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1999 Dubai Sevens

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1999 Dubai Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nation UAE
Date2–3 December 1999
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Fiji
Plate
Winner Australia
Runner-up France
Bowl
Winner Scotland
Runner-up Zimbabwe
Tournament details
Matches played41
2000

The 1999 Dubai Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground on 2 and 3 December 1999. It was the 12th edition of the Dubai Sevens and the inaugural event for the IRB Sevens World Series. Sixteen teams competed in the tournament and were divided into four groups of four teams with the top two qualifying through to the cup quarterfinals.[1][2]

After winning their group, New Zealand defeated Fiji in the cup final by a score of 38–14. In the minor placings, Australia won the plate final over France while Scotland won the bowl final over Zimbabwe.[3]

Teams

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Sixteen national teams played in the tournament:[4]

Pool stage

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The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four groups 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 1999 Dubai Sevens title.

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

Pool A

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Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 106 0 +106 9
 Tonga 3 2 0 1 59 35 +24 7
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 47 94 −47 5
 Morocco 3 0 0 3 19 102 −83 3

Source: World Rugby




2 December 1999
Tonga 28–14 Scotland
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground


2 December 1999
Tonga 31–7 Morocco
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 114 22 +92 9
 Canada 3 2 0 1 65 52 +10 7
 Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 52 86 −34 5
 Georgia 3 0 0 3 20 88 −68 3

Source: World Rugby

2 December 1999
Fiji 38–17 Zimbabwe
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground


2 December 1999
Fiji 38–5 Georgia
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground

2 December 1999
Canada 33–14 Zimbabwe
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground

2 December 1999
Fiji 38–0 Canada
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 92 20 +72 9
 France 3 2 0 1 78 32 +46 7
 United States 3 1 0 2 37 67 −30 5
 Kenya 3 0 0 3 12 100 −88 3

Source: World Rugby


2 December 1999
France 49–5 Kenya
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground




Source: World Rugby

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 72 28 +44 9
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 66 25 +41 7
 Japan 3 1 0 2 50 85 −35 5
 Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 26 76 −50 3

Source: World Rugby

2 December 1999
Samoa 38–7 Japan
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground





2 December 1999
Japan 29–12 Hong Kong
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground

Source: World Rugby

Finals

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Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 
 Scotland19
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 Georgia12
 
 Scotland41
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 Kenya0
 
 Kenya19
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 Japan17
 
 Scotland31
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 Zimbabwe24
 
 United States29
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 Hong Kong0
 
 United States7
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 Zimbabwe31
 
 Zimbabwe24
 
 
 Morocco7
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 
 Canada12
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 France17
 
 France20
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 Australia33
 
 Australia17
 
 
 Tonga10
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 
 New Zealand21
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 Canada19
 
 New Zealand31
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 South Africa0
 
 South Africa24
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 France0
 
 New Zealand38
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 Fiji14
 
 Samoa21
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 Australia12
 
 Samoa14
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 Fiji21
 
 Fiji50
 
 
 Tonga5
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Fiji 16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Samoa 12
 South Africa 12
5  Australia 8
6  France 6
7  Canada 4
 Tonga 4
Place  Team Points
9  Scotland 2
10  Zimbabwe 0
11  United States 0
 Kenya 0
13  Japan 0
 Georgia 0
 Hong Kong 0
 Morocco 0

Source: Rugby7.com[5]

References

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  1. ^ "TODAY'S RESULTS (THURSDAY)". irbsevens1999.irb.org @ web.archive.org. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 July 2002.
  2. ^ "TODAYS RESULTS (FRIDAY)". irbsevens1999.irb.org @ web.archive.org. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2001.
  3. ^ "NEW ZEALAND LEAD SERIES TABLE". irbsevens1999.irb.org @ web.archive.org. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2002.
  4. ^ "Dubai Sevens 1999". rugby7.com. 3 June 2013.
  5. ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2000. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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