2000 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s
# 2000 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s

The 2000 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s was the second year of the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s tournament. All matches were played at Bogambara Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Following the success of the inaugural competition the previous year the tournament was made an open event and expanded to 16 teams, with four teams from Europe competing. Chinese Taipei defeated South Korea 38 points to 21 in the final of the Cup, with the Bowl final won by Thailand and the Plate final by Japan.

## Group stage

Key to colours in group tables :

* Teams advanced to the Cup quarter-final
* Teams advanced to the Plate semi-final
* Teams advanced to the Bowl semi-final

### Pool A

* South Korea 59 - 00 Sri Lanka Barbarians
* South Korea 26 - 07 Malaysia
* South Korea 47 - 00 Arabian Gulf
* Malaysia 14 - 05 Sri Lanka Barbarians
* Sri Lanka Barbarians 31 - 14 Arabian Gulf
* Arabian Gulf 29 - 11 Malaysia

    Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts  South Korea 330013207+1259 Arabian Gulf 31024389-465  Malaysia 31023360-275  Sri Lanka Barbarians 31023687−515

### Pool B

* Denmark 19 - 14 Japan
* Czech Republic 19 - 14 Thailand
* Czech Republic 26 - 21 Japan
* Denmark 28 - 07 Thailand
* Japan 36 - 07 Thailand
* Denmark 19 - 00 Czech Republic

    Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts  Denmark 33006621+459  Czech Republic 32014554-97  Japan 31027152+195  Thailand 30032883-553

### Pool C

* Chinese Taipei 24 - 07 Netherlands
* Sri Lanka 45 - 12 Singapore
* Sri Lanka 28 - 17 Netherlands
* Chinese Taipei 19 - 19 Sri Lanka
* Netherlands 38 - 07 Singapore
* Chinese Taipei 45 - 07 Singapore

    Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts  Chinese Taipei 32108833+558  Sri Lanka 32109248+447  Netherlands 31026259-35  Singapore 300326128−1023

### Pool D

* China 49 - 00 India
* Germany 47 - 07 China
* Germany 70 - 00 India
* Germany 28 - 19 Hong Kong
* Hong Kong 42 - 07 China
* Hong Kong 40 - 00 India

    Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts  Germany 330014526+1199  Hong Kong 320110135+667  China 32016389-265  India 300315900−1593

## Second round

### Bowl

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Thailand | 21 |
| Singapore | 14 | | |
| Singapore | 14 | Thailand | 35 |
| | | Sri Lanka Barbarians | 26 |
| Sri Lanka Barbarians | 33 | Sri Lanka Barbarians | 26 |
| India | 14 | | |

### Plate

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Japan | 26 |
| Netherlands | 12 | | |
| Netherlands | 12 | Japan | 42 |
| | | China | 00 |
| China | 24 | China | 00 |
| Malaysia | 07 | | |

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chinese Taipei | 24 | | |
| Denmark | 19 | | |
| Denmark | 19 | Chinese Taipei | 22 |
| | | Sri Lanka | 12 |
| Sri Lanka | 40 | Sri Lanka | 12 |
| Czech Republic | 10 | | | | |
| Czech Republic | 10 | | | Chinese Taipei | 38 |
| | | | | South Korea | 21 |
| Germany | 17 | | | South Korea | 21 |
| Arabian Gulf | 14 | | | | |
| Arabian Gulf | 14 | South Korea | 19 | | |
| | | Germany | 17 |
| South Korea | 40 | Germany | 17 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | | |
