2001 Tokyo Sevens

IRB Sevens II Japan 29–30 April 2001 NZL AUS RSA ENG ARG USA 41 2000 2012 The 2001 Tokyo Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the 2000–01 season. It was the Japan Sevens leg held at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo on 29–30 April 2001. The tournament was the seventh event of the series, and was won by New Zealand who defeated Australia 26–12 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 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 HKG JPN MAS NZL SAM RSA KOR USA 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 Tokyo 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 points1NZL33001281711192RSA320173383573KOR31025978 −1954TPE30035132 −1273 Source: World Rugby 29 April 2001 NZL 52–5 KOR Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 RSA 40–0 TPE Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 NZL 57–0 TPE Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 RSA 21–19 KOR Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 KOR 35–5 TPE Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 NZL 19–12 RSA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 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 points1AUS33001330092ENG320155381773JPN31025465 −1154MAS300312151 −1393 Source: World Rugby 29 April 2001 AUS 34–0 JPN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 ENG 31–5 MAS Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 AUS 73–0 MAS Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 ENG 24–7 JPN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 JPN 47–7 MAS Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 AUS 26–0 ENG Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 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 points1FIJ3300104129292CAN320181404173FRA31021962 −4354HKG3003090−903 Source: World Rugby 29 April 2001 FIJ 31–0 FRA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 CAN 38–0 HKG Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 FIJ 33–0 HKG Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 CAN 31–0 FRA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 FRA 19–0 HKG Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 FIJ 40–12 CAN Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 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 points1SAM330088226692WAL32014861 −1373ARG31025350354USA30032480 −563 Source: World Rugby 29 April 2001 SAM 22–10 USA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 ARG 12–19 WAL Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 SAM 42–5 WAL Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 ARG 34–7 USA Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 USA 7–24 WAL Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 29 April 2001 SAM 24–7 ARG Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Source: World Rugby Knockout stage Bowl 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium KOR 40 MAS 5 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium ARG 36 HKG 0 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium FRA 7 USA 12 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium JPN 19 TPE 12 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium KOR 12 ARG 17 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium USA 19 JPN 5 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium ARG 31 USA 19 200 50 Source: World Rugby Plate 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium ENG 29 CAN 5 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium WAL 7 RSA 19 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium ENG 15 RSA 38 200 50 Source: World Rugby Cup 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium NZL 26 ENG 7 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium SAM 12 CAN 7 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium FIJ 38 WAL 5 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium AUS 12 RSA 10 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium NZL 17 SAM 12 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium FIJ 7 AUS 17 30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium NZL 26 AUS 12 200 50 Source: World Rugby Tournament placings 20em PlaceTeam Points NZL 20 AUS 16 FIJ 12 SAM 12 5 RSA 8 6 ENG 6 7 CAN 4 WAL 4 PlaceTeam Points 9 ARG 210 USA 0 11 JPN 0 KOR 0 13 TPE 0 FRA 0 HKG 0 MAS 0 Source: Rugby7.com Series standings At the completion of Round 7: Pos. Team Event  RSADurban DubaiDubai NZLWellington HKGHong Kong CHNShanghai MASKuala Lumpur JPNTokyo ENGLondon WALCardiff Pointstotal 1 NZL 20 20 4 30 12 16 20 122 2 AUS 12 12 20 18 20 20 16 118 3 FIJ 16 16 16 24 8 12 12 104 4 SAM 6 12 8 18 4 8 12 68 5 RSA 8 8 2 8 16 12 8 62 6 ARG 12 6 6 8 4 4 2 42 7 ENG 0 4 0 8 6 0 6 24 8 CAN 4 0 4 8 2 0 4 22 9 USA — — 12 4 — — 0 16 10 KOR — — — 0 12 2 0 14 11 COK — — 12 — — — — 12 12 FRA 4 — — 2 — 6 0 12 13 WAL 0 0 0 3 0 4 4 11 14 ZIM 0 4 — — — — — 4 15 POR 2 — — 2 — — — 4 16 IRE — 2 — — — — — 2 17 HKG — 0 — 1 0 — 0 1 18 JPN — — 0 0 0 0 0 019 TPE — — — 0 0 0 0 0 MAS — — — 0 0 0 0 0 21 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 Tokyo, Japan. 4/29/2001 - 4/30/2001 rugby7.com 29 May 2016 http://rugby7.com/st.asp?T=TOK-2001 1 May 2001 New Zealand back in pole position after Tokyo sevens victory espnscrum.com http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/36388.html 2001 IRB Sevens Standings Rugby 7 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 Tokyo Sevens 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens 2001 London Sevens Japan Sevens 2001 Tokyo Sevens 2000 Tokyo Sevens 2012 Japan Sevens Category:2000–01 IRB Sevens World Series Seven Category:Japan Sevens