After finishing on top of Pool B with three straight wins, Fiji took out their third sevens title of the season defeating hosts, New Zealand 24-14 in the cup final to regain the series lead.[1][2]Canada took out the plate final while France won the bowl final over Croatia.[3]
Teams
Sixteen national teams played in the Wellington Sevens with the announcement of teams being revealed on the 21 January 2000.[4]
The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four pools 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 2000 Wellington Sevens title.