The 2000 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the inaugural World Sevens Series, the 1999–2000 season. It was the eighth leg of the series, held on 24–26 March 2000, at the Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong.
The tournament was the first edition of the Hong Kong Sevens within the World Sevens Series and contained 24 teams, an increase of eight from the other tournaments held in the Series. It was won by New Zealand who defeated Fiji 31–5 in the Cup final to win their fourth title of the Series.
Teams The 24 participating teams were:
Arabian Gulf
Format With the increased number of teams competing, the teams were drawn into six 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 over the first two days of the tournament. The top team from each pool along with the two best runners-up advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The remaining four runners-up along with the four best third-placed teams advanced to the Plate quarter finals. The remaining eight teams went on to the Bowl quarter finals. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999–2000 season.
Pool stage
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Plate quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals
Pool A
Source World Rugby
Pool B
Source World Rugby
Pool C
Source World Rugby
Pool D
Source World Rugby
Pool E
Source World Rugby
Pool F
Source World Rugby
Knockout stage
Play on the third 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
Source: World Rugby
Plate
Source: World Rugby
Cup
Source: World Rugby
Tournament placings PlaceTeam Points 30 24 18 18 5 8 8 8 8 9 4 10 0 11 0 0
PlaceTeam Points 13 0 0 0 0 17 0 18 0 19 Arabian Gulf 0 0 21 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby7.com
Series standings At the completion of Round 8: Pos. Dubai Stellenbosch Punta del Este Mar del Plata Wellington Suva Brisbane Hong Kong Tokyo Paris Pointstotal 1 16 20 16 20 20 16 20 24 152 2 20 16 20 16 16 20 12 30 150 3 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 18 94 4 12 6 12 12 12 12 4 8 78 5 12 12 12 4 6 6 0 8 60 6 4 4 6 6 8 4 4 8 44 7 — 0 4 8 4 8 8 8 40 8 6 0 2 4 2 0 6 4 24 9 — — — — — — — 18 18 10 0 12 — — — — — — 12 11 4 2 — — 4 0 2 — 12 12 — 0 4 0 0 4 0 — 8 13 0 4 — — — — — — 4 14 — — — — 0 2 0 — 2 2 — — — — — — 0 2 — — 0 2 — — — — 2 17 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 — — — 0 — 0 0 0 20 — — — — 0 0 0 — 0 — — — — 0 0 — 0 0 22 — — 0 0 — — — — 0 — — 0 0 — — — — 0 — — — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 — — — — — — 0 — — 0 0 — — — — 0 — — 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 — — — — — — 0 30 Arabian Gulf — — — — — — — 0 0 — — — — — — — 0 0 — — — — — — — 0 0 — — — — — — — 0 0 — — — — — — — 0 0 — 0 — — — — — — 0 — — — — — — — 0 0 — — — — — — — 0 0 — — — — — — — 0 0 — — — — — — — 0 0 — — — — — 0 — — 0
Source: Rugby7.com
South Africa reached the semifinal stage of the Brisbane Sevens but was stripped of all points for the tournament due to fielding ineligible players.
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