2000 Fiji Sevens

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2000 Fiji Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation  Fiji
Date 11–12 February 2000
Cup
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  Fiji
Plate
Champions  Argentina
Runners-up  South Africa
Bowl
Champions  Papua New Guinea
Runners-up  Tonga
Shield
Tournament details
Matches played 41

The 2000 Fiji Sevens was a Rugby Sevens tournament held in Fiji as part of the IRB Sevens World Series. The competition took place on 11 and 12 February at the National Stadium in Suva.[1] It was the sixth leg of the 1999-2000 World Sevens Series.

The hosts, Fiji, were defeated 31-5 in the final by New Zealand,[2] who claimed their third title of the Series. Following the Fijian coup d'état, the 2000 edition of the Fiji International Sevens was the first and last to be included on the World Sevens circuit.

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 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[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 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[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 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[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  
  Canada 7  
 
12 February – Suva
      Argentina 17
    South Africa 14
12 February – Suva
  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

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Place  Team Points
1st  New Zealand 20
2nd  Fiji 16
3rd  Australia 12
 Samoa 12
5  Argentina 8
6  South Africa 6
7  Canada 4
 Uruguay 4

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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

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  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

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IRB Sevens I
Preceded by 2000 Fiji Sevens Succeeded by
2000 Brisbane Sevens
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