2000 Mar del Plata Sevens

2000 Mar del Plata Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation  Argentina
Date 12–13 January 2000
Cup
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  New Zealand
Plate
Champions  Argentina
Runners-up  Canada
Bowl
Champions  Spain
Runners-up  Chile
Shield
Tournament details
Matches played 41

The 2000 Mar del Plata Sevens was a Rugby Sevens tournament held in Argentina as the fourth stop of the 1999–2000 World Sevens Series season. The competition was held on 12 and 13 January 2000 at the Estadio José María Minella in Mar del Plata.[1]

The host Argentina won the Plate competition while Fiji won their second title of the Series by defeating New Zealand 26-14 in the final.[1] The Mar del Plata Sevens was not included in the world sevens circuit for the 2000–01 Series.

Teams

Sixteen national teams played in the tournament:[1]

Pool Stages

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 Mar del Plata 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
 Fiji 330015726+1319
 Canada 32018064+167
 Germany 31021996−775
 Uruguay 30032494−703

Source: World Rugby

12 January 2000
Germany  7–0  Uruguay
12 January 2000
Canada  26–17  Uruguay
12 January 2000
Fiji  56–5  Germany
12 January 2000
Fiji  61–7  Uruguay
12 January 2000
Canada  40–7  Germany
12 January 2000
Fiji  40–14  Canada

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 New Zealand 33001147+1079
 France 32019821+777
 United States 31021783−665
 Peru 300310128−1183

Source: World Rugby

12 January 2000
United States  17–10  Peru
12 January 2000
France  33–0  United States
12 January 2000
New Zealand  53–0  Peru
12 January 2000
New Zealand  40–0  United States
12 January 2000
France  58–0  Peru
12 January 2000
New Zealand  21–7  France

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 South Africa 330010624+829
 Argentina 320110121+807
 Spain 31023690−545
 Brazil 300312120−1083

Source: World Rugby

12 January 2000
Spain  29–0  Brazil
12 January 2000
South Africa  38–12  Brazil
12 January 2000
Argentina  36–7  Spain
12 January 2000
South Africa  54–0  Spain
12 January 2000
South Africa  14–12  Argentina
12 January 2000
Argentina  53–0  Brazil

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Samoa 32109828+708
 Australia 32108314+698
 Chile 31024594−495
 Paraguay 300326116−903

Source: World Rugby

12 January 2000
Chile  38–19  Paraguay
12 January 2000
Australia  33–0  Chile
12 January 2000
Samoa  42–7  Paraguay
12 January 2000
Samoa  42–7  Chile
12 January 2000
Australia  36–0  Paraguay
12 January 2000
Samoa  14–14  Australia

Source: World Rugby

Finals

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 January – Mar del Plata        
  Germany  12
13 January – Mar del Plata
  Peru  7  
  Germany  12
13 January – Mar del Plata
      Chile  42  
  Chile  31
13 January – Mar del Plata
  Brazil  5  
  Chile  7
13 January – Mar del Plata    
    Spain  38
  Spain  20
13 January – Mar del Plata
  Paraguay  12  
  Spain  14
13 January – Mar del Plata
      United States  7  
  United States  21
  Uruguay  15  
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Semi-finals Final
13 January – Mar del Plata
  France 12  
  Argentina 28  
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
      Argentina 26
    Canada 14
13 January – Mar del Plata
  South Africa 17
  Canada 35  

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
13 January – Mar del Plata        
  Fiji  47
13 January – Mar del Plata
  France  7  
  Fiji  28
13 January – Mar del Plata
      Samoa  12  
  Samoa  10
13 January – Mar del Plata
  Argentina  5  
  Fiji  26
13 January – Mar del Plata    
    New Zealand  14
  Australia  22
13 January – Mar del Plata
  South Africa  5  
  Australia  5
13 January – Mar del Plata
      New Zealand  26  
  New Zealand  43
  Canada  7  
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  Fiji 20
2nd, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 16
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 12
 Samoa 12
5  Argentina 8
6  Canada 6
7  France 4
 South Africa 4
Place  Team Points
9  Spain 2
10  Chile 0
11  Germany 0
 United States 0
13  Brazil 0
 Paraguay 0
 Peru 0
 Uruguay 0

Source: Rugby7.com[2]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 4:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team
Dubai
Stellenbosch
Punta del Este
Mar del Plata
Wellington
Suva
Brisbane
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Paris		 Points
total
1  New Zealand 20 16 20 16 72
 Fiji 16 20 16 20 72
3  Samoa 12 6 12 12 42
4  South Africa 12 12 12 4 40
5  Australia 8 8 8 12 36
6  Canada 4 4 6 6 20
7  Georgia 0 12 — — 12
8  Argentina — 0 4 8 12
9  France 6 0 2 4 12
10  Tonga 4 2 — — 6
11  Morocco 0 4 — — 4
 Uruguay — 0 4 0 4
13  Scotland 2 — — — 2
 Spain — — 0 2 2
15  United States 0 — 0 0 0
16  Brazil — — 0 0 0
 Chile — — 0 0 0
 Germany — — 0 0 0
 Japan 0 0 — — 0
 Kenya 0 0 — — 0
 Paraguay — — 0 0 0
 Peru — — 0 0 0
 Zimbabwe 0 0 — — 0
24  Hong Kong 0 — — — 0
 Namibia — 0 — — 0

Source: Rugby7.com

References

  1. 1 2 3 "IRB Sevens I - Mar del Plata, Argentina. 1/13/2000 - 1/14/2000". rugby7.com. 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

External links

IRB Sevens I
Preceded by
2000 Punta del Este Sevens		 2000 Mar del Plata Sevens Succeeded by
2000 Wellington Sevens
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