1999 Dubai Sevens
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{{Infobox Rugby Sevens
| series = IRB Sevens I
| countries = {{flag|UAE}}
| date = 2–3 December 1999
| champions1 = {{ru7|NZL}}
| runnersup1 = {{ru7|FIJ}}
| champions2 = {{ru7|AUS}}
| runnersup2 = {{ru7|FRA}}
| champions3 = {{ru7|SCO}}
| runnersup3 = {{ru7|ZIM}}
| matches = 41
| tries =
| top point scorer =
| top try scorer =
| prevseason =
| nextseason = 2000
}}
The 1999 Dubai Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground on 2 and 3 December 1999. It was the 12th edition of the Dubai Sevens and the inaugural event for the IRB Sevens World Series. Sixteen teams competed in the tournament and were divided into four groups of four teams with the top two qualifying through to the cup quarterfinals.
After winning their group, New Zealand defeated Fiji in the cup final by a score of 38–14. In the minor placings, Australia won the plate final over France while Scotland won the bowl final over Zimbabwe.
Teams
Pool stage
The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four groups 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 1999 Dubai Sevens title.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |
| colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| style="background:#cfc; width:20px;"|
|align=left|Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals | |
| align=left|Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals |
=Pool A=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|NZL}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | +106 | 9 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|TON}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 35 | +24 | 7 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|SCO}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 94 | −47 | 5 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|MAR}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 102 | −83 | 3 |
Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1382/standings World Rugby]
{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|NZL}} |score = 14–0 |away= {{Ru7|TON}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|SCO}} |score = 33–12 |away= {{Ru7|MAR}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|NZL}} |score = 38–0 |away= {{Ru7|MAR}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|TON}} |score = 28–14 |away= {{Ru7|SCO}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|NZL}} |score = 54–0 |away= {{Ru7|SCO}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|TON}} |score = 31–7 |away= {{Ru7|MAR}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1382/results# World Rugby]
=Pool B=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|FIJ}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 22 | +92 | 9 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 52 | +10 | 7 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|ZIM}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 86 | −34 | 5 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|GEO}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 88 | −68 | 3 |
Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1382/standings World Rugby]
{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score = 38–17 |away= {{Ru7|ZIM}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|CAN}} |score = 29–0 |away= {{Ru7|GEO}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score = 38–5 |away= {{Ru7|GEO}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|CAN}} |score = 33–14 |away= {{Ru7|ZIM}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score = 38–0 |away= {{Ru7|CAN}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|ZIM}} |score = 21–15 |away= {{Ru7|GEO}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1382/results# World Rugby]
=Pool C=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 20 | +72 | 9 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 32 | +46 | 7 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|USA}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 67 | −30 | 5 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|KEN}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 100 | −88 | 3 |
Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1382/standings World Rugby]
{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|AUS}} |score = 36–15 |away= {{Ru7|USA}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|FRA}} |score = 49–5 |away= {{Ru7|KEN}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|AUS}} |score = 39–0 |away= {{Ru7|KEN}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|FRA}} |score = 24–10 |away= {{Ru7|USA}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|AUS}} |score = 17–5 |away= {{Ru7|FRA}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|USA}} |score = 12–7 |away= {{Ru7|KEN}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1382/results# World Rugby]
=Pool D=
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| width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/- !width="40"|Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|RSA}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 28 | +44 | 9 |
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|SAM}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 25 | +41 | 7 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|JPN}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 85 | −35 | 5 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|HKG}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 76 | −50 | 3 |
Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1382/standings World Rugby]
{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|SAM}} |score = 38–7 |away= {{Ru7|JPN}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|RSA}} |score = 26–7 |away= {{Ru7|HKG}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|SAM}} |score = 21–7 |away= {{Ru7|HKG}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|RSA}} |score = 35–14 |away= {{Ru7|JPN}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|RSA}} |score = 11–7 |away= {{Ru7|SAM}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
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{{rugbybox |date = 2 December 1999 |time =
|home= {{Ru7-rt|JPN}} |score = 29–12 |away= {{Ru7|HKG}}
|report = |stadium = Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
}}
Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1382/results# World Rugby]
Finals
=Bowl=
{{Round8
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|SCO}}|19|{{Ru7|GEO}}|12
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|KEN}}|19|{{Ru7|JPN}}|17
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|USA}}|29|{{Ru7|HKG}}|0
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|ZIM}}|24|{{Ru7|MAR}}|7
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|SCO}}|41|{{Ru7|KEN}}|0
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|USA}}|7|{{Ru7|ZIM}}|31
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|SCO}}|31|{{Ru7|ZIM}}|24
}}
Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1382/results# World Rugby]
=Plate=
=Cup=
{{Round8
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|NZL}}|21|{{Ru7|CAN}}|19
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|RSA}}|24|{{Ru7|FRA}}|0
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|SAM}}|21|{{Ru7|AUS}}|12
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|FIJ}}|50|{{Ru7|TON}}|5
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|NZL}}|31|{{Ru7|RSA}}|0
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|SAM}}|14|{{Ru7|FIJ}}|21
|3 December – Dubai |{{Ru7|NZL}}|38|{{Ru7|FIJ}}|14
}}
Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1382/results# World Rugby]
Tournament placings
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:0;"
! Place ! style="text-align:left;"|{{noflag}}Team ! Points | |
| {{gold1}}
|align=left| {{Ru7|NZL}} | 20 |
| {{silver2}}
|align=left| {{Ru7|FIJ}} | 16 |
| rowspan=2| {{bronze3}}
|align=left| {{Ru7|SAM}} | 12 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|RSA}} | 12 |
| 5
|align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}} | 8 |
| 6
|align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}} | 6 |
| rowspan=2| 7
|align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}} | 4 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|TON}} | 4 |
{{col-float-break}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:0;"
! Place ! style="text-align:left;"|{{noflag}}Team ! Points | |
| 9
|align=left| {{Ru7|SCO}} | 2 |
| 10
|align=left| {{Ru7|ZIM}} | 0 |
| rowspan=2| 11
|align=left| {{Ru7|USA}} | 0 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|KEN}} | 0 |
| rowspan=4| 13
|align=left| {{Ru7|JPN}} | 0 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|GEO}} | 0 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|HKG}} | 0 |
| align=left| {{Ru7|MAR}} | 0 |
{{col-float-end}}
References
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|url = http://www.rugby7.com/st.asp?T=DUB-1999|title = Dubai Sevens 1999|date= 2013-06-03|work = rugby7.com}}
|url=http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Dubai/Dubai53.html |title=TODAY'S RESULTS (THURSDAY) |date=3 June 2013 |work=irbsevens1999.irb.org @ web.archive.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020706071500/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Dubai/Dubai53.html |archivedate=6 July 2002 }}
|url=http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Dubai/Dubai57.html |title=TODAYS RESULTS (FRIDAY) |date=3 June 2013 |work=irbsevens1999.irb.org @ web.archive.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010715054634/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Dubai/Dubai57.html |archivedate=15 July 2001 }}
{{cite web|url=http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Dubai/Dubai56.html |title=NEW ZEALAND LEAD SERIES TABLE |date=3 June 2013 |work=irbsevens1999.irb.org @ web.archive.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020707001351/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Dubai/Dubai56.html |archivedate=7 July 2002 }}
|date= 2000
|title= IRB Sevens Standings
|website= Rugby 7
|accessdate= 26 May 2016
|url= http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2000
|url-status= live
|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160526165246/http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2000
|archivedate= 26 May 2016}}
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