# 2000 Wellington Sevens

The 2000 Wellington Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington between the 4–5 February 2000. It was the first edition of the Wellington Sevens and the fifth round of the 1999-2000 World Sevens Series.
After finishing on top of Pool B with three straight wins, Fiji took out their third sevens title of the season defeating hosts, New Zealand 24-14 in the cup final to regain the series lead. Canada took out the plate final while France won the bowl final over Croatia.

## Teams

Sixteen national teams played in the Wellington Sevens with the announcement of teams being revealed on the 21 January 2000.
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* Cook Islands
* Croatia
* Fiji
* France
* Hong Kong
* Japan
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* South Africa
* Tonga
* United States
* Uruguay

## Pool stage

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 Wellington Sevens title.
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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 19 | +94 | 9 |
| Tonga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 64 | -21 | 7 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 5 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 88 | −62 | 3 |
Source: World Rugby
* 4 February 2000
| New Zealand | 21–12 | Cook Islands |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Tonga | 14–0 | France |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| New Zealand | 57–0 | Tonga |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| France | 38–7 | Cook Islands |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Tonga | 29–7 | Cook Islands |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| New Zealand | 35–7 | France |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Source: World Rugby

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 22 | +114 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 7 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 87 | −43 | 5 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 98 | −71 | 3 |
Source: World Rugby
* 4 February 2000
| Fiji | 54–0 | Papua New Guinea |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Argentina | 22–12 | United States |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Fiji | 47–10 | United States |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Argentina | 28–15 | Papua New Guinea |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Papua New Guinea | 29–5 | United States |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Fiji | 35–12 | Argentina |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Source: World Rugby

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 31 | +44 | 9 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 33 | +38 | 7 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 71 | -44 | 5 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 62 | −38 | 3 |
Source: World Rugby
* 4 February 2000
| Samoa | 35–5 | Croatia |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Canada | 26–7 | Uruguay |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Samoa | 19–12 | Uruguay |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Canada | 31–5 | Croatia |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Croatia | 17–5 | Uruguay |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Samoa | 21–14 | Canada |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Source: World Rugby

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 19 | +91 | 9 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 34 | +69 | 7 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 88 | −46 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 129 | −114 | 3 |
Source: World Rugby
* 4 February 2000
| South Africa | 49–5 | Hong Kong |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Australia | 36–7 | Japan |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| South Africa | 42–7 | Japan |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Australia | 52–0 | Hong Kong |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Japan | 28–10 | Hong Kong |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
* 4 February 2000
| Australia | 22–12 | South Africa |
* Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Source: World Rugby

## Finals
### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | | |
| France | 24 | | | |
| France | 24 | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | |
| United States | 0 | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | |
| United States | 0 | France | 40 | |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | France | 40 | |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | Japan | 12 | |
| Japan | 17 | Japan | 12 | |
| Japan | 17 | | | | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington |
| Uruguay | 7 | | | | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington |
| Uruguay | 7 | | | | France | 47 |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | | | | France | 47 |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | | | Croatia | 12 |
| Croatia | 33 | | | | Croatia | 12 |
| Croatia | 33 | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | | |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | | |
| Hong Kong | 7 | Croatia | 31 | | | |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | Croatia | 31 | | | |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | Papua New Guinea | 5 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | Papua New Guinea | 5 | |
| Cook Islands | 14 | | | |
Source: World Rugby

### Plate

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington |
| Argentina | 19 |
| Argentina | 19 | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington |
| Canada | 22 | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington |
| Canada | 22 | Canada | 24 |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | Canada | 24 |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | South Africa | 21 |
| South Africa | 21 | South Africa | 21 |
| Tonga | 12 | | |
Source: World Rugby

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | | |
| New Zealand | 42 | | | |
| New Zealand | 42 | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | |
| Argentina | 12 | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | |
| Argentina | 12 | New Zealand | 19 | |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | New Zealand | 19 | |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | Australia | 0 | |
| Australia | 21 | Australia | 0 | |
| Australia | 21 | | | | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington |
| Canada | 10 | | | | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington |
| Canada | 10 | | | | New Zealand | 14 |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | | | | New Zealand | 14 |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | | | Fiji | 24 |
| Samoa | 29 | | | | Fiji | 24 |
| Samoa | 29 | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | | |
| South Africa | 21 | 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | | |
| South Africa | 21 | Samoa | 12 | | | |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | | Samoa | 12 | | | |
| 5 February – Wellington | 5 February – Wellington | Fiji | 47 | |
| Fiji | 47 | Fiji | 47 | |
| Tonga | 7 | | | |
Source: World Rugby

## Tournament placings

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