2000 Tokyo Sevens

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2000 Tokyo Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation  Japan
Date 1–2 April 2000
Cup
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  New Zealand
Plate
Champions  Japan
Runners-up  Papua New Guinea
Bowl
Champions  Samoa
Runners-up  South Korea
Shield
Tournament details
Matches played 41
2001 →

The 2000 Tokyo Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the Japan Sevens leg of the series, held at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo on 1–2 April 2000.[1]

The tournament was the ninth event of the series, and was won by Fiji who defeated New Zealand 27–22 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 Tokyo 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 3 3 0 0 147 10 137 9
 Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 106 40 66 7
 Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 31 106 −75 5
 Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 14 142 −128 3

Source: World Rugby

1 April 2000
Fiji  64–0  Sri Lanka
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Papua New Guinea  49–0  Hong Kong
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Hong Kong  26–14  Sri Lanka
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Fiji  40–5  Papua New Guinea
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Papua New Guinea  52–0  Sri Lanka
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Fiji  43–5  Hong Kong
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 111 5 106 9
 France 3 2 0 1 78 33 45 7
 United States 3 1 0 2 36 78 −42 5
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 3 12 121 −109 3

Source: World Rugby

1 April 2000
New Zealand  50–0  Chinese Taipei
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
France  26–12  United States
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
France  47–0  Chinese Taipei
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
New Zealand  40–0  United States
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
United States  24–12  Chinese Taipei
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
New Zealand  21–5  France
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 139 0 139 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 78 50 28 7
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 62 59 3 5
 Singapore 3 0 0 3 7 177 −170 3

Source: World Rugby


1 April 2000
Australia  63–0  Singapore
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Canada  14–12  South Korea
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Canada  64–0  Singapore
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
South Korea  50–7  Singapore
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Australia  38–0  South Korea
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Australia  38–0  Canada
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 3 2 1 0 99 52 47 8
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 117 34 83 7
 Samoa 3 1 1 1 113 42 71 6
 Malaysia 3 0 0 3 5 206 −201 3

Source: World Rugby

1 April 2000
Samoa  75–0  Malaysia
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Japan  24–19  South Africa
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
South Africa  84–0  Malaysia
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Samoa  28–28  Japan
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Japan  47–5  Malaysia
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
South Africa  14–10  Samoa
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium        
  Hong Kong  24
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
  Chinese Taipei  19  
  Hong Kong  0
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
      Samoa  24  
  Samoa  63
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
  Singapore  0  
  Samoa  19
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium    
    South Korea  12
  South Korea  66
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
  Malaysia  0  
  South Korea  42
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
      United States  5  
  United States  31
  Sri Lanka  7  
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Semi-finals Final
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
  France 7  
  Japan 12  
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
      Japan 26
    Papua New Guinea 14
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
  South Africa 19
  Papua New Guinea 21  

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium        
  Fiji  34
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
  France  14  
  Fiji  19
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
      Canada  5  
  Canada  26
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
  Japan  0  
  Fiji  27
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium    
    New Zealand  22
  Australia  50
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
  South Africa  0  
  Australia  0
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
      New Zealand  19  
  New Zealand  35
  Papua New Guinea  0  
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
1st  Fiji 20
2nd  New Zealand 16
3rd  Australia 12
 Canada 12
5  Japan 8
6  Papua New Guinea 6
7  France 4
 South Africa 4

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Place  Team Points
9  Samoa 2
10  South Korea 0
11  Hong Kong 0
 United States 0
13  Chinese Taipei 0
 Malaysia 0
 Singapore 0
 Sri Lanka 0

Source: Rugby7.com[4]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 9:

 
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 20 24 20 172
2  New Zealand 20 16 20 16 16 20 12 30 16 166
3  Australia 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 18 12 106
4  Samoa 12 6 12 12 12 12 4 8 2 80
5  South Africa 12 12 12 4 6 6  0 a 8 4 64
6  Canada 4 4 6 6 8 4 4 8 12 56
7  Argentina — 0 4 8 4 8 8 8 — 40
8  France 6 0 2 4 2 0 6 4 4 28
9  England — — — — — — — 18 — 18
10  Georgia 0 12 — — — — — — — 12
11  Tonga 4 2 — — 4 0 2 — — 12
12  Japan 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 8 8
13  Papua New Guinea — — — — 0 2 0 — 6 8
14  Uruguay — 0 4 0 0 4 0 — — 8
15  Morocco 0 4 — — — — — — — 4
16  Scotland 2 — — — — — — 0 — 2
 Spain — — 0 2 — — — — — 2
18  United States 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19  Hong Kong 0 — — — 0 — 0 0 0 0
20  Cook Islands — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0
 Croatia — — — — 0 0 — 0 — 0
22  Brazil — — 0 0 — — — — — 0
 Chile — — 0 0 — — — — — 0
 China — — — — — — 0 0 — 0
 Chinese Taipei — — — — — — — 0 0 0
 Germany — — 0 0 — — — — — 0
 Kenya 0 0 — — — — — — — 0
 Malaysia — — — — — — — 0 0 0
 Paraguay — — 0 0 — — — — — 0
 Peru — — 0 0 — — — — — 0
 Singapore — — — — — — — 0 0 0
 South Korea — — — — — — — 0 0 0
 Sri Lanka — — — — — — — 0 0 0
 Zimbabwe 0 0 — — — — — — — 0
35 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf — — — — — — — 0 — 0
 Ireland — — — — — — — 0 — 0
 Italy — — — — — — — 0 — 0
 Namibia — 0 — — — — — — — 0
 Thailand — — — — — — — 0 — 0
 Vanuatu — — — — — 0 — — — 0

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

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IRB Sevens I
Preceded by 2000 Tokyo Sevens Succeeded by
2000 Paris Sevens
Japan Sevens
Preceded by 2000 Tokyo Sevens Succeeded by
2001 Tokyo Sevens
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