2001 London Sevens

The 2001 London Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the 2000–01 season. It was the London Sevens leg held at Twickenham Stadium on 27–28 May 2001.

2001 London Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation England
Date27–28 May 2001
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Plate
Winner South Africa
Runner-up England
Bowl
Winner Wales
Runner-up Scotland
Tournament details
Matches played41
2002

The tournament was the eighth event of the series, and was won by New Zealand who defeated Australia 19–12 in the Cup final.[1]

Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each pool went on to the Bowl bracket.[2] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stage

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 2001 Tokyo 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 PD Pts
 New Zealand 330011451099
 Canada 32013653–177
 Russia 31022976−475
 Georgia 30031964−453

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2001
New Zealand 31-0 Georgia
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 20011
Canada 17–10 Russia
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
New Zealand 54–5 Russia
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
Canada 19–14 Georgia
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
Georgia 5–14 Russia
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
New Zealand 29–0 Canada
Twickenham Stadium, London

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3300925879
 Argentina 31023643–75
 France 31025465–155
 Spain 310212151−655

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2001
Australia 12–5 France
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
Argentina 19–24 Spain
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
Australia 61–0 Spain
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
Argentina 17–0 France
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
France 21–12 Spain
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
Australia 19–0 Argentina
Twickenham Stadium, London

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 33006433319
 Fiji 32017641357
 Scotland 31023957–185
 Portugal 30033381–483

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2001
Fiji 36–14 Portugal
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
South Africa 19–12 Scotland
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
Fiji 26–10 Scotland
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
South Africa 28–7 Portugal
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
Portugal 12–17 Scotland
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
Fiji 14–17 South Africa
Twickenham Stadium, London

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 33007724539
 Samoa 32019827717
 Wales 31023657–215
 West Indies 300319122−1033

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2001
Samoa 24–5 Wales
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
England 36–5 West Indies
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
Samoa 55–0 West Indies
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
England 19–0 Wales
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
Wales 31–14 West Indies
Twickenham Stadium, London

27 May 2001
Samoa 19–22 England
Twickenham Stadium, London

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
 Russia26
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Spain5
 
 Russia12
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Wales33
 
 Wales15
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Portugal12
 
' Wales31
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Scotland19
 
 Scotland44
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 West Indies0
 
 Scotland19
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Georgia14
 
 France12
 
 
 Georgia17
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
 Argentina14
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 England33
 
 England7
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 South Africa31
 
 South Africa43
 
 
 Canada0
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 
 New Zealand28
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Argentina12
 
 New Zealand15
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Fiji7
 
 England12
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Fiji14
 
 New Zealand19
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Australia12
 
 South Africa14
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Samoa21
 
 Samoa17
 
28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
 
 Australia33
 
 Australia33
 
 
 Canada12
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Fiji12
 Samoa12
5  South Africa8
6  England6
7  Canada4
 Argentina4
Place  Team Points
9  Wales2
10  Scotland0
11  Georgia0
 Russia0
13  France0
 Portugal0
 Spain0
 West Indies0

Source: World Rugby[3]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 8:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team

Durban

Dubai

Wellington

Hong Kong

Shanghai

Kuala Lumpur

Tokyo

London

Cardiff
Points
total
1 New Zealand202043012162020142
2 Australia1212201820201616134
3 Fiji161616248121212116
4 Samoa61281848121280
5 South Africa882816128870
6 Argentina12668442446
7 England0408606630
8 Canada4048204426
9 United States124016
10 South Korea0122014
11 Wales0003044213
12 France4260012
13 Cook Islands1212
14 Zimbabwe044
15 Portugal2204
16 Ireland22
17 Hong Kong01001
18  Japan000000
 Chinese Taipei00000
 Malaysia00000
 China0000
 Georgia0000
 Kenya000
 Morocco000
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf000
 Singapore000
 Sri Lanka000
 Thailand000
 Namibia00
 Niue00
 Papua New Guinea00
 Russia000
 Scotland00
 Tonga00
 West Indies000

Source: Rugby7.com

References

  1. "Martin and Vidiri joining New Zealand sevens squad". espnscrum.com. 28 May 2001.
  2. "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2001.
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