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2001 Currie Cup Top 8

{{Short description|Domestic rugby union competition}}

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{{Infobox rugby union season

| name = 2001 Currie Cup Top 8

| image =

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| caption =

| countries = South Africa

| date = 20 September – 25 October 2001

| champions = {{Rut|Western Province}}

| count = 31

| runnersup = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}}

| promoted =

| relegated =

| matches = 19

| attendance =

| tries =

| top point scorer =

| top try scorer =

| prevseason = 2000

| nextseason = 2002

}}

{{2001 in South African rugby union}}

The 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 series was the top tier of the final stage of the 63rd season of the Currie Cup, South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, since it started in 1889. The competition was known as the Bankfin Currie Cup for sponsorship reasons and this stage was contested from 20 September to 25 September 2001.

The Currie Cup was won by {{Rut|Western Province}} for the 31st time in their history; they beat the {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}} 29–24 in the final played on 25 October 2001.

Competition rules and information

There were eight participating teams in the 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 stage. These teams qualified from a qualification series by finishing in the top four teams in one of two sections. The points accumulated against the three other teams that qualified were carried forward to the Top 8 stage. In the Top 8 stage, teams played the four teams from the opposite qualification section once, either at home or away.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded). The top four teams qualified for the semi-finals.

Teams

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{{Location map~ | South Africa | lat=-25.753273 | long=28.222919 | label={{Rut|Blue Bulls}} | position=top }}

{{Location map~ | South Africa | lat=-26.104793 | long=28.213234 | label={{Rut|Falcons}} | position=bottom }}

{{Location map~ | South Africa | lat=-29.117326 | long=26.208749 | label={{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}} }}

{{Location map~ | South Africa | lat=-26.197500 | long=28.060785 | label={{Rut|Golden Lions}} | position=left }}

{{Location map~ | South Africa | lat=-28.755045 | long=24.757959 | label={{Rut|Griqualand West}} | position=left }}

{{Location map~ | South Africa | lat=-25.883832 | long=29.214460 | label={{Rut|Mpumalanga Pumas}} | position=right }}

{{Location map~ | South Africa | lat=-29.824870 | long=31.029714 | label={{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}} | position=bottom }}

{{Location map~ | South Africa | lat=-33.970414 | long=18.468554 | label={{Rut|Western Province}} | position=bottom }}

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colspan="4" | 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 teams
width="20%" | Team

! width="25%" | Sponsored Name

! width="30%" | Stadium/s

! width="25%" | Sponsored Name

{{Rut|Blue Bulls}}Blue Bulls{{Rus|Loftus Versfeld}}Minolta Loftus
{{Rut|Falcons}}Falcons{{Rus|Barnard Stadium}}Barnard Stadium
{{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}}Vodacom Free State Cheetahs{{Rus|Free State Stadium}}Vodacom Park
{{Rut|Golden Lions}}Golden Lions{{Rus|Ellis Park Stadium}}Ellis Park Stadium
{{Rut|Griquas}}Nashua Griquas{{Rus|Hoffe Park Stadium}}ABSA Park
{{Rut|Mpumalanga Pumas}}Mpumalanga Pumas{{Rus|Johann van Riebeeck Stadium}}@lantic Park
{{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}}Sharks{{Rus|University of Natal}}University of Natal
{{Rut|Western Province}}Fedsure Western Province{{Rus|Newlands Stadium}}Fedsure Park Newlands

Log

The final log of the 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 series:{{SA Rugby Log | id=250 | comp=2001 Bankfin Currie Cup Top Eight | date=20 May 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.rugbyarchive.net/Pagine/StagioneCompetizioni.aspx?ID=101&Stagione=2001 | title=Currie Cup 2001 - Currie Cup | publisher=rugbyarchive.net | access-date=13 January 2016}}{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=Rugby

