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2001 Shanghai Sevens

{{Short description|Rugby union 7-a-side tournament}}

{{Infobox Rugby Sevens

| series = IRB Sevens II

| countries = {{flag|China}}

| date = 7–8 April 2001

| champions1 = {{ru7|AUS}}

| runnersup1 = {{ru7|RSA}}

| champions2 = {{ru7|FIJ}}

| runnersup2 = {{ru7|ENG}}

| champions3 = {{ru7|CAN}}

| runnersup3 = {{ru7|WAL}}

| champions4 =

| runnersup4 =

| matches = 44

| tries =

| top point scorer =

| top try scorer =

| prevseason =

| nextseason = 2002

}}

The 2001 Shanghai Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Shanghai, China as the fifth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. It was the first China Sevens tournament to be hosted as part of the World Sevens Series, and the event took place at the Yuanshen Stadium on 8–9 April 2001.

Australia won the Shanghai Sevens after they defeated South Africa 19–12 to go to second place in the overall standings.

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 group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

{{colbegin}}

  • {{ru7|ARG}}
  • {{ru7|AUS}}
  • {{ru7|CAN}}
  • {{ru7|CHN}}
  • {{ru7|TPE}}
  • {{ru7|ENG}}
  • {{ru7|FIJ}}
  • {{ru7|JPN}}
  • {{ru7|HKG}}
  • {{ru7|MAS}}
  • {{ru7|NZL}}
  • {{ru7|SAM}}
  • {{ru7|SRI}}
  • {{ru7|RSA}}
  • {{ru7|KOR}}
  • {{ru7|WAL}}

{{colend}}

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 Shanghai 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

=Pool A=

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

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|RSA}}

|3

30012971229
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|FIJ}}

|3

20111619977
align=left|{{ru7|TPE}}

|3

10234101−675
align=left|{{ru7|MAS}}

|3

0037159−1523

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1398/results World Rugby]

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score=45–0 |away= {{ru7|TPE}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|RSA}} |score=61–0 |away= {{ru7|MAS}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|FIJ}} |score=71–0 |away= {{ru7|MAS}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|RSA}} |score=49–7 |away= {{ru7|TPE}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|TPE}} |score=27–7 |away= {{ru7|MAS}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|RSA}} |score=19–0 |away= {{ru7|FIJ}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

=Pool B=

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

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|AUS}}

|3

30016471579
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|ENG}}

|3

2015357-47
align=left|{{ru7|WAL}}

|3

1023895−575
align=left|{{ru7|CHN}}

|3

00328124−963

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1398/results World Rugby]

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|AUS}} |score=52–7 |away= {{ru7|WAL}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|ENG}} |score=24–14 |away= {{ru7|CHN}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|AUS}} |score=69–0 |away= {{ru7|CHN}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|ENG}} |score=29–0 |away= {{ru7|WAL}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

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

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|AUS}} |score=43–0 |away= {{ru7|ENG}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

=Pool C=

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

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|NZL}}

|3

30014751429
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|ARG}}

|3

2017443317
align=left|{{ru7|JPN}}

|3

1024881−335
align=left|{{ru7|SRI}}

|3

0035145−1403

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1398/results World Rugby]

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|NZL}} |score=36–5 |away= {{ru7|JPN}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|ARG}} |score=34–0 |away= {{ru7|SRI}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|NZL}} |score=73–0 |away= {{ru7|SRI}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|ARG}} |score=40–5 |away= {{ru7|JPN}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|JPN}} |score=38–5 |away= {{ru7|SRI}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|NZL}} |score=38–0 |away= {{ru7|ARG}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

=Pool D=

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

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|KOR}}

|3

3009746519
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|align=left|{{ru7|SAM}}

|3

2018634527
align=left|{{ru7|CAN}}

|3

1024964−155
align=left|{{ru7|HKG}}

|3

00319107−883

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1398/results World Rugby]

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|KOR}} |score=24–17 |away= {{ru7|SAM}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

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

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|SAM}} |score=38–0 |away= {{ru7|HKG}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|KOR}} |score=33–10 |away= {{ru7|CAN}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|KOR}} |score=40–19 |away= {{ru7|HKG}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 7 April 2001 |time =

|home= {{ru7-rt|SAM}} |score=31–10 |away= {{ru7|CAN}}

|stadium = Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

}}

Knockout stage

=Bowl=

{{Round8

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|CHN}}|14|{{ru7|TPE}}|5

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|CAN}}|47|{{ru7|SRI}}|0

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|HKG}}|20|{{ru7|JPN}}|14

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|WAL}}|41|{{ru7|MAS}}|0

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|CHN}}|0|{{ru7|CAN}}|22

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|HKG}}|7|{{ru7|WAL}}|21

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|CAN}}|32|{{ru7|WAL}}|19

|team-width=170|score-width=50

}}

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1398/results World Rugby]

