1999 South Africa Sevens

July 2023 July 2023 IRB Sevens I South Africa South Africa 10–11 December 1999 FIJ NZL AUS SAM TON ARG 41 2000 The 1999 South Africa Sevens was an annual rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch between 10 and 11 December 1999. It was the first edition of the South Africa Sevens with it being the second leg of the 1999–2000 World Sevens Series. Sixteen teams competed in the tournament and were divided into four groups of four with the top two teams qualifying for the quarter-finals. The hosts, South Africa were eliminated in the semi-finals before Fiji defeated New Zealand 12–10 in the final to win their first sevens title for the series. Australia took home the plate while Tonga won the bowl. Stellenbosch only hosted the South Africa Sevens tournament for one season and the event moved to Durban for the 2000–01 series. Teams Sixteen teams competed in the South Africa Sevens with the South African Rugby Union inviting eight teams to fill in the draw. These teams were Georgia, Japan, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Tonga, Uruguay and Zimbabwe.http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Stellenbosch/Stellenbosch86.html Fiji top seeds for Stellenbosch 24 November 1999 International Rugby Board dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010701095008/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Stellenbosch/Stellenbosch86.html 1 July 2001 28em ARG AUS CAN FIJ FRA GEO 1990 JPN KEN MAR NAM NZL SAM RSA TON URU ZIM Format The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four groups 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 1999 South Africa Sevens title. Summary The opening day of the tournament saw Fiji setting the pace with the team only conceding ten points (against Canada throughout the group stage after comfortably defeating Japan (52–0) and Namibia (56–0) earlier in the day. Dubai champions, New Zealand also won their group despite the slow start over Zimbabwe as they finished ahead over Georgia who had shocked Argentina in the opening match of Pool B.http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Stellenbosch/Stellenbosch97.html Fiji set the pace on day one 10 December 1999 International Rugby Board dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010701090008/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Stellenbosch/Stellenbosch97.html 1 July 2001 Morocco who was an unknown in the rugby sevens shocked everyone by topping Pool C defeating Australia in the opening game by sevens points before topping the group with wins over France and Tonga. South Africa finished ahead of Samoa in Pool D with the Boks defeating them 12–7 after earlier recordings wins against Kenya and Uruguay. The second day saw Fiji began with a physically demanding victory over Samoa as they would go on to advance to the cup final defeating Georgia in the semi-finals who had earlier defeated Morocco in the quarter-finals 17–0. They went on to meet New Zealand in the final after they defeated Australia in the quarter-finals and the hosts in the semis. After losing Waisale Serevi through a hand injury, Fiji trailed New Zealand by three points heading into the change over. Filimoni Delasau though would score the match winner as he recorded his 13th try of the tournament and give Fiji the victory 12–10.http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Stellenbosch/Stellenbosch100.html Fiji avenge Dubai with win over New Zealand in Stellenbosch 11 December 1999 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010701094922/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Stellenbosch/Stellenbosch100.html 1 July 2001 24 April 2020 In the minor placings, Australia defeated Samoa by three points in the plate final with the bowl final being won by Tonga who defeated a fast finishing Argentina squad 31–24. 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 FIJ330013610+1269 2 CAN32018154+277 3 NAM31024199−5854 JPN300319114−953 Source: World Rugby 10 December 1999 FIJ 52–0 JPN Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 CAN 31–19 NAM Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 CAN 40–7 JPN Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 FIJ 56–0 NAM Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 NAM 22–12 JPN Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 FIJ 28–10 CAN Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 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 NZL33009021+699 2 GEO 199032014555-107 3 ZIM31024371−2854 ARG30033566−313 Source: World Rugby 10 December 1999 GEO 1990 21–14 ARG Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 NZL 33–14 ZIM Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 ZIM 19–14 ARG Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 NZL 31–0 GEO 1990 Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 NZL 26–7 ARG Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 GEO 1990 24–10 ZIM Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 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 MAR33004519+269 2 AUS32016455+97 3 FRA31024652−654 TON30033160−293 Source: World Rugby 10 December 1999 FRA 22–12 TON Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 MAR 19–12 AUS Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 MAR 14–7 FRA Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 AUS 26–19 TON Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 MAR 12–0 TON Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 AUS 26–17 FRA Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 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 RSA3300807+739 2 SAM32018017+637 3 URU31022274−5254 KEN30031094−843 Source: World Rugby 10 December 1999 SAM 33–5 URU Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 RSA 37–0 KEN Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 SAM 40–0 KEN Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 RSA 31–0 URU Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 URU 17–10 KEN Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch 10 December 1999 RSA 12–7 SAM Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch Source: World Rugby Finals Bowl 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium NAM 21 KEN 20 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium ARG 19 FRA 10 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium URU 20 JPN 12 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium TON 28 ZIM 10 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium NAM 12 ARG 24 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium URU 5 TON 33 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium ARG 26 TON 31 Source: World Rugby Plate 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium SAM 26 MAR 7 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium CAN 12 AUS 36 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium SAM 19 AUS 22 Source: World Rugby Cup 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium FIJ 17 SAM 14 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium GEO 1990 17 MAR 0 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium RSA 17 CAN 7 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium NZL 22 AUS 14 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium FIJ 33 GEO 1990 5 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium RSA 0 NZL 26 11 December – Danie Craven Stadium FIJ 12 NZL 10 Source: World Rugby Tournament placings 20em PlaceTeam Points FIJ 20 NZL 16 GEO 1990 12 RSA 12 5 AUS 8 6 SAM 6 7 CAN 4 MAR 4 PlaceTeam Points 9 TON 210 ARG 0 11 NAM 0 URU 0 13 FRA 0 JPN 0 KEN 0 ZIM 0 Source: Rugby7.com References 8 December 1999 Sport briefs 89 Newcastle Herald Fairfax http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?&docID=news991211_0074_5805 25 May 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160624225217/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?&docID=news991211_0074_5805 24 June 2016 1999 IRB Sevens I - Stellenbosch, South Africa. 12/10/1999 - 12/11/1999 rugby7.com 25 May 2016 http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=STE-1999 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235107/http://www.rugby7.com/st.asp?T=STE-1999 3 March 2016 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 1999 South Africa Sevens 1999 Dubai Sevens 2000 Punta del Este Sevens South Africa Sevens 1999 South Africa Sevens First 2000 South Africa Sevens Category:South Africa Sevens South Africa Sevens Sevens South Africa Sevens