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2000 Tokyo Sevens

The 2000 Tokyo Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the Japan Sevens leg of the series, held at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo on 1–2 April 2000.[1]

2000 Tokyo Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation Japan
Date1–2 April 2000
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Plate
Winner Japan
Runner-up Papua New Guinea
Bowl
Winner Samoa
Runner-up South Korea
Tournament details
Matches played41
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The tournament was the ninth event of the series, and was won by Fiji who defeated New Zealand 27–22 in the Cup final.[2]

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.[3] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season.

Teams edit

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stage edit

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 Tokyo Sevens title.

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
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 147 10 137 9
  Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 106 40 66 7
  Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 31 106 −75 5
  Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 14 142 −128 3

Source: World Rugby

1 April 2000
Fiji  64–0  Sri Lanka
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Papua New Guinea  49–0  Hong Kong
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Hong Kong  26–14  Sri Lanka
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Fiji  40–5  Papua New Guinea
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Papua New Guinea  52–0  Sri Lanka
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Fiji  43–5  Hong Kong
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 111 5 106 9
  France 3 2 0 1 78 33 45 7
  United States 3 1 0 2 36 78 −42 5
  Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 3 12 121 −109 3

Source: World Rugby

1 April 2000
New Zealand  50–0  Chinese Taipei
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
France  26–12  United States
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
France  47–0  Chinese Taipei
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
New Zealand  40–0  United States
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
United States  24–12  Chinese Taipei
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
New Zealand  21–5  France
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool C edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 139 0 139 9
  Canada 3 2 0 1 78 50 28 7
  South Korea 3 1 0 2 62 59 3 5
  Singapore 3 0 0 3 7 177 −170 3

Source: World Rugby

1 April 2000
Australia  63–0  Singapore
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Canada  14–12  South Korea
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Canada  64–0  Singapore
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
South Korea  50–7  Singapore
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Australia  38–0  South Korea
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Australia  38–0  Canada
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool D edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Japan 3 2 1 0 99 52 47 8
  South Africa 3 2 0 1 117 34 83 7
  Samoa 3 1 1 1 113 42 71 6
  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 5 206 −201 3

Source: World Rugby

1 April 2000
Samoa  75–0  Malaysia
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Japan  24–19  South Africa
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
South Africa  84–0  Malaysia
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Samoa  28–28  Japan
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Japan  47–5  Malaysia
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
South Africa  14–10  Samoa
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage edit

Bowl edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 
  Hong Kong24
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  Chinese Taipei19
 
  Hong Kong0
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  Samoa24
 
  Samoa63
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  Singapore0
 
  Samoa19
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  South Korea12
 
  South Korea66
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  Malaysia0
 
  South Korea42
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  United States5
 
  United States31
 
 
  Sri Lanka7
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 
  France7
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  Japan12
 
  Japan26
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  Papua New Guinea14
 
  South Africa19
 
 
  Papua New Guinea21
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 
  Fiji34
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  France14
 
  Fiji19
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  Canada5
 
  Canada26
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  Japan0
 
  Fiji27
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  New Zealand22
 
  Australia50
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  South Africa0
 
  Australia0
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
  New Zealand19
 
  New Zealand35
 
 
  Papua New Guinea0
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings edit

Place  Team Points
    Fiji 20
    New Zealand 16
    Australia 12
  Canada 12
5   Japan 8
6   Papua New Guinea 6
7   France 4
  South Africa 4
Place  Team Points
9   Samoa 2
10   South Korea 0
11   Hong Kong 0
  United States 0
13   Chinese Taipei 0
  Malaysia 0
  Singapore 0
  Sri Lanka 0

Source: Rugby7.com[4]

Series standings edit

At the completion of Round 9:

 
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 24 20 172
2   New Zealand 20 16 20 16 16 20 12 30 16 166
3   Australia 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 18 12 106
4   Samoa 12 6 12 12 12 12 4 8 2 80
5   South Africa 12 12 12 4 6 6  0 a 8 4 64
6   Canada 4 4 6 6 8 4 4 8 12 56
7   Argentina — 0 4 8 4 8 8 8 — 40
8   France 6 0 2 4 2 0 6 4 4 28
9   England — — — — — — — 18 — 18
10   Georgia 0 12 — — — — — — — 12
11   Tonga 4 2 — — 4 0 2 — — 12
12   Japan 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 8 8
13   Papua New Guinea — — — — 0 2 0 — 6 8
14   Uruguay — 0 4 0 0 4 0 — — 8
15   Morocco 0 4 — — — — — — — 4
16   Scotland 2 — — — — — — 0 — 2
  Spain — — 0 2 — — — — — 2
18   United States 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19   Hong Kong 0 — — — 0 — 0 0 0 0
20   Cook Islands — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0
  Croatia — — — — 0 0 — 0 — 0
22   Brazil — — 0 0 — — — — — 0
  Chile — — 0 0 — — — — — 0
  China — — — — — — 0 0 — 0
  Chinese Taipei — — — — — — — 0 0 0
  Germany — — 0 0 — — — — — 0
  Kenya 0 0 — — — — — — — 0
  Malaysia — — — — — — — 0 0 0
  Paraguay — — 0 0 — — — — — 0
  Peru — — 0 0 — — — — — 0
  Singapore — — — — — — — 0 0 0
  South Korea — — — — — — — 0 0 0
  Sri Lanka — — — — — — — 0 0 0
  Zimbabwe 0 0 — — — — — — — 0
35   Arabian Gulf — — — — — — — 0 — 0
  Ireland — — — — — — — 0 — 0
  Italy — — — — — — — 0 — 0
  Namibia — 0 — — — — — — — 0
  Thailand — — — — — — — 0 — 0
  Vanuatu — — — — — 0 — — — 0

Source: Rugby7.com

^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.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "IRB Sevens I - Tokyo". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Kiwis claim Tokyo Sevens with crushing victory". espnscrum.com. 2 April 2000.
  3. ^ "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)
  4. ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  5. ^ "New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB". espnscrum.com. 14 November 2000. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016.
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