1999–2000 World Sevens Series

1999–2000 World Sevens Series
Host nations	Dubai South Africa Uruguay New Zealand Hong Kong Fiji Australia Japan France
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	Fiji
Third	Australia
Series details
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The 1999–2000 IRB Sevens World Series, was the first of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board

Sevens is a stripped-down version of rugby union, with seven players on each side rather than fifteen. Games are much shorter, seven or ten minutes each half, and tend to be very fast-paced, open affairs. Sevens is traditionally played in a two–day tournament format.

Itinerary

1999-00 Itinerary
Leg	Venue	Date	Winner
Dubai	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground	2–3 December 1999	New Zealand
South Africa	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch	10–11 December 1999	Fiji
Punta Del Este	Campus de Maldonado, Punta Del Este	7–8 January 2000	New Zealand
Mar del Plata	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata	12–13 January 2000	Fiji
Wellington	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	5–6 February 2000	Fiji
Fiji	National Stadium, Suva	11–12 February 2000	New Zealand
Brisbane	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	18–19 February 2000	Fiji
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	24–26 March 2000	New Zealand
Japan	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	1–2 April 2000	Fiji
Paris	Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris	24–26 March 2000	New Zealand

Final standings

Pos.	Country	Dubai	New Zealand (Wellington)	Hong Kong	France (Paris)	Australia (Brisbane)	Argentina (Mar del Plata)	Japan (Tokyo)	South Africa (Stellenbosch)	Uruguay (Punta Del Este)	Fiji	Overall
1	New Zealand	20	16	20	16	16	20	12	30	16	20	186
2	Fiji	16	20	16	20	20	16	20	24	20	8	180
3	Australia	8	8	8	12	12	12	16	18	12	12	118
4	Samoa	12	6	12	12	12	12	4	8	2	2	82
5	South Africa	12	12	12	4	6	6	0	8	4	16	80
6	Canada	4	4	6	6	8	4	4	8	12	4	60
7	Argentina	0	0	4	8	4	8	8	8	0	12	52
8	France	6	0	2	4	2	0	6	4	4	6	34
9	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	4	22
10	Georgia	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
11	Tonga	4	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	12
12	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	8
13	Uruguay	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	8
14	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	8
15	Morocco	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
16	Scotland	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
17	Spain	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
18	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	West Indies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Chile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Tournaments

Dubai

Main article: 1999 Dubai Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	38–14	Fiji	South Africa Samoa
Plate	Australia	33–20	France	Tonga Canada
Bowl	Scotland	31–24	Zimbabwe	Kenya United States

South Africa

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	12–10	New Zealand	Georgia South Africa
Plate	Australia	22–19	Samoa	Canada Morocco
Bowl	Tonga	31–26	Argentina	Uruguay Namibia

Punta del Este

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	42–19	Fiji	South Africa Samoa
Plate	Australia	27–12	Canada	Uruguay Argentina
Bowl	France	31–12	Germany	Chile Spain

Mar del Plata

Main article: 2000 Mar del Plata Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	26–14	New Zealand	Samoa Australia
Plate	Argentina	41–7	Canada	France South Africa
Bowl	Spain	40–7	Chile	United States Germany

Wellington

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	24–14	New Zealand	Samoa Australia
Plate	Canada	24–21	South Africa	Argentina Tonga
Bowl	France	47–12	Croatia	Japan Papua New Guinea

Fiji

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	31–5	Fiji	Samoa Australia
Plate	Argentina	17–14	South Africa	Canada Uruguay
Bowl	Papua New Guinea	21–17	Tonga	Japan France

Australia

Main article: 2000 Brisbane Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	24–21	Australia	South Africa New Zealand
Plate	Argentina	33–14	France	Samoa Canada
Bowl	Tonga	43–0	Papua New Guinea	Hong Kong Uruguay

Hong Kong

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists	Quarter-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	31–5	Fiji	Australia England	Argentina Canada Samoa South Africa
Plate	France	19–14	Croatia	Italy Hong Kong	Scotland South Korea United States Japan
Bowl	Ireland	31–7	China	Thailand Arabian Gulf	Chinese Taipei Malaysia Sri Lanka Singapore

Japan

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	27–22	New Zealand	Canada Australia
Plate	Japan	26–14	Papua New Guinea	France South Africa
Bowl	Samoa	19–12	South Korea	Hong Kong United States

France

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	69–10	South Africa	Australia Argentina
Plate	Fiji	45–7	France	Canada England
Bowl	Samoa	37–5	Morocco	Ireland French Barbarians

References

Burgess, Michael (17 January 2008). "History of the IRB Sevens". TVNZ. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

External links

Official tournament site
"1999–2000 Season Overview". irb.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.

IRB Sevens I

1999–2000 events	Dubai South Africa Punta Del Este Mar del Plata Wellington Fiji Brisbane Hong Kong Japan Paris

Core teams	Argentina Australia Canada Fiji France New Zealand Samoa South Africa

Other teams	Chile Chinese Taipei Cook Islands England Georgia Germany Hong Kong Ireland Italy Japan Kenya Mexico Morocco Niue Papua New Guinea Portugal Russia Scotland Spain Thailand Tonga Uganda United States Uruguay Wales West Indies Zimbabwe

Sevens World Series

Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2014–15 events	Australia Dubai Hong Kong Japan London New Zealand Scotland South Africa USA

Former events	Beijing Cardiff Kuala Lumpur Mar del Plata France Punta del Este Shanghai Singapore Suva

Current stadiums	Cbus Super Stadium The Sevens Hong Kong Stadium Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Twickenham Westpac Stadium Scotstoun Stadium Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium