| Series: | IRB Sevens II |
| Date: | 23–24 November 2000 |
| Matches: | 41 |
| Prevseason: | 1999 |
| Nextseason: | 2001 |
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.
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.
The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
| Key to colours in group tables | ||
|---|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals | ||
| Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals | ||
| width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 17 | 119 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 52 | 13 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 92 | -39 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Arabian Gulf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 100 | -93 | 3 |
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| width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 5 | 127 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 66 | -11 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 101 | -58 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 91 | -58 | 3 |
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| width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 5 | 123 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 41 | 34 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 101 | -68 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 106 | -89 | 3 |
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| width=175 | Team | width=25 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=25 abbr="Won" | W | width=25 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=25 abbr="Lost" | L | width=32 abbr="Points for" | PF | width=32 abbr="Points against" | PA | width=32 abbr="Points difference" | PD | width=25 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 55 | 28 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 57 | 19 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 63 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 91 | -51 | 3 |
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Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | ||
| 16 | ||
| 12 | ||
| 12 | ||
| 5 | 8 | |
| 6 | 6 | |
| 7 | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | 2 | |
| 10 | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | |
| 0 | ||
| 13 | 0 | |
| 0 | ||
| 0 | ||
| 0 |
At the completion of Round 2:
Pos. | Durban | Dubai | Wellington | Brisbane | Hong Kong | Shanghai | Kuala Lumpur | Tokyo | London | Cardiff | Points total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 20 | 40 | |||||||||
| 2 | 16 | 16 | 32 | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | 12 | 24 | |||||||||
| 4 | 12 | 6 | 18 | |||||||||
| 6 | 12 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 4 | — | 4 | |||||||||
| 11 | — | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | — | 2 | ||||||||||
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 17 | — | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| — | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 | — | 0 |
Source: Rugby7.com