2000 Brisbane Sevens

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,^[1] at Lang Park (Suncorp Stadium) in Brisbane.^[2]

2000 Brisbane Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation	Australia
Date	18–19 February 2000
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	Australia
Plate
Winner	Argentina
Runner-up	France
Bowl
Winner	Tonga
Runner-up	Papua New Guinea
Tournament details
Matches played	41
2001 →

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.^[3]

Teams

The participating teams were:^[1]

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.^[4] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season.

Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
	Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	81	29	52	9
Samoa	3	2	0	1	83	29	54	7
Papua New Guinea	3	1	0	2	64	87	-23	5
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	22	105	-83	3

Source World Rugby

18 February 2000

Canada	36–5	Hong Kong

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Samoa	47–7	Papua New Guinea

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Canada	28–17	Papua New Guinea

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Samoa	29–5	Hong Kong

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Papua New Guinea	40–12	Hong Kong

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Canada	17–7	Samoa

Lang Park, Brisbane

Source World Rugby

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	127	21	106	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	70	38	22	7
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	31	70	-39	5
Cook Islands	3	0	0	3	7	106	-89	3

Source World Rugby

18 February 2000

Argentina	21–0	Uruguay

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Fiji	40–7	Cook Islands

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Argentina	35–0	Cook Islands

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Fiji	49–0	Uruguay

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Uruguay	31–0	Cook Islands

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Fiji	38–14	Argentina

Lang Park, Brisbane

Source World Rugby

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	92	22	65	9
France	3	2	0	1	61	59	7	7
Tonga	3	1	0	2	55	80	-25	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	52	99	-47	3

Source World Rugby

18 February 2000

France	33–14	Tonga

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

New Zealand	47–5	Japan

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

France	21–19	Japan

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

New Zealand	19–10	Tonga

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Tonga	31–28	Japan

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

New Zealand	26–7	France

Lang Park, Brisbane

Source World Rugby

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	125	0	125	9
South Africa	3	2	0	1	73	35	38	7
United States	3	1	0	2	29	92	-63	5
China	3	0	0	3	19	119	-100	3

Source World Rugby

18 February 2000

South Africa	33–7	China

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Australia	40–0	United States

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

South Africa	40–0	United States

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Australia	57–0	China

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

United States	29–12	China

Lang Park, Brisbane

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18 February 2000

Australia	28–0	South Africa

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.^[1][5]

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 February – Lang Park
	Tonga	35
					19 February – Lang Park
	Cook Islands	0
					Tonga	42
	19 February – Lang Park
					Hong Kong	0
	Hong Kong	22
									19 February – Lang Park
	United States	12
									Tonga	43
	19 February – Lang Park
									Papua New Guinea	0
	Uruguay	14
					19 February – Lang Park
	Japan	12
					Papua New Guinea	31
	19 February – Lang Park
					Uruguay	10
	Papua New Guinea	40
	China	17

Source: World Rugby

Plate

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 February – Lang Park
	New Zealand	33
					19 February – Lang Park
	Argentina	12
					Argentina	10
	19 February – Lang Park
					Samoa	7
	Australia	12
									19 February – Lang Park
	Samoa	5
									Argentina	33
	19 February – Lang Park
									France	14
	South Africa	14
					19 February – Lang Park
	Canada	7
					Canada	14
	19 February – Lang Park
					France	19
	Fiji	47
	France	7

Source: World Rugby

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 February – Lang Park
	New Zealand	33
					19 February – Lang Park
	Argentina	12
					New Zealand	0
	19 February – Lang Park
					Australia	17
	Australia	12
									19 February – Lang Park
	Samoa	5
									Australia	21
	19 February – Lang Park
									Fiji	24
	South Africa	14
					19 February – Lang Park
	Canada	7
					South Africa	7
	19 February – Lang Park
					Fiji	45
	Fiji	47
	France	7

Source: World Rugby

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

Place	Team	Points
	Fiji	20
	Australia	16
	New Zealand	12
n/a	South Africa a	12 0
5	Argentina	8
6	France	6
7	Canada	4
	Samoa	4

Place	Team	Points
9	Tonga	2
10	Papua New Guinea	0
11	Hong Kong	0
	Uruguay	0
13	China	0
	Cook Islands	0
	Japan	0
	United States	0

Source: Rugby7.com^[6]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 7:

Pos.	Event  Team	Dubai	Stellen­bosch	Punta del Este	Mar del Plata	Well­ington	Suva	Bris­bane	Hong Kong	Tokyo	Paris	Points total
1	Fiji	16	20	16	20	20	16	20				128
2	New Zealand	20	16	20	16	16	20	12				120
3	Australia	8	8	8	12	12	12	16				76
4	Samoa	12	6	12	12	12	12	4				70
5	South Africa	12	12	12	4	6	6	0 a				52
6	Canada	4	4	6	6	8	4	4				36
7	Argentina	—	0	4	8	4	8	8				32
8	France	6	0	2	4	2	0	6				20
9	Georgia	0	12	—	—	—	—	—				12
10	Tonga	4	2	—	—	4	0	2				12
11	Uruguay	—	0	4	0	0	4	0				8
12	Morocco	0	4	—	—	—	—	—				4
13	Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	—	0	2	0				2
	Scotland	2	—	—	—	—	—	—				2
	Spain	—	—	0	2	—	—	—				2
16	United States	0	—	0	0	0	0	0				0
17	Japan	0	0	—	—	0	0	0				0
18	Cook Islands	—	—	—	—	0	0	0				0
	Hong Kong	0	—	—	—	0	—	0				0
20	Brazil	—	—	0	0	—	—	—				0
	Chile	—	—	0	0	—	—	—				0
	Croatia	—	—	—	—	0	0	—				0
	Germany	—	—	0	0	—	—	—				0
	Kenya	0	0	—	—	—	—	—				0
	Paraguay	—	—	0	0	—	—	—				0
	Peru	—	—	0	0	—	—	—				0
	Zimbabwe	0	0	—	—	—	—	—				0
28	China	—	—	—	—	—	—	0				0
	Namibia	—	0	—	—	—	—	—				0
	Vanuatu	—	—	—	—	—	0	—				0

Source: Rugby7.com

Notes

^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.^[7]