2001 Currie Cup qualification

The 2001 Currie Cup qualification series was the first 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 4 June to 13 September 2001.

2001 Currie Cup qualification
Countries	South Africa
Date	4 June – 13 September 2001
Matches played	42
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The Falcons, Free State Cheetahs, Golden Lions and Sharks qualified for the 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 stage after finishing in the top four teams in Section X, while the Blue Bulls, Griquas, Pumas and Western Province qualified for the Top 8 stage after finishing in the top four teams in Section Y.^[1]

The Boland Cavaliers, Griffons and Mighty Elephants qualified for the 2001 Bankfin Cup after finishing in the bottom three in Section X, while the Border Bulldogs, Leopards and SWD Eagles qualified for the Bankfin Cup after finishing in the bottom three in Section Y.^[1]

Competition rules and information

There were fourteen participating teams in the 2001 Currie Cup qualification series. These teams were divided into two sections, Section X and Section Y. Teams played all the other teams in their section once over the course of the qualification series, 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 in each section qualified for the 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 and the bottom three teams in each section qualified for the 2001 Bankfin Cup.

Teams

Blue Bulls

Boland Cavaliers

Border Bulldogs

Falcons

Free State Cheetahs

Golden Lions

Griffons

Griqualand West

Leopards

Mighty Elephants

Mpumalanga Pumas

Sharks

SWD Eagles

Western Province

Location of teams in the 2001 Currie Cup qualification series
Section X
Section Y

Team listing

2001 Currie Cup qualification teams
Team	Sponsored Name	Stadium/s	Sponsored Name
Blue Bulls	Blue Bulls	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria	Minolta Loftus
Boland Cavaliers	Boland Cavaliers	Boland Stadium, Wellington	Boland Stadium
Border Bulldogs	Spoornet Bulldogs	Waverley Park, East London	ABSA Stadium
Falcons	Falcons	Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park	Barnard Stadium
Free State Cheetahs	Vodacom Free State Cheetahs	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	Vodacom Park
Golden Lions	Golden Lions	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	Ellis Park Stadium
Griffons	Griffons	North West Stadium, Welkom	North West Stadium
Griquas	Nashua Griquas	Griqua Park, Kimberley	ABSA Park
Leopards	Leopards	Olën Park, Potchefstroom	Olën Park
Mighty Elephants	Mighty Elephants	PE Stadium, Port Elizabeth	PE Stadium
Mpumalanga Pumas	Mpumalanga Pumas	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank	@lantic Park
Sharks	Sharks	University of Natal, Durban	University of Natal
SWD Eagles	Vodacom Eagles	Outeniqua Park, George	Outeniqua Park
Western Province	Fedsure Western Province	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town	Fedsure Park Newlands

Log

The final log of the 2001 Currie Cup qualification series:^[1][2][3]

Section X

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Falcons	6	5	0	1	218	183	+35	28	20	4	0	24	2001 Currie Cup Top 8
2	Golden Lions	6	5	0	1	223	164	+59	27	15	3	0	23
3	Sharks	6	4	0	2	231	141	+90	24	16	4	1	21
4	Free State Cheetahs	6	4	0	2	243	162	+81	27	19	3	2	21
5	Boland Cavaliers	6	1	1	4	171	202	−31	23	23	3	1	10	2001 Bankfin Cup
6	Griffons	6	1	0	5	170	261	−91	20	37	2	0	6
7	Mighty Elephants	6	0	1	5	121	264	−143	14	33	1	1	4

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 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

Section Y

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Western Province	6	6	0	0	210	120	+90	25	11	3	0	27	2001 Currie Cup Top 8
2	Pumas	6	5	0	1	313	133	+180	39	14	5	1	26
3	Blue Bulls	6	4	0	2	231	148	+83	30	13	3	1	20
4	Griquas	6	3	0	3	201	220	−19	19	28	2	1	15
5	Leopards	6	1	0	5	172	216	−44	19	25	3	0	7	2001 Bankfin Cup
6	Border Bulldogs	6	1	0	5	139	234	−95	16	30	2	0	6
7	SWD Eagles	6	1	0	5	124	319	−195	16	43	1	1	6

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 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

Matches

The following matches were played in the 2001 Currie Cup qualification series:^[4]

