2000 Wellington Sevens

2000 Wellington Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation  New Zealand
Date 4–5 February 2000
Cup
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  New Zealand
Plate
Champions  Canada
Runners-up  South Africa
Bowl
Champions  France
Runners-up  Croatia
Shield
Tournament details
Matches played 41
2001

The 2000 Wellington Sevens was the first annual Rugby Sevens tournament held in New Zealand as part of the IRB Sevens World Series. The competition took place on 4 and 5 February at the Westpac Stadium, Wellington and was the fourth leg of the 1999-2000 World Sevens Series.[1]

The hosts, New Zealand, were defeated 24-14 in the final by Fiji,[2][3] who claimed their second successive title of the Series.

Teams

Sixteen national teams played in the tournament:[3]

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 Wellington 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
 New Zealand 330011319+949
 Tonga 32014364-217
 France 31024556−115
 Cook Islands 30032688−623

Source: World Rugby

4 February 2000
New Zealand  21–12  Cook Islands
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Tonga  14–0  France
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
New Zealand  57–0  Tonga
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
France  38–7  Cook Islands
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Tonga  29–7  Cook Islands
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
New Zealand  35–7  France
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Fiji 330013622+1149
 Argentina 3201626207
 Papua New Guinea 31024487−435
 United States 30032798−713

Source: World Rugby

4 February 2000
Fiji  54–0  Papua New Guinea
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Argentina  22–12  United States
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Fiji  47–10  United States
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Argentina  28–15  Papua New Guinea
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Papua New Guinea  29–5  United States
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Fiji  35–12  Argentina
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Samoa 33007531+449
 Canada 32017133+387
 Croatia 31022771-445
 Uruguay 30032462−383

Source: World Rugby

4 February 2000
Samoa  35–5  Croatia
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Canada  26–7  Uruguay
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Samoa  19–12  Uruguay
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Canada  31–5  Croatia
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Croatia  17–5  Uruguay
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Samoa  21–14  Canada
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Australia 330011019+919
 South Africa 320110334+697
 Japan 31024288−465
 Hong Kong 300315129−1143

Source: World Rugby

4 February 2000
South Africa  49–5  Hong Kong
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Australia  36–7  Japan
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
South Africa  42–7  Japan
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Australia  52–0  Hong Kong
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Japan  28–10  Hong Kong
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

4 February 2000
Australia  22–12  South Africa
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Source: World Rugby

Finals

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
5 February – Wellington        
  France  24
5 February – Wellington
  United States  0  
  France  40
5 February – Wellington
      Japan  12  
  Japan  17
5 February – Wellington
  Uruguay  7  
  France  47
5 February – Wellington    
    Croatia  12
  Croatia  33
5 February – Wellington
  Hong Kong  7  
  Croatia  31
5 February – Wellington
      Papua New Guinea  5  
  Papua New Guinea  26
  Cook Islands  14  
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Semi-finals Final
5 February – Wellington
  Argentina 19  
  Canada 22  
 
5 February – Wellington
      Canada 24
    South Africa 21
5 February – Wellington
  South Africa 21
  Tonga 12  

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
5 February – Wellington        
  New Zealand  42
5 February – Wellington
  Argentina  12  
  New Zealand  19
5 February – Wellington
      Australia  0  
  Australia  21
5 February – Wellington
  Canada  10  
  New Zealand  14
5 February – Wellington    
    Fiji  24
  Samoa  29
5 February – Wellington
  South Africa  21  
  Samoa  12
5 February – Wellington
      Fiji  47  
  Fiji  47
  Tonga  7  
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  Fiji 20
2nd, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 16
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 12
 Samoa 12
5  Canada 8
6  South Africa 6
7  Argentina 4
 Tonga 4
Place  Team Points
9  France 2
10  Croatia 0
11  Japan 0
 Papua New Guinea 0
13  Cook Islands 0
 Hong Kong 0
 United States 0
 Uruguay 0

Source: Rugby7.com[4]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 5:

 
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 92
2  New Zealand 20 16 20 16 16 88
3  Samoa 12 6 12 12 12 54
4  Australia 8 8 8 12 12 48
5  South Africa 12 12 12 4 6 46
6  Canada 4 4 6 6 8 28
7  Argentina 0 4 8 4 16
8  France 6 0 2 4 2 14
9  Georgia 0 12 12
10  Tonga 4 2 4 10
11  Morocco 0 4 4
 Uruguay 0 4 0 0 4
13  Scotland 2 2
 Spain 0 2 2
15  United States 0 0 0 0 0
16  Japan 0 0 0 0
17  Brazil 0 0 0
 Chile 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
25  Cook Islands 0 0
 Croatia 0 0
 Namibia 0 0
 Papua New Guinea 0 0

Source: Rugby7.com

References

  1. "1999/00 IRB Sevens World Series- Wellington". World Rugby. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. "Wellington the catalyst for All Blacks Sevens dominance". All Blacks. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "IRB Sevens I - Wellington, New Zealand. 2/5/2000 - 2/6/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  4. "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
IRB Sevens I
Preceded by
2000 Mar del Plata Sevens
2000 Wellington Sevens Succeeded by
2000 Fiji Sevens
Wellington Sevens
Preceded by
None
2000 Wellington Sevens Succeeded by
2001 Wellington Sevens
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