1999 Dubai Sevens

1999 Dubai Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation  Dubai
Date 2–3 December 1999
Cup
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  Fiji
Plate
Champions  Australia
Runners-up  France
Bowl
Champions  Scotland
Runners-up  Zimbabwe
Shield
Tournament details
Matches played 41
2000 →

The 1999 Dubai Sevens was the first leg of the inaugural IRB Sevens World Series. It was the first event in the 1999–2000 World Sevens Series. The Dubai Sevens took place on 2 and 3 December at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground.[1][2]

New Zealand defeated Fiji to win the first Sevens title 38–14.[3]

Teams

Sixteen national teams played in the tournament:[4]

Pool stage

The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four groups 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 1999 Dubai 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 33001060+1069
 Tonga 32015935+247
 Scotland 31024794−475
 Morocco 300319102−833

Source: World Rugby

2 December 1999
New Zealand  14–0  Tonga
2 December 1999
Scotland  33–12  Morocco
2 December 1999
New Zealand  38–0  Morocco
2 December 1999
Tonga  28–14  Scotland
2 December 1999
New Zealand  54–0  Scotland
2 December 1999
Tonga  31–7  Morocco

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Fiji 330011422+929
 Canada 32016552+107
 Zimbabwe 31025286−345
 Georgia 30032088−683

Source: World Rugby

2 December 1999
Fiji  38–17  Zimbabwe
2 December 1999
Canada  29–0  Georgia
2 December 1999
Fiji  38–5  Georgia
2 December 1999
Canada  33–14  Zimbabwe
2 December 1999
Fiji  38–0  Canada
2 December 1999
Zimbabwe  21–15  Georgia

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Australia 33009220+729
 France 32017832+467
 United States 31023767−305
 Kenya 300312100−883

Source: World Rugby

2 December 1999
Australia  36–15  United States
2 December 1999
France  49–5  Kenya
2 December 1999
Australia  39–0  Kenya
2 December 1999
France  24–10  United States
2 December 1999
Australia  17–5  France
2 December 1999
United States  12–7  Kenya

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 South Africa 33007228+449
 Samoa 32016625+417
 Japan 31025085−355
 Hong Kong 30032676−503

Source: World Rugby

2 December 1999
Samoa  38–7  Japan
2 December 1999
South Africa  26–7  Hong Kong
2 December 1999
Samoa  21–7  Hong Kong
2 December 1999
South Africa  35–14  Japan
2 December 1999
South Africa  11–7  Samoa
2 December 1999
Japan  29–12  Hong Kong

Source: World Rugby

Finals

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
3 December – Dubai        
  Scotland  19
3 December – Dubai
  Georgia  12  
  Scotland  41
3 December – Dubai
      Kenya  0  
  Kenya  19
3 December – Dubai
  Japan  17  
  Scotland  31
3 December – Dubai    
    Zimbabwe  24
  United States  29
3 December – Dubai
  Hong Kong  0  
  United States  7
3 December – Dubai
      Zimbabwe  31  
  Zimbabwe  24
  Morocco  7  
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Semi-finals Final
3 December – Dubai
  Canada 12  
  France 17  
 
3 December – Dubai
      France 20
    Australia 33
3 December – Dubai
  Australia 17
  Tonga 10  

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
3 December – Dubai        
  New Zealand  21
3 December – Dubai
  Canada  19  
  New Zealand  31
3 December – Dubai
      South Africa  0  
  South Africa  24
3 December – Dubai
  France  0  
  New Zealand  38
3 December – Dubai    
    Fiji  14
  Samoa  21
3 December – Dubai
  Australia  12  
  Samoa  14
3 December – Dubai
      Fiji  21  
  Fiji  50
  Tonga  5  
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 20
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Fiji 16
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Samoa 12
 South Africa 12
5  Australia 8
6  France 6
7  Canada 4
 Tonga 4
Place  Team Points
9  Scotland 2
10  Zimbabwe 0
11  United States 0
 Kenya 0
13  Japan 0
 Georgia 0
 Hong Kong 0
 Morocco 0

Source: Rugby7.com[5]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 1:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team
Dubai
Stellenbosch
Punta del Este
Mar del Plata
Wellington
Suva
Brisbane
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Paris		 Points
total
1  New Zealand 20 20
2  Fiji 16 16
3  Samoa 12 12
 South Africa 12 12
5  Australia 8 8
6  France 6 6
7  Canada 4 4
 Tonga 4 4
9  Scotland 2 2
10  Zimbabwe 0 0
 United States 0 0
 Kenya 0 0
 Japan 0 0
 Georgia 0 0
 Hong Kong 0 0
 Morocco 0 0

Source: Rugby7.com[5]

References

  1. ↑ "TODAY'S RESULTS (THURSDAY)". irbsevens1999.irb.org @ web.archive.org. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 July 2002.
  2. ↑ "TODAYS RESULTS (FRIDAY)". irbsevens1999.irb.org @ web.archive.org. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2001.
  3. ↑ "NEW ZEALAND LEAD SERIES TABLE". irbsevens1999.irb.org @ web.archive.org. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2002.
  4. ↑ "Dubai Sevens 1999". rugby7.com. 2013-06-03.
  5. 1 2 "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
IRB Sevens I
Preceded by
First		 1999 Dubai Sevens Succeeded by
1999 South Africa Sevens
Dubai Sevens
Preceded by
First		 1999 Dubai Sevens Succeeded by
2000 Dubai Sevens
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