# Cook Islands at the Rugby League World Cup

Cook Islands have competed in two editions of the Rugby League World Cup. They were eliminated at the group stage on both occasions.

## Tournament results

Rugby League World Cup record :
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA |
| 1954 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1957 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1960 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1968 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1970 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1972 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1975 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1977 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1985–88 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1989–92 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1995 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 144 |
| 2008 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2013 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 78 |
| 2017 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | qualified | qualified | qualified | qualified | qualified | qualified | qualified | qualified |
| Total | – | – | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 102 | 222 |

## Tournaments

Key :
| Colour | Meaning |
| | Qualifiers to the next round |

### 2000

| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Points |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 28 | +178 | 6 |
| Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 86 | −6 | 4 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 110 | −66 | 1 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 144 | −106 | 1 |
| Round | Score | Opposition | Venue |
| Group Stage | 6–38 | Wales | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham |
| Group Stage | 10–84 | New Zealand | Madejski Stadium, Reading |
| Group Stage | 22–22 | Lebanon | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |

### 2013

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 4 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 64 | 78 | –14 | 2 |
| Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 56 | 84 | –28 | 0 |
| Round | Score | Opposition | Venue |
| Group Stage | 20–32 | United States | Memorial Stadium, Bristol |
| Group Stage | 16–22 | Tonga | Leigh Sports Village, Leigh |
| Group Stage | 28–24 | Wales | The Gnoll, Neath |

### 2021

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tonga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 34 | +114 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 40 | +46 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 136 | −92 | 2 | |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 86 | −68 | 0 | |
| Round | Score | Opposition | Venue |
| Group Stage | – | Wales | England |
| Group Stage | – | Papua New Guinea | England |
| Group Stage | – | Tonga | England |