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| show_tries_for = no | show_tries_against = no

| title = 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 log

| team1 = WPR | name_WPR = {{Rut|Western Province}}

| team2 = SHA | name_SHA = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}}

| team3 = GLI | name_GLI = {{Rut|Golden Lions}}

| team4 = FSC | name_FSC = {{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}}

| team5 = FAL | name_FAL = {{Rut|Falcons}}

| team6 = PUM | name_PUM = {{Rut|Pumas}}

| team7 = BLB | name_BLB = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}

| team8 = GRQ | name_GRQ = {{Rut|Griquas}}

| win_WPR = 6 | draw_WPR =0| loss_WPR =1| pf_WPR =225| pa_WPR =177| tf_WPR =| ta_WPR =| tb_WPR =1 | lb_WPR =0

| win_SHA = 5 | draw_SHA =0| loss_SHA =2| pf_SHA =251| pa_SHA =141| tf_SHA =| ta_SHA =| tb_SHA =3 | lb_SHA =1

| win_GLI = 5 | draw_GLI =0| loss_GLI =2| pf_GLI =250| pa_GLI =187| tf_GLI =| ta_GLI =| tb_GLI =4 | lb_GLI =0

| win_FSC = 4 | draw_FSC =0| loss_FSC =3| pf_FSC =222| pa_FSC =212| tf_FSC =| ta_FSC =| tb_FSC =3 | lb_FSC =2

| win_FAL = 4 | draw_FAL =0| loss_FAL =3| pf_FAL =223| pa_FAL =220| tf_FAL =| ta_FAL =| tb_FAL =4 | lb_FAL =0

| win_PUM = 2 | draw_PUM =0| loss_PUM =5| pf_PUM =194| pa_PUM =246| tf_PUM =| ta_PUM =| tb_PUM =4 | lb_PUM =1

| win_BLB = 2 | draw_BLB =0| loss_BLB =5| pf_BLB =191| pa_BLB =187| tf_BLB =| ta_BLB =| tb_BLB =2 | lb_BLB =2

| win_GRQ = 0 | draw_GRQ =0| loss_GRQ =7| pf_GRQ =184| pa_GRQ =370| tf_GRQ =| ta_GRQ =| tb_GRQ =2 | lb_GRQ =2

| result1 = SF | result2 = SF | result3 = SF | result4 = SF

| col_SF = green2 | text_SF = Semi-finals

| class_rules = 4 points for a win; 2 points for a draw; 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less; 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

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Matches

The following matches were played in the 2001 Currie Cup Top 8:{{SA Rugby Results | id=250 | comp=2001 Bankfin Currie Cup Top Eight | date=6 May 2016}}

=Round One=

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| date = 20 September 2001

| time = 15:00

| home = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}

| score = 17–24

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8086 | homeid=2931 | awayid=3710 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Blue Bulls | homescore=17 | awayscore=24 | awayteam=Natal Sharks | matchdate=20 September 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Loftus Versfeld}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 20 September 2001

| time = 15:00

| home = {{Rut|Griquas}}

| score = 22–26

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8085 | homeid=3688 | awayid=4200 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Nashua Griquas | homescore=22 | awayscore=26 | awayteam=Vodacom Free State Cheetahs | matchdate=20 September 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Hoffe Park Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 20 September 2001

| time = 17:05

| home = {{Rut|Western Province}}

| score = 34–16

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8087 | homeid=3253 | awayid=3604 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Fedsure Western Province | homescore=34 | awayscore=16 | awayteam=Lions | matchdate=20 September 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Golden Lions}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Newlands Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 21 September 2001

| time = 15:00

| home = {{Rut|Mpumalanga Pumas}}

| score = 32–40

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8088 | homeid=3871 | awayid=3226 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Pumas | homescore=32 | awayscore=40 | awayteam=Falcons | matchdate=21 September 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Falcons}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Johann van Riebeeck Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

=Round Two=

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| date = 26 September 2001

| time = 19:10

| home = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}}

| score = 65–17

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8089 | homeid=3710 | awayid=3688 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Natal Sharks | homescore=65 | awayscore=17 | awayteam=Nashua Griquas | matchdate=26 September 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Griquas}}

| stadium = {{Rus|University of Natal}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 27 September 2001

| time = 15:00

| home = {{Rut|Falcons}}

| score = 26–35

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8090 | homeid=3226 | awayid=3253 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Falcons | homescore=26 | awayscore=35 | awayteam=Fedsure Western Province | matchdate=27 September 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Western Province}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Barnard Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 27 September 2001

| time = 17:05

| home = {{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}}

| score = 42–20

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8091 | homeid=4200 | awayid=2931 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Vodacom Free State Cheetahs | homescore=42 | awayscore=20 | awayteam=Blue Bulls | matchdate=27 September 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Free State Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 28 September 2001

| time = 15:00

| home = {{Rut|Golden Lions}}

| score = 49–29

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8092 | homeid=3604 | awayid=3871 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Lions | homescore=49 | awayscore=29 | awayteam=Pumas | matchdate=28 September 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Mpumalanga Pumas}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Ellis Park Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

