The 2000 Paris Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the France Sevens leg of the series, held on 27–28 May 2000, at Stade Sébastien Charléty in Paris.
Ahead of the tournament, which was the tenth and final event of the series, Fiji lead the standings by six points over New Zealand. However, following Fiji's 35–21 defeat by Argentina in the Cup quarterfinals, New Zealand became the inaugural World Sevens Series champions as they defeated South Africa 69–10 in the Cup final.
Format The teams were drawn into four 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 on the first day of the tournament. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each pool went on to the Bowl bracket. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 1999-2000 season.
Teams The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
French Barbarians
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 Fiji Sevens title.
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals
Pool A Team 133001461413292320110157 4473310257104-47543003191483 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool B Team 1330011531 84923201 6249 13733102 5564 -954300319107-883 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool C Team 1330012219103923201 5060-10743102 3973-34543003 3695-593 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool D Team 1330085 19 6692320158 54473310245 41454300333107-743 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Knockout stage
Bowl
Source: World Rugby
Plate
Source: World Rugby
Cup
Source: World Rugby
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 16 12 12 5 8 6 6 7 4 4
PlaceTeam Points 9 210 0 11 French Barbarians 0 0 13 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby7.com
Series standings At the completion of Round 10:
Pos. Dubai Stellenbosch Punta del Este Mar del Plata Wellington Suva Brisbane Hong Kong Tokyo Paris Pointstotal 1 20 16 20 16 16 20 12 30 16 20 186 2 16 20 16 20 20 16 20 24 20 8 180 3 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 18 12 12 118 4 12 6 12 12 12 12 4 8 2 2 82 5 12 12 12 4 6 6 0 8 4 16 80 6 4 4 6 6 8 4 4 8 12 4 60 7 — 0 4 8 4 8 8 8 — 12 52 8 6 0 2 4 2 0 6 4 4 6 34 9 — — — — — — — 18 — 4 22 10 0 12 — — — — — — — 0 12 11 4 2 — — 4 0 2 — — — 12 12 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 13 — — — — 0 2 0 — 6 — 8 14 — 0 4 0 0 4 0 — — — 8 15 0 4 — — — — — — — 0 4 16 2 — — — — — — 0 — 0 2 — — 0 2 — — — — — — 2 18 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 — — — 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 — — 0 0 — — — — — — 0 — — 0 0 — — — — — — 0 — — — — — — — 0 0 — 0 — — — — — — — 0 0 — 0 — — — — — — — 0 0 — 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 36 Arabian Gulf — — — — — — — 0 — — 0 French Barbarians — — — — — — — — — 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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