2000 Paris Sevens


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, at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris.
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.

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.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
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.

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Bowl

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Plate

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Cup

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Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
20
16
12
12
58
66
74
74

PlaceTeamPoints
92
100
11 French Barbarians0
110
130
130
130
130

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Series standings

At the completion of Round 10:

Pos.
Dubai
Stellenbosch
Punta del Este
Mar del Plata
Wellington
Suva
Brisbane
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Paris		Points
total
120162016162012301620186
21620162020162024208180
388812121216181212118
412612121212482282
51212124660 841680
64466844812460
7—0484888—1252
8602420644634
9———————18—422
10012———————012
1142——402———12
1200——0000808
13————020—6—8
14—040040———8
1504———————04
162——————0—02
16——02——————2
180—000000000
190———0—000—0
20————000———0
20————00—0——0
22——00——————0
22——00——————0
22——————00——0
22———————00—0
22——00——————0
22———————0—00
2200————————0
22———————00—0
22——00——————0
22——00——————0
22———————00—0
22———————00—0
22———————00—0
2200————————0
36 Arabian Gulf———————0——0
36 French Barbarians—————————00
36———————0——0
36—0————————0
36———————0——0
36—————0————0

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South Africa reached the semifinal stage of the Brisbane Sevens but was stripped of all points for the tournament due to fielding ineligible players.