2000 Tokyo Sevens

{{Infobox Rugby Sevens

| series = IRB Sevens I

| countries = {{flag|Japan}}

| date = 1–2 April 2000

| champions1 = {{ru7|FIJ}}

| runnersup1 = {{ru7|NZL}}

| champions2 = {{ru7|JPN}}

| runnersup2 = {{ru7|PNG}}

| champions3 = {{ru7|SAM}}

| runnersup3 = {{ru7|KOR}}

| matches = 41

| tries =

| top point scorer =

| top try scorer =

| prevseason =

| nextseason = 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.

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

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. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

{{colbegin}}

  • {{ru7|AUS}}
  • {{ru7|CAN}}
  • {{ru7|FIJ}}
  • {{ru7|FRA}}
  • {{ru7|HKG}}
  • {{ru7|JPN}}
  • {{ru7|MAS}}
  • {{ru7|NZL}}
  • {{ru7|PNG}}
  • {{ru7|SAM}}
  • {{ru7|SIN}}
  • {{ru7|RSA}}
  • {{ru7|KOR}}
  • {{ru7|SRI}}
  • {{ru7|TPE}}
  • {{ru7|USA}}

{{colend}}

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.

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colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables
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|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=175 |Team

!width=25 abbr="Played" |Pld

!width=25 abbr="Won" |W

!width=25 abbr="Drawn" |D

!width=25 abbr="Lost" |L

!width=32 abbr="Points for" |PF

!width=32 abbr="Points against" |PA

!width=32 abbr="Points difference" |PD

!width=25 abbr="Points" |Pts

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|FIJ}}

|3

300147101379
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|PNG}}

|3

20110640667
align=left|{{ru7|HKG}}

|3

10231106−755
align=left|{{ru7|SRI}}

|3

00314142−1283

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1381/results World Rugby]

{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|FIJ}}|score=64–0|away={{ru7|SRI}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|PNG}}|score=49–0|away={{ru7|HKG}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|HKG}}|score=26–14|away={{ru7|SRI}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|FIJ}}|score=40–5|away={{ru7|PNG}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|PNG}}|score=52–0|away={{ru7|SRI}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|FIJ}}|score=43–5|away={{ru7|HKG}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1381/results World Rugby]

=Pool B=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=175 |Team

!width=25 abbr="Played" |Pld

!width=25 abbr="Won" |W

!width=25 abbr="Drawn" |D

!width=25 abbr="Lost" |L

!width=32 abbr="Points for" |PF

!width=32 abbr="Points against" |PA

!width=32 abbr="Points difference" |PD

!width=25 abbr="Points" |Pts

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|NZL}}

|3

30011151069
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|FRA}}

|3

2017833457
align=left|{{ru7|USA}}

|3

1023678−425
align=left|{{ru7|TPE}}

|3

00312121−1093

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1381/results World Rugby]

{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|NZL}}|score=50–0|away={{ru7|TPE}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|FRA}}|score=26–12|away={{ru7|USA}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|FRA}}|score=47–0|away={{ru7|TPE}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|NZL}}|score=40–0|away={{ru7|USA}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|USA}}|score=24–12|away={{ru7|TPE}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|NZL}}|score=21–5|away={{ru7|FRA}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1381/results World Rugby]

=Pool C=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=175 |Team

!width=25 abbr="Played" |Pld

!width=25 abbr="Won" |W

!width=25 abbr="Drawn" |D

!width=25 abbr="Lost" |L

!width=32 abbr="Points for" |PF

!width=32 abbr="Points against" |PA

!width=32 abbr="Points difference" |PD

!width=25 abbr="Points" |Pts

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|AUS}}

|3

30013901399
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|CAN}}

|3

2017850287
align=left|{{ru7|KOR}}

|3

102625935
align=left|{{ru7|SIN}}

|3

0037177−1703

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1381/results World Rugby]

{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|AUS}}|score=63–0|away={{ru7|SIN}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|CAN}}|score=14–12|away={{ru7|KOR}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|CAN}}|score=64–0|away={{ru7|SIN}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|KOR}}|score=50–7|away={{ru7|SIN}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|AUS}}|score=38–0|away={{ru7|KOR}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|AUS}}|score=38–0|away={{ru7|CAN}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1381/results World Rugby]

=Pool D=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=175 |Team

!width=25 abbr="Played" |Pld

!width=25 abbr="Won" |W

!width=25 abbr="Drawn" |D

!width=25 abbr="Lost" |L

!width=32 abbr="Points for" |PF

!width=32 abbr="Points against" |PA

!width=32 abbr="Points difference" |PD

!width=25 abbr="Points" |Pts

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|JPN}}

|3

2109952478
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|RSA}}

|3

20111734837
align=left|{{ru7|SAM}}

|3

11111342716
align=left|{{ru7|MAS}}

|3

0035206−2013

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1381/results World Rugby]

{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|SAM}}|score=75–0|away={{ru7|MAS}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|JPN}}|score=24–19|away={{ru7|RSA}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|RSA}}|score=84–0|away={{ru7|MAS}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|SAM}}|score=28–28|away={{ru7|JPN}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|JPN}}|score=47–5|away={{ru7|MAS}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 1 April 2000 |time =

|home={{ru7-rt|RSA}}|score=14–10|away={{ru7|SAM}}

|stadium = Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

}}

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1381/results World Rugby]

