th Place Playoff | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 14/16 | 81 | 44 | 1 | 36 |
Squad for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai. [10]
| No. | Players |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sione Tupou |
| 3 | Siaosi Huihui |
| 4 | Semisi Ma'asi |
| 6 | Tevita Eukaliti |
| 7 | Sioeli Filimoehala |
| 9 | John Ika |
| 10 | Atieli Pakalani |
| 20 | Sione Lemek |
| 22 | Tali Finau |
| 29 | Potolaka Ma'ake |
| 73 | Walter Fifita |
| 77 | Bray Taumoefolau |
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