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{{Infobox Rugby Sevens
| series = <small>'''[[1999–2000 World Sevens Series|IRB Sevens I]]'''</small>
| countries = {{flag|Argentina}}
| date = 12–13 January 2000
| champions1 = {{ru7|FIJ}}
| runnersup1 = {{ru7|NZL}}
| champions2 = {{ru7|ARG}}
| runnersup2 = {{ru7|CAN}}
| champions3 = {{ru7|ESP}}
| runnersup3 = {{ru7|CHI}}
| matches = 41
| tries = 
| top point scorer = 
| top try scorer = 
| prevseason = 
| nextseason = [[2002 Mar del Plata Sevens|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]].<ref name = rugby7-2000/>

During the tournament, the first draw in the series history occurred when [[Samoa national rugby sevens team|Samoa]] and [[Australia national rugby sevens team|Australia]] played out an 14-all draw in Pool D. In the cup final, [[Fiji national rugby sevens team|Fiji]] took out their second cup final of the season defeating [[New Zealand national rugby sevens team|New Zealand]] 26-14. The hosts ([[Argentina national rugby sevens team|Argentina]]) took out the plate while [[Spain national rugby sevens team|Spain]] won the bowl.<ref name = rugby7-2000/>

==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 [[2000 Punta del Este Sevens|Punta del Este]].<ref name=rugby7-2000/>
{{columns-list|colwidth=28em|
* {{Ru7|ARG}}
* {{Ru7|AUS}}
* {{Ru7|BRA}}
* {{Ru7|CAN}}
* {{Ru7|CHI}}
* {{Ru7|FIJ}}
* {{Ru7|FRA}}
* {{Ru7|GER}}
* {{Ru7|NZL}}
* {{Ru7|PAR}}
* {{Ru7|PER}}
* {{Ru7|SAM}}
* {{Ru7|ESP}}
* {{Ru7|RSA}}
* {{Ru7|USA}}
* {{Ru7|URU}}
}}

==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.{{ciation needed|date=May 2020}}

==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, conceeding only seven points (against [[France national rugby sevens team|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 national rugby sevens team|Germany]] (56–5), [[Uruguay national rugby sevens team|Uruguay]] (61–7) and [[Canada national rugby sevens team|Canada]] (40–14) with Canada joining them in second place. The final pool saw [[South Africa national rugby sevens team|South Africa]] finish top of the pool with hosts, Argentina coming in second place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Argentina/Argentina121.html|title=World Sevens series record its first draw|date=13 January 2000|publisher=[[World Rugby|International Rugby Board]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010306103817/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Argentina/Argentina121.html|archive-date=6 March 2001}}</ref>

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 national rugby sevens team|Chile]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Argentina/Argentina124.html|title=Australia finally reach top four but Fiji takes the Cup|date=14 January 2000|publisher=International Rugby Board|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020704044256/http://irbsevens1999.irb.org/update/html/Argentina/Argentina124.html|archive-date=4 July 2002}}</ref>

==Pool stages==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables
|-
| style="background:#cfc; width:20px;"|
|align=left|Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
|-
|||align=left|Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals
|}

===Pool A===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="40"|PF
!width="40"|PA
!width="40"|+/-
!width="40"|Pts
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|FIJ}}
|3||3||0||0||157||26||+131||'''9''' 
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}}
|3||2||0||1||80||64||+16||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|GER}}
|3||1||0||2||19||96||−77||'''5'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|URU}}
|3||0||0||3||24||94||−70||'''3'''
|}
<small>Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/standings World Rugby]</small>

{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 15:30
|home= {{Ru7-rt|GER}} |score= 7–0 |away= {{Ru7|URU}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 16:50
|home= {{Ru7-rt|CAN}} |score= 26–17 |away= {{Ru7|URU}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 18:10
|home= {{Ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score= 56–5 |away= {{Ru7|GER}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 19:30
|home= {{Ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score= 61–7 |away= {{Ru7|URU}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 20:50
|home= {{Ru7-rt|CAN}} |score= 40–7  |away= {{Ru7|GER}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 22:20
|home= {{Ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score= 40–14 |away= {{Ru7|CAN}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
<small>Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results World Rugby]</small>

