2000 Tokyo Sevens

The 2000 Tokyo Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the Japan Sevens leg of the series, held at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo on 1–2 April 2000.[1]

2000 Tokyo Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation Japan
Date1–2 April 2000
Cup
Champion Fiji
Runner-up New Zealand
Plate
Winner Japan
Runner-up Papua New Guinea
Bowl
Winner Samoa
Runner-up South Korea
Tournament details
Matches played41
2001

The tournament was the ninth event of the series, and was won by Fiji who defeated New Zealand 27–22 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:

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 Tokyo 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 3300147101379
 Papua New Guinea 320110640667
 Hong Kong 310231106−755
 Sri Lanka 300314142−1283

Source: World Rugby

1 April 2000
Fiji 64–0 Sri Lanka
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
Papua New Guinea 49–0 Hong Kong
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
Hong Kong 26–14 Sri Lanka
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
Fiji 40–5 Papua New Guinea
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
Papua New Guinea 52–0 Sri Lanka
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
Fiji 43–5 Hong Kong
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 330011151069
 France 32017833457
 United States 31023678−425
 Chinese Taipei 300312121−1093

Source: World Rugby

1 April 2000
New Zealand 50–0 Chinese Taipei
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
France 26–12 United States
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
France 47–0 Chinese Taipei
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
New Zealand 40–0 United States
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
United States 24–12 Chinese Taipei
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
New Zealand 21–5 France
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 330013901399
 Canada 32017850287
 South Korea 3102625935
 Singapore 30037177−1703

Source: World Rugby

1 April 2000
Australia 63–0 Singapore
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
Canada 14–12 South Korea
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
Canada 64–0 Singapore
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
South Korea 50–7 Singapore
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
Australia 38–0 South Korea
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
Australia 38–0 Canada
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 32109952478
 South Africa 320111734837
 Samoa 311111342716
 Malaysia 30035206−2013

Source: World Rugby

1 April 2000
Samoa 75–0 Malaysia
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
Japan 24–19 South Africa
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
South Africa 84–0 Malaysia
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
Samoa 28–28 Japan
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
Japan 47–5 Malaysia
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

1 April 2000
South Africa 14–10 Samoa
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 
 Hong Kong24
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Chinese Taipei19
 
 Hong Kong0
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Samoa24
 
 Samoa63
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Singapore0
 
 Samoa19
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 South Korea12
 
 South Korea66
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Malaysia0
 
 South Korea42
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 United States5
 
 United States31
 
 
 Sri Lanka7
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 
 France7
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Japan12
 
 Japan26
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Papua New Guinea14
 
 South Africa19
 
 
 Papua New Guinea21
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 
 Fiji34
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 France14
 
 Fiji19
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Canada5
 
 Canada26
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 Japan0
 
 Fiji27
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 New Zealand22
 
 Australia50
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 South Africa0
 
 Australia0
 
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
 
 New Zealand19
 
 New Zealand35
 
 
 Papua New Guinea0
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Fiji20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia12
 Canada12
5  Japan8
6  Papua New Guinea6
7  France4
 South Africa4
Place  Team Points
9  Samoa2
10  South Korea0
11  Hong Kong0
 United States0
13  Chinese Taipei0
 Malaysia0
 Singapore0
 Sri Lanka0

Source: Rugby7.com[4]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 9:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team

Dubai

Stellen­bosch

Punta del Este

Mar del Plata

Well­ington

Suva

Bris­bane

Hong Kong

Tokyo

Paris
Points
total
1 Fiji162016202016202420172
2 New Zealand201620161620123016166
3 Australia888121212161812106
4 Samoa1261212121248280
5 South Africa121212466 0 a8464
6 Canada446684481256
7 Argentina048488840
8 France60242064428
9 England1818
10 Georgia01212
11 Tonga4240212
12 Japan00000088
13 Papua New Guinea 02068
14 Uruguay0400408
15 Morocco044
16  Scotland202
 Spain022
18 United States000000000
19 Hong Kong000000
20  Cook Islands0000
 Croatia0000
22  Brazil000
 Chile000
 China000
 Chinese Taipei000
 Germany000
 Kenya000
 Malaysia000
 Paraguay000
 Peru000
 Singapore000
 South Korea000
 Sri Lanka000
 Zimbabwe000
35 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf 00
 Ireland00
 Italy00
 Namibia00
 Thailand00
 Vanuatu00

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]

References

  1. "IRB Sevens I - Tokyo". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. "Kiwis claim Tokyo Sevens with crushing victory". espnscrum.com. 2 April 2000.
  3. "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  5. "New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB". espnscrum.com. 14 November 2000. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016.
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