2000 Hong Kong Sevens

International rugby sevens tournament IRB Sevens I HKG Hong Kong 24–26 March 2000 NZL FIJ FRA CRO IRE CHN 57 2001 The 2000 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the inaugural World Sevens Series, the 1999–2000 season. It was the eighth leg of the series, held on 24–26 March 2000, at the Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong. The tournament was the first edition of the Hong Kong Sevens within the World Sevens Series and contained 24 teams, an increase of eight from the other tournaments held in the Series. It was won by New Zealand who defeated Fiji 31–5 in the Cup final to win their fourth title of the Series. Teams The 24 participating teams were: 22em GCC Arabian Gulf0.05em ARG AUS CAN CHN Chinese Taipei CRO ENG FIJ FRA HKG IRE ITA JPN Malaysia NZL SAM SCO SIN RSA South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand USA Format With the increased number of teams competing, the teams were drawn into six 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 over the first two days of the tournament. The top team from each pool along with the two best runners-up advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The remaining four runners-up along with the four best third-placed teams advanced to the Plate quarter finals. The remaining eight teams went on to the Bowl quarter finals. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999–2000 season. Pool stage Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Plate quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals Pool A main WDL Q 3 2 1 points FIJ FIJ USA USA KOR South Korea CHN CHN 3 0 0 167 19 2 0 1 64 66 1 0 2 73 64 0 0 3 14 169 #ccffcc A #ffe6bd B complete World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701043808/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/standings 2016-07-01 24 March 2000 FIJ 80–0 CHN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 24 March 2000 USA 17–12 South Korea Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 USA 40–0 CHN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 FIJ 33–12 South Korea Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 South Korea 49–14 CHN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 FIJ 54–7 USA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082209/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/results 2016-07-01 Pool B main WDL Q 3 2 1 points NZL NZL ITA ITA JPN JPN SIN SIN 3 0 0 147 5 2 0 1 67 45 1 0 2 50 64 0 0 3 5 155 #ccffcc A #ffe6bd B complete World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701043808/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/standings 2016-07-01 24 March 2000 NZL 64–5 SIN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 24 March 2000 ITA 19–7 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 JPN 43–0 SIN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 NZL 38–0 ITA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 ITA 48–0 SIN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 NZL 45–0 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082209/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/results 2016-07-01 Pool C main WDL Q 3 2 1 points AUS AUS HKG HKG SCO SCO THA Thailand 3 0 0 106 10 2 0 1 84 38 1 0 2 69 71 0 0 3 19 159 #ccffcc A #ffe6bd B complete World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701043808/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/standings 2016-07-01 24 March 2000 AUS 54–0 Thailand Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 24 March 2000 HKG 24–14 SCO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 SCO 50–14 Thailand Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 AUS 19–5 HKG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 HKG 55–5 Thailand Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 AUS 33–5 SCO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082209/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/results 2016-07-01 Pool D main WDL Q 3 2 1 points ENG ENG SAM SAM SRI Sri Lanka ARB GCC Arabian Gulf 3 0 0 124 17 2 0 1 81 30 1 0 2 27 105 0 0 3 22 102 #ccffcc A A #ffe6bd B B complete World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701043808/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/standings 2016-07-01 24 March 2000 ENG 45–5 GCC Arabian Gulf Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 24 March 2000 SAM 36–3 Sri Lanka Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 ENG 57–0 Sri Lanka Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 SAM 33–5 GCC Arabian Gulf Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 Sri Lanka 24–12 GCC Arabian Gulf Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 ENG 22–12 SAM Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082209/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/results 2016-07-01 Pool E main WDL Q 3 2 1 points RSA RSA FRA FRA CRO CRO TPE Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 57 40 2 0 1 48 17 1 0 2 66 43 0 0 3 26 97 #ccffcc A #ffe6bd