2001 Shanghai Sevens

Rugby union 7-a-side tournament IRB Sevens II China 7–8 April 2001 AUS RSA FIJ ENG CAN WAL 44 2002 The 2001 Shanghai Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Shanghai, China as the fifth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. It was the first China Sevens tournament to be hosted as part of the World Sevens Series, and the event took place at the Yuanshen Stadium on 8–9 April 2001. Australia won the Shanghai Sevens after they defeated South Africa 19–12 to go to second place in the overall standings. 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 TPE ENG FIJ JPN HKG MAS NZL SAM SRI RSA KOR 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 Shanghai 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 points1RSA3300129712292FIJ3201116199773TPE310234101 −6754MAS30037159 −1523 Source: World Rugby 7 April 2001 FIJ 45–0 TPE Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 RSA 61–0 MAS Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 FIJ 71–0 MAS Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 RSA 49–7 TPE Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 TPE 27–7 MAS Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 RSA 19–0 FIJ Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 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 points1AUS3300164715792ENG32015357 -473WAL31023895 −5754CHN300328124 −963 Source: World Rugby 7 April 2001 AUS 52–7 WAL Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 ENG 24–14 CHN Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 AUS 69–0 CHN Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 ENG 29–0 WAL Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 WAL 31–14 CHN Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 AUS 43–0 ENG Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 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 points1NZL3300147514292ARG320174433173JPN31024881 −3354SRI30035145 −1403 Source: World Rugby 7 April 2001 NZL 36–5 JPN Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 ARG 34–0 SRI Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 NZL 73–0 SRI Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 ARG 40–5 JPN Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 JPN 38–5 SRI Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 NZL 38–0 ARG Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 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 points1SKO330097465192SAM320186345273CAN31024964 −1554HKG300319107 −883 Source: World Rugby 7 April 2001 KOR 24–17 SAM Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 CAN 29–0 HKG Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 SAM 38–0 HKG Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 KOR 33–10 CAN Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 KOR 40–19 HKG Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai 7 April 2001 SAM 31–10 CAN Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai Knockout stage Bowl 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium CHN 14 TPE 5 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium CAN 47 SRI 0 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium HKG 20 JPN 14 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium WAL 41 MAS 0 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium CHN 0 CAN 22 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium HKG 7 WAL 21 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium CAN 32 WAL 19 170 50 Source: World Rugby Plate 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium ENG 19 ARG 17 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium SAM 12 FIJ 31 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium ENG 14 FIJ 45 170 50 Source: World Rugby Cup 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium RSA 24 ENG 7 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium KOR 26 ARG 7 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium NZL 19 SAM 5 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium AUS 5 FIJ 0 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium RSA 40 KOR 10 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium NZL 7 AUS 19 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium RSA 12 AUS 19 170 50 Source: World Rugby Tournament placings 20em PlaceTeam Points AUS 20 RSA 16 NZL 12 KOR 12 5 FIJ 8 6 ENG 6 7 ARG 4 SAM 4 PlaceTeam Points 9 CAN 2 10 WAL 0 11 CHN 0 HKG 0 13 TPE 0 JPN 0 MAS 0 SRI 0 Source: Rugby7.com Series standings At the completion of Round 5: Pos. Team Event  RSADurban DubaiDubai NZLWellington HKGHong Kong CHNShanghai MASKuala Lumpur JPNTokyo ENGLondon WALCardiff Pointstotal 1 NZL 20 20 4 30 12 86 2 AUS 12 12 20 18 20 82 3 FIJ 16 16 16 24 8 80 4 SAM 6 12 8 18 4 48 5 RSA 8 8 2 8 16 42 6 ARG 12 6 6 8 4 36 7 ENG 0 4 0 8 6 18 8 CAN 4 0 4 8 2 18 9 USA — — 12 4 — 16 10 KOR — — — 0 12 12 11 COK — — 12 — — 12 12 FRA 4 — — 2 — 6 13 ZIM 0 4 — — — 4 14 POR 2 — — 2 — 4 15 WAL 0 0 0 3 0 3 16 IRE — 2 — — — 2 17 HKG — 0 — 1 0 118 CHN — — 0 0 0 0 JPN — — 0 0 0 0 20 GEO 0 0 — — — 0 KEN 0 0 — — — 0 MAR 0 0 — — — 0 GCC Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 — 0 TPE — — — 0 0 0 MAS — — — 0 0 0 SRI — — — 0 0 027 NAM 0 — — — — 0 NIU — — 0 — — 0 PNG — — 0 — — 0 RUS — — — 0 — 0 SIN — — — 0 — 0 THA — — — 0 — 0 TON — — 0 — — 0 West Indies — — — 0 — 0 Source: Rugby7.com References 2001 2000/01 IRB Sevens World Series - Shanghai worldrugby.org 9 August 2016 http://www.worldrugby.org/tournament/1398 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 2001 IRB Sevens Standings Rugby 7 15 August 2016 http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2001 IRB Sevens II 2001 Shanghai Sevens 2001 Hong Kong Sevens 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens China Sevens 2001 Shanghai Sevens None 2002 Shanghai Sevens Category:2000–01 IRB Sevens World Series Category:April 2001 sports events in China