Section X

Round One

	4 July 2001	Sharks	36–17	Golden Lions	University of Natal, Durban
			Scoreboard[5]

	5 July 2001	Falcons	51–25	Griffons	Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
			Scoreboard[6]

	5 July 2001	Mighty Elephants	22–22	Boland Cavaliers	PE Stadium, Port Elizabeth
			Scoreboard[7]

Round Two

	11 July 2001	Free State Cheetahs	51–39	Griffons	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
			Scoreboard[8]

	12 July 2001	Falcons	56–36	Mighty Elephants	Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
			Scoreboard[9]

	12 July 2001	Golden Lions	51–46	Boland Cavaliers	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
			Scoreboard[10]

Round Three

	1 August 2001	Mighty Elephants	18–30	Golden Lions	PE Stadium, Port Elizabeth
			Scoreboard[11]

	2 August 2001	Boland Cavaliers	19–36	Free State Cheetahs	Boland Stadium, Wellington
			Scoreboard[12]

	3 August 2001	Griffons	31–47	Sharks	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Scoreboard[13]

Round Four

	16 August 2001	Free State Cheetahs	75–21	Mighty Elephants	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
			Scoreboard[14]

	16 August 2001	Golden Lions	49–15	Falcons	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
			Scoreboard[15]

	16 August 2001	Sharks	37–20	Boland Cavaliers	University of Natal, Durban
			Scoreboard[16]

Round Five

	30 August 2001	Boland Cavaliers	42–22	Griffons	Boland Stadium, Wellington
			Scoreboard[17]

	30 August 2001	Falcons	32–26	Free State Cheetahs	Barnard Stadium, Kempton Park
			Scoreboard[18]

	31 August 2001	Mighty Elephants	7–58	Sharks	PE Stadium, Port Elizabeth
			Scoreboard[19]

Round Six

	6 September 2001	Golden Lions	23–19	Free State Cheetahs	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
			Scoreboard[20]

	6 September 2001	Griffons	23–17	Mighty Elephants	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Scoreboard[21]

	6 September 2001	Sharks	25–30	Falcons	University of Natal, Durban
			Scoreboard[22]

Round Seven

	12 September 2001	Boland Cavaliers	22–34	Falcons	Boland Stadium, Wellington
			Scoreboard[23]

	13 September 2001	Free State Cheetahs	36–28	Sharks	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
			Scoreboard[24]

	13 September 2001	Griffons	30–53	Golden Lions	North West Stadium, Welkom
			Scoreboard[25]

Section Y

Round One

	5 July 2001	Pumas	59–22	Border Bulldogs	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank
			Scoreboard[26]

	5 July 2001	SWD Eagles	24–28	Blue Bulls	Outeniqua Park, George
			Scoreboard[27]

	5 July 2001	Western Province	33–6	Leopards	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
			Scoreboard[28]

Round Two

	11 July 2001	Border Bulldogs	39–26	Leopards	Waverley Park, East London
			Scoreboard[29]

	12 July 2001	Pumas	22–13	Blue Bulls	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank
			Scoreboard[30]

	13 July 2001	Western Province	27–26	Griquas	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
			Scoreboard[31]

Round Three

	2 August 2001	Blue Bulls	54–18	Border Bulldogs	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
			Scoreboard[32]

	2 August 2001	Griquas	27–46	Pumas	Griqua Park, Kimberley
			Scoreboard[33]

	2 August 2001	SWD Eagles	19–63	Western Province	Outeniqua Park, George
			Scoreboard[34]

Round Four

	15 August 2001	Border Bulldogs	14–22	Griquas	Waverley Park, East London
			Scoreboard[35]

	15 August 2001	Leopards	32–40	Blue Bulls	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Scoreboard[36]

	16 August 2001	Pumas	111–14	SWD Eagles	Johann van Riebeeck Stadium, Witbank
			Scoreboard[37]

Round Five

	30 August 2001	Griquas	52–35	Leopards	Griqua Park, Kimberley
			Scoreboard[38]

	30 August 2001	SWD Eagles	41–24	Border Bulldogs	Outeniqua Park, George
			Scoreboard[39]

	30 August 2001	Western Province	33–28	Pumas	Newlands Stadium, Cape Town
			Scoreboard[40]

Round Six

	5 September 2001	Border Bulldogs	22–32	Western Province	Waverley Park, East London
			Scoreboard[41]

	6 September 2001	Leopards	49–5	SWD Eagles	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Scoreboard[42]

	7 September 2001	Blue Bulls	77–30	Griquas	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
			Scoreboard[43]

Round Seven

	13 September 2001	Blue Bulls	19–22	Western Province	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
			Scoreboard[44]

	13 September 2001	Griquas	44–21	SWD Eagles	Griqua Park, Kimberley
			Scoreboard[45]

	13 September 2001	Leopards	24–47	Pumas	Olën Park, Potchefstroom
			Scoreboard[46]