2000 Paris Sevens

The 2000 Paris Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the France Sevens leg of the series, held on 27–28 May 2000,[1] at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris.

2000 Paris Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation France
Date27–28 May 2000
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up South Africa
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up France
Bowl
Winner Samoa
Runner-up Morocco
Tournament details
Matches played41
2001

Ahead of the tournament, which was the tenth and final event of the series, Fiji lead the standings by six points over New Zealand. However, following Fiji's 35–21 defeat by Argentina in the Cup quarterfinals, New Zealand became the inaugural World Sevens Series champions as they defeated South Africa 69–10 in the Cup final.[2]

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.[3] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

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 PD Pts
 Fiji 3300146141329
 France 320110157447
 Ireland 310257104-475
 Japan 300319148–1293

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000
Fiji  61–0  Japan
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
France  40–17  Ireland
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Fiji  50–0  Ireland
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
France  47–5  Japan
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Ireland  40–14  Japan
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Fiji  35–14  France
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 330011531849
 Argentina 32016249137
 Morocco 31025564-95
 United States 300319107-883

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000
New Zealand  28–19  Morocco
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Argentina  26–7  United States
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
New Zealand  59–0  United States
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Argentina  24–14  Morocco
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Morocco  22–12  United States
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
New Zealand  28–12  Argentina
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3300122191039
 Canada 32015060-107
French Barbarians 31023973-345
 Scotland 30033695-593

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000
Australia  42–7 French Barbarians
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Canada  33–10  Scotland
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Australia  40–7  Scotland
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Canada  12–10 French Barbarians
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
French Barbarians 22–19  Scotland
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Australia  40–5  Canada
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 33008519669
 England 3201585447
 Samoa 3102454145
 Georgia 300333107-743

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000
Samoa  31–14  Georgia
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
South Africa  28–12  England
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
England  15–7  Samoa
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
South Africa  45–0  Georgia
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
England  31–19  Georgia
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
South Africa  12–7  Samoa
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 
 Samoa21
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Scotland12
 
 Samoa24
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Ireland5
 
 Ireland17
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 United States7
 
 Samoa 37
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Morocco5
 
 Morocco21
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Japan10
 
 Morocco17
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
French Barbarians12
 
French Barbarians 24
 
 
 Georgia14
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 
 Fiji21
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Canada12
 
 Fiji45
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 France7
 
 France31
 
 
 England12
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 
 Argentina35
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Fiji21
 
 Argentina 14
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 South Africa19
 
 South Africa24
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Canada7
 
 South Africa10
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 New Zealand69
 
 New Zealand19
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 France0
 
 New Zealand26
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Australia7
 
 Australia26
 
 
 England21
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
 New Zealand20
 South Africa16
 Argentina12
 Australia12
5  Fiji8
6  France6
7  Canada4
 England4
Place  Team Points
9  Samoa2
10  Morocco0
11 French Barbarians0
 Ireland0
13  Georgia0
 Japan0
 Scotland0
 United States0

Source: Rugby7.com[4]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 10:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team

Dubai

Stellen­bosch

Punta del Este

Mar del Plata

Well­ington

Suva

Bris­bane

Hong Kong

Tokyo

Paris
Points
total
1 New Zealand20162016162012301620186
2 Fiji1620162020162024208180
3 Australia88812121216181212118
4 Samoa12612121212482282
5 South Africa121212466 0 a841680
6 Canada4466844812460
7 Argentina04848881252
8 France602420644634
9 England18422
10 Georgia012012
11 Tonga4240212
12 Japan000000808
13 Papua New Guinea 02068
14 Uruguay0400408
15 Morocco0404
16  Scotland2002
 Spain022
18 United States0000000000
19 Hong Kong000000
20  Cook Islands0000
 Croatia0000
22  Brazil000
 Chile000
 China000
 Chinese Taipei000
 Germany000
 Ireland000
 Kenya000
 Malaysia000
 Paraguay000
 Peru000
 Singapore000
 South Korea000
 Sri Lanka000
 Zimbabwe000
36 Arabian Gulf 00
French Barbarians 00
 Italy00
 Namibia00
 Thailand00
 Vanuatu00

Source: Rugby7.com

^a South Africa reached the semifinal stage of the Brisbane Sevens but was stripped of all points for the tournament due to fielding ineligible players.[5]

References

  1. "IRB Sevens I - Paris, France. 5/27/2000 - 5/29/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. "Kiwis claim Paris Sevens with crushing victory". espnscrum.com. 28 May 2000.
  3. "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  4. "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  5. "New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB". espnscrum.com. 14 November 2000. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
IRB Sevens I
Preceded by
2000 Japan Sevens
2000 Paris Sevens Succeeded by
None (last event)
France Sevens
Preceded by
1999 Paris Sevens
2000 Paris Sevens Succeeded by
2004 Bordeaux Sevens
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