2000 Brisbane Sevens


The 2000 Brisbane Sevens, officially called the 2000 Brisbane International Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held on 18–19 February 2000, at Lang Park in Brisbane.
The tournament was the first edition of the Australian Sevens within the World Sevens Series, and was won by Fiji who defeated Australia 24–21 in the Cup final with a sensational try in the final seconds to Waisale Serevi.

Teams

The participating teams were:

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. 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. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season.

Pool stage

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.

Bowl

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Plate

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By beating New Zealand in the semifinals, Australia became only the third different nation to reach a World Sevens Series Cup final. Fiji and New Zealand had contested each of the previous six Series Cup finals.

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
20
16
12
n/a 12 0
58
66
74
74

PlaceTeamPoints
92
100
110
110
130
130
130
130

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Series standings

At the completion of Round 7:

Pos.
Dubai
Stellenbosch
Punta del Este
Mar del Plata
Wellington
Suva
Brisbane
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Paris		Points
total
116201620201620128
220162016162012120
38881212121676
412612121212470
51212124660 52
6446684436
7—04848832
8602420620
9012—————12
1042——40212
11—0400408
1204—————4
13————0202
132——————2
13——02———2
160—000000
1700——0000
18————0000
180———0—00
20——00———0
20——00———0
20————00—0
20——00———0
2000—————0
20——00———0
20——00———0
2000—————0
28——————00
28—0—————0
28—————0—0

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