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2001 Cardiff Sevens

{{Infobox Rugby Sevens

| series = IRB Sevens II

| countries = {{flag|Wales}}

| date = 2–3 June 2001

| champions1 = {{ru7|NZL}}

| runnersup1 = {{ru7|AUS}}

| champions2 = {{ru7|FIJ}}

| runnersup2 = {{ru7|WAL}}

| champions3 = {{ru7|ENG}}

| runnersup3 = {{ru7|POR}}

| matches = 41

| tries =

| top point scorer =

| top try scorer =

| prevseason =

| nextseason = 2002

}}

The 2001 Cardiff Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Rodney Parade with the finals being held at the Millennium Stadium. It took place between 2–3 June 2001 and was the first edition of the Cardiff Sevens and the final round of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series.

Heading into the tournament, New Zealand held an eight point lead over Australia with a semi-final placing in the cup being enough to give New Zealand the title. After both teams qualified through to the cup knockout stage with them only conceding ten points between the two, they would meet in the cup final with New Zealand taking out not only the Cardiff Sevens but the World Series with a 31–5 win over Australia. In the minor placings, Fiji took out the plate final defeating Wales while England won the bowl over Portugal.

Teams

16 teams participated in the final round of the World Sevens Series:{{ciation needed|date=June 2020}}

{{columns-list|colwidth=28em|

  • {{Ru7|ARG}}
  • {{Ru7|AUS}}
  • {{Ru7|CAN}}
  • {{Ru7|ENG}}
  • {{Ru7|FIJ}}
  • {{Ru7|FRA}}
  • {{Ru7|GEO}}
  • {{Ru7|NZL}}
  • {{Ru7|POR}}
  • {{Ru7|RUS}}
  • {{Ru7|SAM}}
  • {{Ru7|SCO}}
  • {{Ru7|ESP}}
  • {{Ru7|RSA}}
  • {{Ru7|WAL}}
  • {{Ru7|WIN}}

}}

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.{{cite web|title=IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament |website=irbsevens.com |url=http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html |archivedate=20 May 2013}}

Summary

The opening day of the 2001 Cardiff Sevens saw the leading two nations (Australia and New Zealand) each finished top of their pool group while only conceding five points in their pool stage. The Northern hemisphere teams though had a day that they rather forget with only Wales qualifying through to the quarter-finals of the major European teams with France and Scotland not recording a single win while England only recorded 19-all draw with Spain before losing to the qualifiers of Pool C in Fiji in Georgia. Samoa finished ahead of South Africa in Pool D with the Samoans getting a 28–10 win.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/36906.html|title=Kiwis one win from sevens crown|location=Newport|date=2 June 2001|access-date=5 June 2020|publisher=ESPN Scrum}}

In the cup quarter-finals, New Zealand would take the World Sevens title defeating Wales 29-0 to claim their second World Sevens title. They would also go on to win the Cup final over Australia with tries from Chris Masoe and Damian Karauna securing a 31-5 victory. In the plate-final, Fiji took home the plate defeating host nation Wales who came back from 19-0 down against Georgia in the plate semi-final to win 26-19. England got the remaining two points as they home took the bowl final over Portugal.{{cite web|url=http://www.irbsevens.org/htmlfiles/150.htm|title=New Zealand Win Both Titles|publisher=International Rugby Board|date=3 June 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011121124751/http://www.irbsevens.org/htmlfiles/150.htm|archive-date=21 November 2001}}

