2000 Mar del Plata Sevens explained

Series:IRB Sevens I
Countries: Argentina
Date:12–13 January 2000
Matches:41
Nextseason:2002

The 2000 Mar del Plata Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Estadio José María Minella in Mar del Plata between the 12–13 January 2000. It was the fourth edition of the Mar del Plata Sevens and was also the fourth round of the held in Argentina as the fourth round of the 1999–2000 World Sevens Series.

During the tournament, the first draw in the series history occurred when Samoa and Australia played out an 14-all draw in Pool D. In the cup final, Fiji took out their second cup final of the season defeating New Zealand 26-14. The hosts (Argentina) took out the plate while Spain won the bowl.

Teams

Sixteen national teams played in the Mar Del Plata Sevens with the national teams being the same teams as in the previous round which was held in Punta del Este.

Format

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 Mar del Plata Sevens title.

Summary

The opening day of the 2000 Mar del Plata sevens saw the first draw in the series history with Samoa and Australia recording a 14-all draw in the final match of the day. Earlier results though put Samoa top of Pool D by a single point over Australia. New Zealand continued their form in the series, conceding only seven points (against France) in the pool stage to finish top of Pool B with France joining them. Fiji finished top of Pool A with wins over Germany (56–5), Uruguay (61–7) and Canada (40–14) with Canada joining them in second place. The final pool saw South Africa finish top of the pool with hosts, Argentina coming in second place.[1]

Day 2 saw an Fiji and New Zealand final for the fourth tournament in a row after both teams recorded victories in their quarters and semis to make it to the cup final. For Fiji they defeated France 47–7 before knocking off Samoa in the semi-finals 19–7. New Zealand recorded a victory over Canada in the quarter-finals before defeating first-time cup semi-finalists, Australia with Australian coach, Glen Ella stating, "It was good to finally break through". In the cup final, it was Fiji who defeated New Zealand to tie the series after four rounds after coming back from 14–0 down to win 26–14. Hosts, Argentina won the plate final while Spain won the bowl defeating Chile.[2]

Pool stages

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

Pool A

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
330015726+1319
32018064+167
31021996−775
30032494−703
Source: World Rugby

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Pool B

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
33001147+1079
32019821+777
31021783−665
300310128−1183
Source: World Rugby --------------------Source: World Rugby

Pool C

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
330010624+829
320110121+807
31023690−545
300312120−1083
Source: World Rugby --------------------Source: World Rugby

Pool D

TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts
32109828+708
32108314+698
31024594−495
300326116−903
Source: World Rugby --------------------Source: World Rugby

Finals

Bowl

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
20
16
12
12
58
66
74
4
PlaceTeamPoints
92
100
110
0
130
0
0
0
Source: Rugby7.com

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Sevens series record its first draw. 13 January 2000. International Rugby Board. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20010306103817/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Argentina/Argentina121.html. 6 March 2001.
  2. Web site: Australia finally reach top four but Fiji takes the Cup. 14 January 2000. International Rugby Board. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20020704044256/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Argentina/Argentina124.html. 4 July 2002.