2000 Mar del Plata Sevens

IRB Sevens I Argentina 12–13 January 2000 FIJ NZL ARG CAN ESP CHI 41 2002 The 2000 Mar del Plata Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Estadio José María Minella in Mar del Plata between the 12–13 January 2000. It was the fourth edition of the Mar del Plata Sevens and was also the fourth round of the held in Argentina as the fourth round of the 1999–2000 World Sevens Series. During the tournament, the first draw in the series history occurred when Samoa and Australia played out an 14-all draw in Pool D. In the cup final, Fiji took out their second cup final of the season defeating New Zealand 26-14. The hosts (Argentina) took out the plate while Spain won the bowl. Teams Sixteen national teams played in the Mar Del Plata Sevens with the national teams being the same teams as in the previous round which was held in Punta del Este. 28em ARG AUS BRA CAN CHI FIJ FRA GER NZL PAR PER SAM ESP RSA 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 Mar del Plata Sevens title.May 2020 Summary The opening day of the 2000 Mar del Plata sevens saw the first draw in the series history with Samoa and Australia recording a 14-all draw in the final match of the day. Earlier results though put Samoa top of Pool D by a single point over Australia. New Zealand continued their form in the series, conceding only seven points (against France) in the pool stage to finish top of Pool B with France joining them. Fiji finished top of Pool A with wins over Germany (56–5), Uruguay (61–7) and Canada (40–14) with Canada joining them in second place. The final pool saw South Africa finish top of the pool with hosts, Argentina coming in second place.http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Argentina/Argentina121.html World Sevens series record its first draw 13 January 2000 International Rugby Board dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010306103817/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Argentina/Argentina121.html 6 March 2001 Day 2 saw a Fiji and New Zealand final for the fourth tournament in a row after both teams recorded victories in their quarters and semis to make it to the cup final. For Fiji they defeated France 47–7 before knocking off Samoa in the semi-finals 19–7. New Zealand recorded a victory over Canada in the quarter-finals before defeating first-time cup semi-finalists, Australia with Australian coach, Glen Ella stating, "It was good to finally break through". In the cup final, it was Fiji who defeated New Zealand to tie the series after four rounds after coming back from 14–0 down to win 26–14. Hosts, Argentina won the plate final while Spain won the bowl defeating Chile.http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Argentina/Argentina124.html Australia finally reach top four but Fiji takes the Cup 14 January 2000 International Rugby Board dead https://web.archive.org/web/20020704044256/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Argentina/Argentina124.html 4 July 2002 Pool stages 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 FIJ330015726+1319 2 CAN32018064+167 3 GER31021996−7754 URU30032494−703 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160629215609/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/standings 2016-06-29 12 January 2000 15:30 GER 7–0 URU Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 16:50 CAN 26–17 URU Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 18:10 FIJ 56–5 GER Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 19:30 FIJ 61–7 URU Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 20:50 CAN 40–7 GER Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 22:20 FIJ 40–14 CAN Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160629191338/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results 2016-06-29 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 NZL33001147+1079 2 FRA32019821+777 3 USA31021783−6654 PER300310128−1183 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160629215609/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/standings 2016-06-29 12 January 2000 15:50 USA 17–10 PER Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 17:10 FRA 33–0 USA Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 18:30 NZL 53–0 PER Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 19:50 NZL 40–0 USA Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 21:10 FRA 58–0 PER Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 22:40 NZL 21–7 FRA Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160629191338/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results 2016-06-29 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 RSA330010624+829 2 ARG320110121+807 3 ESP31023690−5454 BRA300312120−1083 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160629215609/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/standings 2016-06-29 12 January 2000 16:10 ESP 29–0 BRA Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 17:30 RSA 38–12 BRA Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 18:50 ARG 36–7 ESP Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 20:10 RSA 54–0 ESP Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 21:40 RSA 14–12 ARG Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 23:00 ARG 53–0 BRA Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160629191338/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results 2016-06-29 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 SAM32109828+708 2 AUS32108314+698 3 CHI31024594−4954 PAR300326116−903 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160629215609/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/standings 2016-06-29 12 January 2000 16:30 CHI 38–19 PAR Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 17:50 AUS 33–0 CHI Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 19:10 SAM 42–7 PAR Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 20:30 SAM 42–7 CHI Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 22:00 AUS 36–0 PAR Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata 12 January 2000 23:20 SAM 14–14 AUS Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160629191338/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results 2016-06-29 Finals Bowl 13 January – Estadio José María Minella GER 12 PER 7 13 January – Mar del Plata CHI 31 BRA 5 13 January – Estadio José María Minella ESP 20 PAR 12 13 January – Estadio José María Minella USA 21 URU 15 13 January – Estadio José María Minella GER 12 CHI 42 13 January – Estadio José María Minella ESP 14 USA 7 13 January – Estadio José María Minella CHI 7 ESP 38 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160629191338/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results 2016-06-29 Plate 13 January – Estadio José María Minella FRA 12 ARG 28 13 January – Estadio José María Minella RSA 17 CAN 35 13 January – Estadio José María Minella ARG 26 CAN 14 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160629191338/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results 2016-06-29 Cup 13 January – Estadio José María Minella FIJ 47 FRA 7 13 January – Estadio José María Minella SAM 10 ARG 5 13 January – Estadio José María Minella AUS 22 RSA 5 13 January – Estadio José María Minella NZL 43 CAN 7 13 January – Estadio José María Minella FIJ 28 SAM 12 13 January – Estadio José María Minella AUS 5 NZL 26 13 January – Estadio José María Minella FIJ 26 NZL 14 Source: World Rugby https://web.archive.org/web/20160629191338/http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results 2016-06-29 Tournament placings 20em PlaceTeam Points FIJ 20 NZL 16 AUS 12 SAM 12 5 ARG 8 6 CAN 6 7 FRA 4 RSA 4 PlaceTeam Points 9 ESP 210 CHI 0 11 GER 0 USA 0 13 BRA 0 PAR 0 PER 0 URU 0 Source: Rugby7.com References 2000 IRB Sevens I - Mar del Plata, Argentina. 1/13/2000 - 1/14/2000 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 External links http://www.rugby7.com/st.asp?T=MDP-2000 Mar del Plata Sevens 2000 2013-06-03 rugby7.com IRB Sevens I 2000 Mar del Plata Sevens 2000 Punta del Este Sevens 2000 Wellington Sevens 2000 Category:2000 rugby sevens competitions Category:2000 in Argentine rugby union Category:January 2000 sports events in South America