2001 Shanghai Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation China
Date7–8 April 2001
Cup
Champion Australia
Runner-up South Africa
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up England
Bowl
Winner Canada
Runner-up Wales
Tournament details
Matches played44
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The 2001 Shanghai Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Shanghai, China as the fifth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. It was the first China Sevens tournament to be hosted as part of the World Sevens Series, and the event took place at the Yuanshen Stadium on 8–9 April 2001.[1]

Australia won the Shanghai Sevens after they defeated South Africa 19–12 to go to second place in the overall standings.

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 group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.[2]

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 Shanghai 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
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 129 7 122 9
 Fiji 3 2 0 1 116 19 97 7
 Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 34 101 −67 5
 Malaysia 3 0 0 3 7 159 −152 3

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001
Fiji 45–0 Chinese Taipei
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
South Africa 61–0 Malaysia
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Fiji 71–0 Malaysia
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
South Africa 49–7 Chinese Taipei
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Chinese Taipei 27–7 Malaysia
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
South Africa 19–0 Fiji
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 164 7 157 9
 England 3 2 0 1 53 57 -4 7
 Wales 3 1 0 2 38 95 −57 5
 China 3 0 0 3 28 124 −96 3

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001
Australia 52–7 Wales
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
England 24–14 China
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Australia 69–0 China
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
England 29–0 Wales
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Wales 31–14 China
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Australia 43–0 England
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 147 5 142 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 74 43 31 7
 Japan 3 1 0 2 48 81 −33 5
 Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 5 145 −140 3

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001
New Zealand 36–5 Japan
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Argentina 34–0 Sri Lanka
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
New Zealand 73–0 Sri Lanka
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Argentina 40–5 Japan
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Japan 38–5 Sri Lanka
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
New Zealand 38–0 Argentina
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 0 97 46 51 9
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 86 34 52 7
 Canada 3 1 0 2 49 64 −15 5
 Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 19 107 −88 3

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001
South Korea 24–17 Samoa
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Canada 29–0 Hong Kong
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Samoa 38–0 Hong Kong
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
South Korea 33–10 Canada
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
South Korea 40–19 Hong Kong
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Samoa 31–10 Canada
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

Knockout stage

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 
 China14
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 Chinese Taipei5
 
 China0
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 Canada22
 
 Canada47
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 Sri Lanka0
 
 Canada32
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 Wales19
 
 Hong Kong20
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 Japan14
 
 Hong Kong7
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 Wales21
 
 Wales41
 
 
 Malaysia0
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 
 England19
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 Argentina17
 
 England14
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 Fiji45
 
 Samoa12
 
 
 Fiji31
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 
 South Africa24
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 England7
 
 South Africa40
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 South Korea10
 
 South Korea26
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 Argentina7
 
 South Africa12
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 Australia19
 
 New Zealand19
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 Samoa5
 
 New Zealand7
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 Australia19
 
 Australia5
 
 
 Fiji0
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Africa 16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand 12
 South Korea 12
5  Fiji 8
6  England 6
7  Argentina 4
 Samoa 4
Place  Team Points
9  Canada 2
10  Wales 0
11  China 0
 Hong Kong 0
13  Chinese Taipei 0
 Japan 0
 Malaysia 0
 Sri Lanka 0

Source: Rugby7.com[3]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 5:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team
Durban
Dubai
Wellington
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Kuala Lumpur
Tokyo
London
Cardiff 		Points
total
1  New Zealand 20 20 4 30 12 86
2  Australia 12 12 20 18 20 82
3  Fiji 16 16 16 24 8 80
4  Samoa 6 12 8 18 4 48
5  South Africa 8 8 2 8 16 42
6  Argentina 12 6 6 8 4 36
7  England 0 4 0 8 6 18
8  Canada 4 0 4 8 2 18
9  United States — — 12 4 — 16
10  South Korea — — — 0 12 12
11  Cook Islands — — 12 — — 12
12  France 4 — — 2 — 6
13  Zimbabwe 0 4 — — — 4
14  Portugal 2 — — 2 — 4
15  Wales 0 0 0 3 0 3
16  Ireland — 2 — — — 2
17  Hong Kong — 0 — 1 0 1
18  China — — 0 0 0 0
 Japan — — 0 0 0 0
20  Georgia 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
 Chinese Taipei — — — 0 0 0
 Malaysia — — — 0 0 0
 Sri Lanka — — — 0 0 0
27  Namibia 0 — — — — 0
 Niue — — 0 — — 0
 Papua New Guinea — — 0 — — 0
 Russia — — — 0 — 0
 Singapore — — — 0 — 0
 Thailand — — — 0 — 0
 Tonga — — 0 — — 0
 West Indies — — — 0 — 0

Source: Rugby7.com

References

  1. ^ "2000/01 IRB Sevens World Series - Shanghai". worldrugby.org. 2001. Retrieved 9 August 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 15 August 2016.
IRB Sevens II Preceded by2001 Hong Kong Sevens 2001 Shanghai Sevens Succeeded by2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens China Sevens Preceded byNone 2001 Shanghai Sevens Succeeded by2002 Shanghai Sevens
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