2000 Brisbane Sevens

2000 Brisbane Sevens
2000 Brisbane Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation	Australia
Date	18–19 February 2000
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	Australia
Plate
Winner	Argentina
Runner-up	France
Bowl
Winner	Tonga
Runner-up	Papua New Guinea
Tournament details
Matches played	41
	2001 →

The 2000 Brisbane Sevens, officially called the 2000 Brisbane International Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held on 18–19 February 2000,^[1] at Lang Park (Suncorp Stadium) in Brisbane.^[2]

The tournament was the first edition of the Australian Sevens within the World Sevens Series, and was won by Fiji who defeated Australia 24–21 in the Cup final with a sensational try in the final seconds to Waisale Serevi.^[3]

Teams

The participating teams were:^[1]

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each pool went on to the Bowl bracket.^[4] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season.

Pool stage

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	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	81	29	52	9
Samoa	3	2	1	83	29	54	7
Papua New Guinea	3	1	2	64	87	-23	5
Hong Kong	3	0	3	22	105	-83	3

Source World Rugby

18 February 2000

Canada	36–5	Hong Kong

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Samoa	47–7	Papua New Guinea

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Canada	28–17	Papua New Guinea

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Samoa	29–5	Hong Kong

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Papua New Guinea	40–12	Hong Kong

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Canada	17–7	Samoa

Lang Park, Brisbane

Source World Rugby

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	127	21	106	9
Argentina	3	2	1	70	38	22	7
Uruguay	3	1	2	31	70	-39	5
Cook Islands	3	0	3	7	106	-89	3

Source World Rugby

18 February 2000

Argentina	21–0	Uruguay

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Fiji	40–7	Cook Islands

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Argentina	35–0	Cook Islands

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Fiji	49–0	Uruguay

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Uruguay	31–0	Cook Islands

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Fiji	38–14	Argentina

Lang Park, Brisbane

Source World Rugby

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	92	22	65	9
France	3	2	1	61	59	7	7
Tonga	3	1	2	55	80	-25	5
Japan	3	0	3	52	99	-47	3

Source World Rugby

18 February 2000

France	33–14	Tonga

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

New Zealand	47–5	Japan

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

France	21–19	Japan

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

New Zealand	19–10	Tonga

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Tonga	31–28	Japan

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

New Zealand	26–7	France

Lang Park, Brisbane

Source World Rugby

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	125	0	125	9
South Africa	3	2	1	73	35	38	7
United States	3	1	2	29	92	-63	5
China	3	0	3	19	119	-100	3

Source World Rugby

18 February 2000

South Africa	33–7	China

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Australia	40–0	United States

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

South Africa	40–0	United States

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Australia	57–0	China

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

United States	29–12	China

Lang Park, Brisbane

18 February 2000

Australia	28–0	South Africa

Lang Park, Brisbane

Knockout stage

Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.^[1]^[5]

Bowl

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

19 February – Lang Park

Tonga	35
		19 February – Lang Park
Cook Islands	0
		Tonga	42
19 February – Lang Park
		Hong Kong	0
Hong Kong	22
				19 February – Lang Park
United States	12
				Tonga	43
19 February – Lang Park
				Papua New Guinea	0
Uruguay	14
		19 February – Lang Park
Japan	12
		Papua New Guinea	31
19 February – Lang Park
		Uruguay	10
Papua New Guinea	40

China	17

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

19 February – Lang Park

New Zealand	33
		19 February – Lang Park
Argentina	12
		Argentina	10
19 February – Lang Park
		Samoa	7
Australia	12
				19 February – Lang Park
Samoa	5
				Argentina	33
19 February – Lang Park
				France	14
South Africa	14
		19 February – Lang Park
Canada	7
		Canada	14
19 February – Lang Park
		France	19
Fiji	47

France	7

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

19 February – Lang Park

New Zealand	33
		19 February – Lang Park
Argentina	12
		New Zealand	0
19 February – Lang Park
		Australia	17
Australia	12
				19 February – Lang Park
Samoa	5
				Australia	21
19 February – Lang Park
				Fiji	24
South Africa	14
		19 February – Lang Park
Canada	7
		South Africa	7
19 February – Lang Park
		Fiji	45
Fiji	47

France	7

Source: World Rugby

By beating New Zealand in the semifinals, Australia became only the third different nation to reach a World Sevens Series Cup final. Fiji and New Zealand had contested each of the previous six Series Cup finals.

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	Fiji	20
	Australia	16
	New Zealand	12
n/a	South Africa ^a	12 0
5	Argentina	8
6	France	6
7	Canada	4
7	Samoa	4

Place	Team	Points
9	Tonga	2
10	Papua New Guinea	0
11	Hong Kong	0
11	Uruguay	0
13	China	0
	Cook Islands	0
	Japan	0
	United States	0

Source: Rugby7.com^[6]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 7:

Pos.	Event Team	Dubai	Stellenbosch	Punta del Este	Mar del Plata	Wellington	Suva	Brisbane	Points total
1	Fiji	16	20	16	20	20	16	20	128
2	New Zealand	20	16	20	16	16	20	12	120
3	Australia	8	8	8	12	12	12	16	76
4	Samoa	12	6	12	12	12	12	4	70
5	South Africa	12	12	12	4	6	6	0 ^a	52
6	Canada	4	4	6	6	8	4	4	36
7	Argentina	—	0	4	8	4	8	8	32
8	France	6	0	2	4	2	0	6	20
9	Georgia	0	12	—	—	—	—	—	12
10	Tonga	4	2	—	—	4	0	2	12
11	Uruguay	—	0	4	0	0	4	0	8
12	Morocco	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	4
13	Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	—	0	2	0	2
	Scotland	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
	Spain	—	—	0	2	—	—	—	2
16	United States	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Japan	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
18	Cook Islands	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
18	Hong Kong	0	—	—	—	0	—	0	0
20	Brazil	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	0
	Chile	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	0
	Croatia	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0
	Germany	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	0
	Kenya	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Paraguay	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	0
	Peru	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	0
	Zimbabwe	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0
28	China	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	Namibia	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Vanuatu	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0

Source: Rugby7.com

Notes

^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.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "IRB Sevens I - Brisbane, Australia. 2/18/2000 - 2/19/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
^ "Sevens loss no disgrace". Illawarra Mercury. Fairfax. 21 February 2000. p. 34. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Fiji pip Australia to Sevens title in Brisbane". espnscrum.com. 19 February 2000. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013.
^ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
^ "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Brisbane". ur7s.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ "New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB". espnscrum.com. 14 November 2000. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016.

External links

2000 Brisbane 7s video

IRB Sevens I
Preceded by 2000 Fiji Sevens	2000 Brisbane Sevens	Succeeded by 2000 Hong Kong Sevens
Australian Sevens
Preceded by First	2000 Brisbane Sevens	Succeeded by 2002 Brisbane Sevens (2001 event cancelled)

[rugby7-2000-1] "IRB Sevens I - Brisbane, Australia. 2/18/2000 - 2/19/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[im-2000-2] "Sevens loss no disgrace". Illawarra Mercury. Fairfax. 21 February 2000. p. 34. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[espn-2000-3] "Fiji pip Australia to Sevens title in Brisbane". espnscrum.com. 19 February 2000. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013.

[irb-rules-4] "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[ur7s-stats-5] "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Brisbane". ur7s.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

[standings-2000-6] "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

[espn-14-11-2000-7] "New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB". espnscrum.com. 14 November 2000. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016.

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