2001 London Sevens

{{Infobox Rugby Sevens

| series = IRB Sevens II

| countries = {{flag|England}}

| date = 27–28 May 2001

| champions1 = {{ru7|NZL}}

| runnersup1 = {{ru7|AUS}}

| champions2 = {{ru7|RSA}}

| runnersup2 = {{ru7|ENG}}

| champions3 = {{ru7|WAL}}

| runnersup3 = {{ru7|SCO}}

| matches = 41

| tries =

| top point scorer =

| top try scorer =

| prevseason =

| nextseason = 2002

}}

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.

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

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. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

{{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|RSA}}
{{ru7|ESP}}
{{ru7|WAL}}
{{ru7|WIN}}

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.

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

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=

width=175 \|Team !width=25 abbr="Played" \|Pld !width=25 abbr="Won" \|W !width=25 abbr="Drawn" \|D !width=25 abbr="Lost" \|L !width=32 abbr="Points for" \|PF !width=32 abbr="Points against" \|PA !width=32 abbr="Points difference" \|PD !width=25 abbr="Points" \|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{ru7\|NZL}} \|3	3	0	0	114	5	109	9
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{ru7\|CAN}} \|3	2	0	1	36	53	–17	7
align=left\|{{ru7\|RUS}} \|3	1	0	2	29	76	−47	5
align=left\|{{ru7\|GEO}} \|3	0	0	3	19	64	−45	3

Source: [https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stage/1391/pools World Rugby]

{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|NZL}} |score=31-0 |away= {{ru7|GEO}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 20011 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|CAN}} |score=17–10 |away= {{ru7|RUS}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

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|home= {{ru7-rt|NZL}} |score=54–5 |away= {{ru7|RUS}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|CAN}} |score=19–14 |away= {{ru7|GEO}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|GEO}} |score=5–14 |away= {{ru7|RUS}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|NZL}} |score=29–0 |away= {{ru7|CAN}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

Source: [https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stage/1391/fixtures World Rugby]

=Pool B=

width=175 \|Team !width=25 abbr="Played" \|Pld !width=25 abbr="Won" \|W !width=25 abbr="Drawn" \|D !width=25 abbr="Lost" \|L !width=32 abbr="Points for" \|PF !width=32 abbr="Points against" \|PA !width=32 abbr="Points difference" \|PD !width=25 abbr="Points" \|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{ru7\|AUS}} \|3	3	0	0	92	5	87	9
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{ru7\|ARG}} \|3	1	0	2	36	43	–7	5
align=left\|{{ru7\|FRA}} \|3	1	0	2	54	65	–15	5
align=left\|{{ru7\|ESP}} \|3	1	0	2	12	151	−65	5

Source: [https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stage/1391/pools World Rugby]

{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|AUS}} |score=12–5 |away= {{ru7|FRA}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001|time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|ARG}} |score=19–24 |away= {{ru7|ESP}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|AUS}} |score=61–0 |away= {{ru7|ESP}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|ARG}} |score=17–0 |away= {{ru7|FRA}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|FRA}} |score=21–12 |away= {{ru7|ESP}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|AUS}} |score=19–0 |away= {{ru7|ARG}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

Source: [https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stage/1391/fixtures World Rugby]

=Pool C=

width=175 \|Team !width=25 abbr="Played" \|Pld !width=25 abbr="Won" \|W !width=25 abbr="Drawn" \|D !width=25 abbr="Lost" \|L !width=32 abbr="Points for" \|PF !width=32 abbr="Points against" \|PA !width=32 abbr="Points difference" \|PD !width=25 abbr="Points" \|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{ru7\|RSA}} \|3	3	0	0	64	33	31	9
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{ru7\|FIJ}} \|3	2	0	1	76	41	35	7
align=left\|{{ru7\|SCO}} \|3	1	0	2	39	57	–18	5
align=left\|{{ru7\|POR}} \|3	0	0	3	33	81	–48	3

Source: [https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stage/1391/pools World Rugby]

{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score=36–14 |away= {{ru7|POR}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|RSA}} |score=19–12 |away= {{ru7|SCO}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score=26–10 |away= {{ru7|SCO}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|RSA}} |score=28–7 |away= {{ru7|POR}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|POR}} |score=12–17 |away= {{ru7|SCO}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score=14–17 |away= {{ru7|RSA}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

Source: [https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stage/1391/fixtures World Rugby]

=Pool D=

width=175 \|Team !width=25 abbr="Played" \|Pld !width=25 abbr="Won" \|W !width=25 abbr="Drawn" \|D !width=25 abbr="Lost" \|L !width=32 abbr="Points for" \|PF !width=32 abbr="Points against" \|PA !width=32 abbr="Points difference" \|PD !width=25 abbr="Points" \|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{ru7\|ENG}} \|3	3	0	0	77	24	53	9
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|align=left\|{{ru7\|SAM}} \|3	2	0	1	98	27	71	7
align=left\|{{ru7\|WAL}} \|3	1	0	2	36	57	–21	5
align=left\|{{ru7\|WIN}} \|3	0	0	3	19	122	−103	3

Source: [https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stage/1391/pools World Rugby]

{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|SAM}} |score=24–5 |away= {{ru7|WAL}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|ENG}} |score=36–5 |away= {{ru7|WIN}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|SAM}} |score=55–0 |away= {{ru7|WIN}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|ENG}} |score=19–0 |away= {{ru7|WAL}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|WAL}} |score=31–14 |away= {{ru7|WIN}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 27 May 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|SAM}} |score=19–22 |away= {{ru7|ENG}}

|stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London

}}

Source: [https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stage/1391/fixtures World Rugby]

