2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens

IRB Sevens II Malaysia 21–22 April 2001 AUS NZL SAM FRA KOR ENG 44 2002 The 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the sixth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. It was the first Malaysia Sevens tournament to be hosted as part of the World Sevens Series, and the event took place at the Petaling Jaya Stadium on 21–22 April 2001. In their first event as hosts, Malaysia were defeated 36–5 by Canada in the Bowl quarterfinals whilst Australia won back to back Sevens titles for the first time by defeating New Zealand 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. he bottom two teams from each pool went on to the Bowl bracket. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season. Teams The 16 participating teams for the tournament: ARG AUS CAN TPE ENG FIJ FRA JPN MAS NZL SAM SIN RSA KOR THA WAL 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 Kuala Lumpur Sevens title. Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals Pool A Pos Position Team Pld Matches played W Matches won D Matches drawn L Matches lost PF Points scored for PA Points scored against PD Point score difference Pts Standings points1NZL33001131010392WAL320167402773ENG31025067 −1754MAS300317130 −1133 Source: World Rugby 21 April 2001 NZL 19–5 WAL Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 ENG 31–10 MAS Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 NZL 61–0 MAS Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 WAL 24–14 ENG Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 WAL 38–7 MAS Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 NZL 33–5 ENG Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Pool B Pos Position Team Pld Matches played W Matches won D Matches drawn L Matches lost PF Points scored for PA Points scored against PD Point score difference Pts Standings points1AUS33009809892FRA31113840 –263CAN31113360 −2764TPE30032998 −693 Source: World Rugby 21 April 2001 AUS 14–0 FRA Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 CAN 19–17 TPE Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 FRA 24–12 TPE Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 AUS 55–0 TPE Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 CAN 14–14 FRA Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 AUS 29–0 CAN Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Pool C Pos Position Team Pld Matches played W Matches won D Matches drawn L Matches lost PF Points scored for PA Points scored against PD Point score difference Pts Standings points1FIJ33001201410692ARG32016466 –273KOR31026173 −1254THA300331123 −923 Source: World Rugby 21 April 2001 FIJ 33–7 KOR Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 ARG 31–17 THA Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 FIJ 52–0 THA Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 ARG 26–14 KOR Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 KOR 40–14 THA Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 FIJ 35–7 ARG Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Pool D Pos Position Team Pld Matches played W Matches won D Matches drawn L Matches lost PF Points scored for PA Points scored against PD Point score difference Pts Standings points1RSA32109258782SAM321088246483JPN31023398 −6554SIN300322108 −863 Source: World Rugby 21 April 2001 SAM 38–7 JPN Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 RSA 37–0 SIN Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 RSA 50–0 JPN Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 SAM 45–12 SIN Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 JPN 26–10 SIN Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 21 April 2001 SAM 5–5 RSA Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Knockout stage Bowl 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium ENG 38 TPE 0 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium JPN 24 THA 19 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium KOR 33 SIN 0 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium CAN 36 MAS 5 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium ENG 34 JPN 7 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium KOR 12 CAN 5 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium ENG 12 KOR 24 170 50 Source: World Rugby Plate 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium FRA 14 ARG 12 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium WAL 0 SAM 26 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium FRA 14 SAM 19 170 50 Source: World Rugby Cup 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium NZL 26 FRA 5 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium RSA 24 ARG 14 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium AUS 24 WAL 14 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium FIJ 26 SAM 12 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium NZL 19 RSA 7 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium AUS 19 FIJ 7 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium NZL 17 AUS 19 170 50 Source: World Rugby Tournament placings 20em PlaceTeam Points AUS 20 NZL 16 FIJ 12 RSA 12 5 SAM 8 6 FRA 6 7 ARG 4 WAL 4 PlaceTeam Points 9 KOR 2 10 ENG 0 11 CAN 0 JPN 0 13 TPE 0 MAS 0 THA 0 SIN 0 Source: Rugby7.com Series standings At the completion of Round 6: Pos. Team Event  RSADurban DubaiDubai NZLWellington HKGHong Kong CHN Shanghai MASKuala Lumpur JPNTokyo ENGLondon WALCardiff Pointstotal 1 NZL 20 20 4 30 12 16 102 2 AUS 12 12 20 18 20 20 102 3 FIJ 16 16 16 24 8 12 92 4 SAM 6 12 8 18 4 8 56 5 RSA 8 8 2 8 16 12 54 6 ARG 12 6 6 8 4 4 40 7 ENG 0 4 0 8 6 0 18 8 CAN 4 0 4 8 2 0 18 9 USA — — 12 4 — — 16 10 KOR — — — 0 12 2 14 11 COK — — 12 — — — 12 12 FRA 4 — — 2 — 6 12 13 WAL 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 14 ZIM 0 4 — — — — 4 15 POR 2 — — 2 — — 4 16 IRE — 2 — — — — 2 17 HKG — 0 — 1 0 — 1 18 JPN — — 0 0 0 0 019 TPE — — — 0 0 0 0 MAS — — — 0 0 0 0 CHN — — 0 0 0 — 022 GEO 0 0 — — — — 0 KEN 0 0 — — — — 0 MAR 0 0 — — — — 0 GCC Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 — — 0 SIN — — — 0 — 0 0 SRI — — — 0 0 — 0 THA — — — 0 — 0 029 NAM 0 — — — — — 0 NIU — — 0 — — — 0 PNG — — 0 — — — 0 RUS — — — 0 — — 0 TON — — 0 — — — 0 West Indies — — — 0 — — 0 Source: Rugby7.com References 2001 2000/01 IRB Sevens World Series - Malaysia worldrugby.org 2 January 2017 http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1394 IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament irbsevens.com 9 December 2013 http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html 20 May 2013 2001 IRB Sevens Standings Rugby 7 2 January 2017 http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2001 IRB Sevens II 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens 2001 Shanghai Sevens 2001 Tokyo Sevens Malaysia Sevens 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens None 2002 Kuala Lumpur Sevens Category:2000–01 IRB Sevens World Series rugby union 2001 Category:2001 in Asian rugby union