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| Union | Vanuatu Rugby Football Union |
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| World Cup Sevens | |
| Appearances | 0 |
TheVanuatu national rugby sevens team isVanuatu's representative inrugby sevens.
At the 1999South Pacific Games held inGuam, Vanuatu won its second rugby medal,[1] defeatingSolomon Islands for the bronze in the rugby 7s. The first bronze medal had been won for the rugby 15's in 1966, as New Hebrides.[2]
In the 2000 Telecom Oceania Sevens held inRarotonga, Vanuatu went on to beatTahiti 31–0 to win the Bowl. The tournament was a qualifier for the2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens and the last World Cup place was taken by theCook Islands, who won the Oceania Sevens Cup.
At the2011 Pacific Games, Vanuatu finished in 9th place, defeatingTahiti 7–17.
In 2023, at theOceania Sevens Championship, they played the Oceania Barbarians in the ninth place playoff and finished in tenth place.[3]
Vanuatu's squad to the2023 Pacific Games inHoniara,Solomon Islands:[4]
| Players |
|---|
| Lachlan Hillary Bani |
| Pechan Benjiman |
| Keleto David |
| Yen Felix |
| Andrew Desmond Kaltongga |
| Batick Nally |
| Pedro Sablon |
| Seal Taiwia |
| Naitika Tivivi |
| Adam Tumukon |
| Keane Williams |
| 2015 Pacific Games –Sevens Squad[5] |
|---|
| Koko Kalsal • George Kalpausi Sablan • Akuila Ita Kalsakau • Jeffrey Saurei • Antoine Sablan • Waute Chichirua Taputu Kalpukai • Steven Jacob Shem • Claude Raymond • Omari Kalmet Bakokoto • Malau Tevita Tai • Graham Malon Tungan |
| 2011 Pacific Games –Sevens Squad |
|---|
| Claude Raymond • Koko Kalsal • Toara Dick Toara • Waute Chichirua • Andro Kalpukai • Antoine Sablan Jeffrey Saurei • Steven Jacob Shem • James Kalsal • Omari Kalmet Kakokoto • Bill Vanu • Tonny Lui |
| Pacific Games | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
 1999 | Bronze Final |  | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
 2003 | 7th Place Playoff | N/A | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
 2007 | 7th Place Playoff | 8th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
 2011 | 9th Place Playoff | 9th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 2015 | 7th Place Playoff | 8th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019 | Did Not Compete | |||||
 2023 | 7th Place Playoff | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 6/7 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| Oceania Sevens | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
| 2008 | 7th Place Playoff | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 2009 | Plate Final | 6th | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
 2010 | 7th Place Playoff | 8th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011–16 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 2017 | 9–12th Place Playoff | 11th[a] | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 9th Place Playoff | 10th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 13th Place Playoff | 13th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | Did Not Compete | |||||
 2022 | Challenge 5th Place Playoff | 6th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 9th Place Playoff | 10th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 0 Titles | 8/15 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 34 |
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