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 Cardiff Sevens title.{{cite web|url=http://www.irbsevens.org/htmlfiles/130.htm|title=Pools for Final Tournament|publisher=International Rugby Board|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011121073210/http://www.irbsevens.org/htmlfiles/130.htm|archive-date=21 November 2001}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables
style="background:#cfc; width:20px;"|

|align=left|Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals

align=left|Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

=Pool A=

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|show_positions=n

|for_against_style=point

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|drawpoints=2

|losspoints=1

|team1=NZL|name_NZL={{ru7|NZL}}

|team2=ARG|name_ARG={{ru7|ARG}}

|team3=POR|name_POR={{ru7|POR}}

|team4=WIN|name_WIN={{ru7|WIN}}

|win_NZL=3|draw_NZL=0|loss_NZL=0|pf_NZL=114|pa_NZL=5

|win_ARG=2|draw_ARG=0|loss_ARG=1|pf_ARG=46|pa_ARG=41

|win_POR=1|draw_POR=0|loss_POR=2|pf_POR=29|pa_POR=65

|win_WIN=0|draw_WIN=0|loss_WIN=3|pf_WIN=24|pa_WIN=102

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 13:00

|home= {{ru7-rt|NZL}} |score=24-0 |away= {{ru7|POR}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 20011 |time = 13:20

|home= {{ru7-rt|ARG}} |score=19–5 |away= {{ru7|WIN}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 15:30

|home= {{ru7-rt|NZL}} |score=59–0 |away= {{ru7|WIN}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 15:50

|home= {{ru7-rt|ARG}} |score=22–5 |away= {{ru7|POR}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 17:20

|home= {{ru7-rt|POR}} |score=24–19 |away= {{ru7|WIN}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 18:40

|home= {{ru7-rt|NZL}} |score=31–5 |away= {{ru7|ARG}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

Source: {{Cite web|url=https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stage/1392/fixtures|title=Cardiff Results|publisher=World Rugby|access-date=5 June 2001}}

=Pool B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|for_against_style=point

|winpoints=3

|drawpoints=2

|losspoints=1

|team1=AUS|name_AUS={{ru7|AUS}}

|team2=WAL|name_WAL={{ru7|WAL}}

|team3=CAN|name_CAN={{ru7|CAN}}

|team4=SCO|name_SCO={{ru7|SCO}}

|win_AUS=3|draw_AUS=0|loss_AUS=0|pf_AUS=119|pa_AUS=5

|win_WAL=2|draw_WAL=0|loss_WAL=1|pf_WAL=50|pa_WAL=57

|win_CAN=1|draw_CAN=0|loss_CAN=2|pf_CAN=26|pa_CAN=69

|win_SCO=0|draw_SCO=0|loss_SCO=3|pf_SCO=26|pa_SCO=90

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 11:40

|home= {{ru7-rt|CAN}} |score=14-12 |away= {{ru7|SCO}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 20011 |time = 12:00

|home= {{ru7-rt|AUS}} |score=31–5 |away= {{ru7|WAL}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 14:30

|home= {{ru7-rt|AUS}} |score=50–0 |away= {{ru7|SCO}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 16:10

|home= {{ru7-rt|WAL}} |score=19–12 |away= {{ru7|CAN}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 18:00

|home= {{ru7-rt|AUS}} |score=38–0 |away= {{ru7|CAN}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 19:00

|home= {{ru7-rt|WAL}} |score=26–14 |away= {{ru7|SCO}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

Source:

=Pool C=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|for_against_style=point

|winpoints=3

|drawpoints=2

|losspoints=1

|team1=FIJ|name_FIJ={{ru7|FIJ}}

|team2=GEO|name_GEO={{ru7|GEO}}

|team3=ENG|name_ENG={{ru7|ENG}}

|team4=ESP|name_ESP={{ru7|ESP}}

|win_FIJ=3|draw_FIJ=0|loss_FIJ=0|pf_FIJ=93|pa_FIJ=20

|win_GEO=2|draw_GEO=0|loss_GEO=1|pf_GEO=34|pa_GEO=57

|win_ENG=0|draw_ENG=1|loss_ENG=2|pf_ENG=46|pa_ENG=55

|win_ESP=0|draw_ESP=1|loss_ESP=2|pf_ESP=36|pa_ESP=77

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 12:20

|home= {{ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score=33-0 |away= {{ru7|GEO}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 12:40

|home= {{ru7-rt|ENG}} |score=19–19 |away= {{ru7|ESP}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 14:50

|home= {{ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score=41–5 |away= {{ru7|ESP}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 15:10

|home= {{ru7-rt|GEO}} |score=17–12 |away= {{ru7|ENG}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 17:00

|home= {{ru7-rt|GEO}} |score=17–12 |away= {{ru7|ESP}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 18:20

|home= {{ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score=19–15 |away= {{ru7|ENG}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

