# 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 (Suncorp Stadium) 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 (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. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season.

## 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 |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 29 | 52 | 9 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 29 | 54 | 7 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 87 | -23 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 105 | -83 | 3 |
Source World Rugby
* 18 February 2000
| Canada | 36–5 | Hong Kong |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Samoa | 47–7 | Papua New Guinea |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Canada | 28–17 | Papua New Guinea |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Samoa | 29–5 | Hong Kong |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Papua New Guinea | 40–12 | Hong Kong |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Canada | 17–7 | Samoa |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
Source World Rugby

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 21 | 106 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 38 | 22 | 7 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 70 | -39 | 5 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 106 | -89 | 3 |
Source World Rugby
* 18 February 2000
| Argentina | 21–0 | Uruguay |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Fiji | 40–7 | Cook Islands |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Argentina | 35–0 | Cook Islands |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Fiji | 49–0 | Uruguay |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Uruguay | 31–0 | Cook Islands |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Fiji | 38–14 | Argentina |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
Source World Rugby

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 22 | 65 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 59 | 7 | 7 |
| Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 80 | -25 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 99 | -47 | 3 |
Source World Rugby
* 18 February 2000
| France | 33–14 | Tonga |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| New Zealand | 47–5 | Japan |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| France | 21–19 | Japan |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| New Zealand | 19–10 | Tonga |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Tonga | 31–28 | Japan |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| New Zealand | 26–7 | France |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
Source World Rugby

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 125 | 9 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 35 | 38 | 7 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 92 | -63 | 5 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 119 | -100 | 3 |
Source World Rugby
* 18 February 2000
| South Africa | 33–7 | China |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Australia | 40–0 | United States |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| South Africa | 40–0 | United States |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Australia | 57–0 | China |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| United States | 29–12 | China |
* Lang Park, Brisbane
* 18 February 2000
| Australia | 28–0 | South Africa |
* Lang Park, Brisbane

## 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

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | |
| Tonga | 35 | | | |
| Tonga | 35 | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | |
| Cook Islands | 0 | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | |
| Cook Islands | 0 | Tonga | 42 | |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | Tonga | 42 | |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | Hong Kong | 0 | |
| Hong Kong | 22 | Hong Kong | 0 | |
| Hong Kong | 22 | | | | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park |
| United States | 12 | | | | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park |
| United States | 12 | | | | Tonga | 43 |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | | | Tonga | 43 |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| Uruguay | 14 | | | | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| Uruguay | 14 | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | |
| Japan | 12 | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | |
| Japan | 12 | Papua New Guinea | 31 | | | |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | Papua New Guinea | 31 | | | |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | Uruguay | 10 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | Uruguay | 10 | |
| China | 17 | | | |
Source: World Rugby

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | |
| New Zealand | 33 | | | |
| New Zealand | 33 | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | |
| Argentina | 12 | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | |
| Argentina | 12 | Argentina | 10 | |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | Argentina | 10 | |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | Samoa | 7 | |
| Australia | 12 | Samoa | 7 | |
| Australia | 12 | | | | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park |
| Samoa | 5 | | | | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park |
| Samoa | 5 | | | | Argentina | 33 |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | | | Argentina | 33 |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | | France | 14 |
| South Africa | 14 | | | | France | 14 |
| South Africa | 14 | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | |
| Canada | 7 | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | |
| Canada | 7 | Canada | 14 | | | |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | Canada | 14 | | | |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | France | 19 | |
| Fiji | 47 | France | 19 | |
| France | 7 | | | |
Source: World Rugby

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | |
| New Zealand | 33 | | | |
| New Zealand | 33 | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | |
| Argentina | 12 | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | |
| Argentina | 12 | New Zealand | 0 | |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | New Zealand | 0 | |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | Australia | 17 | |
| Australia | 12 | Australia | 17 | |
| Australia | 12 | | | | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park |
| Samoa | 5 | | | | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park |
| Samoa | 5 | | | | Australia | 21 |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | | | Australia | 21 |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | | Fiji | 24 |
| South Africa | 14 | | | | Fiji | 24 |
| South Africa | 14 | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | |
| Canada | 7 | 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | | |
| Canada | 7 | South Africa | 7 | | | |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | | South Africa | 7 | | | |
| 19 February – Lang Park | 19 February – Lang Park | Fiji | 45 | |
| Fiji | 47 | Fiji | 45 | |
| France | 7 | | | |
Source: World Rugby
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

| Place | Team | Points |
| | Fiji | 20 |
| | Australia | 16 |
| | New Zealand | 12 |
| n/a | South Africa | 12 0 |
| 5 | Argentina | 8 |
| 6 | France | 6 |
| 7 | Canada | 4 |
| 7 | Samoa | 4 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 9 | Tonga | 2 |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 0 |
| 11 | Uruguay | 0 |
| 13 | China | 0 |
| 13 | Cook Islands | 0 |
| 13 | Japan | 0 |
| 13 | United States | 0 |
Source: Rugby7.com

## Series standings

At the completion of Round 7:
| Pos. | Event Team | Dubai | Stellen­bosch | Punta del Este | Mar del Plata | Well­ington | Suva | Bris­bane | Points total |
| 1 | Fiji | 16 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 128 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 20 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 120 |
| 3 | Australia | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 76 |
| 4 | Samoa | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 70 |
| 5 | South Africa | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 52 |
| 6 | Canada | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Argentina | — | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 32 |
| 8 | France | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Georgia | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| 10 | Tonga | 4 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Uruguay | — | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Morocco | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Scotland | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 13 | Spain | — | — | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 16 | United States | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Japan | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Cook Islands | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Hong Kong | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Brazil | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 20 | Chile | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 20 | Croatia | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 20 | Germany | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 20 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 20 | Paraguay | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 20 | Peru | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 28 | China | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Namibia | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 28 | Vanuatu | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 |
Source: Rugby7.com