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2000 Brisbane Sevens

The 2000 Brisbane Sevens, officially called the 2000 Brisbane International Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held on 18–19 February 2000,[1] at Lang Park (Suncorp Stadium) in Brisbane.[2]

2000 Brisbane Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nationAustralia Australia
Date18–19 February 2000
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up Australia
Plate
Winner Argentina
Runner-up France
Bowl
Winner Tonga
Runner-up Papua New Guinea
Tournament details
Matches played41
2001 →

The tournament was the first edition of the Australian Sevens within the World Sevens Series, and was won by Fiji who defeated Australia 24–21 in the Cup final with a sensational try in the final seconds to Waisale Serevi.[3]

Teams edit

The participating teams were:[1]

Format edit

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each pool went on to the Bowl bracket.[4] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season.

Pool stage edit

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

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Canada 3 3 0 0 81 29 52 9
  Samoa 3 2 0 1 83 29 54 7
  Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 64 87 -23 5
  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 22 105 -83 3

Source World Rugby

18 February 2000
Canada  36–5  Hong Kong
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Samoa  47–7  Papua New Guinea
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Canada  28–17  Papua New Guinea
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Samoa  29–5  Hong Kong
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Papua New Guinea  40–12  Hong Kong
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Canada  17–7  Samoa
Lang Park, Brisbane

Source World Rugby

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 127 21 106 9
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 70 38 22 7
  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 31 70 -39 5
  Cook Islands 3 0 0 3 7 106 -89 3

Source World Rugby

18 February 2000
Argentina  21–0  Uruguay
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Fiji  40–7  Cook Islands
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Argentina  35–0  Cook Islands
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Fiji  49–0  Uruguay
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Uruguay  31–0  Cook Islands
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Fiji  38–14  Argentina
Lang Park, Brisbane

Source World Rugby

Pool C edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 92 22 65 9
  France 3 2 0 1 61 59 7 7
  Tonga 3 1 0 2 55 80 -25 5
  Japan 3 0 0 3 52 99 -47 3

Source World Rugby

18 February 2000
France  33–14  Tonga
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
New Zealand  47–5  Japan
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
France  21–19  Japan
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
New Zealand  19–10  Tonga
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Tonga  31–28  Japan
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
New Zealand  26–7  France
Lang Park, Brisbane

Source World Rugby

Pool D edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 125 0 125 9
  South Africa 3 2 0 1 73 35 38 7
  United States 3 1 0 2 29 92 -63 5
  China 3 0 0 3 19 119 -100 3

Source World Rugby

18 February 2000
South Africa  33–7  China
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Australia  40–0  United States
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
South Africa  40–0  United States
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Australia  57–0  China
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
United States  29–12  China
Lang Park, Brisbane
18 February 2000
Australia  28–0  South Africa
Lang Park, Brisbane

Knockout stage edit

Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.[1][5]

Bowl edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 
  Tonga35
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Cook Islands0
 
  Tonga42
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Hong Kong0
 
  Hong Kong22
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  United States12
 
  Tonga43
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Papua New Guinea0
 
  Uruguay14
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Japan12
 
  Papua New Guinea31
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Uruguay10
 
  Papua New Guinea40
 
 
  China17
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 
  New Zealand33
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Argentina12
 
  Argentina10
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Samoa7
 
  Australia12
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Samoa5
 
  Argentina33
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  France14
 
  South Africa14
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Canada7
 
  Canada14
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  France19
 
  Fiji47
 
 
  France7
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 
  New Zealand33
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Argentina12
 
  New Zealand0
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Australia17
 
  Australia12
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Samoa5
 
  Australia21
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Fiji24
 
  South Africa14
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Canada7
 
  South Africa7
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
  Fiji45
 
  Fiji47
 
 
  France7
 

Source: World Rugby

By beating New Zealand in the semifinals, Australia became only the third different nation to reach a World Sevens Series Cup final. Fiji and New Zealand had contested each of the previous six Series Cup finals.

Tournament placings edit

Place  Team Points
    Fiji 20
    Australia 16
    New Zealand 12
n/a   South Africa a 12 0  
5   Argentina 8
6   France 6
7   Canada 4
  Samoa 4
Place  Team Points
9   Tonga 2
10   Papua New Guinea 0
11   Hong Kong 0
  Uruguay 0
13   China 0
  Cook Islands 0
  Japan 0
  United States 0

Source: Rugby7.com[6]

Series standings edit

At the completion of Round 7:

 
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 20 128
2   New Zealand 20 16 20 16 16 20 12 120
3   Australia 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 76
4   Samoa 12 6 12 12 12 12 4 70
5   South Africa 12 12 12 4 6 6  0 a 52
6   Canada 4 4 6 6 8 4 4 36
7   Argentina — 0 4 8 4 8 8 32
8   France 6 0 2 4 2 0 6 20
9   Georgia 0 12 — — — — — 12
10   Tonga 4 2 — — 4 0 2 12
11   Uruguay — 0 4 0 0 4 0 8
12   Morocco 0 4 — — — — — 4
13   Papua New Guinea — — — — 0 2 0 2
  Scotland 2 — — — — — — 2
  Spain — — 0 2 — — — 2
16   United States 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
17   Japan 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
18   Cook Islands — — — — 0 0 0 0
  Hong Kong 0 — — — 0 — 0 0
20   Brazil — — 0 0 — — — 0
  Chile — — 0 0 — — — 0
  Croatia — — — — 0 0 — 0
  Germany — — 0 0 — — — 0
  Kenya 0 0 — — — — — 0
  Paraguay — — 0 0 — — — 0
  Peru — — 0 0 — — — 0
  Zimbabwe 0 0 — — — — — 0
28   China — — — — — — 0 0
  Namibia — 0 — — — — — 0
  Vanuatu — — — — — 0 — 0

Source: Rugby7.com

Notes edit

^a South Africa reached the semifinal stage of the Brisbane Sevens but was stripped of all points for the tournament due to fielding ineligible players.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "IRB Sevens I - Brisbane, Australia. 2/18/2000 - 2/19/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Sevens loss no disgrace". Illawarra Mercury. Fairfax. 21 February 2000. p. 34. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Fiji pip Australia to Sevens title in Brisbane". espnscrum.com. 19 February 2000. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013.
  4. ^ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Brisbane". ur7s.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  6. ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  7. ^ "New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB". espnscrum.com. 14 November 2000. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016.

External links edit

IRB Sevens I
Preceded by 2000 Brisbane Sevens Succeeded by
Australian Sevens
Preceded by
First
 2000 Brisbane Sevens Succeeded by
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