2000 Tokyo Sevens

2000 Tokyo Sevens
2000 Tokyo Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation	Japan
Date	1–2 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 played	41
	2001 →

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]

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	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	147	10	137	9
Papua New Guinea	3	2	1	106	40	66	7
Hong Kong	3	1	2	31	106	−75	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	14	142	−128	3

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	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	111	5	106	9
France	3	2	1	78	33	45	7
United States	3	1	2	36	78	−42	5
Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	12	121	−109	3

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	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	139	0	139	9
Canada	3	2	1	78	50	28	7
South Korea	3	1	2	62	59	3	5
Singapore	3	0	3	7	177	−170	3

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	3	2	1	0	99	52	47	8
South Africa	3	2	0	1	117	34	83	7
Samoa	3	1	1	1	113	42	71	6
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	5	206	−201	3

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-finals		Semi-finals		Final

2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

Hong Kong	24
		2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Chinese Taipei	19
		Hong Kong	0
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
		Samoa	24
Samoa	63
				2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Singapore	0
				Samoa	19
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
				South Korea	12
South Korea	66
		2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Malaysia	0
		South Korea	42
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
		United States	5
United States	31

Sri Lanka	7

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Semi-finals		Final

2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

France	7
		2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Japan	12
		Japan	26
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
		Papua New Guinea	14
South Africa	19

Papua New Guinea	21

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

Fiji	34
		2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
France	14
		Fiji	19
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
		Canada	5
Canada	26
				2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Japan	0
				Fiji	27
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
				New Zealand	22
Australia	50
		2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
South Africa	0
		Australia	0
2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
		New Zealand	19
New Zealand	35

Papua New Guinea	0

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	Fiji	20
	New Zealand	16
	Australia	12
	Canada	12
5	Japan	8
6	Papua New Guinea	6
7	France	4
7	South Africa	4

Place	Team	Points
9	Samoa	2
10	South Korea	0
11	Hong Kong	0
11	United States	0
13	Chinese Taipei	0
	Malaysia	0
	Singapore	0
	Sri Lanka	0

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	Points total
1	Fiji	16	20	16	20	20	16	20	24	20	172
2	New Zealand	20	16	20	16	16	20	12	30	16	166
3	Australia	8	8	8	12	12	12	16	18	12	106
4	Samoa	12	6	12	12	12	12	4	8	2	80
5	South Africa	12	12	12	4	6	6	0 ^a	8	4	64
6	Canada	4	4	6	6	8	4	4	8	12	56
7	Argentina	—	0	4	8	4	8	8	8	—	40
8	France	6	0	2	4	2	0	6	4	4	28
9	England	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	—	18
10	Georgia	0	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12
11	Tonga	4	2	—	—	4	0	2	—	—	12
12	Japan	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	8	8
13	Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	—	0	2	0	—	6	8
14	Uruguay	—	0	4	0	0	4	0	—	—	8
15	Morocco	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
16	Scotland	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	2
16	Spain	—	—	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	2
18	United States	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
20	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
	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
35	Arabian Gulf	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0
	Ireland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	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]

References

^ "IRB Sevens I - Tokyo". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^ "Kiwis claim Tokyo Sevens with crushing victory". espnscrum.com. 2 April 2000.
^ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ "New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB". espnscrum.com. 14 November 2000. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016.

IRB Sevens I
Preceded by 2000 Hong Kong Sevens	2000 Tokyo Sevens	Succeeded by 2000 Paris Sevens
Japan Sevens
Preceded by 1999 Tokyo Sevens	2000 Tokyo Sevens	Succeeded by 2001 Tokyo Sevens

[rugby7-2000-1] "IRB Sevens I - Tokyo". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[espn-2000-2] "Kiwis claim Tokyo Sevens with crushing victory". espnscrum.com. 2 April 2000.

[irb-rules-3] "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[standings-2000-4] "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

[espn-14-11-2000-5] "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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