2000 Paris Sevens

IRB Sevens I France 27–28 May 2000 NZL RSA FIJ FRA SAM MAR 41 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, 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. 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. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season. Teams The 16 participating teams for the tournament: ARG AUS CAN ENG FIJ FRA 23px French Barbarians GEO 1990 IRE JPN MAR NZL RSA SAM SCO USA 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 tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals Pool A Pos Position Team Pld Matches played W Matches won D Matches drawn L Matches lost PF Points scored for PA Points scored against PD Point score difference Pts Standings points1FIJ33001461413292FRA320110157 4473IRE310257104-4754JPN300319148–1293 Source: World Rugby 27 May 2000 FIJ 61–0 JPN Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 FRA 40–17 IRE Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 FIJ 50–0 IRE Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 FRA 47–5 JPN Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 IRE 40–14 JPN Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 FIJ 35–14 FRA Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris Source: World Rugby Pool B Pos Position Team Pld Matches played W Matches won D Matches drawn L Matches lost PF Points scored for PA Points scored against PD Point score difference Pts Standings points1NZL330011531 8492ARG3201 6249 1373MAR3102 5564 -954USA300319107-883 Source: World Rugby 27 May 2000 NZL 28–19 MAR Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 ARG 26–7 USA Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 NZL 59–0 USA Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 ARG 24–14 MAR Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 MAR 22–12 USA Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 NZL 28–12 ARG Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris Source: World Rugby Pool C Pos Position Team Pld Matches played W Matches won D Matches drawn L Matches lost PF Points scored for PA Points scored against PD Point score difference Pts Standings points1AUS33001221910392CAN3201 5060-107423px French Barbarians3102 3973-3454SCO3003 3695-593 Source: World Rugby 27 May 2000 AUS 42–7 23px French Barbarians Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 CAN 33–10 SCO Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 AUS 40–7 SCO Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 CAN 12–10 23px French Barbarians Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 French Barbarians 23px 22–19 SCO Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 AUS 40–5 CAN Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris Source: World Rugby Pool D Pos Position Team Pld Matches played W Matches won D Matches drawn L Matches lost PF Points scored for PA Points scored against PD Point score difference Pts Standings points1RSA330085 19 6692ENG320158 54473SAM310245 41454GEO 1990300333107-743 Source: World Rugby 27 May 2000 SAM 31–14 GEO 1990 Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 RSA 28–12 ENG Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 ENG 15–7 SAM Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 RSA 45–0 GEO 1990 Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 ENG 31–19 GEO 1990 Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris 27 May 2000 RSA 12–7 SAM Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris Source: World Rugby Knockout stage Bowl 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty SAM 21 SCO 12 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty IRE 17 USA 7 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty MAR 21 JPN 10 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty 23px French Barbarians 24 GEO 1990 14 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty SAM 24 IRE 5 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty MAR 17 23px French Barbarians 12 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty SAM 37 MAR 5 170 50 Source: World Rugby Plate 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty FIJ 21 CAN 12 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty FRA 31 ENG 12 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty FIJ 45 FRA 7 170 50 Source: World Rugby Cup 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty ARG 35 FIJ 21 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty RSA 24 CAN 7 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty NZL 19 FRA 0 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty AUS 26 ENG 21 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty ARG 14 RSA 19 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty NZL 26 AUS 7 28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty RSA 10 NZL 69 170 50 Source: World Rugby Tournament placings 20em PlaceTeam Points NZL 20 RSA 16 ARG 12 AUS 12 5 FIJ 8 6 FRA 6 7 CAN 4 ENG 4 PlaceTeam Points 9 SAM 210 MAR 0 11 23px French Barbarians 0 IRE 0 13 GEO 1990 0 JPN 0 SCO 0 USA 0 Source: Rugby7.com Series standings At the completion of Round 10: Pos. Team Event  DubaiDubai RSAStellenbosch URUPunta del Este ARGMar del Plata NZLWellington FIJSuva AUSBrisbane HKGHong Kong JPNTokyo FRAParis Pointstotal 1 NZL 20 16 20 16 16 20 12 30 16 20 186 2 FIJ 16 20 16 20 20 16 20 24 20 8 180 3 AUS 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 18 12 12 118 4 SAM 12 6 12 12 12 12 4 8 2 2 82 5 RSA 12 12 12 4 6 6 0.25em0 pts strip a 8 4 16 80 6 CAN 4 4 6 6 8 4 4 8 12 4 60 7 ARG — 0 4 8 4 8 8 8 — 12 52 8 FRA 6 0 2 4 2 0 6 4 4 6 34 9 ENG — — — — — — — 18 — 4 22 10 GEO 0 12 — — — — — — — 0 12 11 TON 4 2 — — 4 0 2 — — — 12 12 JPN 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 13 PNG — — — — 0 2 0 — 6 — 8 14 URU — 0 4 0 0 4 0 — — — 8 15 MAR 0 4 — — — — — — — 0 4 16 SCO 2 — — — — — — 0 — 0 2 ESP — — 0 2 — — — — — — 2 18 USA 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 HKG 0 — — — 0 — 0 0 0 — 0 20 COK — — — — 0 0 0 — — — 0 CRO — — — — 0 0 — 0 — — 0 22 BRA — — 0 0 — — — — — — 0 CHI — — 0 0 — — — — — — 0 CHN — — — — — — 0 0 — — 0 TPE — — — — — — — 0 0 — 0 GER — — 0 0 — — — — — — 0 IRE — — — — — — — 0 — 0 0 KEN 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 MAS — — — — — — — 0 0 — 0 PAR — — 0 0 — — — — — — 0 PER — — 0 0 — — — — — — 0 SIN — — — — — — — 0 0 — 0 KOR — — — — — — — 0 0 — 0 SRI — — — — — — — 0 0 — 0 ZIM 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 36 GCC Arabian Gulf — — — — — — — 0 — — 0 23px French Barbarians — — — — — — — — — 0 0 ITA — — — — — — — 0 — — 0 NAM — 0 — — — — — — — — 0 Thailand — — — — — — — 0 — — 0 VAN — — — — — 0 — — — — 0 Source: Rugby7.com pts strip 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. References 2000 IRB Sevens I - Paris, France. 5/27/2000 - 5/29/2000 rugby7.com 25 May 2016 http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=PAR-2000 28 May 2000 Kiwis claim Paris Sevens with crushing victory espnscrum.com http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/31196.html 2000 IRB Sevens Standings Rugby 7 26 May 2016 http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2000 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160526165246/http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2000 26 May 2016 IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament irbsevens.com 9 December 2013 http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html 20 May 2013 14 November 2000 New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB espnscrum.com http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/33647.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20160918043200/http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/33647.html 18 September 2016 IRB Sevens I 2000 Paris Sevens 2000 Japan Sevens None (last event) France Sevens 2000 Paris Sevens 1999 Paris Sevens 2004 Bordeaux Sevens Category:1999–2000 IRB Sevens World Series Category:1999–2000 in French rugby union 2000