2002 Hong Kong Sevens

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2002 Hong Kong Sevens
IRB Sevens III
Host nation Hong Kong
Date22–24 March 2002
Cup
Champion England
Runner-up Fiji
Plate
Winner South Africa
Runner-up Scotland
Bowl
Winner Morocco
Runner-up Chinese Taipei
Tournament details
Matches played45
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The 2002 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Hong Kong Stadium between 22–24 March 2002. It was the 27th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and was the seventh tournament of the 2001–02 World Sevens Series. Twenty-four teams competed in the tournament and were separated into six groups of four with the top eight teams qualifying through to the cup tournament.

After winning their three group matches, England went on to win their first Hong Kong title defeating Fiji in the final by a score of 33–20. In the plate-final, South Africa defeated Scotland while Morocco took home the bowl defeating Chinese Taipei.

Teams[]

Compared to other tournament of the series, the Hong Kong Sevens had 24 teams compete for the title instead of the regular sixteen teams that usually competed in a World Series event. The official announcement of teams was revealed on the 22 January 2002.[1] Almost a month later, Italy withdrew from the Hong Kong Sevens and was replaced by Thailand.[2]

Format[]

The teams were drawn into six pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with three points awarded for a win, two points for a draw, and one 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.[3]

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
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 136 7 129 9
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 59 68 –9 7
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 40 67 –27 5
 Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 10 103 –93 3

Source: HK Sevens

22 March
17:00
New Zealand  51–0  Sri Lanka
22 March
19:12
Portugal  26–14  Scotland
23 March
10:46
Scotland  19–10  Sri Lanka
23 March
12:58
New Zealand  54–0  Portugal
23 March
15:10
Portugal  33–0  Sri Lanka
23 March
17:22
New Zealand  31–7  Scotland

Source: HK Sevens

Pool B[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 0 65 19 46 9
 South Africa 3 2 0 1 82 38 44 7
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 28 72 –44 5
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 3 31 77 –46 3

Source: HK Sevens

22 March
17:22
South Africa  44–12  Chinese Taipei
22 March
19:34
Canada  34–0  Papua New Guinea
23 March
11:08
Canada  12–5  Chinese Taipei
23 March
13:20
South Africa  24–7  Papua New Guinea
23 March
15:32
Papua New Guinea  21–14  Chinese Taipei
23 March
17:44
Canada  19–14  South Africa

Source: HK Sevens

Pool C[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 80 12 68 9
 United States 3 2 0 1 59 43 16 7
 Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 33 56 –23 5
 Russia 3 0 0 3 5 66 –61 3

Source: HK Sevens

22 March
17:44
Samoa  28–7  Hong Kong
22 March
19:56
United States  26–5  Russia
23 March
11:30
United States  28–19  Hong Kong
23 March
13:42
Samoa  33–0  Russia
23 March
15:54
Hong Kong  7–0  Russia
23 March
18:06
Samoa  19–5  United States

Source: HK Sevens

Pool D[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 86 7 79 9
 France 3 2 0 1 33 48 –15 7
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 41 64 –23 5
 Morocco 3 0 0 3 24 65 –41 3

Source: HK Sevens

22 March
18:06
Australia  31–7  Morocco
22 March
20:18
France  21–19  South Korea
23 March
11:52
France  12–7  Morocco
23 March
14:04
Australia  33–0  South Korea
23 March
16:16
South Korea  22–10  Morocco
23 March
18:28
Australia  22–0  France

Source: HK Sevens

Pool E[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 138 0 138 9
 Wales 3 2 0 1 85 24 61 7
 China 3 1 0 2 34 129 –95 5
 Singapore 3 0 0 3 14 118 –104 3

Source: HK Sevens

22 March
18:28
Fiji  55–0  Singapore
22 March
20:40
Wales  56–0  China
23 March
12:14
Wales  29–7  Singapore
23 March
14:26
Fiji  66–0  China
23 March
16:38
China  34–7  Singapore
23 March
18:50
Fiji  17–0  Wales

Source: HK Sevens

Pool F[]

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 England 3 3 0 0 99 10 89 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 87 29 58 7
 Japan 3 1 0 2 38 90 –52 5
 Thailand 3 0 0 3 20 115 –95 3

Source: HK Sevens

22 March
18:50
Argentina  49–5  Thailand
22 March
21:02
England  47–0  Japan
23 March
12:36
England  33–5  Thailand
23 March
14:48
Argentina  33–5  Japan
23 March
17:00
Japan  33–10  Thailand
23 March
19:12
England  19–5  Argentina

Source: HK Sevens

Knockout stage[]

Bowl[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 China38
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Thailand17
 
 China5
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Morocco33
 
 Morocco14
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Sri Lanka5
 
 Morocco15
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Chinese Taipei12
 
 Chinese Taipei10
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Russia5
 
 Chinese Taipei41
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Singapore0
 
 Singapore19
 
 
 Japan17
 

Source: Rugby7

Plate[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 United States34
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Hong Kong12
 
 United States10
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Scotland14
 
 Scotland12
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Portugal7
 
 Scotland7
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa48
 
 France28
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Korea26
 
 France5
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 South Africa26
 
 South Africa40
 
 
 Papua New Guinea0
 

Source: Rugby7

Cup[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 
 Wales21
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Canada0
 
 Wales12
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 England19
 
 England19
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Samoa5
 
 England33
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Fiji20
 
 Fiji33
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 Australia17
 
 Fiji10
 
24 March – Hong Kong Stadium
 
 New Zealand7
 
 New Zealand24
 
 
 Argentina0
 

Source: Rugby7

Tournament placings[]

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  England 30
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Fiji 24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand 18
 Wales 18
5  Argentina 8
 Australia 8
 Canada 8
 Samoa 8
9  South Africa 4
10  Scotland 3
11  France 2
 United States 2
Place  Team Points
13  Hong Kong 0
 Papua New Guinea 0
 Portugal 0
 South Korea 0
17  Morocco 1
18  Chinese Taipei 0
19  China 0
 Singapore 0
21  Japan 0
 Russia 0
 Sri Lanka 0
 Thailand 0

Source: Rugby7.com

References[]

  1. ^ "Teams announced for the 2002 Credit Suisse First Boston Hong Kong Sevens". Hong Kong: HK Sevens. 22 January 2002. Archived from the original on 11 April 2002.
  2. ^ "Thailand joins the 2002 Credit Suisse First Boston Hong Kong Sevens". Hong Kong: HK Sevens. 21 February 2002. Archived from the original on 22 June 2002.
  3. ^ "Format". Archived from the original on 23 June 2002.
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