2000 Paris Sevens

The 2000 Paris Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the France Sevens leg of the series, held on 27–28 May 2000,^[1] at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris.

2000 Paris Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation	France
Date	27–28 May 2000
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	South Africa
Plate
Winner	Fiji
Runner-up	France
Bowl
Winner	Samoa
Runner-up	Morocco
Tournament details
Matches played	41
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Ahead of the tournament, which was the tenth and final event of the series, Fiji lead the standings by six points over New Zealand. However, following Fiji's 35–21 defeat by Argentina in the Cup quarterfinals, New Zealand became the inaugural World Sevens Series champions as they defeated South Africa 69–10 in the Cup final.^[2]

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.^[3] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
• French Barbarians
•  Georgia
•  Ireland
•  Japan
•  Morocco
•  New Zealand
•  South Africa
•  Samoa
•  Scotland
•  United States

Pool stage

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 Fiji Sevens title.

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
Fiji	3	3	0	0	146	14	132	9
France	3	2	0	1	101	57	44	7
Ireland	3	1	0	2	57	104	-47	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	19	148	–129	3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000

Fiji	61–0	Japan

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

France	40–17	Ireland

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

Fiji	50–0	Ireland

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

France	47–5	Japan

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

Ireland	40–14	Japan

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

Fiji	35–14	France

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	115	31	84	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	62	49	13	7
Morocco	3	1	0	2	55	64	-9	5
United States	3	0	0	3	19	107	-88	3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000

New Zealand	28–19	Morocco

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

Argentina	26–7	United States

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

New Zealand	59–0	United States

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

Argentina	24–14	Morocco

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

Morocco	22–12	United States

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

New Zealand	28–12	Argentina

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	122	19	103	9
Canada	3	2	0	1	50	60	-10	7
French Barbarians	3	1	0	2	39	73	-34	5
Scotland	3	0	0	3	36	95	-59	3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000

Australia	42–7	French Barbarians

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

Canada	33–10	Scotland

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

Australia	40–7	Scotland

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

Canada	12–10	French Barbarians

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

French Barbarians	22–19	Scotland

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

Australia	40–5	Canada

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	85	19	66	9
England	3	2	0	1	58	54	4	7
Samoa	3	1	0	2	45	41	4	5
Georgia	3	0	0	3	33	107	-74	3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000

Samoa	31–14	Georgia

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

South Africa	28–12	England

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

England	15–7	Samoa

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

South Africa	45–0	Georgia

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

England	31–19	Georgia

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

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27 May 2000

South Africa	12–7	Samoa

Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
	Samoa	21
					28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
	Scotland	12
					Samoa	24
	28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
					Ireland	5
	Ireland	17
									28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
	United States	7
									Samoa	37
	28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
									Morocco	5
	Morocco	21
					28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
	Japan	10
					Morocco	17
	28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
					French Barbarians	12
	French Barbarians	24
	Georgia	14

Source: World Rugby

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
	Fiji	21
					28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
	Canada	12
					Fiji	45
	28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
					France	7
	France	31
	England	12

Source: World Rugby

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
	Argentina	35
					28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
	Fiji	21
					Argentina	14
	28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
					South Africa	19
	South Africa	24
									28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
	Canada	7
									South Africa	10
	28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
									New Zealand	69
	New Zealand	19
					28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
	France	0
					New Zealand	26
	28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
					Australia	7
	Australia	26
	England	21

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	New Zealand	20
	South Africa	16
	Argentina	12
	Australia	12
5	Fiji	8
6	France	6
7	Canada	4
	England	4

Place	Team	Points
9	Samoa	2
10	Morocco	0
11	French Barbarians	0
	Ireland	0
13	Georgia	0
	Japan	0
	Scotland	0
	United States	0

Source: Rugby7.com^[4]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 10:

Pos.	Event  Team	Dubai	Stellen­bosch	Punta del Este	Mar del Plata	Well­ington	Suva	Bris­bane	Hong Kong	Tokyo	Paris	Points total
1	New Zealand	20	16	20	16	16	20	12	30	16	20	186
2	Fiji	16	20	16	20	20	16	20	24	20	8	180
3	Australia	8	8	8	12	12	12	16	18	12	12	118
4	Samoa	12	6	12	12	12	12	4	8	2	2	82
5	South Africa	12	12	12	4	6	6	0 a	8	4	16	80
6	Canada	4	4	6	6	8	4	4	8	12	4	60
7	Argentina	—	0	4	8	4	8	8	8	—	12	52
8	France	6	0	2	4	2	0	6	4	4	6	34
9	England	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	—	4	22
10	Georgia	0	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	12
11	Tonga	4	2	—	—	4	0	2	—	—	—	12
12	Japan	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	8	0	8
13	Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	—	0	2	0	—	6	—	8
14	Uruguay	—	0	4	0	0	4	0	—	—	—	8
15	Morocco	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	4
16	Scotland	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0	2
	Spain	—	—	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
18	United States	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Hong Kong	0	—	—	—	0	—	0	0	0	—	0
20	Cook Islands	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	0
	Croatia	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0	—	—	0
22	Brazil	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Chile	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	China	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	0
	Chinese Taipei	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0
	Germany	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Ireland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0	0
	Kenya	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Malaysia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0
	Paraguay	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Peru	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Singapore	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0
	South Korea	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0
	Sri Lanka	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0
	Zimbabwe	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
36	Arabian Gulf	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	0
	French Barbarians	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
	Italy	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	0
	Namibia	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
	Thailand	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	0
	Vanuatu	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	0

Source: Rugby7.com

^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.^[5]