2000 Fiji Sevens

2000 Fiji Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation	Fiji
Date	11–12 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 played	41

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.

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	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 Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine^[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 Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine^[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 Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine^[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 Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine^[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 Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine^[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 Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine^[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 Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine^[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 Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine^[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 Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final

	12 February – Suva

	Argentina	19
					12 February – Suva
	Canada	7
					Argentina	17
	12 February – Suva
					South Africa	14
	South Africa	19

	Uruguay	14

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine

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 Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	New Zealand	20
	Fiji	16
	Australia	12
	Samoa	12
5	Argentina	8
6	South Africa	6
7	Canada	4
7	Uruguay	4

Place	Team	Points
9	Papua New Guinea	2
10	Tonga	0
11	France	0
11	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
1	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
27	Vanuatu	—	—	—	—	—	0					0

Source: Rugby7.com

References

^ "1999/00 IRB Sevens World Series- Suva". World Rugby. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "IRB Sevens I - Suva, Fiji. 2/19/2000 - 2/20/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Standings". World Rugby. 2000. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Results". World Rugby. 2000. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "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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1999–2000 events	Dubai South Africa Punta del Este Mar del Plata Wellington Fiji Brisbane Hong Kong Tokyo Paris
Core teams	Australia Canada Fiji France New Zealand Samoa South Africa
Other teams	Arabian Gulf Argentina Brazil Chile China Chinese Taipei Cook Islands Croatia England Georgia Germany French Barbarians Hong Kong Ireland Italy Japan Kenya Malaysia Morocco Namibia Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Scotland Singapore South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Thailand Tonga United States Uruguay Vanuatu Zimbabwe
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