1999–2000 World Sevens Series

1999–2000 World Sevens Series
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
Series details
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The 1999–2000 IRB Sevens World Series, was the first of an annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for full national sides run by the International Rugby Board

Sevens is a stripped-down version of rugby union, with seven players on each side rather than fifteen. Games are much shorter, seven or ten minutes each half, and tend to be very fast-paced, open affairs. Sevens is traditionally played in a two-day tournament format.

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 ^a	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.^[1]

Tournaments

Dubai

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. "New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB". espnscrum.com. 14 November 2000. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.

• 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.