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.

The tournament was the eighth event of the series, and was won by New Zealand who defeated Australia 19–12 in the Cup final.

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. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

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

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

Source:

27 May 2001

New Zealand	31-0	Georgia

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

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

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

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

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		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
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf 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

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

2001 London Sevens

Format

Teams

Pool stage

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Knockout stage

Bowl

Plate

Cup

Tournament placings

Series standings