2000 Wellington Sevens

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]

Argentina  Australia  Canada  Cook Islands  Croatia  Fiji  France  Hong Kong

Japan  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea  Samoa  South Africa  Tonga  United States  Uruguay

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

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4 February 2000

Tonga	14–0	France

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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4 February 2000

New Zealand	57–0	Tonga

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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4 February 2000

France	38–7	Cook Islands

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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4 February 2000

Tonga	29–7	Cook Islands

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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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

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4 February 2000

Argentina	22–12	United States

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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4 February 2000

Fiji	47–10	United States

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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4 February 2000

Argentina	28–15	Papua New Guinea

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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4 February 2000

Papua New Guinea	29–5	United States

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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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

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4 February 2000

Canada	26–7	Uruguay

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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4 February 2000

Samoa	19–12	Uruguay

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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4 February 2000

Canada	31–5	Croatia

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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4 February 2000

Croatia	17–5	Uruguay

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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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

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4 February 2000

Australia	36–7	Japan

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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4 February 2000

South Africa	42–7	Japan

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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4 February 2000

Australia	52–0	Hong Kong

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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4 February 2000

Japan	28–10	Hong Kong

Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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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

Place	Team	Points
	Fiji	20
	New Zealand	16
	Australia	12
	Samoa	12
5	Canada	8
6	South Africa	6
7	Argentina	4
	Tonga	4

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

1. "1999/00 IRB Sevens World Series- Wellington". World Rugby. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
2. "Wellington the catalyst for All Blacks Sevens dominance". All Blacks. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
3. "IRB Sevens I - Wellington, New Zealand. 2/5/2000 - 2/6/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
4. "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.