2000 Brisbane Sevens

2000 Brisbane Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation	Australia
Date	18–19 February 2000
Cup
Champion	Fiji
Runner-up	Australia
Plate
Winner	Argentina
Runner-up	France
Bowl
Winner	Tonga
Runner-up	Papua New Guinea
Tournament details
Matches played	41
2001 →

The 2000 Brisbane Sevens, officially called the 2000 Brisbane International Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the inaugural 1999–2000 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held on 18–19 February 2000, at Lang Park (Suncorp Stadium) in Brisbane.

The tournament was the first edition of the Australian Sevens within the World Sevens Series, and was won by Fiji who defeated Australia 24–21 in the Cup final with a sensational try in the final seconds to Waisale Serevi.

The participating teams were:

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 1999-2000 season.

Source World Rugby

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