2000 Brisbane Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nationAustralia Australia
Date18–19 February 2000
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up Australia
Plate
Winner Argentina
Runner-up France
Bowl
Winner Tonga
Runner-up Papua New Guinea
Tournament details
Matches played41
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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 
 Tonga35
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Cook Islands0
 
 Tonga42
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Hong Kong0
 
 Hong Kong22
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 United States12
 
 Tonga43
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Papua New Guinea0
 
 Uruguay14
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Japan12
 
 Papua New Guinea31
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Uruguay10
 
 Papua New Guinea40
 
 
 China17
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 
 New Zealand33
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Argentina12
 
 Argentina10
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Samoa7
 
 Australia12
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Samoa5
 
 Argentina33
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 France14
 
 South Africa14
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Canada7
 
 Canada14
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 France19
 
 Fiji47
 
 
 France7
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 
 New Zealand33
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Argentina12
 
 New Zealand0
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Australia17
 
 Australia12
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Samoa5
 
 Australia21
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Fiji24
 
 South Africa14
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Canada7
 
 South Africa7
 
19 February – Lang Park
 
 Fiji45
 
 Fiji47
 
 
 France7
 

Source: World Rugby

By beating New Zealand in the semifinals, 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

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Fiji 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand 12
n/a  South Africa a 12 0  
5  Argentina 8
6  France 6
7  Canada 4
 Samoa 4
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

  1. ^ a b c "IRB Sevens I - Brisbane, Australia. 2/18/2000 - 2/19/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Sevens loss no disgrace". Illawarra Mercury. Fairfax. 21 February 2000. p. 34. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Fiji pip Australia to Sevens title in Brisbane". espnscrum.com. 19 February 2000. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013.
  4. ^ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Brisbane". ur7s.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  6. ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  7. ^ "New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB". espnscrum.com. 14 November 2000. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016.

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