Host nation South Africa Champions Fiji Champions Australia | Date 10–11 December 1999 Runners-up New Zealand Runners-up Samoa | |
The 1999 South Africa Sevens was the first annual Rugby Sevens tournament held in South Africa as part of the IRB Sevens World Series. The competition took place on 10–11 December 1999 at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch, and was the second tournament in the 1999–2000 World Sevens Series.
Contents
The hosts, South Africa were eliminated in the semi-finals before Fiji defeated New Zealand 12–10 in the final to win their first sevens title for the series. Stellenbosch only hosted the South Africa Sevens tournament for one season and the event moved to Durban for the 2000–01 series.
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.
Pool A
Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool B
Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool D
Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Bowl
Source: World Rugby
Plate
Source: World Rugby
Cup
Source: World Rugby
Tournament placings
Source: Rugby7.com
Series standings
At the completion of Round 2:
Source: Rugby7.com