The 2000 Dubai Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was the second leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. The Dubai Sevens took place at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground on 23–24 November 2000.
The hosts, Arabian Gulf, were defeated 43–17 by Ireland in the Bowl quarterfinals whilst defending World Sevens Series champions New Zealand won their third straight Sevens title by defeating Fiji 38–12 in the Cup final.
Format The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other three 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 2000-01 season.
Teams The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
Arabian Gulf
Pool stage
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals
Pool A Team 13300136171199232016552137331025392-3954 Arabian Gulf30037100-933 Source: World Rugby
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Pool B Team 1330013251279232015566-1173310243101-585430033391-583 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool C Team 13300128512392320175413473310233101-6854300317106-893 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool D Team 13300835528923201765719733102676345430034091-513 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Knockout stage
Bowl
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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 Arabian Gulf 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby7.com
Series standings At the completion of Round 2:
Pos. Durban Dubai Wellington Brisbane Hong Kong Shanghai Kuala Lumpur Tokyo London Cardiff Pointstotal 1 20 20 40 2 16 16 32 3 12 12 244 12 6 18 6 12 18 6 8 8 167 4 0 4 0 4 4 0 4 4 10 4 — 411 — 2 2 2 — 213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Arabian Gulf — 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 0
Source: Rugby7.com
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