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	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	132	14	+118	9
Uruguay	3	2	1	45	54	-9	7
France	3	1	2	54	62	−8	5
United States	3	0	3	12	113	−101	3

Source: World Rugby[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[4]

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	85	12	+73	9
Argentina	3	2	1	71	57	+14	7
Papua New Guinea	3	1	2	49	78	−29	5
Croatia	3	0	3	35	92	−58	3

Source: World Rugby[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[4]

Pool C

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[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[4]

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	94	5	+89	9
South Africa	3	2	1	61	33	+28	7
Cook Islands	3	1	2	47	47	0	5
Vanuatu	3	0	3	0	117	−117	3

Source: World Rugby[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[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
		12 February – Suva
Canada	7
		Argentina	17
12 February – Suva
		South Africa	14
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
	New Zealand	20
	Fiji	16
	Australia	12
	Samoa	12
5	Argentina	8
6	South Africa	6
7	Canada	4
7	Uruguay	4

Place	Team	Points
9	Papua New Guinea	2
10	Tonga	0
11	France	0
11	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	Points total
1	Fiji	16	20	16	20	20	16	108
1	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
27	Vanuatu	—	—	—	—	—	0	0

Source: Rugby7.com

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References

"1999/00 IRB Sevens World Series- Suva". World Rugby. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
"IRB Sevens I - Suva, Fiji. 2/19/2000 - 2/20/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
"Standings". World Rugby. 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
"Results". World Rugby. 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
"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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[1] "1999/00 IRB Sevens World Series- Suva". World Rugby. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[rugby7-2000-2] "IRB Sevens I - Suva, Fiji. 2/19/2000 - 2/20/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[s-suv-2000-3] "Standings". World Rugby. 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[r-suv-2000-4] "Results". World Rugby. 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[standings-2000-5] "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

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