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2000 Tokyo Sevens

April 11, 2024

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]

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 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 edit

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 edit

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stage edit

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 edit

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
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
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Fiji  43–5  Hong Kong
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool B edit

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
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
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
1 April 2000
New Zealand  21–5  France
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool C edit

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 edit

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 edit

Bowl edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

 
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 edit

Place  Team Points
    Fiji 20
    New Zealand 16
    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 edit

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   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 edit

  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. ^ . irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. 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. from the original on 18 September 2016.
IRB Sevens I
Preceded by 2000 Tokyo Sevens Succeeded by
Japan Sevens
Preceded by
1999 Tokyo Sevens
 2000 Tokyo Sevens Succeeded by

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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 2000 Tokyo SevensIRB Sevens IHost nation JapanDate1 2 April 2000CupChampion FijiRunner up New ZealandPlateWinner JapanRunner up Papua New GuineaBowlWinner SamoaRunner up South KoreaTournament detailsMatches played412001 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 Contents 1 Format 2 Teams 3 Pool stage 3 1 Pool A 3 2 Pool B 3 3 Pool C 3 4 Pool D 4 Knockout stage 4 1 Bowl 4 2 Plate 4 3 Cup 5 Tournament placings 6 Series standings 7 ReferencesFormat editThe 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 editThe 16 participating teams for the tournament nbsp Australia nbsp Canada nbsp Fiji nbsp France nbsp Hong Kong nbsp Japan nbsp Malaysia nbsp New Zealand nbsp Papua New Guinea nbsp Samoa nbsp Singapore nbsp South Africa nbsp South Korea nbsp Sri Lanka nbsp Chinese Taipei nbsp United StatesPool stage 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 Tokyo Sevens title Key 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 PD Pts nbsp Fiji 3 3 0 0 147 10 137 9 nbsp Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 106 40 66 7 nbsp Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 31 106 75 5 nbsp Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 14 142 128 3Source World Rugby 1 April 2000Fiji nbsp 64 0 nbsp Sri LankaChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000Papua New Guinea nbsp 49 0 nbsp Hong KongChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000Hong Kong nbsp 26 14 nbsp Sri LankaChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000Fiji nbsp 40 5 nbsp Papua New GuineaChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000Papua New Guinea nbsp 52 0 nbsp Sri LankaChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000Fiji nbsp 43 5 nbsp Hong KongChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo Source World Rugby Pool B edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts nbsp New Zealand 3 3 0 0 111 5 106 9 nbsp France 3 2 0 1 78 33 45 7 nbsp United States 3 1 0 2 36 78 42 5 nbsp Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 3 12 121 109 3Source World Rugby 1 April 2000New Zealand nbsp 50 0 nbsp Chinese TaipeiChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000France nbsp 26 12 nbsp United StatesChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000France nbsp 47 0 nbsp Chinese TaipeiChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000New Zealand nbsp 40 0 nbsp United StatesChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000United States nbsp 24 12 nbsp Chinese TaipeiChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000New Zealand nbsp 21 5 nbsp FranceChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo Source World Rugby Pool C edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts nbsp Australia 3 3 0 0 139 0 139 9 nbsp Canada 3 2 0 1 78 50 28 7 nbsp South Korea 3 1 0 2 62 59 3 5 nbsp Singapore 3 0 0 3 7 177 170 3Source World Rugby 1 April 2000Australia nbsp 63 0 nbsp SingaporeChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000Canada nbsp 14 12 nbsp South KoreaChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000Canada nbsp 64 0 nbsp SingaporeChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000South Korea nbsp 50 7 nbsp SingaporeChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000Australia nbsp 38 0 nbsp South KoreaChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000Australia