The New Zealand national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens, Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. They have won a record thirteen World Rugby Sevens Series titles. The team played for the first time at the 1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament. History World Sevens Series The All Blacks Sevens have won 13 of the 21 World Rugby Sevens Series, and have been the most successful team in the history of the world series. They won the first six series between 1999–2004, before placing 4th in the 2005 series, and then later winning back to back series again in the 2006–2007 seasons. In 2008, the team placed 4th for the second time, and were runners-up for the first ever time in 2009. In the years of 2010–2013, the All Blacks Sevens had another period of success by winning all 4 of those series, before going onto have 5 straight seasons without winning a series between 2014–2018, which saw them come in 3rd place a total of 4 times and placed 4th once, which is also the third time that they have placed 4th in a world series. In 2019, the team won its first series again since 2013, and it was followed by a Covid-19 disrupted 2020–21 season, which was then followed by a disappointing 2021–22 series, that saw them come in 8th place, which was the lowest that the team has ever placed in any of the World Sevens Series. Summer Olympic Games The All Blacks Sevens have only been in 2 tournaments at the Summer Olympics, but have failed to obtain a Gold Medal from either competitions. In 2016, they were eliminated in the Quarter-Finals by Fiji before finishing in 5th place by beating Argentina (17–14) in the 5th place final. In 2020, they improved from the previous tournament and made it to the Grand Final but they were beaten by Fiji once again by (27–12). This caused them to finish the tournament in 2nd place due to being runners-up by losing in the final. Rugby World Cup Sevens New Zealand have won 3 Sevens Rugby World Cups. Their first appearance was in the 1993 tournament which was held in Scotland. They were knocked out in the Quarter-Finals by the eventual winners England (21–12) before finishing in 7th place. In 1997, they placed 3rd after they were beaten in the Semi-Finals