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 |
| 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 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
editSixteen national teams played in the tournament:[2]
Pool stage
editThe 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]
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]
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]
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]
Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[4]
Finals
editBowl
edit| 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 Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
Plate
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 12 February – Suva | ||||||
| Argentina | 19 | |||||
| 12 February – Suva | ||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||
| Argentina | 17 | |||||
| 12 February – Suva | ||||||
| South Africa | 14 | |||||
| South Africa | 19 | |||||
| Uruguay | 14 | |||||
Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
Cup
edit| 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 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
editAt 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- ^ "1999/00 IRB Sevens World Series- Suva". World Rugby. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d "Standings". World Rugby. 2000. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Results". World Rugby. 2000. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.