2000 Fiji Sevens

2000 Fiji Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation  Fiji
Date 11–12 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 played 41

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 330013214+1189
 Uruguay 32014554-97
 France 31025462−85
 United States 300312113−1013

Source: World Rugby[3]

11 February 2000
Fiji  47–7  United States
11 February 2000
Uruguay  19–7  France
11 February 2000
Fiji  47–0  Uruguay
11 February 2000
France  40–5  United States
11 February 2000
Uruguay  26–0  United States
11 February 2000
Fiji  38–7  France

Source: World Rugby[4]

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 New Zealand 33008512+739
 Argentina 32017157+147
 Papua New Guinea 31024978−295
 Croatia 30033592−583

Source: World Rugby[3]

11 February 2000
Croatia  0–38  New Zealand
11 February 2000
Argentina  33–21  Papua New Guinea
11 February 2000
Croatia  17–28  Papua New Guinea
11 February 2000
New Zealand  19–12  Argentina
11 February 2000
Croatia  17–26  Argentina
11 February 2000
New Zealand  28–0  Papua New Guinea

Source: World Rugby[4]

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Samoa 32105134+178
 Canada 32015237+157
 Japan 30212945−165
 Tonga 30123450−164

Source: World Rugby[3]

11 February 2000
Samoa  12–12  Japan
11 February 2000
Canada  21–10  Tonga
11 February 2000
Samoa  17–12  Tonga
11 February 2000
Canada  21–5  Japan
11 February 2000
Japan  12–12  Tonga
11 February 2000
Samoa  22–10  Canada

Source: World Rugby[4]

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Australia 3300945+899
 South Africa 32016133+287
 Cook Islands 3102474705
 Vanuatu 30030117−1173

Source: World Rugby[3]

11 February 2000
Australia  21–5  Cook Islands
11 February 2000
South Africa  35–0  Vanuatu
11 February 2000
Australia  47–0  Vanuatu
11 February 2000
South Africa  26–7  Cook Islands
11 February 2000
Cook Islands  35–0  Vanuatu
11 February 2000
Australia  26–0  South Africa

Source: World Rugby[4]

Finals

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
12 February – Suva        
  France  33
12 February – Suva
  Croatia  10  
  France  12
12 February – Suva
      Tonga  14  
  Tonga  22
12 February – Suva
  Cook Islands  5  
  Tonga  17
12 February – Suva    
    Papua New Guinea  19
  Japan  33
12 February – Suva
  Vanuatu  12  
  Japan  7
12 February – Suva
      Papua New Guinea  21  
  Papua New Guinea  33
  United States  5  
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Semi-finals Final
12 February – Suva
  Argentina 19  
  Canada 7  
 
12 February – Suva
      Argentina 17
    South Africa 14
12 February – Suva
  South Africa 19
  Uruguay 14  

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
12 February – Suva        
  Fiji  28
12 February – Suva
  Argentina  12  
  Fiji  26
12 February – Suva
      Australia  12  
  Australia  14
12 February – Suva
  Canada  7  
  Fiji  5
12 February – Suva    
    New Zealand  31
  Samoa  28
12 February – Suva
  South Africa  21  
  Samoa  0
12 February – Suva
      New Zealand  45  
  New Zealand  49
  Uruguay  0  
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 20
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Fiji 16
3rd, 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. 1 2 "IRB Sevens I - Suva, Fiji. 2/19/2000 - 2/20/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Standings". World Rugby. 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Results". World Rugby. 2000. 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
Preceded by
2000 Wellington Sevens		 2000 Fiji Sevens Succeeded by
2000 Brisbane Sevens
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