2001 London Sevens

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.

2001 London Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation	England
Date	27–28 May 2001
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Australia
Plate
Winner	South Africa
Runner-up	England
Bowl
Winner	Wales
Runner-up	Scotland
Tournament details
Matches played	41
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The tournament was the eighth event of the series, and was won by New Zealand who defeated Australia 19–12 in the Cup final.^[1]

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.^[2] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Georgia
•  New Zealand
•  Portugal
•  Russia
•  Samoa
•  Scotland
•  South Africa
•  Spain
•  Wales
•  West Indies

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.

Key to colours in group tables
	Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
	Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	114	5	109	9
Canada	3	2	0	1	36	53	–17	7
Russia	3	1	0	2	29	76	−47	5
Georgia	3	0	0	3	19	64	−45	3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2001

New Zealand	31-0	Georgia

Twickenham Stadium, London

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Canada	17–10	Russia

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

New Zealand	54–5	Russia

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

Canada	19–14	Georgia

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

Georgia	5–14	Russia

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

New Zealand	29–0	Canada

Twickenham Stadium, London

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	92	5	87	9
Argentina	3	1	0	2	36	43	–7	5
France	3	1	0	2	54	65	–15	5
Spain	3	1	0	2	12	151	−65	5

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2001

Australia	12–5	France

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

Argentina	19–24	Spain

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

Australia	61–0	Spain

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

Argentina	17–0	France

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

France	21–12	Spain

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

Australia	19–0	Argentina

Twickenham Stadium, London

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	64	33	31	9
Fiji	3	2	0	1	76	41	35	7
Scotland	3	1	0	2	39	57	–18	5
Portugal	3	0	0	3	33	81	–48	3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2001

Fiji	36–14	Portugal

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

South Africa	19–12	Scotland

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

Fiji	26–10	Scotland

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

South Africa	28–7	Portugal

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

Portugal	12–17	Scotland

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

Fiji	14–17	South Africa

Twickenham Stadium, London

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	77	24	53	9
Samoa	3	2	0	1	98	27	71	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	36	57	–21	5
West Indies	3	0	0	3	19	122	−103	3

Source: World Rugby

27 May 2001

Samoa	24–5	Wales

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

England	36–5	West Indies

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

Samoa	55–0	West Indies

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

England	19–0	Wales

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

Wales	31–14	West Indies

Twickenham Stadium, London

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27 May 2001

Samoa	19–22	England

Twickenham Stadium, London

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
	Russia	26
					28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
	Spain	5
					Russia	12
	28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
					Wales	33
	Wales	15
									28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
	Portugal	12
									' Wales	31
	28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
									Scotland	19
	Scotland	44
					28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
	West Indies	0
					Scotland	19
	28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
					Georgia	14
	France	12
	Georgia	17

Source: World Rugby

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
	Argentina	14
					28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
	England	33
					England	7
	28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
					South Africa	31
	South Africa	43
	Canada	0

Source: World Rugby

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
	New Zealand	28
					28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
	Argentina	12
					New Zealand	15
	28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
					Fiji	7
	England	12
									28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
	Fiji	14
									New Zealand	19
	28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
									Australia	12
	South Africa	14
					28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
	Samoa	21
					Samoa	17
	28 May 2001 – Twickenham Stadium
					Australia	33
	Australia	33
	Canada	12

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	New Zealand	20
	Australia	16
	Fiji	12
	Samoa	12
5	South Africa	8
6	England	6
7	Canada	4
	Argentina	4

Place	Team	Points
9	Wales	2
10	Scotland	0
11	Georgia	0
	Russia	0
13	France	0
	Portugal	0
	Spain	0
	West Indies	0

Source: World Rugby^[3]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 8:

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		142
2	Australia	12	12	20	18	20	20	16	16		134
3	Fiji	16	16	16	24	8	12	12	12		116
4	Samoa	6	12	8	18	4	8	12	12		80
5	South Africa	8	8	2	8	16	12	8	8		70
6	Argentina	12	6	6	8	4	4	2	4		46
7	England	0	4	0	8	6	0	6	6		30
8	Canada	4	0	4	8	2	0	4	4		26
9	United States	—	—	12	4	—	—	0	—		16
10	South Korea	—	—	—	0	12	2	0	—		14
11	Wales	0	0	0	3	0	4	4	2		13
12	France	4	—	—	2	—	6	0	0		12
13	Cook Islands	—	—	12	—	—	—	—	—		12
14	Zimbabwe	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—		4
15	Portugal	2	—	—	2	—	—	—	0		4
16	Ireland	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—		2
17	Hong Kong	—	0	—	1	0	—	0	—		1
18	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
	Georgia	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0		0
	Kenya	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—		0
	Morocco	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—		0
	Arabian Gulf	—	0	—	0	—	—	—	—		0
	Singapore	—	—	—	0	—	0	—	—		0
	Sri Lanka	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—		0
	Thailand	—	—	—	0	—	0	—	—		0
	Namibia	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		0
	Niue	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—		0
	Papua New Guinea	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—		0
	Russia	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	0		0
	Scotland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0		0
	Tonga	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—		0
	West Indies	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	0		0

Source: Rugby7.com