2000 Durban Sevens

July 2023 July 2023 IRB Sevens II South Africa 18–19 November 2000 NZL FIJ RSA SAM POR WAL 41 1999 2001 The 2000 Durban Sevens, also known as the 2000 South Africa Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was the first leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. The tournament, which took place at the ABSA Stadium on 18–19 November 2000, was moved from Stellenbosch to Durban for the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons. The hosts, South Africa, were defeated 19–12 by Australia in the Cup quarterfinals but ended the tournament by beating Samoa 22–12 in the Plate final whilst defending World Sevens Series champions New Zealand defeated defending South Africa Sevens champions Fiji 34–5 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.IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament irbsevens.com 9 December 2013 http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html 20 May 2013 No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000-01 season. Teams Two teams made their IRB Sevens World Series debuts as Wales and Portugal competed for the first time. The 16 participating teams for the tournament: ARG AUS CAN ENG FIJ FRA GEO 1990 KEN MAR NAM NZL POR SAM RSA WAL ZIM Pool stage 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 points1NZL330010679992FRA320153272673POR31024568-2354NAM300317119-1023 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160806014113/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1395/standings 2016-08-06 18 November 2000 NZL 36–7 POR ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 FRA 33–5 NAM ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 NZL 53–0 NAM ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 FRA 20–5 POR ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 POR 33–12 NAM ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 NZL 17–0 FRA ABSA Stadium, Durban Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160805234218/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1395/results 2016-08-05 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 points1FIJ330059203992CAN320141291273WAL31023432254KEN30031265-533 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160806014113/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1395/standings 2016-08-06 18 November 2000 FIJ 17–10 WAL ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 CAN 21–7 KEN ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 FIJ 20–0 KEN ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 CAN 10–0 WAL ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 WAL 24–5 KEN ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 FIJ 22–10 CAN ABSA Stadium, Durban Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160805234218/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1395/results 2016-08-05 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 points1AUS330088226692ARG320169432673ZIM31024264-2254ENG30031282-703 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160806014113/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1395/standings 2016-08-06 18 November 2000 AUS 43–0 ENG ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 ARG 33–17 ZIM ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 AUS 26–10 ZIM ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 ARG 24–7 ENG ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 ENG 5–15 ZIM ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 AUS 19–12 ARG ABSA Stadium, Durban Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160806014113/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1395/standings 2016-08-06 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 points1SAM330074106492RSA320158263273GEO 19903102751-4454MAR30031567-523 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160806014113/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1395/standings 2016-08-06 18 November 2000 RSA 22–0 GEO 1990 ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 SAM 24–10 MAR ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 RSA 36–5 MAR ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 SAM 29–0 GEO 1990 ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 GEO 1990 7–0 MAR ABSA Stadium, Durban 18 November 2000 RSA 0–21 SAM ABSA Stadium, Durban Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160805234218/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1395/results 2016-08-05 Knockout stage Bowl 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium POR 10 KEN 0 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium GEO 1990 10 ENG 7 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium WAL 19 NAM 7 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium MAR 22 ZIM 5 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium POR 19 GEO 1990 12 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium WAL 22 MAR 7 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium POR 26 WAL 24 170 50 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160805234218/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1395/results 2016-08-05 Plate 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium CAN 7 SAM 35 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium RSA 15 FRA 0 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium SAM 12 RSA 22 170 50 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160805234218/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1395/results 2016-08-05 Cup 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium NZL 21 CAN 12 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium ARG 17 SAM 14 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium AUS 19 RSA 12 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium FIJ 12 FRA 0 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium NZL 40 ARG 0 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium AUS 5 FIJ 10 19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium NZL 34 FIJ 5 170 50 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160805234218/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1395/results 2016-08-05 Tournament placings 20em PlaceTeam Points NZL 20 FIJ 16 ARG 12 AUS 12 5 RSA 8 6 SAM 6 7 CAN 4 FRA 4 PlaceTeam Points 9 POR 210 WAL 0 11 GEO 1990 0 MAR 0 13 ENG 0 KEN 0 NAM 0 ZIM 0 Source: Rugby7.com 2001 IRB Sevens Standings Rugby 7 31 May 2016 http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2001 References 2001 IRB Sevens II - Durban, South Africa. 11/18/2000 - 11/19/2000 rugby7.com 31 May 2016 http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=DUR-2000 IRB Sevens II 2000 Durban Sevens Sevens First 2000 Dubai Sevens South Africa Sevens 2000 Durban Sevens 1999 South Africa Sevens 2001 Durban Sevens Category:2000–01 IRB Sevens World Series 2000 Durban Sevens Durban Sevens