1999 Dubai Sevens

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1999 Dubai Sevens
IRB Sevens I
Host nationFile:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE
Date2–3 December 1999
Cup
ChampionFile:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Runner-upFile:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
Plate
WinnerFile:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Runner-upFile:Flag of France.svg France
Bowl
WinnerFile:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Runner-upFile:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
Tournament details
Matches played41
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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

Sixteen national teams played in the tournament:[4]

Pool stage

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

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

Source: World Rugby

2 December 1999
New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg14–0File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg33–12File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg38–0File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
Tonga File:Flag of Tonga.svg28–14File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg54–0File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
Tonga File:Flag of Tonga.svg31–7File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 3 3 0 0 114 22 +92 9
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 2 0 1 65 52 +10 7
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 3 1 0 2 52 86 −34 5
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 3 0 0 3 20 88 −68 3

Source: World Rugby

2 December 1999
Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg38–17File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg29–0File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg38–5File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg33–14File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg38–0File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
Zimbabwe File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg21–15File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 3 3 0 0 92 20 +72 9
File:Flag of France.svg France 3 2 0 1 78 32 +46 7
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3 1 0 2 37 67 −30 5
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 3 0 0 3 12 100 −88 3

Source: World Rugby

2 December 1999
Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg36–15File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
France File:Flag of France.svg49–5File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg39–0File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
France File:Flag of France.svg24–10File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg17–5File:Flag of France.svg France
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
United States File:Flag of the United States.svg12–7File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

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

Source: World Rugby

2 December 1999
Samoa File:Flag of Samoa.svg38–7File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg26–7File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
Samoa File:Flag of Samoa.svg21–7File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg35–14File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg11–7File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground
2 December 1999
Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg29–12File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground

Source: World Rugby

Finals

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland19
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia12
 
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland41
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya0
 
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya19
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan17
 
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland31
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe24
 
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States29
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong0
 
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States7
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe31
 
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe24
 
 
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco7
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada12
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of France.svg France17
 
File:Flag of France.svg France20
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia33
 
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia17
 
 
File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga10
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 December – Dubai
 
 
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand21
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada19
 
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand31
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa0
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa24
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of France.svg France0
 
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand38
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji14
 
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa21
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia12
 
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa14
 
3 December – Dubai
 
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji21
 
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji50
 
 
File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga5
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

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

Source: Rugby7.com[5]

References

  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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