2000 Durban Sevens

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

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

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

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 PD Pts
 New Zealand 33001067999
 France 32015327267
 Portugal 31024568-235
 Namibia 300317119-1023

Source: World Rugby

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

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 33005920399
 Canada 32014129127
 Wales 3102343225
 Kenya 30031265-533

Source: World Rugby

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

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33008822669
 Argentina 32016943267
 Zimbabwe 31024264-225
 England 30031282-703

Source: World Rugby

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

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 33007410649
 South Africa 32015826327
 Georgia 3102751-445
 Morocco 30031567-523

Source: World Rugby

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

Knockout stage

Bowl

 
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

Plate

 
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

Cup

 
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

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
 New Zealand20
 Fiji16
 Argentina12
 Australia12
5  South Africa8
6  Samoa6
7  Canada4
 France4
Place  Team Points
9  Portugal2
10  Wales0
11  Georgia0
 Morocco0
13  England0
 Kenya0
 Namibia0
 Zimbabwe0

Source: Rugby7.com[3]

References

  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
Preceded by
First
2000 Durban Sevens Sevens Succeeded by
2000 Dubai Sevens
South Africa Sevens
Preceded by
1999 South Africa Sevens
2000 Durban Sevens Succeeded by
2001 Durban Sevens
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