The 2000 Paris Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the France Sevens leg of the series, held on 27–28 May 2000,[1] at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris.

2000 Paris Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation France
Date27–28 May 2000
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up South Africa
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up France
Bowl
Winner Samoa
Runner-up Morocco
Tournament details
Matches played41
2001

Ahead of the tournament, which was the tenth and final event of the series, Fiji lead the standings by six points over New Zealand. However, following Fiji's 35–21 defeat by Argentina in the Cup quarterfinals, New Zealand became the inaugural World Sevens Series champions as they defeated South Africa 69–10 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 Fiji 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 0 146 14 132 9
  France 3 2 0 1 101 57 44 7
  Ireland 3 1 0 2 57 104 -47 5
  Japan 3 0 0 3 19 148 –129 3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000
Fiji  61–0  Japan
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
France  40–17  Ireland
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Fiji  50–0  Ireland
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
France  47–5  Japan
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Ireland  40–14  Japan
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Fiji  35–14  France
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 115 31 84 9
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 62 49 13 7
  Morocco 3 1 0 2 55 64 -9 5
  United States 3 0 0 3 19 107 -88 3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000
New Zealand  28–19  Morocco
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Argentina  26–7  United States
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
New Zealand  59–0  United States
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Argentina  24–14  Morocco
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Morocco  22–12  United States
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
New Zealand  28–12  Argentina
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 122 19 103 9
  Canada 3 2 0 1 50 60 -10 7
  French Barbarians 3 1 0 2 39 73 -34 5
  Scotland 3 0 0 3 36 95 -59 3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000
Australia  42–7  French Barbarians
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Canada  33–10  Scotland
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Australia  40–7  Scotland
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Canada  12–10  French Barbarians
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
French Barbarians  22–19  Scotland
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
Australia  40–5  Canada
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 85 19 66 9
  England 3 2 0 1 58 54 4 7
  Samoa 3 1 0 2 45 41 4 5
  Georgia 3 0 0 3 33 107 -74 3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2000
Samoa  31–14  Georgia
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
South Africa  28–12  England
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
England  15–7  Samoa
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
South Africa  45–0  Georgia
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
England  31–19  Georgia
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

27 May 2000
South Africa  12–7  Samoa
Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

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Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 
  Samoa21
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  Scotland12
 
  Samoa24
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  Ireland5
 
  Ireland17
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  United States7
 
  Samoa 37
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  Morocco5
 
  Morocco21
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  Japan10
 
  Morocco17
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  French Barbarians12
 
  French Barbarians 24
 
 
  Georgia14
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 
  Fiji21
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  Canada12
 
  Fiji45
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  France7
 
  France31
 
 
  England12
 

Source: World Rugby

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
 
  Argentina35
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  Fiji21
 
  Argentina 14
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  South Africa19
 
  South Africa24
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  Canada7
 
  South Africa10
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  New Zealand69
 
  New Zealand19
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  France0
 
  New Zealand26
 
28 May 2000 – Stade Sébastien Charléty
 
  Australia7
 
  Australia26
 
 
  England21
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
    New Zealand 20
    South Africa 16
    Argentina 12
  Australia 12
5   Fiji 8
6   France 6
7   Canada 4
  England 4
Place  Team Points
9   Samoa 2
10   Morocco 0
11   French Barbarians 0
  Ireland 0
13   Georgia 0
  Japan 0
  Scotland 0
  United States 0

Source: Rugby7.com[4]

Series standings

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At the completion of Round 10:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team
 
Dubai
 
Stellen­bosch
 
Punta del Este
 
Mar del Plata
 
Well­ington
 
Suva
 
Bris­bane
 
Hong Kong
 
Tokyo
 
Paris
Points
total
1   New Zealand 20 16 20 16 16 20 12 30 16 20 186
2   Fiji 16 20 16 20 20 16 20 24 20 8 180
3   Australia 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 18 12 12 118
4   Samoa 12 6 12 12 12 12 4 8 2 2 82
5   South Africa 12 12 12 4 6 6  0 a 8 4 16 80
6   Canada 4 4 6 6 8 4 4 8 12 4 60
7   Argentina 0 4 8 4 8 8 8 12 52
8   France 6 0 2 4 2 0 6 4 4 6 34
9   England 18 4 22
10   Georgia 0 12 0 12
11   Tonga 4 2 4 0 2 12
12   Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8
13   Papua New Guinea 0 2 0 6 8
14   Uruguay 0 4 0 0 4 0 8
15   Morocco 0 4 0 4
16   Scotland 2 0 0 2
  Spain 0 2 2
18   United States 0 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
  Ireland 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
36   Arabian Gulf 0 0
  French Barbarians 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 - Paris, France. 5/27/2000 - 5/29/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Kiwis claim Paris Sevens with crushing victory". espnscrum.com. 28 May 2000.
  3. ^ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". 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. 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
Preceded by 2000 Paris Sevens Succeeded by
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France Sevens
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