2000 Tokyo Sevens

IRB Sevens I Japan 1–2 April 2000 FIJ NZL JPN PNG SAM KOR 41 2001 The 2000 Tokyo Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the Japan Sevens leg of the series, held at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo on 1–2 April 2000. The tournament was the ninth event of the series, and was won by Fiji who defeated New Zealand 27–22 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: AUS CAN FIJ FRA HKG JPN MAS NZL PNG SAM SIN RSA KOR SRI TPE 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 Tokyo 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 points1FIJ33001471013792PNG3201106406673HKG310231106−7554SRI300314142−1283 Source: World Rugby 1 April 2000 FIJ 64–0 SRI Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 PNG 49–0 HKG Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 HKG 26–14 SRI Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 FIJ 40–5 PNG Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 PNG 52–0 SRI Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 FIJ 43–5 HKG Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 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 points1NZL3300111510692FRA320178334573USA31023678−4254TPE300312121−1093 Source: World Rugby 1 April 2000 NZL 50–0 TPE Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 FRA 26–12 USA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 FRA 47–0 TPE Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 NZL 40–0 USA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 USA 24–12 TPE Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 NZL 21–5 FRA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 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 points1AUS3300139013992CAN320178502873KOR31026259354SIN30037177−1703 Source: World Rugby 1 April 2000 AUS 63–0 SIN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 CAN 14–12 KOR Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 CAN 64–0 SIN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 KOR 50–7 SIN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 AUS 38–0 KOR Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 AUS 38–0 CAN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 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 points1JPN321099524782RSA3201117348373SAM3111113427164MAS30035206−2013 Source: World Rugby 1 April 2000 SAM 75–0 MAS Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 JPN 24–19 RSA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 RSA 84–0 MAS Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 SAM 28–28 JPN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 JPN 47–5 MAS Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 1 April 2000 RSA 14–10 SAM Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Source: World Rugby Knockout stage Bowl 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium HKG 24 TPE 19 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium SAM 63 SIN 0 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium KOR 66 MAS 0 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium USA 31 SRI 7 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium HKG|0|SAM|24 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium KOR 42 USA 5 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium SAM 19 KOR 12 200 50 Source: World Rugby Plate 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium FRA 7 JPN 12 |2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|RSA|19|PNG|21 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium JPN 26 PNG 14 200 50 Source: World Rugby Cup 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium FIJ 34 FRA 14 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium CAN 26 JPN 0 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium AUS 50 RSA 0 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium NZL 35 PNG 0 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium FIJ 19 CAN 5 2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium AUS 0 NZL 19 |2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|FIJ|27''' NZL 22 200 50 Source: World Rugby Tournament placings 20em PlaceTeam Points FIJ 20 NZL 16 AUS 12 CAN 12 5 JPN 8 6 PNG 6 7 FRA 4 RSA 4 PlaceTeam Points 9 SAM 210 KOR 0 11 HKG 0 USA 0 13 TPE 0 MAS 0 SIN 0 SRI 0 Source: Rugby7.com Series standings At the completion of Round 9: Pos. Team Event  DubaiDubai RSAStellenbosch URUPunta del Este ARGMar del Plata NZLWellington FIJSuva AUSBrisbane HKGHong Kong JPNTokyo FRAParis Pointstotal 1 FIJ 16 20 16 20 20 16 20 24 20 172 2 NZL 20 16 20 16 16 20 12 30 16 166 3 AUS 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 18 12 106 4 SAM 12 6 12 12 12 12 4 8 2 80 5 RSA 12 12 12 4 6 6 0.25em0 pts strip a 8 4 64 6 CAN 4 4 6 6 8 4 4 8 12 56 7 ARG — 0 4 8 4 8 8 8 — 40 8 FRA 6 0 2 4 2 0 6 4 4 28 9 ENG — — — — — — — 18 — 18 10 GEO 0 12 — — — — — — — 12 11 TON 4 2 — — 4 0 2 — — 12 12 JPN 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 8 8 13 PNG — — — — 0 2 0 — 6 8 14 URU — 0 4 0 0 4 0 — — 8 15 MAR 0 4 — — — — — — — 4 16 SCO 2 — — — — — — 0 — 2 ESP — — 0 2 — — — — — 2 18 USA 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 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 35 GCC Arabian Gulf — — — — — — — 0 — 0 IRE — — — — — — — 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. 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