2001 Cardiff Sevens

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2001 Cardiff Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation Wales
Date2–3 June 2001
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up Wales
Bowl
Winner England
Runner-up Portugal
Tournament details
Matches played41
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The 2001 Cardiff Sevens was an rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Rodney Parade with the finals being held at the Millennium Stadium. It was 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.[1]

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.[2]

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 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.[3]

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.[4]

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
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 114 5 +109 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 46 41 +5 7
 Portugal 3 1 0 2 29 65 −36 5
 West Indies 3 0 0 3 24 102 −78 3
Source:[citation needed]
2 June 2001
13:00
New Zealand  24-0  Portugal
2 June 20011
13:20
Argentina  19–5  West Indies
2 June 2001
15:30
New Zealand  59–0  West Indies
2 June 2001
15:50
Argentina  22–5  Portugal
2 June 2001
17:20
Portugal  24–19  West Indies
2 June 2001
18:40
New Zealand  31–5  Argentina

Source: [5]

Pool B[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 119 5 +114 9
 Wales 3 2 0 1 50 57 −7 7
 Canada 3 1 0 2 26 69 −43 5
 Scotland 3 0 0 3 26 90 −64 3
Source:[citation needed]
2 June 2001
11:40
Canada  14-12  Scotland
2 June 20011
12:00
Australia  31–5  Wales
2 June 2001
14:30
Australia  50–0  Scotland
2 June 2001
16:10
Wales  19–12  Canada
2 June 2001
18:00
Australia  38–0  Canada
2 June 2001
19:00
Wales  26–14  Scotland

Source: [5]

Pool C[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 93 20 +73 9
 Georgia 3 2 0 1 34 57 −23 7
 England 3 0 1 2 46 55 −9 4
 Spain 3 0 1 2 36 77 −41 4
Source:[citation needed]
2 June 2001
12:20
Fiji  33-0  Georgia
2 June 2001
12:40
England  19–19  Spain
2 June 2001
14:50
Fiji  41–5  Spain
2 June 2001
15:10
Georgia  17–12  England
2 June 2001
17:00
Georgia  17–12  Spain
2 June 2001
18:20
Fiji  19–15  England

Source: [5]

Pool D[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 101 17 +84 9
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 72 42 +30 7
 Russia 3 1 0 2 31 69 −38 5
 France 3 0 0 3 14 90 −76 3
Source:[citation needed]
2 June 2001
11:00
Samoa  40-0  France
2 June 2001
11:20
South Africa  29–7  Russia
2 June 2001
13:50
Samoa  33–7  Russia
2 June 2001
14:10
South Africa  33–7  France
2 June 2001
16:40
Russia  17–7  France
2 June 2001
17:40
Samoa  28–10  South Africa

Source: [5]

Knockout stage[]

Bowl[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 
 Portugal19
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Scotland7
 
 Portugal21
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Spain19
 
 Russia21
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Spain26
 
 Portugal26
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 England35
 
 Canada38
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 West Indies10
 
 Canada14
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 England29
 
 England17
 
 
 France12
 

Source: [5]

Plate[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 
 Wales26
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Georgia19
 
 Wales14
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Fiji47
 
 Argentina21
 
 
 Fiji28
 

Source: [5]

Cup[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 
 New Zealand29
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Wales0
 
 New Zealand24
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Samoa7
 
 Samoa38
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Georgia17
 
 New Zealand31
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Australia5
 
 Australia49
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Argentina14
 
 Australia21
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 South Africa12
 
 Fiji7
 
 
 South Africa28
 

Source: [5]

Tournament placings[]

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  New Zealand 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Samoa 12
 South Africa 12
5  Fiji 8
6  Wales 6
7  Argentina 4
 Georgia 4
Place  Team Points
9  England 2
10  Portugal 0
11  Canada 0
 Spain 0
13  France 0
 Russia 0
 Scotland 0
 West Indies 0

Source: World Rugby

References[]

  1. ^ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Kiwis one win from sevens crown". Newport: ESPN Scrum. 2 June 2001. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ "New Zealand Win Both Titles". International Rugby Board. 3 June 2001. Archived from the original on 21 November 2001.
  4. ^ "Pools for Final Tournament". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 21 November 2001.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Cardiff Results". World Rugby. Retrieved 5 June 2001.
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