1999–2000 World Sevens Series

1999–2000 World Sevens Series
Series I
Host nations	Dubai South Africa Uruguay Argentina New Zealand Fiji Australia Hong Kong Japan France
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	Fiji
Third	Australia
2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 IRB Sevens World Series was the first of an annual series of IRB Sevens World Series tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board. The 1999–2000 Series consisted of ten tournaments spread over several continents. New Zealand and Fiji each won five, with New Zealand the overall Series winner. The leading try-scorer on the inaugural series was Fiji's Vilimoni Delasau, who notched 83 tries over the series.

Itinerary

1999-2000 Itinerary

Leg	Venue	Dates	Winner
Dubai	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground	2–3 December 1999	New Zealand
South Africa	Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch	10–11 December 1999	Fiji
Punta del Este	Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este	7–8 January 2000	New Zealand
Mar del Plata	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata	12–13 January 2000	Fiji
Wellington	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	4–5 February 2000	Fiji
Fiji	National Stadium, Suva	11–12 February 2000	New Zealand
Brisbane	Lang Park, Brisbane	18–19 February 2000	Fiji
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	24–26 March 2000	New Zealand
Japan	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	1–2 April 2000	Fiji
Paris	Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris	24–26 March 2000	New Zealand

Final standings

Pos.	Event  Team	Dubai	Stellen­bosch	Punta del Este	Mar del Plata	Well­ing­ton	Suva	Bris­bane	Hong Kong	Tokyo	Paris	Points total
1	New Zealand	20	16	20	16	16	20	12	30	16	20	186
2	Fiji	16	20	16	20	20	16	20	24	20	8	180
3	Australia	8	8	8	12	12	12	16	18	12	12	118
4	Samoa	12	6	12	12	12	12	4	8	2	2	82
5	South Africa	12	12	12	4	6	6	0	8	4	16	80
6	Canada	4	4	6	6	8	4	4	8	12	4	60
7	Argentina	—	0	4	8	4	8	8	8	—	12	52
8	France	6	0	2	4	2	0	6	4	4	6	34
9	England	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	—	4	22
10	Georgia	0	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	12
11	Tonga	4	2	—	—	4	0	2	—	—	—	12
12	Japan	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	8	0	8
13	Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	—	0	2	0	—	6	—	8
14	Uruguay	—	0	4	0	0	4	0	—	—	—	8
15	Morocco	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	4
16	Scotland	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0	2
	Spain	—	—	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
18	United States	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Hong Kong	0	—	—	—	0	—	0	0	0	—	0
20	Cook Islands	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	0
	Croatia	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0	—	—	0
22	Brazil	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Chile	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	China	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0
	Chinese Taipei	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0
	Germany	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Ireland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0	0
	Kenya	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Malaysia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0
	Paraguay	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Peru	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Singapore	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0
	South Korea	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0
	Sri Lanka	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0
	Zimbabwe	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
36	Arabian Gulf	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	0
	French Barbarians	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	Italy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	0
	Namibia	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Thailand	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	0
	Vanuatu	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	0

Source: Rugby7.com

^a South Africa reached the semifinal stage of the Brisbane Sevens but was stripped of all points for the tournament due to fielding ineligible players.

Tournaments

Dubai

Main article: 1999 Dubai Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	38–14	Fiji	South Africa Samoa
Plate	Australia	33–20	France	Tonga Canada
Bowl	Scotland	31–24	Zimbabwe	Kenya United States

South Africa

Main article: 1999 South Africa Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	12–10	New Zealand	Georgia South Africa
Plate	Australia	22–19	Samoa	Canada Morocco
Bowl	Tonga	31–26	Argentina	Uruguay Namibia

Punta del Este

Main article: 2000 Punta del Este Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	42–19	Fiji	South Africa Samoa
Plate	Australia	27–12	Canada	Uruguay Argentina
Bowl	France	31–12	Germany	Chile Spain

Mar del Plata

Main article: 2000 Mar del Plata Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	26–14	New Zealand	Samoa Australia
Plate	Argentina	41–7	Canada	France South Africa
Bowl	Spain	40–7	Chile	United States Germany

Wellington

Main article: 2000 Wellington Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	24–14	New Zealand	Samoa Australia
Plate	Canada	24–21	South Africa	Argentina Tonga
Bowl	France	47–12	Croatia	Japan Papua New Guinea

Fiji

Main article: 2000 Fiji Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	31–5	Fiji	Samoa Australia
Plate	Argentina	17–14	South Africa	Canada Uruguay
Bowl	Papua New Guinea	21–17	Tonga	Japan France

Australia

Main article: 2000 Brisbane Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	24–21	Australia	South Africa New Zealand
Plate	Argentina	33–14	France	Samoa Canada
Bowl	Tonga	43–0	Papua New Guinea	Hong Kong Uruguay

Hong Kong

Main article: 2000 Hong Kong Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists	Quarter-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	31–5	Fiji	Australia England	Argentina Canada Samoa South Africa
Plate	France	19–14	Croatia	Italy Hong Kong	Scotland South Korea United States Japan
Bowl	Ireland	31–7	China	Thailand Arabian Gulf	Chinese Taipei Malaysia Sri Lanka Singapore

Japan

Main article: 2000 Japan Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	Fiji	27–22	New Zealand	Canada Australia
Plate	Japan	26–14	Papua New Guinea	France South Africa
Bowl	Samoa	19–12	South Korea	Hong Kong United States

France

Main article: 2000 Paris Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi-finalists
Cup	New Zealand	69–10	South Africa	Australia Argentina
Plate	Fiji	45–7	France	Canada England
Bowl	Samoa	37–5	Morocco	Ireland French Barbarians

References

• Burgess, Michael (17 January 2008). "History of the IRB Sevens". TVNZ. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

External links

• Official tournament site
• "1999–2000 Season Overview". irb.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.