2000 Mar del Plata Sevens

2000 Mar del Plata Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation  Argentina
Date 12–13 January 2000
Cup
Champion  Fiji
Runner-up  New Zealand
Plate
Winner  Argentina
Runner-up  Canada
Bowl
Winner  Spain
Runner-up  Chile
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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 
 Germany12
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 Peru7
 
 Germany12
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 Chile42
 
 Chile31
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 Brazil5
 
 Chile7
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 Spain38
 
 Spain20
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 Paraguay12
 
 Spain14
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 United States7
 
 United States21
 
 
 Uruguay15
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 
 France12
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 Argentina28
 
 Argentina26
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 Canada14
 
 South Africa17
 
 
 Canada35
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 
 Fiji47
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 France7
 
 Fiji28
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 Samoa12
 
 Samoa10
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 Argentina5
 
 Fiji26
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 New Zealand14
 
 Australia22
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 South Africa5
 
 Australia5
 
13 January – Mar del Plata
 
 New Zealand26
 
 New Zealand43
 
 
 Canada7
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  Fiji20
2nd, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand16
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Australia12
 Samoa12
5  Argentina8
6  Canada6
7  France4
 South Africa4
Place  Team Points
9  Spain2
10  Chile0
11  Germany0
 United States0
13  Brazil0
 Paraguay0
 Peru0
 Uruguay0

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 Zealand2016201672
 Fiji1620162072
3 Samoa126121242
4 South Africa121212440
5 Australia8881236
6 Canada446620
7 Georgia012——12
8 Argentina—04812
9 France602412
10 Tonga42——6
11  Morocco04——4
 Uruguay—0404
13  Scotland2———2
 Spain——022
15 United States 0—000
16  Brazil——000
 Chile——000
 Germany——000
 Japan00——0
 Kenya00——0
 Paraguay——000
 Peru——000
 Zimbabwe00——0
24  Hong Kong0———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.
  • "Mar del Plata Sevens 2000". rugby7.com. 2013-06-03.
IRB Sevens I
Preceded by
2000 Punta del Este Sevens		 2000 Mar del Plata Sevens Succeeded by
2000 Wellington Sevens
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