=Round Three=

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| date = 3 October 2001

| time = 20:00

| home = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}

| score = 23–15

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8093 | homeid=2931 | awayid=3226 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Blue Bulls | homescore=23 | awayscore=15 | awayteam=Falcons | matchdate=3 October 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Falcons}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Loftus Versfeld}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 4 October 2001

| time = 15:00

| home = {{Rut|Griquas}}

| score = 32–64

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8094 | homeid=3688 | awayid=3604 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Nashua Griquas | homescore=32 | awayscore=64 | awayteam=Lions | matchdate=4 October 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Golden Lions}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Hoffe Park Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 4 October 2001

| time = 17:05

| home = {{Rut|Mpumalanga Pumas}}

| score = 11–37

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8095 | homeid=3871 | awayid=3710 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Pumas | homescore=11 | awayscore=37 | awayteam=Natal Sharks | matchdate=4 October 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Johann van Riebeeck Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 4 October 2001

| time = 19:10

| home = {{Rut|Western Province}}

| score = 61–26

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8096 | homeid=3253 | awayid=4200 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Fedsure Western Province | homescore=61 | awayscore=26 | awayteam=Vodacom Free State Cheetahs | matchdate=4 October 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Newlands Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

=Round Four=

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| date = 10 October 2001

| time = 16:00

| home = {{Rut|Falcons}}

| score = 65–30

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8097 | homeid=3226 | awayid=3688 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Falcons | homescore=65 | awayscore=30 | awayteam=Nashua Griquas | matchdate=10 October 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Griquas}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Barnard Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 10 October 2001

| time = 19:10

| home = {{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}}

| score = 47–26

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8098 | homeid=4200 | awayid=3871 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Vodacom Free State Cheetahs | homescore=47 | awayscore=26 | awayteam=Pumas | matchdate=10 October 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Mpumalanga Pumas}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Free State Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 11 October 2001

| time = 15:00

| home = {{Rut|Golden Lions}}

| score = 32–22

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8099 | homeid=3604 | awayid=2931 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Lions | homescore=32 | awayscore=22 | awayteam=Blue Bulls | matchdate=11 October 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Blue Bulls}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Ellis Park Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 11 October 2001

| time = 17:05

| home = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}}

| score = 36–13

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8100 | homeid=3710 | awayid=3253 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Natal Sharks | homescore=36 | awayscore=13 | awayteam=Fedsure Western Province | matchdate=11 October 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Western Province}}

| stadium = {{Rus|University of Natal}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

=Semi-finals=

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| date = 18 October 2001

| time = 14:30

| home = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}}

| score = 16–9

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8121 | homeid=3710 | awayid=3604 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Natal Sharks | homescore=16 | awayscore=9 | awayteam=Lions | matchdate=18 October 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Golden Lions}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Kings Park Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

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| date = 18 October 2001

| time = 17:05

| home = {{Rut|Western Province}}

| score = 40–18

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8122 | homeid=3253 | awayid=4200 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Fedsure Western Province | homescore=40 | awayscore=18 | awayteam=Vodacom Free State Cheetahs | matchdate=18 October 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Free State Cheetahs}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Newlands Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

=Final=

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| date = 25 October 2001

| time = 17:05

| home = {{Rut|Western Province}}

| score = 29–24

| report = Scoreboard{{SA Rugby Match Centre | id=8130 | homeid=3253 | awayid=3710 | leagueid=250 | hometeam=Fedsure Western Province | homescore=29 | awayscore=24 | awayteam=Natal Sharks | matchdate=25 October 2001 | date=20 May 2016}}

| away = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)}}

| stadium = {{Rus|Newlands Stadium}}

| attendance =

| referee =

}}

References

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