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

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Sixteen national teams played in the tournament:[2]

* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* Cook Islands
* Croatia
* Fiji
* France
* Japan

* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* South Africa
* Tonga
* United States
* Uruguay
* Vanuatu

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## Pool stage

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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

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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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

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11 February 2000

Uruguay | 19–7|  France

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11 February 2000

Fiji | 47–0|  Uruguay

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11 February 2000

France | 40–5|  United States

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11 February 2000

Uruguay | 26–0|  United States

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11 February 2000

Fiji | 38–7|  France

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Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[4]

### Pool B

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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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

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11 February 2000

Argentina | 33–21|  Papua New Guinea

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11 February 2000

Croatia | 17–28|  Papua New Guinea

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11 February 2000

New Zealand | 19–12|  Argentina

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11 February 2000

Croatia | 17–26|  Argentina

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11 February 2000

New Zealand | 28–0|  Papua New Guinea

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Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[4]

### Pool C

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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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

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11 February 2000

Canada | 21–10|  Tonga

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11 February 2000

Samoa | 17–12|  Tonga

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11 February 2000

Canada | 21–5|  Japan

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11 February 2000

Japan | 12–12|  Tonga

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11 February 2000

Samoa | 22–10|  Canada

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Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[4]

### Pool D

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Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | PF  | PA  | +/-  | Pts

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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

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11 February 2000

South Africa | 35–0|  Vanuatu

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11 February 2000

Australia | 47–0|  Vanuatu

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11 February 2000

South Africa | 26–7|  Cook Islands

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11 February 2000

Cook Islands | 35–0|  Vanuatu

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11 February 2000

Australia | 26–0|  South Africa

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Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine[4]

## Finals

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### Bowl

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

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Place  |  Team  | Points

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

Place  |  Team  | Points

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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

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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
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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

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1. ^ "1999/00 IRB Sevens World Series- Suva". World Rugby. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ a b c d "Standings". World Rugby. 2000. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
4. ^ a b c d "Results". World Rugby. 2000. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
5. ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

IRB Sevens I

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2000 Wellington Sevens

|  2000 Fiji Sevens  | Succeeded by

2000 Brisbane Sevens

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