2001 Wellington Sevens

2001 Wellington Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation	New Zealand
Date	9–10 February 2001
Cup
Champion	Australia
Runner-up	Fiji
Plate
Winner	Samoa
Runner-up	Argentina
Bowl
Winner	South Africa
Runner-up	Wales
Shield
Winner	Japan
Runner-up	Papua New Guinea
Tournament details
Matches played	44
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The 2001 Wellington Sevens, also known as the 2001 New Zealand Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Wellington, New Zealand as the third leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. The tournament took place at the Westpac Stadium on 9–10 February 2001.^[1]

The hosts, New Zealand, lost their first match of the season as they were defeated 19–17 by defending Wellington Sevens champions Fiji in the Cup quarterfinals. This was only the second time that a New Zealand sevens side had failed to reach the Cup final of World Sevens Series event. This was also the first event to hold a Shield competition which was won by Japan who defeated Papua New Guinea 27-19 in the final.^[2][3]

Australia became only the third nation to win a World Sevens Series title as they defeated Fiji 19–17 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 group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.^[4]

Teams[]

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Niue was invited to replaced France after they withdrew from the tournament due to French clubs not releasing players.^[5]

Pool stage[]

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	120	0	120	9
Canada	3	2	0	1	47	57	-10	7
Tonga	3	1	0	2	45	57	-12	5
Niue	3	0	0	3	26	124	-98	3

Source: World Rugby

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Pool B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	60	27	33	9
Fiji	3	2	0	1	112	17	95	7
England	3	1	0	2	50	72	-22	5
China	3	0	0	3	19	125	-106	3

Source: World Rugby

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Pool C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	113	10	103	9
Cook Islands	3	2	0	1	50	62	-12	7
South Africa	3	1	0	2	54	47	7	5
Japan	3	0	0	3	22	120	-98	3

Source: World Rugby

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Pool D[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	108	17	91	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	52	47	5	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	48	70	-22	5
Papua New Guinea	3	0	0	3	19	93	-74	3

Source: World Rugby

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Knockout stage[]

Shield[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
	China	7
					10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
	Japan	21
					Japan	27
	10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
					Papua New Guinea	19
	Papua New Guinea	45
	Niue	0

Source: World Rugby

Bowl[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
	Tonga	45
					10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
	China	7
					Tonga	17
	10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
					Wales	19
	Wales	26
									10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
	Japan	10
									Wales	17
	10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
									South Africa	47
	South Africa	26
					10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
	Papua New Guinea	7
					South Africa	31
	10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
					England	12
	England	22
	Niue	7

Source: World Rugby

Plate[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
	New Zealand	12
					10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
	Samoa	21
					Samoa	40
	10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
					Argentina	7
	Argentina	21
	Canada	0

Source: World Rugby

Cup[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
	Fiji	19
					10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
	New Zealand	17
					Fiji	27
	10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
					Cook Islands	12
	Cook Islands	10
									10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
	Samoa	7
									Fiji	17
	10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
									Australia	19
	Australia	26
					10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
	Argentina	17
					Australia	36
	10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium
					United States	5
	United States	12
	Canada	10

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings[]

Source: Rugby7.com^[6]

Series standings[]

At the completion of Round 3:

Pos.	Event  Team	Durban	Dubai	Wellington	Brisbane	Hong Kong	Shanghai	Kuala Lumpur	Tokyo	London	Cardiff	Points total
1	Fiji	16	16	16								48
2	New Zealand	20	20	4								44
3	Australia	12	12	20								44
4	Samoa	6	12	8								26
5	Argentina	12	6	6								24
6	South Africa	8	8	2								18
7	Cook Islands	—	—	12								12
	United States	—	—	12								12
9	Canada	4	0	4								8
10	England	0	4	0								4
11	Zimbabwe	0	4	—								4
12	France	4	—	—								4
13	Ireland	—	2	—								2
	Portugal	2	—	—								2
15	Wales	0	0	0								0
16	Georgia	0	0	—								0
	Kenya	0	0	—								0
	Morocco	0	0	—								0
19	Arabian Gulf	—	0	—								0
	China	—	—	0								0
	Hong Kong	—	0	—								0
	Japan	—	—	0								0
	Namibia	0	—	—								0
	Niue	—	—	0								0
	Papua New Guinea	—	—	0								0
	Tonga	—	—	0								0

Source: Rugby7.com

References[]

IRB Sevens II
Preceded by 2000 Dubai Sevens	2001 Wellington Sevens Sevens	Succeeded by 2001 Brisbane Sevens
New Zealand Sevens
Preceded by 2000 Wellington Sevens	2001 Wellington Sevens	Succeeded by