2001 Wellington Sevens

IRB Sevens II New Zealand 9–10 February 2001 AUS FIJ SAM ARG RSA WAL JPN PNG 44 2000 2002 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. 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. 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. Teams The 16 participating teams for the tournament: ARG AUS CAN CHN COK ENG FIJ JPN NZL NIU PNG SAM RSA TON WAL ZIM Niue was invited to replace France after they withdrew from the tournament due to French clubs not releasing players.Turner Huw Niue to add Pacific flair to Wellington sevens http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/34711.html espn.co.uk https://archive.today/20211019124120/http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/34711.html 19 October 2021 28 January 2001 Pool stage 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 points1NZL3300120012092CAN32014757-1073TON31024557-1254 NIU300326124-983 Source: World Rugby 9 February 2001 NZL 31–0 TON Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 CAN 33–14 NIU Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 NZL 51–0 NIU Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 CAN 14–5 TON Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 TON 40–12 NIU Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 NZL 38–0 CAN Westpac Stadium, Wellington Source: World Rugby 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 points1USA330060273392FIJ3201112179573ENG31025072-2254CHN300319125-1063 Source: World Rugby 9 February 2001 USA 12–10 FIJ Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 ENG 33–14 CHN Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 FIJ 61–0 CHN Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 USA 17–12 ENG Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 USA 31–5 CHN Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 FIJ 41–5 ENG Westpac Stadium, Wellington Source: World Rugby 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 points1AUS33001131010392COK32015062-1273RSA31025447754JPN300322120-983 Source: World Rugby 9 February 2001 AUS 43–5 COK Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 RSA 47–5 JPN Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 AUS 45–5 JPN Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 COK 17–7 RSA Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 COK 28–12 JPN Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 AUS 25–0 RSA Westpac Stadium, Wellington Source: World Rugby 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 points1SAM3300108179192ARG32015247573WAL31024870-2254PNG30031993-743 Source: World Rugby 9 February 2001 ARG 21–14 WAL Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 SAM 40–5 PNG Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 ARG 31–0 PNG Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 SAM 35–12 WAL Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 WAL 22–14 PNG Westpac Stadium, Wellington 9 February 2001 SAM 33–0 ARG Westpac Stadium, Wellington Source: World Rugby Knockout stage Shield 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium CHN 7 JPN 21 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium PNG 45 NIU 0 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium JPN 27 PNG 19 170 50 Source: World Rugby Bowl 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium TON 45 CHN 7 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium WAL 26 JPN 10 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium RSA 26 PNG 7 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium ENG 22 NIU 7 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium TON 17 WAL 19 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium RSA 31 ENG 12 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium WAL 17 RSA 47 170 50 Source: World Rugby Plate 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium NZL 12 SAM 21 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium ARG 21 CAN 0 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium SAM 40 ARG 7 170 50 Source: World Rugby Cup 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium FIJ 19 NZL 17 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium COK 10 SAM 7 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium AUS 26 ARG 17 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium USA 12 CAN 10 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium FIJ 27 COK 12 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium AUS 36 USA 5 10 February 2001 – Westpac Stadium FIJ 17 AUS 19 170 50 Source: World Rugby Tournament placings 20em PlaceTeam Points AUS 20 FIJ 16 COK 12 USA 12 5 SAM 8 6 ARG 6 7 CAN 4 NZL 4 PlaceTeam Points 9 RSA 2 10 WAL 0 11 ENG 0 TON 0 13 JPN 0 14 PNG 0 15 CHN 0 NIU 0 Source: Rugby7.com Series standings At the completion of Round 3: Pos. Team Event  RSADurban DubaiDubai NZLWellington AUSBrisbane HKGHong Kong CHNShanghai MASKuala Lumpur JPNTokyo ENGLondon WALCardiff Pointstotal 1 FIJ 16 16 16 48 2 NZL 20 20 4 44 3 AUS 12 12 20 44 4 SAM 6 12 8 26 5 ARG 12 6 6 24 6 RSA 8 8 2 187 COK — — 12 12 USA — — 12 12 9 CAN 4 0 4 8 10 ENG 0 4 0 4 11 ZIM 0 4 — 4 12 FRA 4 — — 413 IRE — 2 — 2 POR 2 — — 2 15 WAL 0 0 0 016 GEO 0 0 — 0 KEN 0 0 — 0 MAR 0 0 — 0 19 GCC Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 CHN — — 0 0 HKG — 0 — 0 JPN — — 0 0 NAM 0 — — 0 NIU — — 0 0 PNG — — 0 0 TON — — 0 0 Source: Rugby7.com References 2001 IRB Sevens II - Wellington, New Zealand. 2/9/2001 - 2/10/2001 rugby7.com 31 May 2016 http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=WEL-2001 2016 2000/01 IRB Sevens World Series - Wellington worldrugby.org 13 June 2016 http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1397 2001 More fizz guaranteed at Telecom 2GO International Sevens sevens.co.nz @ web.archive.org 2 October 2013 http://www.sevens.co.nz/news/fizz.html dead https://archive.today/20010702034838/http://www.sevens.co.nz/news/fizz.html 2 July 2001 dmy-all 2001 IRB Sevens Standings Rugby 7 31 May 2016 http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2001 IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament irbsevens.com 9 December 2013 http://www.irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html 20 May 2013 IRB Sevens II 2001 Wellington Sevens Sevens 2000 Dubai Sevens 2001 Brisbane Sevens New Zealand Sevens 2001 Wellington Sevens 2000 Wellington Sevens 2002 Wellington Sevens Category:2000–01 IRB Sevens World Series Category:2001 in New Zealand rugby union 2001 Category:February 2001 sports events in New Zealand