2000 Wellington Sevens

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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 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-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

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Place  Team Points
1st  Fiji 20
2nd  New Zealand 16
3rd  Australia 12
 Samoa 12
5  Canada 8
6  South Africa 6
7  Argentina 4
 Tonga 4

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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

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IRB Sevens I
Preceded by 2000 Wellington Sevens Succeeded by
2000 Fiji Sevens
Wellington Sevens
Preceded by
First
 2000 Wellington Sevens Succeeded by
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