The 2000 Tokyo Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the Japan Sevens leg of the series, held at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo on 1–2 April 2000.
The tournament was the ninth event of the series, and was won by Fiji who defeated New Zealand 27–22 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:
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 Tokyo Sevens title.
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals
Pool A Team 1330014710137923201106406673310231106−7554300314142−1283 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool B Team 1330011151069232017833457331023678−4254300312121−1093 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool C Team 133001390139923201785028733102625935430037177−1703 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool D Team 13210995247823201117348373311111342716430035206−2013 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Knockout stage
Bowl
Source: World Rugby
Plate
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Cup
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Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 16 12 12 5 8 6 6 7 4 4
PlaceTeam Points 9 210 0 11 0 0 13 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby7.com
Series standings At the completion of Round 9:
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 20 172 2 20 16 20 16 16 20 12 30 16 166 3 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 18 12 106 4 12 6 12 12 12 12 4 8 2 80 5 12 12 12 4 6 6 0 8 4 64 6 4 4 6 6 8 4 4 8 12 56 7 — 0 4 8 4 8 8 8 — 40 8 6 0 2 4 2 0 6 4 4 28 9 — — — — — — — 18 — 18 10 0 12 — — — — — — — 12 11 4 2 — — 4 0 2 — — 12 12 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 8 8 13 — — — — 0 2 0 — 6 8 14 — 0 4 0 0 4 0 — — 8 15 0 4 — — — — — — — 4 16 2 — — — — — — 0 — 2 — — 0 2 — — — — — 2 18 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 35 Arabian Gulf — — — — — — — 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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