The 2000 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s was the second year of the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s tournament. All matches were played at Bogambara Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Following the success of the inaugural competition the previous year the tournament was made an open event and expanded to 16 teams, with four teams from Europe competing. Chinese Taipei defeated South Korea 38 points to 21 in the final of the Cup, with the Bowl final won by Thailand and the Plate final by Japan.
Group stage Key to colours in group tablesTeams advanced to the Cup quarter-finalTeams advanced to the Plate semi-finalTeams advanced to the Bowl semi-final
Pool A
59–0 Barbarians 26–7 47–0 Arabian Gulf 14–5 Barbarians Barbarians 31–14 Arabian Gulf Arabian Gulf 29–11
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||3||0||0||132||07||+125||9 |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| Arabian Gulf |3||1||0||2||43||89||−46||5 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |3||1||0||2||33||60||-27||5 |-style="background:#fcc6bd" |align=left| Barbarians |3||1||0||2||36||87||−51||5
Pool B
19–14 19–14 26–21 28–7 36–7 19–0
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||3||0||0||66||21||+45||9 |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||2||0||1||45||54||−9||7 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |3||1||0||2||71||52||+19||5 |-style="background:#fcc6bd" |align=left| |3||0||0||3||28||83||−55||3
Pool C
24–7 45–12 28–17 19–19 38–7 45–7
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||2||1||0||88||33||+55||8 |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||2||1||0||92||48||+44||7 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |3||1||0||2||62||59||−3||5 |-style="background:#fcc6bd" |align=left| |3||0||0||3||26||128||−102||3
Pool D
49–0 47–7 70–0 28–19 42–7 40–0
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="200"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/− !width="40"|Pts |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||3||0||0||145||26||+119||9 |-style="background:#ccffcc" |align=left| |3||2||0||1||101||35||+66||7 |-style="background:#ffe6bd" |align=left| |3||2||0||1||63||89||−26||5 |-style="background:#fcc6bd" |align=left| |3||0||0||3||159||00||−159||3
Second round Bowl
Plate
Cup
References