2000 Fiji Sevens

2000 Fiji Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation Fiji
Date11–12 February 2000
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Fiji
Plate
Winner Argentina
Runner-up South Africa
Bowl
Winner Papua New Guinea
Runner-up Tonga
Tournament details
Matches played41

The 2000 Fiji Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held in Fiji as part of the inaugural IRB Sevens World Series. It was the eighth and final edition of the Fiji International Sevens and, in the wake of the Fijian coup d'état later that year, remains the only Fijian event so far included on the World Sevens circuit. The tournament was the sixth leg of the 1999-2000 Series.

The competition took place on 11 and 12 February at the National Stadium in Suva.[1] Hosts, Fiji, were defeated 31-5 in the final by New Zealand,[2] who claimed their third title of the series.

Teams

Sixteen national teams played in the tournament:[2]

Pool stage

The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four pools of four teams and teams in the same pool played each other once. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for the 2000 Fiji Sevens title.

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 132 14 +118 9
 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 45 54 -9 7
 France 3 1 0 2 54 62 −8 5
 United States 3 0 0 3 12 113 −101 3

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[3]

11 February 2000
Fiji 47–7 United States
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Uruguay 19–7 France
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Fiji 47–0 Uruguay
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
France 40–5 United States
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Uruguay 26–0 United States
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Fiji 38–7 France
National Stadium, Suva

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[4]

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 85 12 +73 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 71 57 +14 7
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 49 78 −29 5
 Croatia 3 0 0 3 35 92 −58 3

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[3]

11 February 2000
Croatia 0–38 New Zealand
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Argentina 33–21 Papua New Guinea
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Croatia 17–28 Papua New Guinea
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
New Zealand 19–12 Argentina
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Croatia 17–26 Argentina
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
New Zealand 28–0 Papua New Guinea
National Stadium, Suva

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[4]

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Samoa 3 2 1 0 51 34 +17 8
 Canada 3 2 0 1 52 37 +15 7
 Japan 3 0 2 1 29 45 −16 5
 Tonga 3 0 1 2 34 50 −16 4

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[3]

11 February 2000
Samoa 12–12 Japan
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Canada 21–10 Tonga
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Samoa 17–12 Tonga
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Canada 21–5 Japan
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Japan 12–12 Tonga
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Samoa 22–10 Canada
National Stadium, Suva

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[4]

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 94 5 +89 9
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 61 33 +28 7
 Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 47 47 0 5
 Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 0 117 −117 3

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[3]

11 February 2000
Australia 21–5 Cook Islands
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
South Africa 35–0 Vanuatu
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Australia 47–0 Vanuatu
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
South Africa 26–7 Cook Islands
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Cook Islands 35–0 Vanuatu
National Stadium, Suva

11 February 2000
Australia 26–0 South Africa
National Stadium, Suva

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[4]

Finals

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
12 February – Suva
 
 
 France33
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Croatia10
 
 France12
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Tonga14
 
 Tonga22
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Cook Islands5
 
 Tonga17
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Papua New Guinea19
 
 Japan33
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Vanuatu12
 
 Japan7
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Papua New Guinea21
 
 Papua New Guinea33
 
 
 United States5
 

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 February – Suva
 
 
 Argentina19
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Canada7
 
 Argentina17
 
12 February – Suva
 
 South Africa14
 
 South Africa19
 
 
 Uruguay14
 

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
12 February – Suva
 
 
 Fiji28
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Argentina12
 
 Fiji26
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Australia12
 
 Australia14
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Canada7
 
 Fiji5
 
12 February – Suva
 
 New Zealand31
 
 Samoa28
 
12 February – Suva
 
 South Africa21
 
 Samoa0
 
12 February – Suva
 
 New Zealand45
 
 New Zealand49
 
 
 Uruguay0
 

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Fiji 16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 12
 Samoa 12
5  Argentina 8
6  South Africa 6
7  Canada 4
 Uruguay 4
Place  Team Points
9  Papua New Guinea 2
10  Tonga 0
11  France 0
 Japan 0
13  Cook Islands 0
 Croatia 0
 United States 0
 Vanuatu 0

Source: Rugby7.com[5]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 6:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team

Dubai

Stellen­bosch

Punta del Este

Mar del Plata

Well­ington

Suva

Bris­bane

Hong Kong

Tokyo

Paris
Points
total
1  Fiji 16 20 16 20 20 16 108
 New Zealand 20 16 20 16 16 20 108
3  Samoa 12 6 12 12 12 12 66
4  Australia 8 8 8 12 12 12 60
5  South Africa 12 12 12 4 6 6 52
6  Canada 4 4 6 6 8 4 32
7  Argentina 0 4 8 4 8 24
8  France 6 0 2 4 2 0 14
9  Georgia 0 12 12
10  Tonga 4 2 4 0 10
11  Uruguay 0 4 0 0 4 8
12  Morocco 0 4 4
13  Papua New Guinea 0 2 2
 Scotland 2 2
 Spain 0 2 2
15  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0
16  Japan 0 0 0 0 0
17  Brazil 0 0 0
 Chile 0 0 0
 Cook Islands 0 0 0
 Croatia 0 0 0
 Germany 0 0 0
 Hong Kong 0 0 0
 Kenya 0 0 0
 Paraguay 0 0 0
 Peru 0 0 0
 Zimbabwe 0 0 0
27  Namibia 0 0
 Vanuatu 0 0

Source: Rugby7.com

References

  1. ^ "1999/00 IRB Sevens World Series- Suva". World Rugby. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b "IRB Sevens I - Suva, Fiji. 2/19/2000 - 2/20/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Standings". World Rugby. 2000. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "Results". World Rugby. 2000. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
IRB Sevens I
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