2001 Cardiff Sevens

The 2001 Cardiff Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Rodney Parade with the finals being held at the Millennium Stadium. It took place between 2–3 June 2001 and was the first edition of the Cardiff Sevens and the final round of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series.

Heading into the tournament, New Zealand held an eight-point lead over Australia with a semi-final placing in the cup being enough to give New Zealand the title. After both teams qualified through to the cup knockout stage with them only conceding ten points between the two, they would meet in the cup final with New Zealand taking out not only the Cardiff Sevens but the World Series with a 31–5 win over Australia. In the minor placings, Fiji took out the plate final defeating Wales while England won the bowl over Portugal.

Teams

16 teams participated in the final round of the World Sevens Series:[citation needed]

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.

Summary

The opening day of the 2001 Cardiff Sevens saw the leading two nations (Australia and New Zealand) each finished top of their pool group while only conceding five points in their pool stage. The Northern hemisphere teams though had a day that they rather forget with only Wales qualifying through to the quarter-finals of the major European teams with France and Scotland not recording a single win while England only recorded 19-all draw with Spain before losing to the qualifiers of Pool C in Fiji in Georgia. Samoa finished ahead of South Africa in Pool D with the Samoans getting a 28–10 win.

In the cup quarter-finals, New Zealand would take the World Sevens title defeating Wales 29–0 to claim their second World Sevens title. They would also go on to win the Cup final over Australia with tries from Chris Masoe and Damian Karauna securing a 31–5 victory. In the plate-final, Fiji took home the plate defeating host nation Wales who came back from 19–0 down against Georgia in the plate semi-final to win 26–19. England got the remaining two points as they home took the bowl final over Portugal.

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 Cardiff Sevens title.

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

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	114	5	+109	9
2	Argentina	3	2	1	46	41	+5	7
3	Portugal	3	1	2	29	65	−36	5
4	West Indies	3	0	3	24	102	−78	3

2 June 2001 13:00

New Zealand	24-0	Portugal

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	119	5	+114	9
2	Wales	3	2	1	50	57	−7	7
3	Canada	3	1	2	26	69	−43	5
4	Scotland	3	0	3	26	90	−64	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Fiji	3	3	0	0	93	20	+73	9
2	Georgia	3	2	0	1	34	57	−23	7
3	England	3	0	1	2	46	55	−9	4
4	Spain	3	0	1	2	36	77	−41	4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Samoa	3	3	0	101	17	+84	9
2	South Africa	3	2	1	72	42	+30	7
3	Russia	3	1	2	31	69	−38	5
4	France	3	0	3	14	90	−76	3

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals	Final

3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium

Portugal	19
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
Scotland	7
Portugal	21
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	Spain	19
Russia	21
	3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
Spain	26
Portugal	26
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	England	35
Canada	38
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
West Indies	10
Canada	14
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	England	29
England	17

France	12

Pos.	EventTeam	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
19	Japan	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	0
20	Chinese Taipei	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	0
Malaysia	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	0
22	China	–	–	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0
Russia	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	0	0
24	Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0
Kenya	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Morocco	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
Singapore	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0
Sri Lanka	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	0
Thailand	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0
31	Namibia	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Niue	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Papua New Guinea	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
Spain	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
Tonga	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
West Indies	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	0	0

IRB Sevens II
Preceded by2001 London Sevens	2001 Cardiff Sevens	Succeeded by—
Cardiff Sevens
Preceded by—	2001 Cardiff Sevens	Succeeded by2002 Cardiff Sevens

2001 Cardiff Sevens

Teams

Format

Summary

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

Bowl

Plate

Cup

Tournament placings

Series standings