2000 Punta del Este Sevens

IRB Sevens I Uruguay Uruguay 7–8 January 2000 NZL FIJ AUS CAN FRA GER 41 The 2000 Punta del Este Sevens was a Rugby Sevens tournament held in Punta del Este, Uruguay and was the third leg of the 1999-2000 World Sevens Series. The competition took place on 7 and 8 January at the Estadio Domingo Burgueño. The hosts, Uruguay were eliminated in the Plate semi-finals. For the third consecutive event in the Series, the Cup final was contested between Fiji and New Zealand. The Punta del Este Sevens was not included on the World Sevens circuit for the 2000-01 series. Teams Sixteen national teams played in the tournament with New Zealand and Fiji being seeded one and two due to winning the previous two tournaments in Dubai and Stellenbosch.http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Uruguay/Uruguay102.html Seeding and Fixtures 15 December 1999 International Rugby Board dead https://web.archive.org/web/20020716185602/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Uruguay/Uruguay102.html 16 July 2002 Peru were debuting on the world stage after becoming a member of the International Rugby Board as they were invited to compete in Punta del Este and Mar del Plata.http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Uruguay/Uruguay103.html New Zealand - Fiji rivalary set to resume 5 January 2000 International Rugby Board dead https://web.archive.org/web/20020716190104/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Uruguay/Uruguay103.html 16 July 2002 28em ARG AUS BRA CAN CHI FIJ FRA GER NZL PAR PER SAM RSA ESP USA URU Format 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 Punta del Este Sevens title.http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/29243.html Punta del Este Sevens finalised 22 November 1999 3 May 2020 ESPN Summary The first day of the Punta del Este Sevens saw three teams end the day unbeaten from their pool stages. In Pool A, it was New Zealand who had an handful of players playing rugby sevens for the first time finishing top with victories over Spain (50–5), Peru (63–0) and Uruguay (24–5). Joint-leaders in the series heading into the round, Fiji only conceded twelve points in their group to finish top of the group with Canada coming in second place. The other team that finished unbeaten throughout Day 1 was Argentina who just slightly edged over Samoa, 19–12 in the fifth game of Pool D to finish top of the pool.http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Uruguay/Uruguay104.html Chile beat Springboks in first day of play in Uruguay 7 January 2000 International Rugby Board dead https://web.archive.org/web/20020717063004/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Uruguay/Uruguay104.html 17 July 2002 Pool C was the only group to not have an unbeaten team with Chile forcing an tiebreaker after defeating South Africa 28–21. But Chile was the unlucky team with the team being the lowest in point average off the three teams.http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/29538.html Fiji on form in Punta del Este 8 January 2000 3 May 2020 ESPN The second day of the tournament saw the first extra time match in the series history with South Africa defeating Argentina 24–19 in the cup quarter final after they initially were locked at 19-all during regulation.http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/29541.html New Zealand beat Fiji to win Punta sevens 9 January 2000 3 May 2020 ESPN After recording victories over South Africa and Samoa in the semi-finals respectively, New Zealand and Fiji met in the third consecutive cup final. During the final, an injury to Fijian player Waisele Serevi occurred in the 14th minute of the final with the score at 21–19. The injury saw New Zealand score three more tries and go to the top of the table with a 42–19 victory. Australia won the plate final for the third consecutive event defeating Canada while France took out the bowl defeating Germany.http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Uruguay/Uruguay107.html New Zealand win third IRB World Sevens Tournament 9 January 2000 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20020717185230/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Uruguay/Uruguay107.html 17 July 2002 3 May 2020 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 points1 NZL330013710+1279 2 URU32016736+317 3 ESP31024881−3354 PER30035130−1253 Source: World Rugby 7 January 16:00 URU 36–7 PER Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 16:20 NZL 50–5 ESP Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 18:40 NZL 63–0 PER Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 19:00 URU 26–12 ESP Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 21:20 NZL 24–5 URU Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 22:00 ESP 31–5 PER Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 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 points1 FIJ330014812+1369 2 CAN32016142+197 3 FRA31024768−2154 PAR30037141−1343 Source: World Rugby 7 January 16:40 FIJ 42–12 CAN Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 17:00 FRA 47–7 PAR Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 19:20 FIJ 59–0 PAR Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 19:40 CAN 14–0 FRA Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 21:40 FIJ 47–0 FRA Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 22:20 CAN 35–0 PAR Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 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 points1 AUS32019231+617 2 RSA32019852+467 3 CHI32015954+574 GER300317129−1123 Source: World Rugby 7 January 17:20 AUS 26–5 CHI Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 17:40 RSA 56–5 GER Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 20:00 RSA 21–19 AUS Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 20:20 CHI 26–7 GER Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 22:40 AUS 47–5 GER Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 23:00 CHI 28–21 RSA Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 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 points1 ARG330010722+859 2 SAM32018033+477 3 USA31024371−2854 BRA300319123−1043 Source: World Rugby 7 January 18:00 ARG 42–5 BRA Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 18:20 SAM 25–0 USA Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 20:40 ARG 46–5 USA Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 21:00 SAM 43–14 BRA Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 23:20 ARG 19–12 SAM Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este 7 January 23:40 USA 38–0 BRA Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este Source: World Rugby Finals Bowl high 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño ESP 26 PAR 5 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño GER 21 USA 12 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño CHI 29 BRA 5 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño FRA 50 PER 0 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño ESP 12 GER 26 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño CHI 10 FRA 14 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño GER 12 FRA 31 Source: World Rugby Plate high 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño URU 5 AUS 35 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño CAN 17 ARG 12 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño AUS 27 CAN 12 Source: World Rugby Cup high 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño FIJ 38 URU 5 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño SAM 12 AUS 7 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño NZL 33 CAN 0 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño RSA 24 (a.e.t.) ARG 19 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño FIJ 19 SAM 7 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño NZL 31 RSA 7 8 January – Estadio Domingo Burgueño FIJ 19 NZL 42 Source: World Rugby Tournament placings 20em PlaceTeam Points NZL 20 FIJ 16 SAM 12 RSA 12 5 AUS 8 6 CAN 6 7 ARG 4 URU 4 PlaceTeam Points 9 FRA 210 GER 0 11 CHI 0 ESP 0 13 BRA 0 PAR 0 PER 0 USA 0 Source: Rugby7.com References 1999 IRB Sevens I - Punta del Este, Uruguay. 1/7/2000 - 1/9/2000 rugby7.com 25 May 2016 http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=PDE-2000 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140101162547/http://www.rugby7.com/st.asp?T=PDE-2000 2014-01-01 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 I 2000 Punta del Este Sevens 1999 South Africa Sevens 2000 Mar del Plata Sevens 2000 Punta del Este Sevens rugby union