2000 Durban Sevens

2000 Durban Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation  South Africa
Date 18–19 November 2001
Cup
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  Fiji
Plate
Champions  South Africa
Runners-up  Samoa
Bowl
Champions  Portugal
Runners-up  Wales
Shield
Tournament details
Matches played 41
1999
2001 →

The 2000 Durban Sevens, also known as the 2000 South Africa Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was the first leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. The tournament, which took place at the ABSA Stadium on 18–19 November 2000,[1] was moved from Stellenbosch to Durban for the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons.

The hosts, South Africa, were defeated 19–12 by Australia in the Cup quarterfinals but ended the tournament by beating Samoa 22–12 in the Plate final whilst defending World Sevens Series champions New Zealand defeated defending South Africa Sevens champions Fiji 34–5 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.[2] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000-01 season.

Teams

Two teams made their IRB Sevens World Series debuts as Wales and Portugal competed for the first time. The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 33001067999
 France 32015327267
 Portugal 31024568-235
 Namibia 300317119-1023

Source: World Rugby

18 November 2000
New Zealand  36–7  Portugal
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
France  33–5  Namibia
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
New Zealand  53–0  Namibia
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
France  20–5  Portugal
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Portugal  33–12  Namibia
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
New Zealand  17–0  France
ABSA Stadium, Durban

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 33005920399
 Canada 32014129127
 Wales 3102343225
 Kenya 30031265-533

Source: World Rugby

18 November 2000
Fiji  17–10  Wales
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Canada  21–7  Kenya
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Fiji  20–0  Kenya
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Canada  10–0  Wales
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Wales  24–5  Kenya
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Fiji  22–10  Canada
ABSA Stadium, Durban

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 33008822669
 Argentina 32016943267
 Zimbabwe 31024264-225
 England 30031282-703

Source: World Rugby

18 November 2000
Australia  43–0  England
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Argentina  33–17  Zimbabwe
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Australia  26–10  Zimbabwe
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Argentina  24–7  England
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
England  5–15  Zimbabwe
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Australia  19–12  Argentina
ABSA Stadium, Durban

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 33007410649
 South Africa 32015826327
 Georgia 3102751-445
 Morocco 30031567-523

Source: World Rugby

18 November 2000
South Africa  22–0  Georgia
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Samoa  24–10  Morocco
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
South Africa  36–5  Morocco
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Samoa  29–0  Georgia
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
Georgia  7–0  Morocco
ABSA Stadium, Durban

18 November 2000
South Africa  0–21  Samoa
ABSA Stadium, Durban

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban        
  Portugal  10
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
  Kenya  0  
  Portugal  19
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
      Georgia  12  
  Georgia  10
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
  England  7  
  Portugal  26
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban    
    Wales  24
  Wales  19
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
  Namibia  7  
  Wales  22
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
      Morocco  7  
  Morocco  22
  Zimbabwe  5  
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Semi-finals Final
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
  Canada 7  
  Samoa 35  
 
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
      Samoa 12
    South Africa 22
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
  South Africa 15
  France 0  

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban        
  New Zealand  21
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
  Canada  12  
  New Zealand  40
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
      Argentina  0  
  Argentina  17
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
  Samoa  14  
  New Zealand  34
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban    
    Fiji  5
  Australia  19
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
  South Africa  12  
  Australia  5
19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
      Fiji  10  
  Fiji  12
  France  0  
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 20
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Fiji 16
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina 12
 Australia 12
5  South Africa 8
6  Samoa 6
7  Canada 4
 France 4
Place  Team Points
9  Portugal 2
10  Wales 0
11  Georgia 0
 Morocco 0
13  England 0
 Kenya 0
 Namibia 0
 Zimbabwe 0

Source: Rugby7.com[3]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 1:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team

Durban

Dubai

Wellington

Brisbane

Hong Kong

Shanghai

Kuala Lumpur

Tokyo

London

Cardiff
Points
total
1  New Zealand 20 20
2  Fiji 16 16
3  Argentina 12 12
 Australia 12 12
5  South Africa 8 8
6  Samoa 6 6
7  Canada 4 4
 France 4 4
9  Portugal 2 2
10  Wales 0 0
11  Georgia 0 0
 Morocco 0 0
13  England 0 0
 Kenya 0 0
 Namibia 0 0
 Zimbabwe 0 0

Source: Rugby7.com

References

  1. "IRB Sevens II - Durban, South Africa. 11/18/2000 - 11/19/2000". rugby7.com. 2001. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2001. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
IRB Sevens II
Preceded by
First
2000 Durban Sevens Sevens Succeeded by
2000 Dubai Sevens
South Africa Sevens
Preceded by
1999 South Africa Sevens
2000 Durban Sevens Succeeded by
2001 Durban Sevens
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