=Plate=

{{Round4

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|ENG}}|19|{{ru7|ARG}}|17

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|SAM}}|12|{{ru7|FIJ}}|31

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|ENG}}|14|{{ru7|FIJ}}|45

| team-width = 170

| score-width = 50

}}

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1398/results World Rugby]

=Cup=

{{Round8

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|RSA}}|24|{{ru7|ENG}}|7

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|KOR}}|26|{{ru7|ARG}}|7

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|NZL}}|19|{{ru7|SAM}}|5

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|AUS}}|5|{{ru7|FIJ}}|0

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|RSA}}|40|{{ru7|KOR}}|10

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|NZL}}|7|{{ru7|AUS}}|19

|8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium|{{ru7|RSA}}|12|{{ru7|AUS}}|19

|team-width=170|score-width=50

}}

Source: [http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1398/results World Rugby]

Tournament placings

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

! Place

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

! Points

{{gold1}}

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

20
{{silver2}}

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

16
rowspan=2| {{bronze3}}

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

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

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

8
6

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

6
rowspan=2| 7

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

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

2
10

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

0
rowspan=2| 11

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

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

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

0
align=left| {{Ru7|JPN}}0
align=left| {{Ru7|MAS}}0
align=left| {{Ru7|SRI}}0

{{col-float-end}}

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

Series standings

At the completion of Round 5:

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}}20204301286
2align=left| {{Ru7|AUS}}121220182082
3align=left| {{Ru7|FIJ}}16161624880
4align=left| {{Ru7|SAM}}612818448
5align=left| {{Ru7|RSA}}88281642
6align=left| {{Ru7|ARG}}12668436
7align=left| {{Ru7|ENG}}0408618
8align=left| {{Ru7|CAN}}4048218
9align=left| {{Ru7|USA}}——124—16
10align=left| {{Ru7|KOR}}———01212
11align=left| {{Ru7|COK}}——12——12
12align=left| {{Ru7|FRA}}4——2—6
13align=left| {{Ru7|ZIM}}04———4
14align=left| {{Ru7|POR}}2——2—4
15align=left| {{Ru7|WAL}}000303
16align=left| {{Ru7|IRE}}—2———2
17align=left| {{Ru7|HKG}}—0—101
rowspan=2|18

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

——0000
align=left| {{Ru7|JPN}}——0000
rowspan=7| 20

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

00———0
align=left| {{Ru7|KEN}}00———0
align=left| {{Ru7|MAR}}00———0
align=left| {{flagicon|GCC}} Arabian Gulf—0—0—0
align=left| {{Ru7|TPE}}———000
align=left| {{Ru7|MAS}}———000
align=left| {{Ru7|SRI}}———000
rowspan=8|27

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

0————0
align=left| {{Ru7|NIU}}——0——0
align=left| {{Ru7|PNG}}——0——0
align=left| {{Ru7|RUS}}———0—0
align=left| {{Ru7|SIN}}———0—0
align=left| {{Ru7|THA}}———0—0
align=left| {{Ru7|TON}}——0——0
align=left| {{Ru7|West Indies}}———0—0

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

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{cite web

|year=2001

|title= 2000/01 IRB Sevens World Series - Shanghai

|website= worldrugby.org

|accessdate= 9 August 2016

|url= http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1398

}}

{{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

}}

{{cite web

|date= 2001

|title= IRB Sevens Standings

|website= Rugby 7

|accessdate= 15 August 2016

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

}}

}}

{{s-start}}

{{s-other|IRB Sevens II}}

{{succession box|title= 2001 Shanghai Sevens|before=2001 Hong Kong Sevens|after=2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens}}

{{s-other|China Sevens}}

{{succession box|title= 2001 Shanghai Sevens|before=None|after=2002 Shanghai Sevens}}

{{s-end}}

{{China Sevens}}

{{2000–01 World Sevens Series}}

Category:2000–01 IRB Sevens World Series

Category:2001 in Chinese sport

Category:April 2001 sports events in China