2000 Vodacom Cup Explained

The 2000 Vodacom Cup was the 3rd edition of this annual domestic cup competition. The Vodacom Cup is played between provincial rugby union teams in South Africa from the Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions, as well as an invitational team, the from Namibia.

Competition

There were 15 teams participating in the 2000 Vodacom Cup. These teams were geographically divided into two sections; the Northern Section with eight teams and the Southern Section with seven teams. Teams would play all the other teams in their section once over the course of the season, either at home or away.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams losing a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top four teams in each section qualified for the play-offs. In the quarter-finals, the teams that finished first in each section had home advantage against the teams that finished fourth in the other section and the teams that finished second in each section had home advantage against the teams that finished third in the other section. The winners of these quarter finals then played each other in the semi-finals, with the higher placed team having home advantage. The two semi-final winners then met in the final.

Teams

Changes from 1999

• No changes.

Team Listing

The following teams took part in the 2000 Vodacom Cup competition:

Northern Section
Team	Stadium/s

Southern Section
Team	Stadium/s

Tables

Northern Section

width=0% style="border:0px" 2000 Vodacom Cup Northern Section Table
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points<	--	Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts-->
1		7	6	0	1	243	141	+102	36	16	5	0	29
2		7	5	0	2	269	140	+129	36	17	6	2	28
3		7	5	0	2	265	187	+78	34	25	2	1	23
4		7	5	0	2	230	189	+41	31	23	3	0	23
5		7	3	0	4	233	196	+37	28	23	2	2	16
6		7	2	0	5	215	211	+4	30	26	5	3	16
7		7	2	0	5	144	234	-90	17	29	1	0	9
8		7	0	0	7	115	416	-301	11	64	1	0	1
	The top 4 teams qualified for the quarter-finals. Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Southern Section

width=0% style="border:0px" 2000 Vodacom Cup Southern Section Table
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points<	--	Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts-->
1		6	5	0	1	269	146	+123	36	20	5	0	25
2		6	4	0	2	199	136	+63	31	16	3	2	21
3		6	3	0	3	161	161	0	20	22	3	2	17
4		6	3	1	2	167	217	-50	25	28	3	0	17
5		6	3	0	3	156	164	-8	17	24	2	1	15
6		6	2	1	3	136	159	-23	17	19	3	1	14
7		6	0	0	6	121	226	-105	14	31	0	1	1
	The top 4 teams qualified for the quarter-finals. Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Results

Northern Section

Round Seven

Southern Section

Round Seven

Play-Offs

Final

Winners

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