2000 Tokyo Sevens

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 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

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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

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The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stage

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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

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

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 111 5 106 9
 France 3 2 0 1 78 33 45 7
 United States 3 1 0 2 36 78 −42 5
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 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

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 139 0 139 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 78 50 28 7
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 62 59 3 5
 Singapore 3 0 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

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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

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Bowl

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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

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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

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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

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Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Fiji 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 12
 Canada 12
5  Japan 8
6  Papua New Guinea 6
7  France 4
 South Africa 4
Place  Team Points
9  Samoa 2
10  South Korea 0
11  Hong Kong 0
 United States 0
13  Chinese Taipei 0
 Malaysia 0
 Singapore 0
 Sri Lanka 0

Source: Rugby7.com[4]

Series standings

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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  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
 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
 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 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf 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

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  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.
  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.
IRB Sevens I
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Japan Sevens
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