nbsp 38 0 nbsp CanadaChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo Source World Rugby Pool D edit Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts nbsp Japan 3 2 1 0 99 52 47 8 nbsp South Africa 3 2 0 1 117 34 83 7 nbsp Samoa 3 1 1 1 113 42 71 6 nbsp Malaysia 3 0 0 3 5 206 201 3Source World Rugby 1 April 2000Samoa nbsp 75 0 nbsp MalaysiaChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000Japan nbsp 24 19 nbsp South AfricaChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000South Africa nbsp 84 0 nbsp MalaysiaChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000Samoa nbsp 28 28 nbsp JapanChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000Japan nbsp 47 5 nbsp MalaysiaChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 1 April 2000South Africa nbsp 14 10 nbsp SamoaChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo Source World RugbyKnockout stage editBowl edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp Hong Kong24 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp Chinese Taipei19 nbsp Hong Kong0 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp Samoa24 nbsp Samoa63 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp Singapore0 nbsp Samoa19 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp South Korea12 nbsp South Korea66 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp Malaysia0 nbsp South Korea42 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp United States5 nbsp United States31 nbsp Sri Lanka7 Source World Rugby Plate edit Semi finalsFinal 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp France7 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp Japan12 nbsp Japan26 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp Papua New Guinea14 nbsp South Africa19 nbsp Papua New Guinea21 Source World Rugby Cup edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp Fiji34 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp France14 nbsp Fiji19 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp Canada5 nbsp Canada26 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp Japan0 nbsp Fiji27 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp New Zealand22 nbsp Australia50 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp South Africa0 nbsp Australia0 2 April 2000 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium nbsp New Zealand19 nbsp New Zealand35 nbsp Papua New Guinea0 Source World RugbyTournament placings editPlace Team Points nbsp nbsp Fiji 20 nbsp nbsp New Zealand 16 nbsp nbsp Australia 12 nbsp Canada 125 nbsp Japan 86 nbsp Papua New Guinea 67 nbsp France 4 nbsp South Africa 4Place Team Points9 nbsp Samoa 210 nbsp South Korea 011 nbsp Hong Kong 0 nbsp United States 013 nbsp Chinese Taipei 0 nbsp Malaysia 0 nbsp Singapore 0 nbsp Sri Lanka 0 Source Rugby7 com 4 Series standings editAt the completion of Round 9 Pos Event Team nbsp Dubai nbsp Stellen bosch nbsp Punta del Este nbsp Mar del Plata nbsp Well ington nbsp Suva nbsp Bris bane nbsp Hong Kong nbsp Tokyo nbsp Paris Pointstotal1 nbsp Fiji 16 20 16 20 20 16 20 24 20 1722 nbsp New Zealand 20 16 20 16 16 20 12 30 16 1663 nbsp Australia 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 18 12 1064 nbsp Samoa 12 6 12 12 12 12 4 8 2 805 nbsp South Africa 12 12 12 4 6 6 0 a 8 4 646 nbsp Canada 4 4 6 6 8 4 4 8 12 567 nbsp Argentina 0 4 8 4 8 8 8 408 nbsp France 6 0 2 4 2 0 6 4 4 289 nbsp England 18 1810 nbsp Georgia 0 12 1211 nbsp Tonga 4 2 4 0 2 1212 nbsp Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 813 nbsp Papua New Guinea 0 2 0 6 814 nbsp Uruguay 0 4 0 0 4 0 815 nbsp Morocco 0 4 416 nbsp Scotland 2 0 2 nbsp Spain 0 2 218 nbsp United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 019 nbsp Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 020 nbsp Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 nbsp Croatia 0 0 0 022 nbsp Brazil 0 0 0 nbsp Chile 0 0 0 nbsp China 0 0 0 nbsp Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 nbsp Germany 0 0 0 nbsp Kenya 0 0 0 nbsp Malaysia 0 0 0 nbsp Paraguay 0 0 0 nbsp Peru 0 0 0 nbsp Singapore 0 0 0 nbsp South Korea 0 0 0 nbsp Sri Lanka 0 0 0 nbsp Zimbabwe 0 0 035 nbsp Arabian Gulf 0 0 nbsp Ireland 0 0 nbsp Italy 0 0 nbsp Namibia 0 0 nbsp Thailand 0 0 nbsp Vanuatu 0 0Source 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 edit IRB Sevens I Tokyo rugby7 com 2000 Retrieved 25 May 2016 Kiwis claim Tokyo Sevens with crushing victory espnscrum com 2 April 2000 IRB Sevens Format amp Regulation 16 team tournament irbsevens com Archived from the original on 20 May 2013 Retrieved 9 December 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link IRB Sevens Standings Rugby 7 2000 Archived from the original on 26 May 2016 Retrieved 26 May 2016 New Zealand leaves Fijian nationality issue to IRB espnscrum com 14 November 2000 Archived from the original on 18 September 2016 IRB Sevens IPreceded by2000 Hong Kong Sevens 2000 Tokyo Sevens Succeeded by2000 Paris SevensJapan SevensPreceded by1999 Tokyo Sevens 2000 Tokyo Sevens Succeeded by2001 Tokyo Sevens Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2000 Tokyo Sevens amp oldid 1094987959, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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