2000 Paris Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation	France
Date	27–28 May 2000
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	South Africa
Plate
Winner	Fiji
Runner-up	France
Bowl
Winner	Samoa
Runner-up	Morocco
Tournament details
Matches played	41
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The 2000 Paris Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the France Sevens leg of the series, held on 27–28 May 2000,^[1] at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris.

Ahead of the tournament, which was the tenth and final event of the series, Fiji lead the standings by six points over New Zealand. However, following Fiji's 35–21 defeat by Argentina in the Cup quarterfinals, New Zealand became the inaugural World Sevens Series champions as they defeated South Africa 69–10 in the Cup final.^[2]

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.^[3] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

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 Fiji 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	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	146	14	132	9
France	3	2	1	101	57	44	7
Ireland	3	1	2	57	104	-47	5
Japan	3	0	3	19	148	–129	3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000

Fiji	61–0	Japan

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

France	40–17	Ireland

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

Fiji	50–0	Ireland

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

France	47–5	Japan

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

Ireland	40–14	Japan

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

Fiji	35–14	France

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	115	31	84	9
Argentina	3	2	1	62	49	13	7
Morocco	3	1	2	55	64	-9	5
United States	3	0	3	19	107	-88	3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000

New Zealand	28–19	Morocco

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

Argentina	26–7	United States

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

New Zealand	59–0	United States

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

Argentina	24–14	Morocco

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

Morocco	22–12	United States

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

New Zealand	28–12	Argentina

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	122	19	103	9
Canada	3	2	1	50	60	-10	7
French Barbarians	3	1	2	39	73	-34	5
Scotland	3	0	3	36	95	-59	3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000

Australia	42–7	French Barbarians

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

Canada	33–10	Scotland

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

Australia	40–7	Scotland

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

Canada	12–10	French Barbarians

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

French Barbarians	22–19	Scotland

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

Australia	40–5	Canada

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	85	19	66	9
England	3	2	1	58	54	4	7
Samoa	3	1	2	45	41	4	5
Georgia	3	0	3	33	107	-74	3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000

Samoa	31–14	Georgia

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

South Africa	28–12	England

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

England	15–7	Samoa

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

South Africa	45–0	Georgia

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

England	31–19	Georgia

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000

South Africa	12–7	Samoa

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

Bowl

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty

Samoa	21
		28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
Scotland	12
		Samoa	24
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
		Ireland	5
Ireland	17
				28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
United States	7
				Samoa	37
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
				Morocco	5
Morocco	21
		28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
Japan	10
		Morocco	17
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
		French Barbarians	12
French Barbarians	24

Georgia	14

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Semi-finals		Final

28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty

Fiji	21
		28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
Canada	12
		Fiji	45
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
		France	7
France	31

England	12

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty

Argentina	35
		28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
Fiji	21
		Argentina	14
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
		South Africa	19
South Africa	24
				28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
Canada	7
				South Africa	10
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
				New Zealand	69
New Zealand	19
		28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
France	0
		New Zealand	26
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
		Australia	7
Australia	26

England	21

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

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

Place	Team	Points
9	Samoa	2
10	Morocco	0
11	French Barbarians	0
11	Ireland	0
13	Georgia	0
	Japan	0
	Scotland	0
	United States	0

Source: Rugby7.com^[4]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 10:

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
16	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
20	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.^[5]

References

^ "IRB Sevens I - Paris, France. 5/27/2000 - 5/29/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^ "Kiwis claim Paris Sevens with crushing victory". espnscrum.com. 28 May 2000.
^ "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)
^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ "New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB". espnscrum.com. 14 November 2000. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016.

IRB Sevens I Preceded by2000 Japan Sevens 2000 Paris Sevens Succeeded byNone (last event) France Sevens Preceded by1999 Paris Sevens 2000 Paris Sevens Succeeded by2004 Bordeaux Sevens

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