2000 Fiji Sevens

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
Date11–12 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 played41

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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
12 February – Suva
 
 
 France33
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Croatia10
 
 France12
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Tonga14
 
 Tonga22
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Cook Islands5
 
 Tonga17
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Papua New Guinea19
 
 Japan33
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Vanuatu12
 
 Japan7
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Papua New Guinea21
 
 Papua New Guinea33
 
 
 United States5
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 February – Suva
 
 
 Argentina19
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Canada7
 
 Argentina17
 
12 February – Suva
 
 South Africa14
 
 South Africa19
 
 
 Uruguay14
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
12 February – Suva
 
 
 Fiji28
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Argentina12
 
 Fiji26
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Australia12
 
 Australia14
 
12 February – Suva
 
 Canada7
 
 Fiji5
 
12 February – Suva
 
 New Zealand31
 
 Samoa28
 
12 February – Suva
 
 South Africa21
 
 Samoa0
 
12 February – Suva
 
 New Zealand45
 
 New Zealand49
 
 
 Uruguay0
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
 New Zealand20
 Fiji16
 Australia12
 Samoa12
5  Argentina8
6  South Africa6
7  Canada4
 Uruguay4
Place  Team Points
9  Papua New Guinea2
10  Tonga0
11  France0
 Japan0
13  Cook Islands0
 Croatia0
 United States0
 Vanuatu0

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  Fiji162016202016108
 New Zealand201620161620108
3 Samoa1261212121266
4 Australia88812121260
5 South Africa12121246652
6 Canada44668432
7 Argentina0484824
8 France60242014
9 Georgia01212
10 Tonga424010
11 Uruguay040048
12 Morocco044
13  Papua New Guinea022
 Scotland22
 Spain022
15 United States000000
16 Japan00000
17  Brazil000
 Chile000
 Cook Islands000
 Croatia000
 Germany000
 Hong Kong000
 Kenya000
 Paraguay000
 Peru000
 Zimbabwe000
27  Namibia00
 Vanuatu00

Source: Rugby7.com

References

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