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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
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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

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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

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The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stage

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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

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 114 5 109 9
  Canada 3 2 0 1 36 53 –17 7
  Russia 3 1 0 2 29 76 −47 5
  Georgia 3 0 0 3 19 64 −45 3

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

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 92 5 87 9
  Argentina 3 1 0 2 36 43 –7 5
  France 3 1 0 2 54 65 –15 5
  Spain 3 1 0 2 12 151 −65 5

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

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 64 33 31 9
  Fiji 3 2 0 1 76 41 35 7
  Scotland 3 1 0 2 39 57 –18 5
  Portugal 3 0 0 3 33 81 –48 3

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

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  England 3 3 0 0 77 24 53 9
  Samoa 3 2 0 1 98 27 71 7
  Wales 3 1 0 2 36 57 –21 5
  West Indies 3 0 0 3 19 122 −103 3

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

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Bowl

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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

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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

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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

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Place  Team Points
    New Zealand 20
    Australia 16
    Fiji 12
  Samoa 12
5   South Africa 8
6   England 6
7   Canada 4
  Argentina 4
Place  Team Points
9   Wales 2
10   Scotland 0
11   Georgia 0
  Russia 0
13   France 0
  Portugal 0
  Spain 0
  West Indies 0

Source: World Rugby[3]

Series standings

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At the completion of Round 8:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team
  
Durban 		 
Dubai 		 
Wellington 		 
Hong Kong 		 
Shanghai 		 
Kuala Lumpur 		 
Tokyo 		 
London 		 
Cardiff 		Points
total
1   New Zealand 20 20 4 30 12 16 20 20 142
2   Australia 12 12 20 18 20 20 16 16 134
3   Fiji 16 16 16 24 8 12 12 12 116
4   Samoa 6 12 8 18 4 8 12 12 80
5   South Africa 8 8 2 8 16 12 8 8 70
6   Argentina 12 6 6 8 4 4 2 4 46
7   England 0 4 0 8 6 0 6 6 30
8   Canada 4 0 4 8 2 0 4 4 26
9   United States — — 12 4 — — 0 — 16
10   South Korea — — — 0 12 2 0 — 14
11   Wales 0 0 0 3 0 4 4 2 13
12   France 4 — — 2 — 6 0 0 12
13   Cook Islands — — 12 — — — — — 12
14   Zimbabwe 0 4 — — — — — — 4
15   Portugal 2 — — 2 — — — 0 4
16   Ireland — 2 — — — — — — 2
17   Hong Kong — 0 — 1 0 — 0 — 1
18   Japan — — 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
  Chinese Taipei — — — 0 0 0 0 — 0
  Malaysia — — — 0 0 0 0 — 0
  China — — 0 0 0 — — — 0
  Georgia 0 0 — — — — — 0 0
  Kenya 0 0 — — — — — — 0
  Morocco 0 0 — — — — — — 0
  Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 — — — — 0
  Singapore — — — 0 — 0 — — 0
  Sri Lanka — — — 0 0 — — — 0
  Thailand — — — 0 — 0 — — 0
  Namibia 0 — — — — — — — 0
  Niue — — 0 — — — — — 0
  Papua New Guinea — — 0 — — — — — 0
  Russia — — — 0 — — — 0 0
  Scotland — — — — — — — 0 0
  Tonga — — 0 — — — — — 0
  West Indies — — — 0 — — — 0 0

Source: Rugby7.com

References

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  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.
  3. ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2001.
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