===Pool B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="40"|PF
!width="40"|PA
!width="40"|+/-
!width="40"|Pts
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|NZL}}
|3||3||0||0||114||7||+107||'''9''' 
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}}
|3||2||0||1||98||21||+77||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|USA}}
|3||1||0||2||17||83||−66||'''5'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|PER}}
|3||0||0||3||10||128||−118||'''3'''
|}
<small>Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/standings World Rugby]</small>
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 15:50
|home= {{Ru7-rt|USA}} |score= 17–10 |away= {{Ru7|PER}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 17:10
|home= {{Ru7-rt|FRA}} |score= 33–0 |away= {{Ru7|USA}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 18:30
|home= {{Ru7-rt|NZL}} |score= 53–0 |away= {{Ru7|PER}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 19:50
|home= {{Ru7-rt|NZL}} |score= 40–0 |away= {{Ru7|USA}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 21:10
|home= {{Ru7-rt|FRA}} |score= 58–0  |away= {{Ru7|PER}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 22:40
|home= {{Ru7-rt|NZL}} |score= 21–7 |away= {{Ru7|FRA}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
<small>Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results World Rugby]</small>

===Pool C===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="40"|PF
!width="40"|PA
!width="40"|+/-
!width="40"|Pts
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|RSA}}
|3||3||0||0||106||24||+82||'''9''' 
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|ARG}}
|3||2||0||1||101||21||+80||'''7''' 
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|ESP}}
|3||1||0||2||36||90||−54||'''5'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|BRA}}
|3||0||0||3||12||120||−108||'''3'''
|}
<small>Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/standings World Rugby]</small>
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 16:10
|home= {{Ru7-rt|ESP}} |score= 29–0 |away= {{Ru7|BRA}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 17:30
|home= {{Ru7-rt|RSA}} |score= 38–12 |away= {{Ru7|BRA}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 18:50
|home= {{Ru7-rt|ARG}} |score= 36–7 |away= {{Ru7|ESP}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 20:10
|home= {{Ru7-rt|RSA}} |score= 54–0 |away= {{Ru7|ESP}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 21:40
|home= {{Ru7-rt|RSA}} |score= 14–12  |away= {{Ru7|ARG}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 23:00
|home= {{Ru7-rt|ARG}} |score= 53–0 |away= {{Ru7|BRA}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
<small>Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results World Rugby]</small>

===Pool D===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="200"|Team
!width="40"|Pld
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="40"|PF
!width="40"|PA
!width="40"|+/-
!width="40"|Pts
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|SAM}}
|3||2||1||0||98||28||+70||'''8''' 
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}}
|3||2||1||0||83||14||+69||'''8''' 
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|CHI}}
|3||1||0||2||45||94||−49||'''5'''
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|PAR}}
|3||0||0||3||26||116||−90||'''3'''
|}
<small>Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/standings World Rugby]</small>
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 16:30
|home= {{Ru7-rt|CHI}} |score= 38–19 |away= {{Ru7|PAR}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 17:50
|home= {{Ru7-rt|AUS}} |score= 33–0 |away= {{Ru7|CHI}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 19:10
|home= {{Ru7-rt|SAM}} |score= 42–7 |away= {{Ru7|PAR}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 20:30
|home= {{Ru7-rt|SAM}} |score= 42–7 |away= {{Ru7|CHI}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 22:00
|home= {{Ru7-rt|AUS}} |score= 36–0  |away= {{Ru7|PAR}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
----
{{rugbybox |date = 12 January 2000 |time = 23:20
|home= {{Ru7-rt|SAM}} |score= 14–14 |away= {{Ru7|AUS}}
|report = |stadium = [[Estadio José María Minella]], Mar del Plata
}}
<small>Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results World Rugby]</small>

