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2000 Wellington Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation New Zealand
Date4–5 February 2000
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Plate
Winner Canada
Runner-up South Africa
Bowl
Winner France
Runner-up Croatia
Tournament details
Matches played41
2001

The 2000 Wellington Sevens was an rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington between the 4–5 February 2000. It was the first edition of the Wellington Sevens and the fifth round of the 1999-2000 World Sevens Series.

After finishing on top of Pool B with three straight wins, Fiji took out their third sevens title of the season defeating hosts, New Zealand 24-14 in the cup final to regain the series lead.[1][2] Canada took out the plate final while France won the bowl final over Croatia.[3]

Teams

Sixteen national teams played in the Wellington Sevens with the announcement of teams being revealed on the 21 January 2000.[4]

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 3 3 0 0 113 19 +94 9
 Tonga 3 2 0 1 43 64 -21 7
 France 3 1 0 2 45 56 −11 5
 Cook Islands 3 0 0 3 26 88 −62 3

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 3 3 0 0 136 22 +114 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 62 62 0 7
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 44 87 −43 5
 United States 3 0 0 3 27 98 −71 3

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 3 3 0 0 75 31 +44 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 71 33 +38 7
 Croatia 3 1 0 2 27 71 -44 5
 Uruguay 3 0 0 3 24 62 −38 3

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 3 3 0 0 110 19 +91 9
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 103 34 +69 7
 Japan 3 1 0 2 42 88 −46 5
 Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 15 129 −114 3

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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 
 France24
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 United States0
 
 France40
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 Japan12
 
 Japan17
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 Uruguay7
 
 France47
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 Croatia12
 
 Croatia33
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 Hong Kong7
 
 Croatia31
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 Papua New Guinea5
 
 Papua New Guinea26
 
 
 Cook Islands14
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 
 Argentina19
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 Canada22
 
 Canada24
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 South Africa21
 
 South Africa21
 
 
 Tonga12
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 
 New Zealand42
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 Argentina12
 
 New Zealand19
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 Australia0
 
 Australia21
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 Canada10
 
 New Zealand14
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 Fiji24
 
 Samoa29
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 South Africa21
 
 Samoa12
 
5 February – Wellington
 
 Fiji47
 
 Fiji47
 
 
 Tonga7
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Fiji 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 16
3rd place, 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[5]

References

  1. ^ "Wellington the catalyst for All Blacks Sevens dominance". All Blacks. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ^ "IRB Sevens I - Wellington, New Zealand. 2/5/2000 - 2/6/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. ^ "1999/00 IRB Sevens World Series- Wellington". World Rugby. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  4. ^ "France in NZ's pool". The Dominion. 22 January 2000. p. 63.
  5. ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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