1999–2000 World Sevens Series
1999–2000 IRB Sevens | |
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Series I | |
Hosts | |
Date | 2 December 1999 – 28 May 2000 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third | ![]() |
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The 1999–2000 World Sevens Series was the first season of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board (now known as World Rugby). The series ran from December 1999 to May 2000 and incorporated ten tournaments spread over five continents. New Zealand was the series champion, winning five of the tournament events. Fiji finished as runner-up, eight points behind despite winning the remaining five tournaments. The leading try-scorer for the inaugural season was Fiji's Vilimoni Delasau, who notched 83 tries over the series.[1]
Schedule
[edit]The official schedule of ten events was announced by the International Rugby Board (IRB) on 2 December 1999. Prominent existing sevens tournaments were included in the new series, for the most part. The New Zealand and South Africa tournaments, however, were hosted as full international sevens events by their respective unions for the first time.[2][3] An eleventh tournament, to be held in England, was considered but this did not come to fruition and was left off the calendar.[4]
The prestige of the Hong Kong Sevens was acknowledged by increasing the points scale awarded to teams at the tournament by an extra 50 per cent. This recognised the special status of the event organized by the Hong Kong Rugby Union, played over three days instead of two and incorporating 24 teams instead of the usual 16.[5] The union had initially wanted the Hong Kong tournament to be the final stop of the tour,[6] but this proposal had been rejected earlier by the IRB.[7]
Leg | Venue | Dates | Winner |
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Dubai | Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground | 2–3 December 1999 | ![]() |
South Africa | Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch | 10–11 December 1999 | ![]() |
Punta del Este | Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este | 7–8 January 2000 | ![]() |
Mar del Plata | Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata | 12–13 January 2000 | ![]() |
Wellington | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | 4–5 February 2000 | ![]() |
Fiji | National Stadium, Suva | 11–12 February 2000 | ![]() |
Brisbane | Lang Park, Brisbane | 18–19 February 2000 | ![]() |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong | 24–26 March 2000 | ![]() |
Japan | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo | 1–2 April 2000 | ![]() |
Paris | Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris | 27–28 May 2000 | ![]() |
Final standings
[edit]The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played in a tournament but did not gain any points, however excludes teams that did not accumulate any points overall. A dash (—) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.
Pos. | Event Team | ![]() Dubai | ![]() Stellenbosch | ![]() Punta del Este | ![]() Mar del Plata | ![]() Wellington | ![]() Suva | ![]() Brisbane | ![]() Hong Kong | ![]() Tokyo | ![]() Paris | Points total |
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1 | ![]() | 20 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 30 | 16 | 20 | 186 |
2 | ![]() | 16 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 180 |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 118 |
4 | ![]() | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 82 |
5 | ![]() | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 80 | |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 60 |
7 | ![]() | – | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | 12 | 52 |
8 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 34 |
9 | ![]() | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | 4 | 22 |
10 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 |
![]() | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 12 | |
12 | ![]() | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | — | 8 |
![]() | — | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 4 |
16 | ![]() | — | — | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
![]() | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 2 |
Source: World Rugby (archived)
Notes:
- ^ South Africa reached the semi-final stage of the Brisbane Sevens but was stripped of all points for the tournament due to fielding ineligible players.[8]
Tournaments
[edit]Dubai
[edit]The opening tournament of the brand new series saw the teams head over to Dubai with the three day event starting on the Wednesday with the international tournament being played on the Thursday and Friday.[9] In the cup final, it was New Zealand that took out the cup final defeating Fiji by 24 points with Australia and Scotland taking out the plate and bowl respectively.[10]
Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
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Cup | ![]() | 38–14 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Plate | ![]() | 33–20 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Bowl | ![]() | 31–24 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
South Africa
[edit]Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
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Cup | ![]() | 12–10 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Plate | ![]() | 22–19 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Bowl | ![]() | 31–26 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Punta del Este
[edit]Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
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Cup | ![]() | 42–19 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Plate | ![]() | 27–12 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Bowl | ![]() | 31–12 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Mar del Plata
[edit]Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
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Cup | ![]() | 26–14 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Plate | ![]() | 41–7 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Bowl | ![]() | 40–7 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Wellington
[edit]Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
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Cup | ![]() | 24–14 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Plate | ![]() | 24–21 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Bowl | ![]() | 47–12 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Fiji
[edit]Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
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Cup | ![]() | 31–5 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Plate | ![]() | 17–14 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Bowl | ![]() | 21–17 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Australia
[edit]Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
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Cup | ![]() | 24–21 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Plate | ![]() | 33–14 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Bowl | ![]() | 43–0 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Hong Kong
[edit]Event | Winners | Score[11] | Finalists | Semi-finalists | Quarter-finalists |
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Cup | ![]() | 31–5 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Plate | ![]() | 19–14 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Bowl | ![]() | 59–7 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Japan
[edit]Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
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Cup | ![]() | 27–22 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Plate | ![]() | 26–14 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Bowl | ![]() | 19–12 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
France
[edit]Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
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Cup | ![]() | 69–10 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Plate | ![]() | 45–7 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Bowl | ![]() | 37–5 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ Sevens Briefs Archived 7 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Fiji Times, 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Series schedule complete". International Rugby Board. 2 December 1999. Archived from the original on 15 July 2001.
- ^ "Welcome to the IRB World Sevens Series Website". International Rugby Board. 1 December 1999. Archived from the original on 17 October 2000.
- ^ Sallay, Alvin (28 March 2000). "England in line to host sevens final". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Sallay, Alvin (15 November 1999). "World Sevens Series recognises HK as premier event". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Sallay, Alvin (25 March 1999). "HK hopes to host sevens circuit finale". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Sallay, Alvin (28 March 1999). "IRB acknowledges HK Sevens' special status". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB". espnscrum.com. 14 November 2000. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016.
- ^ "World Sevens Series set for spectacular launch". International Rugby Board. 30 October 1999. Archived from the original on 15 July 2001.
- ^ "New Zealand lead series table". International Rugby Board. 3 December 1999. Archived from the original on 7 July 2002.
- ^ "Kiwis claim Hong Kong crown", BBC, 26 March 2000.
Sources
[edit]- Burgess, Michael (17 January 2008). "History of the IRB Sevens". TVNZ. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
External links
[edit]- Official tournament site[usurped]
- "1999–2000 Season Overview". irb.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.