2001 Hong Kong Sevens

International rugby sevens tournament IRB Sevens II Hong Kong 9–10 February 2001 NZL FIJ USA WAL HKG West Indies 44 2000 2002 The 2001 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Hong Kong as the fourth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. The tournament took place at the Hong Kong Stadium on 30 March–1 April 2001. The hosts, Hong Kong, finished third in Pool C but went on to defeat the West Indies 47–5 in the Bowl final. Defending World Sevens Series champions, New Zealand, successfully defended their Hong Kong Sevens title by defeating Fiji 29–5 in the Cup final. Format The teams were drawn into six 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 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. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season. Teams Like the previous tournament in Hong Kong, 24 teams took part with Russia and the West Indies making their World Sevens Series debuts. The participating teams for the tournament: 22em GCC Arabian Gulf ARG AUS CAN CHN TPE ENG FIJ FRA HKG JPN MAS NZL POR RUS SAM SIN RSA KOR SRI THA USA WAL West Indies Pool stage Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Plate quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals Pool A main WDL Q 3 2 1 points FIJ FIJ WAL WAL RUS RUS WES West Indies 2 1 0 67 15 2 0 1 66 22 1 1 1 53 36 0 0 3 12 125 #ccffcc A #ffddbb B complete World Rugby 30 March 2001 FIJ 47–0 West Indies Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 30 March 2001 WAL 14–12 RUS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 WAL 47–0 West Indies Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 FIJ 10–10 RUS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 RUS 31–12 West Indies Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 FIJ 10–5 WAL Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source: World Rugby Pool B main WDL Q 3 2 1 points AUS AUS POR POR KOR KOR SRI SRI 3 0 0 138 14 2 0 1 73 52 1 0 2 63 74 0 0 3 7 141 #ccffcc A #ffddbb B complete World Rugby 30 March 2001 AUS 64–0 SRI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 30 March 2001 POR 38–7 KOR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 POR 28–7 SRI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 AUS 36–7 KOR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 KOR 49–0 SRI Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 AUS 38–7 POR Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source: World Rugby Pool C main WDL Q 3 2 1 points NZL NZL FRA FRA HKG HKG ARB GCC Arabian Gulf 3 0 0 108 12 2 0 1 46 46 1 0 2 19 62 0 0 3 26 79 #ccffcc A #ffddbb B B complete World Rugby 30 March 2001 NZL 43–5 GCC Arabian Gulf Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 30 March 2001 FRA 17–5 HKG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 FRA 22–14 GCC Arabian Gulf Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 NZL 38–0 HKG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 HKG 14–7 GCC Arabian Gulf Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 NZL 27–7 FRA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source: World Rugby Pool D main WDL Q 3 2 1 points SAM SAM ENG ENG JPN JPN SIN SIN 3 0 0 112 0 2 0 1 94 47 1 0 2 63 77 0 0 3 5 150 #ccffcc A A #ffddbb B complete World Rugby 30 March 2001 SAM 35–0 SIN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 30 March 2001 ENG 28–14 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 ENG 66–5 SIN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 SAM 49–0 JPN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 JPN 49–0 SIN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 SAM 28–0 ENG Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source: World Rugby Pool E main WDL Q 3 2 1 points CAN CAN ARG ARG CHN CHN MAS MAS 3 0 0 132 17 2 0 1 100 33 1 0 2 54 79 0 0 3 5 162 #ccffcc A A #ffddbb B complete World Rugby 30 March 2001 ARG 66–0 MAS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 30 March 2001 CAN 50–7 CHN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 CAN 56–0 MAS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 ARG 24–7 CHN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 CHN 40–5 MAS Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 ARG 10–26 CAN Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source: World Rugby Pool F main WDL Q 3 2 1 points RSA RSA USA USA TPE TPE THA THA 3 0 0 93 7 2 0 1 55 34 1 0 2 33 59 0 0 3 28 109 #ccffcc A #ffddbb B B complete World Rugby 30 March 2001 RSA 43–7 THA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 30 March 2001 USA 17–5 TPE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 USA 38–7 THA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 RSA 28–0 TPE Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 TPE 28–14 THA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 31 March 2001 RSA 22–0 USA Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong Source: World Rugby Knockout stage Bowl 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium TPE 38 MAS 0 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium West Indies 34 THA 26 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium GCC Arabian Gulf 22 SRI 0 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium SIN 7 HKG 22 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium TPE 12 West Indies 19 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium GCC Arabian Gulf 14 HKG 19 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium West Indies 5 HKG 47 170 50 Source: World Rugby Plate 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium WAL 43 CHN 0 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium RUS 10 FRA 14 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium USA 14 KOR 10 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium JPN 0 POR 26 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium WAL 24 FRA 7 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium USA 24 POR 19 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium WAL 26 USA 31 170 50 Source: World Rugby Cup 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 22 ENG 7 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium CAN 0 SAM 26 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium NZL 19 RSA 0 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium ARG 7 AUS 35 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 12 SAM 10 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium NZL 14 AUS 12 1 April 2001 – Hong Kong Stadium FIJ 5 NZL 29 170 50 Source: World Rugby Tournament placings PlaceTeam Points NZL 30 FIJ 24 AUS 18 SAM 18 5 ARG 8 CAN 8 ENG 8 RSA 8 9 USA 4 10 WAL 3 11 FRA 2 POR 2 PlaceTeam Points 13 CHN 0 JPN 0 RUS 0 KOR 0 17 HKG 1 18 West Indies 0 19 GCC Arabian Gulf 0 TPE 0 21 MAS 0 SIN 0 SRI 0 THA 0 Source: Rugby7.com Series standings At the completion of Round 4: Pos. Team Event  RSADurban DubaiDubai NZLWellington HKGHong Kong CHNShanghai MASKuala Lumpur JPNTokyo ENGLondon WALCardiff Pointstotal 1 NZL 20 20 4 30 74 2 FIJ 16 16 16 24 72 3 AUS 12 12 20 18 62 4 SAM 6 12 8 18 44 5 ARG 12 6 6 8 32 6 RSA 8 8 2 8 26 7 USA — — 12 4 16 8 CAN 4 0 4 8 16 9 COK — — 12 — 12 10 ENG 0 4 0 8 12 11 FRA 4 — — 2 6 12 ZIM 0 4 — — 4 13 POR 2 — — 2 4 14 WAL 0 0 0 3 3 15 IRE — 2 — — 2 16 HKG — 0 — 1 117 GCC Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 0 CHN — — 0 0 0 GEO 0 0 — — 0 JPN — — 0 0 0 KEN 0 0 — — 0 MAR 0 0 — — 0 23 TPE — — — 0 0 MAS — — — 0 0 NAM 0 — — — 0 NIU — — 0 — 0 PNG — — 0 — 0 RUS — — — 0 0 SIN — — — 0 0 KOR — — — 0 0 SRI — — — 0 0 THA — — — 0 0 TON — — 0 — 0 West Indies — — — 0 0 Source: Rugby7.com References 2001 IRB Sevens II - Hong Kong, China. 3/30/2001 - 4/1/2001 rugby7.com 31 May 2016 http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=HKG-2001 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 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130520160501/http://irbsevens.com/seriesinfo/rules.html 20 May 2013 IRB Sevens II 2001 Hong Kong Sevens Sevens 2001 Brisbane Sevens 2001 Shanghai Sevens Hong Kong Sevens 2001 Hong Kong Sevens 2000 Hong Kong Sevens 2002 Hong Kong Sevens 2000 rugby union Category:2000–01 IRB Sevens World Series Category:2001 in Asian rugby union