2000 Brisbane Sevens

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2000 Brisbane Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation Australia Australia
Date 18–19 February 2000
Cup
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  Australia
Plate
Champions  Argentina
Runners-up  France
Bowl
Champions  Tonga
Runners-up  Papua New Guinea
Shield
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 D L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 81 29 52 9
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 83 29 54 7
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 64 87 -23 5
 Hong Kong 3 0 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 D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 127 21 106 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 70 38 22 7
 Uruguay 3 1 0 2 31 70 -39 5
 Cook Islands 3 0 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 D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 92 22 65 9
 France 3 2 0 1 61 59 7 7
 Tonga 3 1 0 2 55 80 -25 5
 Japan 3 0 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 D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 125 0 125 9
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 73 35 38 7
 United States 3 1 0 2 29 92 -63 5
 China 3 0 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 semi finals, 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

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Place  Team Points
1st  Fiji 20
2nd  Australia 16
3rd  New Zealand 12
n/a  South Africa a 12 0  
5  Argentina 8
6  France 6
7  Canada 4
 Samoa 4

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Place  Team Points
9  Tonga 2
10  Papua New Guinea 0
11  Hong Kong 0
 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
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Paris		 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
 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

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External links

IRB Sevens I
Preceded by 2000 Brisbane Sevens Succeeded by
2000 Hong Kong Sevens
Australian Sevens
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First
 2000 Brisbane Sevens Succeeded by
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