2000 Brisbane Sevens

IRB Sevens I AUS Australia 18–19 February 2000 FIJ AUS ARG FRA TON PNG 41 2001 The 2000 Brisbane Sevens, officially called the 2000 Brisbane International Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held on 18–19 February 2000, at Lang Park (Suncorp Stadium) in Brisbane. The tournament was the first edition of the Australian Sevens within the World Sevens Series, and was won by Fiji who defeated Australia 24–21 in the Cup final with a sensational try in the final seconds to Waisale Serevi. Teams The participating teams were: Argentina Australia Canada China Cook Islands Fiji France Hong Kong Japan New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa South Africa Tonga United States Uruguay 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. 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 CAN 3 3 0 0 81 29 52 9 2 SAM 3 2 0 1 83 29 54 7 3 PNG 3 1 0 2 64 87 -23 5 4 HKG 3 0 0 3 22 105 -83 3 Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160630132319/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1383/standings 2016-06-30 18 February 2000 CAN 36–5 HKG Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 SAM 47–7 PNG Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 CAN 28–17 PNG Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 SAM 29–5 HKG Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 PNG 40–12 HKG Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 CAN 17–7 SAM Lang Park, Brisbane Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160630135703/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1383/results 2016-06-30 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 FIJ 3 3 0 0 127 21 106 9 2 ARG 3 2 0 1 70 38 22 7 3 URU 3 1 0 2 31 70 -39 5 4 COK 3 0 0 3 7 106 -89 3 Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160630132319/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1383/standings 2016-06-30 18 February 2000 ARG 21–0 URU Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 FIJ 40–7 COK Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 ARG 35–0 COK Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 FIJ 49–0 URU Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 URU 31–0 COK Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 FIJ 38–14 ARG Lang Park, Brisbane Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160630135703/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1383/results 2016-06-30 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 NZL 3 3 0 0 92 22 65 9 2 FRA 3 2 0 1 61 59 7 7 3 TON 3 1 0 2 55 80 -25 5 4 JPN 3 0 0 3 52 99 -47 3 Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160630132319/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1383/standings 2016-06-30 18 February 2000 FRA 33–14 TON Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 NZL 47–5 JPN Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 FRA 21–19 JPN Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 NZL 19–10 TON Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 TON 31–28 JPN Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 NZL 26–7 FRA Lang Park, Brisbane Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160630135703/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1383/results 2016-06-30 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 AUS 3 3 0 0 125 0 125 9 2 RSA 3 2 0 1 73 35 38 7 3 USA 3 1 0 2 29 92 -63 5 4 CHN 3 0 0 3 19 119 -100 3 Source World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160630132319/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1383/standings 2016-06-30 18 February 2000 RSA 33–7 CHN Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 AUS 40–0 USA Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 RSA 40–0 USA Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 AUS 57–0 CHN Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 USA 29–12 CHN Lang Park, Brisbane 18 February 2000 AUS 28–0 RSA Lang Park, Brisbane Knockout stage Play on the second 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 19 February – Lang Park TON 35 COK 0 19 February – Lang Park HKG 22 USA 12 19 February – Lang Park URU 14 JPN 12 19 February – Lang Park PNG 40 CHN 17 19 February – Lang Park TON 42 HKG 0 19 February – Lang Park PNG 31 URU 10 19 February – Lang Park TON 43 PNG 0 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160630135703/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1383/results 2016-06-30 Plate 19 February – Lang Park NZL 33 ARG 12 19 February – Lang Park AUS 12 SAM 5 19 February – Lang Park RSA 14 CAN 7 19 February – Lang Park FIJ 47 FRA 7 19 February – Lang Park ARG 10 SAM 7 19 February – Lang Park CAN 14 FRA 19 19 February – Lang Park ARG 33 FRA 14 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160630135703/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1383/results 2016-06-30 Cup 19 February – Lang Park NZL 33 ARG 12 19 February – Lang Park AUS 12 SAM 5 19 February – Lang Park RSA 14 CAN 7 19 February – Lang Park FIJ 47 FRA 7 19 February – Lang Park NZL 0 AUS 17 19 February – Lang Park RSA 7 FIJ 45 19 February – Lang Park AUS 21 FIJ 24 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160630135703/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1383/results 2016-06-30 By beating New Zealand in the semifinals, Australia became only the third different nation to reach a World Sevens Series Cup final. Fiji and New Zealand had contested each of the previous six Series Cup finals. Tournament placings 20em PlaceTeam Points FIJ 20 AUS 16 NZL 12n/a RSA pts strip a 12 0 0.9em 5 ARG 8 6 FRA 6 7 CAN 4 SAM 4 PlaceTeam Points 9 TON 210 PNG 0 11 HKG 0 URU 0 13 CHN 0 COK 0 JPN 0 USA 0 Source: Rugby7.com Series standings At the completion of Round 7: 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 20 128 2 NZL 20 16 20 16 16 20 12 120 3 AUS 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 76 4 SAM 12 6 12 12 12 12 4 70 5 RSA 12 12 12 4 6 6 0.25em0 pts strip a 52 6 CAN 4 4 6 6 8 4 4 36 7 ARG — 0 4 8 4 8 8 32 8 FRA 6 0 2 4 2 0 6 20 9 GEO 0 12 — — — — — 12 10 TON 4 2 — — 4 0 2 12 11 URU — 0 4 0 0 4 0 8 12 MAR 0 4 — — — — — 4 13PNG — — — — 0 2 0 2 SCO 2 — — — — — — 2 ESP — — 0 2 — — — 2 16 USA 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 JPN 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 18 COK — — — — 0 0 0 0 HKG 0 — — — 0 — 0 0 20 BRA — — 0 0 — — — 0 CHI — — 0 0 — — — 0 CRO — — — — 0 0 — 0 GER — — 0 0 — — — 0 KEN 0 0 — — — — — 0 PAR — — 0 0 — — — 0 PER — — 0 0 — — — 0 ZIM 0 0 — — — — — 0 28 CHN — — — — — — 0 0 NAM — 0 — — — — — 0 VAN — — — — — 0 — 0 Source: Rugby7.com Notes 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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