B complete World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701043808/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/standings 2016-07-01 24 March 2000 RSA 21–19 Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 24 March 2000 FRA 10–7 CRO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 FRA 31–0 Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 RSA 26–14 CRO Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 CRO 45–7 Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 RSA 10–7 FRA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082209/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/results 2016-07-01 Pool F main WDL Q 3 2 1 points CAN CAN ARG ARG IRE IRE MAS Malaysia 3 0 0 101 12 2 0 1 100 19 1 0 2 36 65 0 0 3 17 158 #ccffcc A A #ffe6bd B B complete World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701043808/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/standings 2016-07-01 24 March 2000 CAN 68–0 Malaysia Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 24 March 2000 ARG 34–0 IRE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 ARG 59–5 Malaysia Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 CAN 19–5 IRE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 IRE 31–12 Malaysia Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 25 March 2000 CAN 14–7 ARG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082209/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/results 2016-07-01 Knockout stage Play on the third day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results. Bowl 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium IRE 12 Chinese Taipei 5 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium Thailand 28 Malaysia 12 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium GCC Arabian Gulf 45 SIN 7 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium CHN 26 Sri Lanka 5 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium IRE 56 Thailand 0 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium GCC Arabian Gulf 17 CHN 26 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium IRE 59 CHN 0 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082209/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/results 2016-07-01 Plate 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium HKG 20 JPN 0 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium CRO 42 USA 7 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium ITA 21 South Korea 19 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium FRA 19 SCO 7 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium HKG 10 CRO 14 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium ITA 14 FRA 19 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium CRO 14 FRA 19 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082209/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/results 2016-07-01 Cup 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 50 SAM 0 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium ENG 14 RSA 12 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium AUS 31 CAN 5 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium NZL 29 ARG 0 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 52 ENG 7 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium AUS 0 NZL 26 26 March – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 5 NZL 31 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160701082209/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1380/results 2016-07-01 Tournament placings PlaceTeam Points NZL 30 FIJ 24 AUS 18 ENG 18 5 ARG 8 CAN 8 SAM 8 RSA 8 9 FRA 4 10 CRO 0 11 HKG 0 ITA 0 PlaceTeam Points 13 JPN 0 SCO 0 South Korea 0 USA 0 17 IRE 0 18 CHN 0 19 GCC Arabian Gulf 0 Thailand 0 21 Chinese Taipei 0 Malaysia 0 SIN 0 Sri Lanka 0 Source: Rugby7.com Series standings At the completion of Round 8: 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 24 152 2 NZL 20 16 20 16 16 20 12 30 150 3 AUS 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 18 94 4 SAM 12 6 12 12 12 12 4 8 78 5 RSA 12 12 12 4 6 6 0.25em0 pts strip a 8 60 6 CAN 4 4 6 6 8 4 4 8 44 7 ARG — 0 4 8 4 8 8 8 40 8 FRA 6 0 2 4 2 0 6 4 24 9 ENG — — — — — — — 18 18 10 GEO 0 12 — — — — — — 12 11 TON 4 2 — — 4 0 2 — 12 12 URU — 0 4 0 0 4 0 — 8 13 MAR 0 4 — — — — — — 4 14 PNG — — — — 0 2 0 — 2 SCO 2 — — — — — — 0 2 ESP — — 0 2 — — — — 2 17 USA 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 JPN 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 0 19 HKG 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 GER — — 0 0 — — — — 0 KEN 0 0 — — — — — — 0 PAR — — 0 0 — — — — 0 PER — — 0 0 — — — — 0 ZIM 0 0 — — — — — — 0 30 GCC Arabian Gulf — — — — — — — 0 0 Chinese Taipei — — — — — — — 0 0 IRE — — — — — — — 0 0 ITA — — — — — — — 0 0 Malaysia — — — — — — — 0 0 NAM — 0 — — — — — — 0 South Korea — — — — — — — 0 0 SIN — — — — — — — 0 0 Sri Lanka — — — — — — — 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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