Source:

=Pool D=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|for_against_style=point

|winpoints=3

|drawpoints=2

|losspoints=1

|team1=SAM|name_SAM={{ru7|SAM}}

|team2=RSA|name_RSA={{ru7|RSA}}

|team3=RUS|name_RUS={{ru7|RUS}}

|team4=FRA|name_FRA={{ru7|FRA}}

|win_SAM=3|draw_SAM=0|loss_SAM=0|pf_SAM=101|pa_SAM=17

|win_RSA=2|draw_RSA=0|loss_RSA=1|pf_RSA=72|pa_RSA=42

|win_RUS=1|draw_RUS=0|loss_RUS=2|pf_RUS=31|pa_RUS=69

|win_FRA=0|draw_FRA=0|loss_FRA=3|pf_FRA=14|pa_FRA=90

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 11:00

|home= {{ru7-rt|SAM}} |score=40-0 |away= {{ru7|FRA}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 11:20

|home= {{ru7-rt|RSA}} |score=29–7 |away= {{ru7|RUS}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 13:50

|home= {{ru7-rt|SAM}} |score=33–7 |away= {{ru7|RUS}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 14:10

|home= {{ru7-rt|RSA}} |score=33–7 |away= {{ru7|FRA}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 16:40

|home= {{ru7-rt|RUS}} |score=17–7 |away= {{ru7|FRA}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 2 June 2001 |time = 17:40

|home= {{ru7-rt|SAM}} |score=28–10 |away= {{ru7|RSA}}

|stadium = Rodney Parade, Newport

}}

Source:

Knockout stage

=Bowl=

{{Round8

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|POR}}|19|{{ru7|SCO}}|7

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|RUS}}|21|{{ru7|ESP}}|26

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|CAN}}|38|{{ru7|WIN}}|10

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|ENG}}|17|{{ru7|FRA}}|12

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|POR}}|21|{{ru7|ESP}}|19

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|CAN}}|14|{{ru7|ENG}}|29

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|POR}}|26|{{ru7|ENG}}|35

|team-width=200|score-width=50

}}

Source:

=Plate=

{{Round4

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|WAL}}|26|{{ru7|GEO}}|19

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|ARG}}|21|{{ru7|FIJ}}|28

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|WAL}}|14|{{ru7|FIJ}}|47

| team-width = 200

| score-width = 50

}}

Source:

=Cup=

{{Round8

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|NZL}}|29|{{ru7|WAL}}|0

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|SAM}}|38|{{ru7|GEO}}|17

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|AUS}}|49|{{ru7|ARG}}|14

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|FIJ}}|7|{{ru7|RSA}}|28

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|NZL}}|24|{{ru7|SAM}}|7

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|AUS}}|21|{{ru7|RSA}}|12

|3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium|{{ru7|NZL}}|31|{{ru7|AUS}}|5

|team-width=200|score-width=50

}}

Source:

Tournament placings

{{col-float|firstcol=20em}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:0;"

! Place

! style="text-align:left;"|{{noflag}}Team

! Points

{{gold1}}

|align=left| {{Ru7|NZL}}

20
{{silver2}}

|align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}}

16
rowspan=2| {{bronze3}}

|align=left| {{Ru7|SAM}}

12
align=left| {{Ru7|RSA}}12
5

|align=left| {{Ru7|FIJ}}

8
6

|align=left| {{Ru7|WAL}}

6
rowspan=2| 7

|align=left| {{Ru7|ARG}}

4
align=left| {{Ru7|GEO}}4

{{col-float-break}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:0;"

