2000 Paris Sevens

2000 Paris Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation France
Date27–28 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 played41
2001

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

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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

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The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stage

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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

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 146 14 132 9
 France 3 2 0 1 101 57 44 7
 Ireland 3 1 0 2 57 104 -47 5
 Japan 3 0 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

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

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

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

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Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 
 Samoa21
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Scotland12
 
 Samoa24
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Ireland5
 
 Ireland17
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 United States7
 
 Samoa 37
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Morocco5
 
 Morocco21
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Japan10
 
 Morocco17
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
French Barbarians12
 
French Barbarians 24
 
 
 Georgia14
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 
 Fiji21
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Canada12
 
 Fiji45
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 France7
 
 France31
 
 
 England12
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 
 Argentina35
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Fiji21
 
 Argentina 14
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 South Africa19
 
 South Africa24
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Canada7
 
 South Africa10
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 New Zealand69
 
 New Zealand19
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 France0
 
 New Zealand26
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 Australia7
 
 Australia26
 
 
 England21
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

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

Source: Rugby7.com[4]

Series standings

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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
 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 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf 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

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  1. ^ "IRB Sevens I - Paris, France. 5/27/2000 - 5/29/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Kiwis claim Paris Sevens with crushing victory". espnscrum.com. 28 May 2000.
  3. ^ "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)
  4. ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  5. ^ "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 by 2000 Paris Sevens Succeeded by
None (last event)
France Sevens
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