Samoa national rugby sevens team

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D	Qualifying
2016	Did Not Qualify						Lost 12–19 to Spain in the final of the inter-continental qualifying tournament.
Total	0 Titles	0/1	-	-	-	-	-

In qualifying rounds for the 2016 Olympics, Samoa finished in third place at the 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship, meaning they didn't qualify directly for the Olympics as Oceania's representative. They instead went to the 2016 inter-continental final qualifying tournament, where they lost to Spain 12–19 in the final and failed to qualify for the 2016 Olympics.

At the 1993 Rugby World Cup, Samoa player Gordon Langkilde was arrested at the team hotel and charged with assault and battery after allegedly punching Welsh players after their match, resulting in broken facial bones to Welsh player Tom Williams, who had scored the winning try.[5] Langkilde pled guilty to misdemeanor charges, paid a fine, and was suspended from rugby for one year.[6]

Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
Year	Round	Position	Games	Won	Lost	Drew	Most tries	Most points
1993	Quarterfinals	5th	8	6	2	0
1997	Semifinals	3rd	6	5	1	0
2001	Quarterfinals	5th	6	4	2	0
2005	Plate finals	9th	8	7	1	0
2009	Semifinals	3rd	5	4	1	0
2013	Plate finals	10th	6	4	2	0
2018	Challenge quarterfinals	13th	5	3	2	0	Joe Perez (4)	Alatasi Tupou (24)
Total	Two bronze medals		39	30	9	0	Brian Lima (17)	Brian Lima (101)

Samoa won the 2009–10 Series in large part due to 2010 World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year Mikaele Pesamino who led all players with 56 tries scored. Samoa were also helped by the efforts of half-back Lolo Lui, another nominee for 2010 Sevens Player of the Year, who scored 264 points. Samoa's third star that season was forward Alafoti Faosiliva, who scored 29 tries and was also a Sevens Player of the Year nominee.

The itinerary for the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series;

2009–10 Itinerary[7]
Leg	Venue	Date	Winner
Dubai	The Sevens	4–5 December 2009	New Zealand
South Africa	Outeniqua Park, George	11–12 December 2009	New Zealand
New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	5–6 February 2010	Fiji
United States	Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas	13–14 February 2010	Samoa
Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	19–21 March 2010	Samoa
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium	26–28 March 2010	Samoa
London	Twickenham	22–23 May 2010	Australia
Edinburgh	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	29–30 May 2010	Samoa

Overall Standings

2009–10 Standings[8]
Pos.	Country	Dubai	South Africa (George)	New Zealand (Welling­ton)	USA (Las Vegas)	Australia (Adelaide)	Hong Kong	England (London)	Scotland (Edin­burgh)	Overall
1	Samoa	20	6	20	24	24	30	16	24	164
2	New Zealand	24	24	16	20	12	25	12	16	149
3	Australia	12	6	12	16	16	16	24	20	122
4	Fiji	16	20	24	8	6	20	8	6	108
5	England	16	12	16	6	4	20	6	16	96
6	South Africa	8	8	8	12	8	10	20	6	80
7	Argentina	6	16	0	0	16	0	16	8	62
8	Kenya	6	16	6	16	0	8	0	0	52
9	Wales	4	4	4	6	6	0	6	4	34
10	United States	0	0	0	4	20	8	0	0	32
11	Canada	DNP	DNP	6	0	DNP	5	4	0	15
12	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12

In July 1997, the Government of Samoa changed the country's name from Western Samoa to Samoa.[9]

Two of the highest points and try scorers in series history, Uale Mai and Mikaele Pesamino, played for Samoa. Pesamino was also named the 2010 IRB International Sevens Player of the Year, an honour which Uale Mai, a former team captain and one of the most capped players in the sport, had won in 2006. Captain Lolo Lui and teammate Alafoti Fa'osiliva had also been nominated.[12]

Crowd at the 2009 Hong Kong Sevens.

The following table shows Samoa's statistical career leaders in the World Rugby Sevens Series. Players in bold are still active. Mikaele Pesamino is Samoa's top try scorer in the World Rugby Sevens Series. He was the overall top try score in both the 2006–07 (43 tries) and the 2009–10 (56 tries) seasons.