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2000 Fiji Sevens

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.

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 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 edit

Sixteen national teams played in the tournament:[2]

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 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Bowl edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

Place  Team Points
    New Zealand 20
    Fiji 16
    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 edit

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 edit

  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.
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