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1999–2000 World Sevens Series
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | 1999–2000 IRB Sevens | |
| series | **Series I** | |
| countries | {{plainlist | |
| date | 2 December 1999 – 28 May 2000 | |
| champions | ||
| runnersup | ||
| third | ||
| nextseason | [2000–01](2000-01-world-sevens-series) |
- United Arab Emirates
- Fiji
The 1999–2000 World Sevens Series was the first season of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board (now known as World Rugby). The series ran from December 1999 to May 2000 and incorporated ten tournaments spread over five continents. New Zealand was the series champion, winning five of the tournament events. Fiji finished as runner-up, eight points behind despite winning the remaining five tournaments. The leading try-scorer for the inaugural season was Fiji's Vilimoni Delasau, who notched 83 tries over the series.
Schedule
The official schedule of ten events was announced by the International Rugby Board (IRB) on 2 December 1999. Prominent existing sevens tournaments were included in the new series, for the most part. The New Zealand and South Africa tournaments, however, were hosted as full international sevens events by their respective unions for the first time. An eleventh tournament, to be held in England, was considered but this did not come to fruition and was left off the calendar.
The prestige of the Hong Kong Sevens was acknowledged by increasing the points scale awarded to teams at the tournament by an extra 50 per cent. This recognised the special status of the event organized by the Hong Kong Rugby Union, played over three days instead of two and incorporating 24 teams instead of the usual 16. The union had initially wanted the Hong Kong tournament to be the final stop of the tour, but this proposal had been rejected earlier by the IRB.
| Leg | Venue | Dates | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Dubai](1999-dubai-sevens) | Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai | 2–3 December 1999 | |
| [South Africa](1999-south-africa-sevens) | Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch | 10–11 December 1999 | |
| [Punta del Este](2000-punta-del-este-sevens) | Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Punta del Este | 7–8 January 2000 | |
| [Mar del Plata](2000-mar-del-plata-sevens) | Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata | 12–13 January 2000 | |
| [Wellington](2000-wellington-sevens) | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | 4–5 February 2000 | |
| [Fiji](2000-fiji-sevens) | National Stadium, Suva | 11–12 February 2000 | |
| [Brisbane](2000-brisbane-sevens) | Lang Park, Brisbane | 18–19 February 2000 | |
| [Hong Kong](2000-hong-kong-sevens) | Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong | 24–26 March 2000 | |
| [Japan](2000-japan-sevens) | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo | 1–2 April 2000 | |
| [Paris](2000-france-sevens) | Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris | 27–28 May 2000 |
Final standings
The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played in a tournament but did not gain any points, however excludes teams that did not accumulate any points overall. A dash (—) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.
| Pos. | UAE | ||||||||||||
| [Dubai](1999-dubai-sevens) | RSA | ||||||||||||
| [Stellenbosch](1999-south-africa-sevens) | URU | ||||||||||||
| [Punta del Este](2000-punta-del-este-sevens) | ARG | ||||||||||||
| [Mar del Plata](2000-mar-del-plata-sevens) | NZL | ||||||||||||
| [Wellington](2000-wellington-sevens) | FIJ | ||||||||||||
| [Suva](2000-fiji-sevens) | AUS | ||||||||||||
| [Brisbane](2000-brisbane-sevens) | HKG | ||||||||||||
| [Hong Kong](2000-hong-kong-sevens) | JPN | ||||||||||||
| [Tokyo](2000-japan-sevens) | FRA | ||||||||||||
| [Paris](2000-paris-sevens) | Points | ||||||||||||
| total | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 30 | 16 | 20 | **186** | ||
| 2 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 8 | **180** | ||
| 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 12 | **118** | ||
| 4 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | **82** | ||
| 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 16 | **80** | ||
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | **60** | ||
| 7 | – | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | 12 | **52** | ||
| 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | **34** | ||
| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | 4 | **22** | ||
| 10 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | **12** | ||
| 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | **12** | |||
| 12 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | — | **8** | ||
| — | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | **8** | |||
| 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | **8** | |||
| 15 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | **4** | ||
| 16 | — | — | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | **2** | ||
| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | **2** | |||
| 18 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | **0** |
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| Event Champions |
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| Event Runner-ups |
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;Notes
Notes:
Tournaments
Dubai
Main article: 1999 Dubai Sevens
The opening tournament of the brand new series saw the teams head over to Dubai with the three day event starting on the Wednesday with the international tournament being played on the Thursday and Friday. In the cup final, it was New Zealand that took out the cup final defeating Fiji by 24 points with Australia and Scotland taking out the plate and bowl respectively.
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | **** | **38–14** | ||
| Plate | **** | **33–20** | ||
| Bowl | **** | **31–24** | ||
South Africa
Main article: 1999 South Africa Sevens
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | **** | **12–10** | ||
| Plate | **** | **22–19** | ||
| Bowl | **** | **31–26** | ||
Punta del Este
Main article: 2000 Punta del Este Sevens
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | **** | **42–19** | ||
| Plate | **** | **27–12** | ||
| Bowl | **** | **31–12** | ||
Mar del Plata
Main article: 2000 Mar del Plata Sevens
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | **** | **26–14** | ||
| Plate | **** | **41–7** | ||
| Bowl | **** | **40–7** | ||
Wellington
Main article: 2000 Wellington Sevens
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | **** | **24–14** | ||
| Plate | **** | **24–21** | ||
| Bowl | **** | **47–12** | ||
Fiji
Main article: 2000 Fiji Sevens
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | **** | **31–5** | ||
| Plate | **** | **17–14** | ||
| Bowl | **** | **21–17** | ||
Australia
Main article: 2000 Brisbane Sevens
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | **** | **24–21** | ||
| Plate | **** | **33–14** | ||
| Bowl | **** | **43–0** | ||
Hong Kong
Main article: 2000 Hong Kong Sevens
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists | Quarter-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | **** | **31–5** | |||
| Plate | **** | **19–14** | |||
| Bowl | **** | **59–7** | |||
| GCC Arabian Gulf | |||||
Japan
Main article: 2000 Japan Sevens
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | **** | **27–22** | ||
| Plate | **** | **26–14** | ||
| Bowl | **** | **19–12** | ||
France
Main article: 2000 Paris Sevens
| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | **** | **69–10** | ||
| Plate | **** | **45–7** | ||
| Bowl | **** | **37–5** | ||
| [[File:French Barbarians Crest.svg | 23px]] French Barbarians |
References
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References
- link. (7 December 2017 , Fiji Times, 14 December 2014.)
- (2 December 1999). "Series schedule complete". [[World Rugby.
- (1 December 1999). "Welcome to the IRB World Sevens Series Website". International Rugby Board.
- Sallay, Alvin. (28 March 2000). "England in line to host sevens final". [[South China Morning Post]].
- Sallay, Alvin. (15 November 1999). "World Sevens Series recognises HK as premier event". South China Morning Post.
- Sallay, Alvin. (25 March 1999). "HK hopes to host sevens circuit finale". South China Morning Post.
- Sallay, Alvin. (28 March 1999). "IRB acknowledges HK Sevens' special status". South China Morning Post.
- (30 October 1999). "World Sevens Series set for spectacular launch".
- (3 December 1999). "New Zealand lead series table".
- [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/rugby_union/691210.stm "Kiwis claim Hong Kong crown"], BBC, 26 March 2000.
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