2000 Credit Suisse First Boston Hong Kong Sevens Fact Sheet
Date: March 24 – 26, 2000 (Friday to Sunday) Venue: Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po Organiser: Hong Kong Rugby Football Union Title Sponsor: Credit Suisse First Boston Stadium Capacity: 40,000 Ticket Price: HK$750 for adults & HK$250 for children Merchandise & Ticket Outlets: First Class Terminal, Central Star Ferry (From January 26, 2000) Shop 8, L/G Floor, Jardine House, Central (From February 9, 2000) Box Office, Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po (every weekend from January 29, 2000 between 12:00pm-4:00pm) Roadshow: 19-20 February, 2000 Landmark North, Sheung Shui 26-27 February, 2000 New Town Plaza, Shatin 4-5 March, 2000 World Trade Center, Causeway Bay 11-12 March, 2000 The Lee Gardens, Causeway Bay 18-19 March, 2000 Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui 17-23 March, 2000 Pacific Place, Admiralty Playing Times: Friday March 24 – 5:00pm to 9:00pm Saturday March 25 – 11:00am to 7:00pm Sunday March 26 – from 10:00am Total Prize Money: US$150,000 Prize Money Breakdown: US$100,000 Cup Champions US$25,000 Cup Runner-up US$12,500 Semi-finalists US$12,500 Semi-finalists 1999 Sevens’ Results: Cup Championship Final – Fiji beat New Zealand 21-12 Plate Championship Final – Japan beat Scotland 33-31 Bowl Championship Final – Hong Kong beat Uruguay 24-12 Country With Most Wins: Fiji 9 New Zealand 6 Australia 5 Format: Day 1 (12 games) Each team plays 1 game in a round-robin competition in their pools Day 2 (24 games) Each team plays another 2 games to complete the pool competition, teams will then be seeded according to points awarded in round robins Day 3 (quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals) The top 8 eight teams to play in Cup Championship, next 8 in Plate Championship and remaining 8 in Bowl Championship Participating Teams: 24 teams – countries Arabian Gulf Argentina Australia Canada China Chinese Taipei Croatia England (to be confirmed) Fiji France Hong Kong Ireland Italy Japan Korea Malaysia New Zealand Samoa Scotland Singapore South Africa Sri Lanka Thailand United States Match Duration: 7 minutes each way with 1 minute intervals for pool matches and 10 minutes each way for finals. Enquiries: Hong Kong Rugby Football Union (Tel: 2504 8311, Fax: 2576 7237) Website: www.hksevens.com.hk