==Finals==

===Bowl===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|GER}}'''|'''12'''|{{Ru7|PER}}|7
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|CHI}}'''|'''31'''|{{Ru7|BRA}}|5
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ESP}}'''|'''20'''|{{Ru7|PAR}}|12
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|USA}}'''|'''21'''|{{Ru7|URU}}|15
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |{{Ru7|GER}}|12|'''{{Ru7|CHI}}'''|'''42'''
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|ESP}}'''|'''14'''|{{Ru7|USA}}|7
<!--final  -->
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |{{Ru7|CHI}}|7|'''{{Ru7|ESP}}'''|'''38'''
}}
<small>Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results World Rugby]</small>

===Plate===
{{Round4
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small>|{{ru7|FRA}}|12|'''{{ru7|ARG}}'''|'''28'''
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small>|{{ru7|RSA}}|17|'''{{ru7|CAN}}'''|'''35'''
<!--final  -->
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small>|'''{{ru7|ARG}}'''|'''26'''|{{ru7|CAN}}|14
}}
<small>Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results World Rugby]</small>

===Cup===
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''|'''47'''|{{Ru7|FRA}}|7
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|SAM}}'''|'''10'''|{{Ru7|ARG}}|5
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|AUS}}'''|'''22'''|{{Ru7|RSA}}|5
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''|'''43'''|{{Ru7|CAN}}|7
<!--semi finals  -->
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''|'''28'''|{{Ru7|SAM}}|12
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |{{Ru7|AUS}}|5|'''{{Ru7|NZL}}'''|'''26'''
<!--final  -->
|<small>13 January – [[Mar del Plata]]</small> |'''{{Ru7|FIJ}}'''|'''26'''|{{Ru7|NZL}}|14
}}
<small>Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1387/results World Rugby]</small>

==Tournament placings==
{{col-float|firstcol=20em}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:0;"
! Place
! style="text-align:left;"|{{noflag}}Team
! Points
|-
| {{gold1}}
|align=left| {{Ru7|FIJ}} || 20
|-
| {{silver2}}
|align=left| {{Ru7|NZL}} || 16
|-
| rowspan=2| {{bronze3}}
|align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}} || 12
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|SAM}} || 12
|-
| 5
|align=left| {{Ru7|ARG}} || 8
|-
| 6
|align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}} || 6
|-
| rowspan=2| 7
|align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}} || 4
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|RSA}} || 4
|}

{{col-float-break}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:0;"
! Place
! style="text-align:left;"|{{noflag}}Team
! Points
|-
| 9
|align=left| {{Ru7|ESP}} || 2
|-
|10
|align=left| {{Ru7|CHI}} || 0
|-
| rowspan=2| 11
|align=left| {{Ru7|GER}} || 0
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|USA}} || 0
|-
| rowspan=4| 13
|align=left| {{Ru7|BRA}} || 0
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|PAR}} || 0
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|PER}} || 0
|-
|align=left| {{Ru7|URU}} || 0
|}
{{col-float-end}}
<small>Source: [http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2000 Rugby7.com]<ref name = standings-2000/></small>

==References==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name = rugby7-2000>{{cite web 
 |year=2000
 |title= IRB Sevens I - Mar del Plata, Argentina. 1/13/2000 - 1/14/2000			
 |website= rugby7.com
 |accessdate= 25 May 2016
 |url= http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=PDE-2000
 |url-status=live
 }}
</ref>

<ref name = standings-2000>{{cite web 
 |date= 2000
 |title= IRB Sevens Standings
 |website= Rugby 7
 |accessdate= 26 May 2016
 |url= http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2000
 |url-status= live
 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160526165246/http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2000
 |archivedate= 26 May 2016}}
</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{cite web|url = http://www.rugby7.com/st.asp?T=MDP-2000|title = Mar del Plata Sevens 2000|date= 2013-06-03|work = rugby7.com}}

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