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2000 Durban Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation	South Africa
Date	18–19 November 2000
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Fiji
Plate
Winner	South Africa
Runner-up	Samoa
Bowl
Winner	Portugal
Runner-up	Wales
Tournament details
Matches played	41
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The 2000 Durban Sevens, also known as the 2000 South Africa Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was the first leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. The tournament, which took place at the ABSA Stadium on 18–19 November 2000, was moved from Stellenbosch to Durban for the 2000–01 and 2001–02 seasons.

The hosts, South Africa, were defeated 19–12 by Australia in the Cup quarterfinals but ended the tournament by beating Samoa 22–12 in the Plate final whilst defending World Sevens Series champions New Zealand defeated defending South Africa Sevens champions Fiji 34–5 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 2000-01 season.

Teams

Two teams made their IRB Sevens World Series debuts as Wales and Portugal competed for the first time. The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Georgia
•  Kenya
•  Morocco
•  Namibia
•  New Zealand
•  Portugal
•  Samoa
•  South Africa
•  Wales
•  Zimbabwe

Pool stage

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	106	7	99	9
France	3	2	0	1	53	27	26	7
Portugal	3	1	0	2	45	68	-23	5
Namibia	3	0	0	3	17	119	-102	3

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

New Zealand	36–7	Portugal

France	33–5	Namibia

New Zealand	53–0	Namibia

France	20–5	Portugal

Portugal	33–12	Namibia

New Zealand	17–0	France

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	59	20	39	9
Canada	3	2	0	1	41	29	12	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	34	32	2	5
Kenya	3	0	0	3	12	65	-53	3

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

Fiji	17–10	Wales

Canada	21–7	Kenya

Fiji	20–0	Kenya

Canada	10–0	Wales

Wales	24–5	Kenya

Fiji	22–10	Canada

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	88	22	66	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	69	43	26	7
Zimbabwe	3	1	0	2	42	64	-22	5
England	3	0	0	3	12	82	-70	3

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

Australia	43–0	England

Argentina	33–17	Zimbabwe

Australia	26–10	Zimbabwe

Argentina	24–7	England

England	5–15	Zimbabwe

Australia	19–12	Argentina

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	74	10	64	9
South Africa	3	2	0	1	58	26	32	7
Georgia	3	1	0	2	7	51	-44	5
Morocco	3	0	0	3	15	67	-52	3

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

South Africa	22–0	Georgia

Samoa	24–10	Morocco

South Africa	36–5	Morocco

Samoa	29–0	Georgia

Georgia	7–0	Morocco

South Africa	0–21	Samoa

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
	Portugal	10
					19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
	Kenya	0
					Portugal	19
	19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
					Georgia	12
	Georgia	10
									19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
	England	7
									Portugal	26
	19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
									Wales	24
	Wales	19
					19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
	Namibia	7
					Wales	22
	19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
					Morocco	7
	Morocco	22
	Zimbabwe	5

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
	Canada	7
					19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
	Samoa	35
					Samoa	12
	19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
					South Africa	22
	South Africa	15
	France	0

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
	New Zealand	21
					19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
	Canada	12
					New Zealand	40
	19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
					Argentina	0
	Argentina	17
									19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
	Samoa	14
									New Zealand	34
	19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
									Fiji	5
	Australia	19
					19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
	South Africa	12
					Australia	5
	19 November 2000 – ABSA Stadium, Durban
					Fiji	10
	Fiji	12
	France	0

Source: World Rugby Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	New Zealand	20
	Fiji	16
	Argentina	12
	Australia	12
5	South Africa	8
6	Samoa	6
7	Canada	4
	France	4

Place	Team	Points
9	Portugal	2
10	Wales	0
11	Georgia	0
	Morocco	0
13	England	0
	Kenya	0
	Namibia	0
	Zimbabwe	0

Source: Rugby7.com

References

1. "IRB Sevens II - Durban, South Africa. 11/18/2000 - 11/19/2000". rugby7.com. 2001. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
2. "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
3. "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2001. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

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