2001 Hong Kong Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation Hong Kong
Date9–10 February 2001
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Fiji
Plate
Winner United States
Runner-up Wales
Bowl
Winner Hong Kong
Runner-up West Indies
Tournament details
Matches played44
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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 3 2 1 0 67 15 52 8
 Wales 3 2 0 1 66 22 44 7
 Russia 3 1 1 1 53 36 17 6
 West Indies 3 0 0 3 12 125 -113 3

Source: World Rugby

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

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 138 14 124 9
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 73 52 21 7
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 63 74 -11 5
 Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 7 141 -134 3

Source: World Rugby

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

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 108 12 96 9
 France 3 2 0 1 46 46 0 7
 Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 19 62 -43 5
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf 3 0 0 3 26 79 -53 3

Source: World Rugby

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

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 112 0 112 9
 England 3 2 0 1 94 47 47 7
 Japan 3 1 0 2 63 77 -14 5
 Singapore 3 0 0 3 5 150 -145 3

Source: World Rugby

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

Source: World Rugby

Pool E

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 132 17 115 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 100 33 67 7
 China 3 1 0 2 54 79 -25 5
 Malaysia 3 0 0 3 5 162 -157 3

Source: World Rugby

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

Source: World Rugby

Pool F

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 93 7 86 9
 United States 3 2 0 1 55 34 21 7
 Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 33 59 -26 5
 Thailand 3 0 0 3 28 109 -81 3

Source: World Rugby

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

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Chinese Taipei38
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Malaysia0
 
 Chinese Taipei12
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 West Indies19
 
 West Indies34
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Thailand26
 
 West Indies5
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Hong Kong47
 
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf22
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Sri Lanka0
 
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf14
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Hong Kong19
 
 Singapore7
 
 
 Hong Kong22
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Wales43
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 China0
 
 Wales24
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 France7
 
 Russia10
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 France14
 
 Wales26
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 United States31
 
 United States14
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Korea10
 
 United States24
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Portugal19
 
 Japan0
 
 
 Portugal26
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Fiji22
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 England7
 
 Fiji12
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Samoa10
 
 Canada0
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Samoa26
 
 Fiji5
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 New Zealand29
 
 New Zealand19
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa0
 
 New Zealand14
 
1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia12
 
 Argentina7
 
 
 Australia35
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 30
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Fiji 24
3rd place, 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.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2001. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
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