! Place

! style="text-align:left;"|{{noflag}}Team

! Points

9

|align=left| {{Ru7|ENG}}

2
10

|align=left| {{Ru7|POR}}

0
rowspan=2| 11

|align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}}

0
align=left| {{Ru7|ESP}}0
rowspan=4| 13

|align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}}

0
align=left| {{Ru7|RUS}}0
align=left| {{Ru7|SCO}}0
align=left| {{Ru7|WIN}}0

{{col-float-end}}

Source: [https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/standings/mens?series=2 World Rugby]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 9:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! style="width:2em; | {{noflag}}
Pos.

! {{diagonal split header|Team|Event }}

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|RSA}}
Durban

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|Dubai}}
Dubai

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|NZL}}
Wellington

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|HKG}}
Hong Kong

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|CHN}}
Shanghai

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|MAS}}
Kuala Lumpur

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|JPN}}
Tokyo

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|ENG}}
London

! style="width:5.2em; vertical-align:top; font-size:85%;" | {{flagdeco|WAL}}
Cardiff

! Points
total

1align=left| {{Ru7|NZL}}

|20

204301216202020162
2align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}}

| 12

1220182020161616150
3align=left| {{Ru7|FIJ}}

| 16

16162481212128124
4align=left| {{Ru7|SAM}}

| 6

128184812121292
5align=left| {{Ru7|RSA}}

| 8

8281612881282
6align=left| {{Ru7|ARG}}

| 12

6684424450
7align=left| {{Ru7|ENG}}

| 0

4086066232
8align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}}

| 4

0482044026
9align=left| {{Ru7|WAL}}

| 0

0030442619
10align=left| {{Ru7|USA}}

| –

–124––0––16
11align=left| {{Ru7|KOR}}

| –

––01220––14
12align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}}

| 4

––2–600012
13align=left| {{Ru7|COK}}

| –

–12––––––12
14align=left| {{Ru7|ZIM}}

| 0

4–––––––4
15align=left| {{Ru7|POR}}

| 2

––2–––004
16align=left| {{Ru7|GEO}}

| 0

0–––––044
17align=left| {{Ru7|IRE}}

| –

2–––––––2
18align=left| {{Ru7|HKG}}

| –

0–10–0––1
19

|align=left| {{Ru7|JPN}}

| –

–00000––0
rowspan=2|20

|align=left| {{Ru7|TPE}}

| –

––0000––0
align=left| {{Ru7|MAS}}

| –

––0000––0
rowspan=2|22

|align=left| {{Ru7|CHN}}

| –

–000––––0
align=left| {{Ru7|RUS}}

| –

––0–––000
rowspan=7|24

|align=left| {{flagicon|GCC}} Arabian Gulf

| –

0–0–––––0
align=left| {{Ru7|KEN}}

| 0

0–––––––0
align=left| {{Ru7|MAR}}

| 0

0–––––––0
align=left| {{Ru7|SCO}}

| –

––––––000
align=left| {{Ru7|SIN}}

| –

––0–0–––0
align=left| {{Ru7|SRI}}

| –

––00––––0
align=left| {{Ru7|THA}}

| –

––0–0–––0
rowspan=6|31

|align=left| {{Ru7|NAM}}

| 0

––––––––0
align=left| {{Ru7|NIU}}

| –

–0––––––0
align=left| {{Ru7|PNG}}

| –

–0––––––0
align=left| {{Ru7|ESP}}

| –

–––––––00
align=left| {{Ru7|TON}}

| –

–0––––––0
align=left| {{Ru7|WIN}}

| –

––0–––000

Source: [https://archive.today/20191208102003/https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/standings/mens?series=2 world.rugby] (archived)

References

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