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^[3]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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

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

References[]

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