Knockout stage

=Bowl=

{{Round8

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|RUS}}|26|{{ru7|ESP}}|5

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|WAL}}|15 |{{ru7|POR}}|12

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|SCO}}|44|{{ru7|WIN}}|0

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|FRA}}|12 |{{ru7|GEO}}|17

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|RUS}}|12|{{ru7|WAL}}|33

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|SCO}}|19|{{ru7|GEO}}|14

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|'{{ru7|WAL}}|31|{{ru7|SCO}}|19

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

}}

Source: [https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stage/1391/fixtures World Rugby]

=Plate=

{{Round4

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|ARG}}|14|{{ru7|ENG}}|33

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|RSA}}|43|{{ru7|CAN}}|0

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|ENG}}|7|{{ru7|RSA}}|31

| team-width = 200

| score-width = 50

}}

Source: [https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stage/1391/fixtures World Rugby]

=Cup=

{{Round8

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|NZL}}|28|{{ru7|ARG}}|12

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|ENG}}|12|{{ru7|FIJ}}|14

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|RSA}}|14|{{ru7|SAM}}|21

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|AUS}}|33 |{{ru7|CAN}}|12

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|NZL}}|15 |{{ru7|FIJ}}|7

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|SAM}}|17|{{ru7|AUS}}|33

|28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium|{{ru7|NZL}}|19|{{ru7|AUS}}|12

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

}}

Source: [https://www.world.rugby/sevens-series/stage/1391/fixtures World Rugby]

Tournament placings

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\|FIJ}}	12
align=left\| {{Ru7\|SAM}}	12
5 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|RSA}}	8
6 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|ENG}}	6
rowspan=2\| 7 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|CAN}}	4
align=left\| {{Ru7\|ARG}}	4

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:0;" ! Place ! style="text-align:left;"\|{{noflag}}Team ! Points
9 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|WAL}}	2
10 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|SCO}}	0
rowspan=2\| 11 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|GEO}}	0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|RUS}}	0
rowspan=4\| 13 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|FRA}}	0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|POR}}	0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|ESP}}	0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|WIN}}	0

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

Series standings

At the completion of Round 8:

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
1	align=left\| {{Ru7\|NZL}}	20	20	4	30	12	16	20	20		142
2	align=left\| {{Ru7\|AUS}}	12	12	20	18	20	20	16	16		134
3	align=left\| {{Ru7\|FIJ}}	16	16	16	24	8	12	12	12		116
4	align=left\| {{Ru7\|SAM}}	6	12	8	18	4	8	12	12		80
5	align=left\| {{Ru7\|RSA}}	8	8	2	8	16	12	8	8		70
6	align=left\| {{Ru7\|ARG}}	12	6	6	8	4	4	2	4		46
7	align=left\| {{Ru7\|ENG}}	0	4	0	8	6	0	6	6		30
8	align=left\| {{Ru7\|CAN}}	4	0	4	8	2	0	4	4		26
9	align=left\| {{Ru7\|USA}}	—	—	12	4	—	—	0	—		16
10	align=left\| {{Ru7\|KOR}}	—	—	—	0	12	2	0	—		14
11	align=left\| {{Ru7\|WAL}}	0	0	0	3	0	4	4	2		13
12	align=left\| {{Ru7\|FRA}}	4	—	—	2	—	6	0	0		12
13	align=left\| {{Ru7\|COK}}	—	—	12	—	—	—	—	—		12
14	align=left\| {{Ru7\|ZIM}}	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—		4
15	align=left\| {{Ru7\|POR}}	2	—	—	2	—	—	—	0		4
16	align=left\| {{Ru7\|IRE}}	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—		2
17	align=left\| {{Ru7\|HKG}}	—	0	—	1	0	—	0	—		1
rowspan=18\|18 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|JPN}}	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|TPE}}	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|MAS}}	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|CHN}}	—	—	0	0	0	—	—	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|GEO}}	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|KEN}}	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|MAR}}	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—		0
align=left\| {{flagicon\|GCC}} Arabian Gulf	—	0	—	0	—	—	—	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|SIN}}	—	—	—	0	—	0	—	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|SRI}}	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|THA}}	—	—	—	0	—	0	—	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|NAM}}	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|NIU}}	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|PNG}}	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|RUS}}	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	0		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|SCO}}	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|TON}}	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—		0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|WIN}}	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	0		0

Source: [http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2001 Rugby7.com]

References

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{{cite web

|date= 28 May 2001

|title= Martin and Vidiri joining New Zealand sevens squad

|website= espnscrum.com

|accessdate=

|url= http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/36842.html

}}

{{cite web

|date= 2001

|title= IRB Sevens Standings

|website= Rugby 7

|accessdate=

|url= http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2001

}}

{{cite web

|title=IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament

|website=irbsevens.com

|accessdate=9 December 2013

|url=http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html

|archivedate=20 May 2013

}}

{{succession box|title= 2001 London Sevens|before=2001 Tokyo Sevens|after=2001 Cardiff Sevens}}

{{succession box|title= 2001 London Sevens|before= — |after=2002 London Sevens}}

Category:2000–01 IRB Sevens World Series

Category:London Sevens

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\|FIJ}}	12
align=left\| {{Ru7\|SAM}}	12
5 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|RSA}}	8
6 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|ENG}}	6
rowspan=2\| 7 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|CAN}}	4
align=left\| {{Ru7\|ARG}}	4

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; padding-bottom:0;" ! Place ! style="text-align:left;"\|{{noflag}}Team ! Points
9 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|WAL}}	2
10 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|SCO}}	0
rowspan=2\| 11 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|GEO}}	0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|RUS}}	0
rowspan=4\| 13 \|align=left\| {{Ru7\|FRA}}	0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|POR}}	0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|ESP}}	0
align=left\| {{Ru7\|WIN}}	0