2000 Punta del Este Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation Uruguay
Date7–8 January 2000
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Fiji
Plate
Winner Australia
Runner-up Canada
Bowl
Winner France
Runner-up Germany
Tournament details
Matches played41

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]

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.

Teams

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]

Format

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]

Summary

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]

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 +/- Pts
 New Zealand 330013710+1279
 Uruguay 32016736+317
 Spain 31024881−335
 Peru 30035130−1253

Source: World Rugby

7 January
16:00
Uruguay 36–7 Peru
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
16:20
New Zealand 50–5 Spain
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
18:40
New Zealand 63–0 Peru
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
19:00
Uruguay 26–12 Spain
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
21:20
New Zealand 24–5 Uruguay
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
22:00
Spain 31–5 Peru
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Fiji 330014812+1369
 Canada 32016142+197
 France 31024768−215
 Paraguay 30037141−1343

Source: World Rugby

7 January
16:40
Fiji 42–12 Canada
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
17:00
France 47–7 Paraguay
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
19:20
Fiji 59–0 Paraguay
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
19:40
Canada 14–0 France
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
21:40
Fiji 47–0 France
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
22:20
Canada 35–0 Paraguay
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Australia 32019231+617
 South Africa 32019852+467
 Chile 32015954+57
 Germany 300317129−1123

Source: World Rugby

7 January
17:20
Australia 26–5 Chile
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
17:40
South Africa 56–5 Germany
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
20:00
South Africa 21–19 Australia
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
20:20
Chile 26–7 Germany
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
22:40
Australia 47–5 Germany
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
23:00
Chile 28–21 South Africa
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Argentina 330010722+859
 Samoa 32018033+477
 United States 31024371−285
 Brazil 300319123−1043

Source: World Rugby

7 January
18:00
Argentina 42–5 Brazil
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
18:20
Samoa 25–0 United States
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
20:40
Argentina 46–5 United States
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
21:00
Samoa 43–14 Brazil
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
23:20
Argentina 19–12 Samoa
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

7 January
23:40
United States 38–0 Brazil
Campus de Maldonado, Punta del Este

Source: World Rugby

Finals

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 
 Spain26
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 Paraguay5
 
 Spain12
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 Germany26
 
 Germany21
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 United States12
 
 Germany12
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 France31
 
 Chile29
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 Brazil5
 
 Chile10
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 France14
 
 France50
 
 
 Peru0
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 
 Uruguay5
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 Australia35
 
 Australia27
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 Canada12
 
 Canada17
 
 
 Argentina12
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 
 Fiji38
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 Uruguay5
 
 Fiji19
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 Samoa7
 
 Samoa12
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 Australia7
 
 Fiji19
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 New Zealand42
 
 New Zealand33
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 Canada0
 
 New Zealand31
 
8 January – Punta del Este
 
 South Africa7
 
 South Africa (aet)24
 
 
 Argentina19
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Fiji16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Samoa12
 South Africa12
5  Australia8
6  Canada6
7  Argentina4
 Uruguay4
Place  Team Points
9  France2
10  Germany0
11  Chile0
 Spain0
13  Brazil0
 Paraguay0
 Peru0
 United States0

Source: Rugby7.com[9]

References

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  2. "Seeding and Fixtures". International Rugby Board. 15 December 1999. Archived from the original on 16 July 2002.
  3. "New Zealand - Fiji rivalary set to resume". International Rugby Board. 5 January 2000. Archived from the original on 16 July 2002.
  4. "Punta del Este Sevens finalised". ESPN. 22 November 1999. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. "Chile beat Springboks in first day of play in Uruguay". International Rugby Board. 7 January 2000. Archived from the original on 17 July 2002.
  6. "Fiji on form in Punta del Este". ESPN. 8 January 2000. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. 1 2 "New Zealand beat Fiji to win Punta sevens". ESPN. 9 January 2000. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. "New Zealand win third IRB World Sevens Tournament". 9 January 2000. Archived from the original on 17 July 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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