2001 Hong Kong Sevens

2001 Hong Kong Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation  Hong Kong
Date 9–10 February 2001
Cup
Champions  New Zealand
Runners-up  Fiji
Plate
Champions  United States
Runners-up  Wales
Bowl
Champions  Hong Kong
Runners-up  West Indies
Shield
Tournament details
Matches played 44
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The 2001 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Hong Kong as the fourth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. The tournament took place at the Hong Kong Stadium on 30 March–1 April 2001.[1]

The hosts, Hong Kong, finished third in Pool C but went on to defeat the West Indies 47–5 in the Bowl final. Defending World Sevens Series champions, New Zealand, successfully defended their Hong Kong Sevens title by defeating Fiji 29–5 in the Cup final.

Format

The teams were drawn into six 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 over the first two days of the tournament. The top team from each pool along with the two best runners-up advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The remaining four runners-up along with the four best third-placed teams advanced to the Plate quarter finals. The remaining eight teams went on to the Bowl quarter finals.[2] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000-01 season.

Teams

Like the previous tournament in Hong Kong, 24 teams took part with Russia and the West Indies making their World Sevens Series debuts. The participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stage

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

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 32106715528
 Wales 32016622447
 Russia 31115336176
 West Indies 300312125-1133

Source: World Rugby

30 March 2001
Fiji  47–0  West Indies
30 March 2001
Wales  14–12  Russia
31 March 2001
Wales  47–0  West Indies
31 March 2001
Fiji  10–10  Russia
31 March 2001
Russia  31–12  West Indies
31 March 2001
Fiji  10–5  Wales

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3300138141249
 Portugal 32017352217
 South Korea 31026374-115
 Sri Lanka 30037141-1343

Source: World Rugby

30 March 2001
Australia  64–0  Sri Lanka
30 March 2001
Portugal  38–7  South Korea
31 March 2001
Portugal  28–7  Sri Lanka
31 March 2001
Australia  36–7  South Korea
31 March 2001
South Korea  49–0  Sri Lanka
31 March 2001
Australia  38–7  Portugal

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 330010812969
 France 3201464607
 Hong Kong 31021962-435
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf 30032679-533

Source: World Rugby

30 March 2001
New Zealand  43–5 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf
30 March 2001
France  17–5  Hong Kong
31 March 2001
France  22–14 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf
31 March 2001
New Zealand  38–0  Hong Kong
31 March 2001
Hong Kong  14–7 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf
31 March 2001
New Zealand  27–7  France

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 330011201129
 England 32019447477
 Japan 31026377-145
 Singapore 30035150-1453

Source: World Rugby

30 March 2001
Samoa  35–0  Singapore
30 March 2001
England  28–14  Japan
31 March 2001
England  66–5  Singapore
31 March 2001
Samoa  49–0  Japan
31 March 2001
Japan  49–0  Singapore
31 March 2001
Samoa  28–0  England

Source: World Rugby

Pool E

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 3300132171159
 Argentina 320110033677
 China 31025479-255
 Malaysia 30035162-1573

Source: World Rugby

30 March 2001
Argentina  66–0  Malaysia
30 March 2001
Canada  50–7  China
31 March 2001
Canada  56–0  Malaysia
31 March 2001
Argentina  24–7  China
31 March 2001
China  40–5  Malaysia
31 March 2001
Argentina  10–26  Canada

Source: World Rugby

Pool F

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3300937869
 United States 32015534217
 Chinese Taipei 31023359-265
 Thailand 300328109-813

Source: World Rugby

30 March 2001
South Africa  43–7  Thailand
30 March 2001
United States  17–5  Chinese Taipei
31 March 2001
United States  38–7  Thailand
31 March 2001
South Africa  28–0  Chinese Taipei
31 March 2001
Chinese Taipei  28–14  Thailand
31 March 2001
South Africa  22–0  United States

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium        
  Chinese Taipei  38
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Malaysia  0  
  Chinese Taipei  12
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
      West Indies  19  
  West Indies  34
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Thailand  26  
  West Indies  5
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium    
    Hong Kong  47
 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf  22
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Sri Lanka  0  
 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf  14
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
      Hong Kong  19  
  Singapore  7
  Hong Kong  22  
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium        
  Wales  43
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
  China  0  
  Wales  24
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
      France  7  
  Russia  10
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
  France  14  
  Wales  26
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium    
    United States  31
  United States  14
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
  South Korea  10  
  United States  24
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
      Portugal  19  
  Japan  0
  Portugal  26  
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium        
  Fiji  22
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
  England  7  
  Fiji  12
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
      Samoa  10  
  Canada  0
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
  Samoa  26  
  Fiji  5
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium    
    New Zealand  29
  New Zealand  19
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
  South Africa  0  
  New Zealand  14
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
      Australia  12  
  Argentina  7
  Australia  35  
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 30
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Fiji 24
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Australia 18
 Samoa 18
5  Argentina 8
 Canada 8
 England 8
 South Africa 8
9  United States 4
10  Wales 3
11  France 2
 Portugal 2
Place  Team Points
13  China 0
 Japan 0
 Russia 0
 South Korea 0
17  Hong Kong 1
18  West Indies 0
19 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf 0
 Chinese Taipei 0
21  Malaysia 0
 Singapore 0
 Sri Lanka 0
 Thailand 0

Source: Rugby7.com[3]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 4:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team
Durban
Dubai
Wellington
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Kuala Lumpur
Tokyo
London
Cardiff		 Points
total
1  New Zealand 20 20 4 30 74
2  Fiji 16 16 16 24 72
3  Australia 12 12 20 18 62
4  Samoa 6 12 8 18 44
5  Argentina 12 6 6 8 32
6  South Africa 8 8 2 8 26
7  United States — — 12 4 16
8  Canada 4 0 4 8 16
9  Cook Islands — — 12 — 12
10  England 0 4 0 8 12
11  France 4 — — 2 6
12  Zimbabwe 0 4 — — 4
13  Portugal 2 — — 2 4
14  Wales 0 0 0 3 3
15  Ireland — 2 — — 2
16  Hong Kong — 0 — 1 1
17 Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 0
 China — — 0 0 0
 Georgia 0 0 — — 0
 Japan — — 0 0 0
 Kenya 0 0 — — 0
 Morocco 0 0 — — 0
23  Chinese Taipei — — — 0 0
 Malaysia — — — 0 0
 Namibia 0 — — — 0
 Niue — — 0 — 0
 Papua New Guinea — — 0 — 0
 Russia — — — 0 0
 Singapore — — — 0 0
 South Korea — — — 0 0
 Sri Lanka — — — 0 0
 Thailand — — — 0 0
 Tonga — — 0 — 0
 West Indies — — — 0 0

Source: Rugby7.com

References

  1. ↑ "IRB Sevens II - Hong Kong, China. 3/30/2001 - 4/1/2001". rugby7.com. 2001. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2001. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
IRB Sevens II
Preceded by
2001 Brisbane Sevens		 2001 Hong Kong Sevens Sevens Succeeded by
2001 Shanghai Sevens
Hong Kong Sevens
Preceded by
2000 Hong Kong Sevens		 2001 Hong Kong Sevens Succeeded by
2002 Hong Kong Sevens
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