The 2000 Durban Sevens, also known as the 2000 South Africa Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was the first leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. The tournament, which took place at the ABSA Stadium on 18–19 November 2000,[1] was moved from Stellenbosch to Durban for the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons.

2000 Durban Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation South Africa
Date18–19 November 2000
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Fiji
Plate
Winner South Africa
Runner-up Samoa
Bowl
Winner Portugal
Runner-up Wales
Tournament details
Matches played41
1999
2001

The hosts, South Africa, were defeated 19–12 by Australia in the Cup quarterfinals but ended the tournament by beating Samoa 22–12 in the Plate final whilst defending World Sevens Series champions New Zealand defeated defending South Africa Sevens champions Fiji 34–5 in the Cup final.

Format

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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.[2] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000-01 season.

Teams

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Two teams made their IRB Sevens World Series debuts as Wales and Portugal competed for the first time. The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stage

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

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 106 7 99 9
  France 3 2 0 1 53 27 26 7
  Portugal 3 1 0 2 45 68 -23 5
  Namibia 3 0 0 3 17 119 -102 3

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

18 November 2000
New Zealand  36–7  Portugal
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
France  33–5  Namibia
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
New Zealand  53–0  Namibia
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
France  20–5  Portugal
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Portugal  33–12  Namibia
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
New Zealand  17–0  France
ABSA Stadium, Durban

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 59 20 39 9
  Canada 3 2 0 1 41 29 12 7
  Wales 3 1 0 2 34 32 2 5
  Kenya 3 0 0 3 12 65 -53 3

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

18 November 2000
Fiji  17–10  Wales
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Canada  21–7  Kenya
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Fiji  20–0  Kenya
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Canada  10–0  Wales
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Wales  24–5  Kenya
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Fiji  22–10  Canada
ABSA Stadium, Durban

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 88 22 66 9
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 69 43 26 7
  Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 42 64 -22 5
  England 3 0 0 3 12 82 -70 3

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

18 November 2000
Australia  43–0  England
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Argentina  33–17  Zimbabwe
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Australia  26–10  Zimbabwe
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Argentina  24–7  England
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
England  5–15  Zimbabwe
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Australia  19–12  Argentina
ABSA Stadium, Durban

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Samoa 3 3 0 0 74 10 64 9
  South Africa 3 2 0 1 58 26 32 7
  Georgia 3 1 0 2 7 51 -44 5
  Morocco 3 0 0 3 15 67 -52 3

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

18 November 2000
South Africa  22–0  Georgia
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Samoa  24–10  Morocco
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
South Africa  36–5  Morocco
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Samoa  29–0  Georgia
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Georgia  7–0  Morocco
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
South Africa  0–21  Samoa
ABSA Stadium, Durban

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

Knockout stage

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Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
 
  Portugal10
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  Kenya0
 
  Portugal19
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  Georgia12
 
  Georgia10
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  England7
 
  Portugal26
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  Wales24
 
  Wales19
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  Namibia7
 
  Wales22
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  Morocco7
 
  Morocco22
 
 
  Zimbabwe5
 

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

Plate

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
 
  Canada7
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  Samoa35
 
  Samoa12
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  South Africa22
 
  South Africa15
 
 
  France0
 

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
 
  New Zealand21
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  Canada12
 
  New Zealand40
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  Argentina 0
 
  Argentina17
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  Samoa14
 
  New Zealand34
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  Fiji5
 
  Australia19
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  South Africa12
 
  Australia5
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
 
  Fiji10
 
  Fiji12
 
 
  France0
 

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
    New Zealand 20
    Fiji 16
    Argentina 12
  Australia 12
5   South Africa 8
6   Samoa 6
7   Canada 4
  France 4
Place  Team Points
9   Portugal 2
10   Wales 0
11   Georgia 0
  Morocco 0
13   England 0
  Kenya 0
  Namibia 0
  Zimbabwe 0

Source: Rugby7.com[3]

References

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  1. ^ "IRB Sevens II - Durban, South Africa. 11/18/2000 - 11/19/2000". rugby7.com. 2001. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. ^ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2001. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
IRB Sevens II
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2000 Durban Sevens Sevens Succeeded by
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