The 2000 Wellington Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington between the 4–5 February 2000. It was the first edition of the Wellington Sevens and the fifth round of the 1999-2000 World Sevens Series.
After finishing on top of Pool B with three straight wins, Fiji took out their third sevens title of the season defeating hosts, New Zealand 24-14 in the cup final to regain the series lead. Canada took out the plate final while France won the bowl final over Croatia.
Teams Sixteen national teams played in the Wellington Sevens with the announcement of teams being revealed on the 21 January 2000.
Pool stage 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 Wellington Sevens title.
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals
Pool A Team 1 330011319+949 2 32014364-217 3 31024556−1154 30032688−623 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool B Team 1 330013622+1149 2 3201626207 3 31024487−4354 30032798−713 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool C Team 1 33007531+449 2 32017133+387 3 31022771-4454 30032462−383 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool D Team 1 330011019+919 2 320110334+697 3 31024288−4654 300315129−1143 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Finals
Bowl
Source: World Rugby
Plate
Source: World Rugby
Cup
Source: World Rugby
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 16 12 12 5 8 6 6 7 4 4
PlaceTeam Points 9 210 0 11 0 0 13 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby7.com
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