The hosts, Uruguay were eliminated in the Plate semi-finals.[1] For the third consecutive event in the Series, the Cup final was contested between Fiji and New Zealand. The Punta del Este Sevens was not included on the World Sevens circuit for the 2000-01 series.
Sixteen national teams played in the tournament with New Zealand and Fiji being seeded one and two due to winning the previous two tournaments in Dubai and Stellenbosch.[2]Peru were debuting on the world stage after becoming a member of the International Rugby Board as they were invited to compete in Punta del Este and Mar del Plata.[3]
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 Punta del Este Sevens title.[4]
SummaryEdit
The first day of the Punta del Este Sevens saw three teams end the day unbeaten from their pool stages. In Pool A, it was New Zealand who had an handful of players playing rugby sevens for the first time finishing top with victories over Spain (50–5), Peru (63–0) and Uruguay (24–5). Joint-leaders in the series heading into the round, Fiji only conceded twelve points in their group to finish top of the group with Canada coming in second place. The other team that finished unbeaten throughout Day 1 was Argentina who just slightly edged over Samoa, 19–12 in the fifth game of Pool D to finish top of the pool.[5] Pool C was the only group to not have an unbeaten team with Chile forcing an tiebreaker after defeating South Africa 28–21. But Chile was the unlucky team with the team being the lowest in point average off the three teams.[6]
The second day of the tournament saw the first extra time match in the series history with South Africa defeating Argentina 24–19 in the cup quarter final after they initially were locked at 19-all during regulation.[7] After recording victories over South Africa and Samoa in the semi-finals respectively, New Zealand and Fiji met in the third consecutive cup final. During the final, an injury to Fijian player Waisele Serevi occurred in the 14th minute of the final with the score at 21–19.[7] The injury saw New Zealand score three more tries and go to the top of the table with a 42–19 victory. Australia won the plate final for the third consecutive event defeating Canada while France took out the bowl defeating Germany.[8]
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The 2000 Punta del Este Sevens was a Rugby Sevens tournament held in Punta del Este Uruguay and was the third leg of the 1999 2000 World Sevens Series The competition took place on 7 and 8 January at the Campus de Maldonado 1 2000 Punta del Este SevensIRB Sevens IHost nation UruguayDate7 8 January 2000CupChampion New ZealandRunner up FijiPlateWinner AustraliaRunner up CanadaBowlWinner FranceRunner up GermanyTournament detailsMatches played41The hosts Uruguay were eliminated in the Plate semi finals 1 For the third consecutive event in the Series the Cup final was contested between Fiji and New Zealand The Punta del Este Sevens was not included on the World Sevens circuit for the 2000 01 series Contents 1 Teams 2 Format 3 Summary 4 Pool stage 4 1 Pool A 4 2 Pool B 4 3 Pool C 4 4 Pool D 5 Finals 5 1 Bowl 5 2 Plate 5 3 Cup 6 Tournament placings 7 ReferencesTeams EditSixteen national teams played in the tournament with New Zealand and Fiji being seeded one and two due to winning the previous two tournaments in Dubai and Stellenbosch 2 Peru were debuting on the world stage after becoming a member of the International Rugby Board as they were invited to compete in Punta del Este and Mar del Plata 3 nbsp Argentina nbsp Australia nbsp Brazil nbsp Canada nbsp Chile nbsp Fiji nbsp France nbsp Germany nbsp New Zealand nbsp Paraguay nbsp Peru nbsp Samoa nbsp South Africa nbsp Spain nbsp United States nbsp UruguayFormat EditThe 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 Punta del Este Sevens title 4 Summary EditThe first day of the Punta del Este Sevens saw three teams end the day unbeaten from their pool stages In Pool A it was New Zealand who had an handful of players playing rugby sevens for the first time finishing top with victories over Spain 50 5 Peru 63 0 and Uruguay 24 5 Joint leaders in the series heading into the round Fiji only conceded twelve points in their group to finish top of the group with Canada coming in second place The other team that finished unbeaten throughout Day 1 was Argentina who just slightly edged over Samoa 19 12 in the fifth game of Pool D to finish top of the pool 5 Pool C was the only group to not have an unbeaten team with Chile forcing an tiebreaker after defeating South Africa 28 21 But Chile was the unlucky team with the team being the lowest in point average off the three teams 6 The second day of the tournament saw the first extra time match in the series history with South Africa defeating Argentina 24 19 in the cup quarter final after they initially were locked at 19 all during regulation 7 After recording victories over South Africa and Samoa in the semi finals respectively New Zealand and Fiji met in the third consecutive cup final During the final an injury to Fijian player Waisele Serevi occurred in the 14th minute of the final with the score at 21 19 7 The injury saw New Zealand score three more tries and go to the top of the table with a 42 19 victory Australia won the plate final for the third consecutive event defeating Canada while France took out the bowl defeating Germany 8 Pool stage EditKey to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinalsPool A Edit Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts nbsp New Zealand 3 3 0 0 137 10 127 9 nbsp Uruguay 3 2 0 1 67 36 31 7 nbsp Spain 3 1 0 2 48 81 33 5 nbsp Peru 3 0 0 3 5 130 125 3Source World Rugby 7 January16 00Uruguay nbsp 36 7 nbsp PeruCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January16 20New Zealand nbsp 50 5 nbsp SpainCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January18 40New Zealand nbsp 63 0 nbsp PeruCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January19 00Uruguay nbsp 26 12 nbsp SpainCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January21 20New Zealand nbsp 24 5 nbsp UruguayCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January22 00Spain nbsp 31 5 nbsp PeruCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este Source World Rugby Pool B Edit Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts nbsp Fiji 3 3 0 0 148 12 136 9 nbsp Canada 3 2 0 1 61 42 19 7 nbsp France 3 1 0 2 47 68 21 5 nbsp Paraguay 3 0 0 3 7 141 134 3Source World Rugby 7 January16 40Fiji nbsp 42 12 nbsp CanadaCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January17 00France nbsp 47 7 nbsp ParaguayCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January19 20Fiji nbsp 59 0 nbsp ParaguayCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January19 40Canada nbsp 14 0 nbsp FranceCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January21 40Fiji nbsp 47 0 nbsp FranceCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January22 20Canada nbsp 35 0 nbsp ParaguayCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este Source World Rugby Pool C Edit Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts nbsp Australia 3 2 0 1 92 31 61 7 nbsp South Africa 3 2 0 1 98 52 46 7 nbsp Chile 3 2 0 1 59 54 5 7 nbsp Germany 3 0 0 3 17 129 112 3Source World Rugby 7 January17 20Australia nbsp 26 5 nbsp ChileCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January17 40South Africa nbsp 56 5 nbsp GermanyCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January20 00South Africa nbsp 21 19 nbsp AustraliaCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January20 20Chile nbsp 26 7 nbsp GermanyCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January22 40Australia nbsp 47 5 nbsp GermanyCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January23 00Chile nbsp 28 21 nbsp South AfricaCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este Source World Rugby Pool D Edit Team Pld W D L PF PA Pts nbsp Argentina 3 3 0 0 107 22 85 9 nbsp Samoa 3 2 0 1 80 33 47 7 nbsp United States 3 1 0 2 43 71 28 5 nbsp Brazil 3 0 0 3 19 123 104 3Source World Rugby 7 January18 00Argentina nbsp 42 5 nbsp BrazilCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January18 20Samoa nbsp 25 0 nbsp United StatesCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January20 40Argentina nbsp 46 5 nbsp United StatesCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January21 00Samoa nbsp 43 14 nbsp BrazilCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January23 20Argentina nbsp 19 12 nbsp SamoaCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este 7 January23 40United States nbsp 38 0 nbsp BrazilCampus de Maldonado Punta del Este Source World RugbyFinals EditBowl Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 8 January Punta del Este nbsp Spain26 8 January Punta del Este nbsp Paraguay5 nbsp Spain12 8 January Punta del Este nbsp Germany26 nbsp Germany21 8 January Punta del Este nbsp United States12 nbsp Germany12 8 January Punta del Este nbsp France31 nbsp Chile29 8 January Punta del Este nbsp Brazil5 nbsp Chile10 8 January Punta del Este nbsp France14 nbsp France50 nbsp Peru0 Source World Rugby Plate Edit Semi finalsFinal 8 January Punta del Este nbsp Uruguay5 8 January Punta del Este nbsp Australia35 nbsp Australia27 8 January Punta del Este nbsp Canada12 nbsp Canada17 nbsp Argentina12 Source World Rugby Cup Edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 8 January Punta del Este nbsp Fiji38 8 January Punta del Este nbsp Uruguay5 nbsp Fiji19 8 January Punta del Este nbsp Samoa7 nbsp Samoa12 8 January Punta del Este nbsp Australia7 nbsp Fiji19 8 January Punta del Este nbsp New Zealand42 nbsp New Zealand33 8 January Punta del Este nbsp Canada0 nbsp New Zealand31 8 January Punta del Este nbsp South Africa7 nbsp South Africa aet 24 nbsp Argentina19 Source World RugbyTournament placings EditPlace Team Points nbsp nbsp New Zealand 20 nbsp nbsp Fiji 16 nbsp nbsp Samoa 12 nbsp South Africa 125 nbsp Australia 86 nbsp Canada 67 nbsp Argentina 4 nbsp Uruguay 4Place Team Points9 nbsp France 210 nbsp Germany 011 nbsp Chile 0 nbsp Spain 013 nbsp Brazil 0 nbsp Paraguay 0 nbsp Peru 0 nbsp United States 0 Source Rugby7 com 9 References Edit a b IRB Sevens I Punta del Este Uruguay 1 7 2000 1 9 2000 rugby7 com 1999 Archived from the original on 2014 01 01 Retrieved 25 May 2016 Seeding and Fixtures International Rugby Board 15 December 1999 Archived from the original on 16 July 2002 New Zealand Fiji rivalary set to resume International Rugby Board 5 January 2000 Archived from the original on 16 July 2002 Punta del Este Sevens finalised ESPN 22 November 1999 Retrieved 3 May 2020 Chile beat Springboks in first day of play in Uruguay International Rugby Board 7 January 2000 Archived from the original on 17 July 2002 Fiji on form in Punta del Este ESPN 8 January 2000 Retrieved 3 May 2020 a b New Zealand beat Fiji to win Punta sevens ESPN 9 January 2000 Retrieved 3 May 2020 New Zealand win third IRB World Sevens Tournament 9 January 2000 Archived from the original on 17 July 2002 Retrieved 3 May 2020 IRB Sevens Standings Rugby 7 2000 Archived from the original on 26 May 2016 Retrieved 26 May 2016 IRB Sevens IPreceded by1999 South Africa Sevens 2000 Punta del Este Sevens Succeeded by2000 Mar del Plata Sevens Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2000 Punta del Este Sevens amp oldid 1071686789, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
