2000–01 World Sevens Series

The 2000–01 World Sevens Series was the second edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board. The season ran from November 2000 to June 2001 and consisted of nine tournaments (originally 10 were scheduled, but one was cancelled).

2000–01 IRB Sevens
Series II
Hosts	South Africa United Arab Emirates New Zealand Hong Kong China Malaysia Japan England Wales
Date	18 November 2000 – 3 June 2001
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	Australia
Third	Fiji
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The series was won by New Zealand, who won six of the nine tournaments. Australia won the other three tournaments, and finished second on the series standings.

Itinerary

2000–01 Itinerary

Leg	Venue	Dates	Winner
Durban	ABSA Stadium, Durban	18–19 November 2000	New Zealand
Dubai	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai	23–24 November 2000	New Zealand
Wellington	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	9–10 February 2001	Australia
Brisbane	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	16–17 February 2001	Cancelled
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	30 March–1 April 2001	New Zealand
Shanghai	Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai	7–8 April 2001	Australia
Kuala Lumpur	Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	21–22 April 2001	Australia
Tokyo	Chichibunomiya Stadium, Tokyo	29–30 April 2001	New Zealand
London	Twickenham Stadium, London	26–28 May 2001	New Zealand
Cardiff	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	2–3 June 2001	New Zealand

Final standings

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.

2000–01 IRB Sevens – Series II

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	20	162
2	Australia	12	12	20	18	20	20	16	16	16	150
3	Fiji	16	16	16	24	8	12	12	12	8	124
4	Samoa	6	12	8	18	4	8	12	12	12	92
5	South Africa	8	8	2	8	16	12	8	8	12	82
6	Argentina	12	6	6	8	4	4	2	4	4	50
7	England	0	4	0	8	6	0	6	6	2	32
8	Canada	4	0	4	8	2	0	4	4	0	26
9	Wales	0	0	0	3	0	4	4	2	6	19
10	United States	–	–	12	4	–	–	0	–	–	16
11	South Korea	–	–	–	0	12	2	0	–	–	14
12	France	4	–	–	2	–	6	0	0	0	12
13	Cook Islands	–	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	12
14	Zimbabwe	0	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
15	Portugal	2	–	–	2	–	–	–	0	0	4
16	Georgia	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	4
17	Ireland	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
18	Hong Kong	–	0	–	1	0	–	0	–	–	1
—	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
	Russia	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	0	0
	West Indies	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Kenya	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Morocco	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Arabian Gulf	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Sri Lanka	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	0
	Singapore	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Thailand	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Spain	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Namibia	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Niue	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Papua New Guinea	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Tonga	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0

Source: world.rugby (archived)

Tournaments

Durban

Main article: 2000 Durban Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup	New Zealand	34-5	Fiji	Argentina  Australia
Plate	South Africa	22-12	Samoa	France  Canada
Bowl	Portugal	26-24	Wales	Georgia  Morocco

Dubai

Main article: 2000 Dubai Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup	New Zealand	38-12	Fiji	Samoa  Australia
Plate	South Africa	14-12	Argentina	England  Zimbabwe
Bowl	Ireland	27-19	Morocco	Wales  Canada

Wellington

Main article: 2001 Wellington Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup	Australia	19-17	Fiji	United States  Cook Islands
Plate	Samoa	40-7	Argentina	New Zealand  Canada
Bowl	South Africa	47-17	Wales	England  Tonga
Shield	Japan	27-19	Papua New Guinea	China  Niue

Hong Kong

Main article: 2001 Hong Kong Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists	Quarter Finalists
Cup	New Zealand	29-5	Fiji	Australia  Samoa	South Africa  Argentina  England  Canada
Plate	United States	31-26	Wales	Portugal  France	South Korea  Japan  China  Russia
Bowl	Hong Kong	47-5	West Indies	Arabian Gulf  Chinese Taipei	Singapore  Sri Lanka  Thailand  Malaysia

Shanghai

Main article: 2001 Shanghai Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup	Australia	19-12	South Africa	New Zealand  South Korea
Plate	Fiji	45-14	England	Samoa  Argentina
Bowl	Canada	32-19	Wales	China  Hong Kong

Kuala Lumpur

Main article: 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup	Australia	19-17	New Zealand	Fiji  South Africa
Plate	Samoa	19-14	France	Wales  Argentina
Bowl	South Korea	24-12	England	Canada  Japan

Japan

Main article: 2001 Tokyo Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup	New Zealand	26-12	Australia	Samoa  Fiji
Plate	South Africa	38-15	England	Wales  Canada
Bowl	Argentina	31-19	United States	South Korea  Japan

London

Main article: 2001 London Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup	New Zealand	19-12	Australia	Fiji  Samoa
Plate	South Africa	31-7	England	Canada  Argentina
Bowl	Wales	31-19	Scotland	Russia  Georgia

Cardiff

Main article: 2001 Cardiff Sevens

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup	New Zealand	31-5	Australia	Samoa  South Africa
Plate	Fiji	47-14	Wales	Argentina  Georgia
Bowl	England	35-26	Portugal	Canada  Spain