Knockout stage

=Bowl=

{{Round8

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|HKG}}|24|{{ru7|TPE}}|19

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|SAM}}|63|{{ru7|SIN}}|0

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|KOR}}|66|{{ru7|MAS}}|0

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|USA}}|31|{{ru7|SRI}}|7

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|HKG}}|0|{{ru7|SAM}}|24

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|KOR}}|42|{{ru7|USA}}|5

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|SAM}}|19|{{ru7|KOR}}|12

|team-width=200|score-width=50

}}

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1381/results World Rugby]

=Plate=

{{Round4

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|FRA}}|7|{{ru7|JPN}}|'''12

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|RSA}}|19|{{ru7|PNG}}|'''21

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|JPN}}|26|{{ru7|PNG}}|14

| team-width = 200

| score-width = 50

}}

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1381/results World Rugby]

=Cup=

{{Round8

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|FIJ}}|34|{{ru7|FRA}}|14

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|CAN}}|26|{{ru7|JPN}}|0

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|AUS}}|50|{{ru7|RSA}}|0

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|NZL}}|35|{{ru7|PNG}}|0

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|FIJ}}|19|{{ru7|CAN}}|5

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|AUS}}|0|{{ru7|NZL}}|'''19

|2 April 2000 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium|{{ru7|FIJ}}|27|{{ru7|NZL}}|22

|team-width=200|score-width=50

}}

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1381/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|FIJ}}

20
{{silver2}}

|align=left| {{Ru7|NZL}}

16
rowspan=2| {{bronze3}}

|align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}}

12
align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}}12
5

|align=left| {{Ru7|JPN}}

8
6

|align=left| {{Ru7|PNG}}

6
rowspan=2| 7

|align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}}

4
align=left| {{Ru7|RSA}}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|SAM}}

2
10

|align=left| {{Ru7|KOR}}

0
rowspan=2| 11

|align=left| {{Ru7|HKG}}

0
align=left| {{Ru7|USA}}0
rowspan=4| 13

|align=left| {{Ru7|TPE}}

0
align=left| {{Ru7|MAS}}0
align=left| {{Ru7|SIN}}0
align=left| {{Ru7|SRI}}0

{{col-float-end}}

Source: [http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2000 Rugby7.com]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 9:

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! style="width:2em; | {{noflag}}
Pos.

! {{diagonal split header|Team|Event }}

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|Dubai}}
Dubai

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|RSA}}
Stellen{{shy}}bosch

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|URU}}
Punta del Este

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|ARG}}
Mar del Plata

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|NZL}}
Well{{shy}}ington

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|FIJ}}
Suva

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|AUS}}
Bris{{shy}}bane

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|HKG}}
Hong Kong

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|JPN}}
Tokyo

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|FRA}}
Paris

! Points
total

1align=left| {{Ru7|FIJ}}162016202016202420172
2align=left| {{Ru7|NZL}}201620161620123016166
3align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}}888121212161812106
4align=left| {{Ru7|SAM}}1261212121248280
5align=left| {{Ru7|RSA}}121212466{{pad|0.25em}}0 {{ref|pts strip|a}}8464
6align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}}446684481256
7align=left| {{Ru7|ARG}}048488840
8align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}}60242064428
9align=left| {{Ru7|ENG}}1818
10align=left| {{Ru7|GEO}}01212
11align=left| {{Ru7|TON}}4240212
12align=left| {{Ru7|JPN}}00000088
13align=left| {{nowrap|{{Ru7|PNG}}}}

| —

02068
14align=left| {{Ru7|URU}}0400408
15align=left| {{Ru7|MAR}}044
rowspan=2| 16

|align=left| {{Ru7|SCO}}

202
align=left| {{Ru7|ESP}}022
18align=left| {{Ru7|USA}}000000000
19align=left| {{Ru7|HKG}}000000
rowspan=2| 20

|align=left| {{Ru7|COK}}

0000
align=left| {{Ru7|CRO}}0000
rowspan=13| 22

|align=left| {{Ru7|BRA}}

000
align=left| {{Ru7|CHI}}000
align=left| {{Ru7|CHN}}000
align=left| {{Ru7|TPE}}000
align=left| {{Ru7|GER}}000
align=left| {{Ru7|KEN}}000
align=left| {{Ru7|MAS}}000
align=left| {{Ru7|PAR}}000
align=left| {{Ru7|PER}}000
align=left| {{Ru7|SIN}}000
align=left| {{Ru7|KOR}}000
align=left| {{Ru7|SRI}}000
align=left| {{Ru7|ZIM}}000
rowspan=6| 35

|align=left| {{flagicon|GCC}} Arabian Gulf

| —

00
align=left| {{Ru7|IRE}}00
align=left| {{Ru7|ITA}}00
align=left| {{Ru7|NAM}}00
align=left| {{Ru7|Thailand}}00
align=left| {{Ru7|VAN}}00

Source: [http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2000 Rugby7.com]

{{note|pts strip|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.

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{cite web

|year=2000

|title= IRB Sevens I - Tokyo

|website= rugby7.com

|accessdate= 25 May 2016

|url= http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=TOK-2000

}}

{{cite web

|date= 2 April 2000

|title= Kiwis claim Tokyo Sevens with crushing victory

|website= espnscrum.com

|accessdate=

|url= http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/31196.html

}}

{{cite web

|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}}

{{cite web

|title=IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament

|website=irbsevens.com

|accessdate=9 December 2013

|url=http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html

|archivedate=20 May 2013

}}

{{cite web

|date=14 November 2000

|title=New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB

|website=espnscrum.com

|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/33647.html

|url-status=live

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918043200/http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/33647.html

|archivedate=18 September 2016

}}

}}

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