2001 Shanghai Sevens

2001 Shanghai Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation  China
Date 7–8 April 2001
Cup
Champions  Australia
Runners-up  South Africa
Plate
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  England
Bowl
Champions  Canada
Runners-up  Wales
Shield
Tournament details
Matches played 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.[1]

Australia won the Shanghai Sevens after they defeated South Africa by a score of 19–12 to go to second place on the table after the Shanghai leg.

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.[2]

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

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 tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 330012971229
 Fiji 320111619977
 Chinese Taipei 310234101 −675
 Malaysia 30037159 −1523

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001
Fiji  45–0  Chinese Taipei
7 April 2001
South Africa  61–0  Malaysia
7 April 2001
Fiji  71–0  Malaysia
7 April 2001
South Africa  19–0  Fiji

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 330016471579
 England 32015357 -47
 Wales 31023895 −575
 China 300328124 −963

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001
Australia  52–7  Wales
7 April 2001
England  24–14  China
7 April 2001
Australia  69–0  China
7 April 2001
England  29–0  Wales
7 April 2001
Wales  31–14  China
7 April 2001
Australia  43–0  England

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 330014751429
 Argentina 32017443317
 Japan 31024881 −335
 Sri Lanka 30035145 −1403

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001
New Zealand  36–5  Japan
7 April 2001
Argentina  34–0  Sri Lanka
7 April 2001
New Zealand  73–0  Sri Lanka
7 April 2001
Argentina  40–5  Japan
7 April 2001
Japan  38–5  Sri Lanka
7 April 2001
New Zealand  38–0  Argentina

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 33009746519
 Samoa 32018634527
 Canada 31024964 −155
 Hong Kong 300319107 −883

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001
South Korea  24–17  Japan
7 April 2001
Canada  29–0  Hong Kong
7 April 2001
Samoa  38–0  Hong Kong
7 April 2001
South Korea  33–10  Canada
7 April 2001
South Korea  40–19  Hong Kong
7 April 2001
Samoa  31–10  Canada

Knockout stage

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium        
  China  14
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
  Chinese Taipei  5  
  China  0
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
      Canada  22  
  Canada  47
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
  Sri Lanka  0  
  Canada  32
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium    
    Wales  19
  Hong Kong  20
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
  Japan  14  
  Hong Kong  7
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
      Wales  21  
  Wales  41
  Malaysia  0  
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Semi-finals Final
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
  England 19  
  Argentina 17  
 
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
      England 14
    Fiji 45
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
  Samoa 12
  Fiji 31  

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium        
  South Africa  24
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
  England  7  
  South Africa  40
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
      South Korea  10  
  South Korea  26
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
  Argentina  7  
  South Africa  12
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium    
    Australia  19
  New Zealand  19
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
  Samoa  5  
  New Zealand  7
7 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
      Australia  19  
  Australia  5
  Fiji  0  
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st, gold medalist(s)  Australia 20
2nd, silver medalist(s)  South Africa 16
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand 12
 South Korea 12
5  Fiji 8
6  England 6
7  Argentina 4
 Samoa 4
Place  Team Points
9  Canada 2
10  Wales 0
11  China 0
 Hong Kong 0
13  Chinese Taipei 0
 Japan 0
 Malaysia 0
 Sri Lanka 0

Source: Rugby7.com[3]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 5:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team
Durban
Dubai
Wellington
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Kuala Lumpur
Tokyo
London
Cardiff		 Points
total
1  New Zealand 20 20 4 30 12 86
2  Australia 12 12 20 18 20 82
3  Fiji 16 16 16 24 8 80
4  Samoa 6 12 8 18 4 48
5  South Africa 8 8 2 8 16 42
6  Argentina 12 6 6 8 4 36
7  England 0 4 0 8 6 18
8  Canada 4 0 4 8 2 18
9  United States — — 12 4 — 16
10  Cook Islands — — 12 — — 12
11  South Korea — — — 0 12 12
12  France 4 — — 2 — 6
13  Zimbabwe 0 4 — — — 4
14  Portugal 2 — — 2 — 4
15  Wales 0 0 0 3 0 3
16  Ireland — 2 — — — 2
17  Hong Kong — 0 — 1 0 1
18  China — — 0 0 0 0
 Japan — — 0 0 0 0
20  Georgia 0 0 — — — 0
 Kenya 0 0 — — — 0
 Morocco 0 0 — — — 0
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 — 0
 Chinese Taipei — — — 0 0 0
 Malaysia — — — 0 0 0
 Namibia 0 — — — — 0
 Niue — — 0 — — 0
 Papua New Guinea — — 0 — — 0
 Russia — — — 0 — 0
 Singapore — — — 0 — 0
 Sri Lanka — — — 0 0 0
 Thailand — — — 0 — 0
 Tonga — — 0 — — 0
 West Indies — — — 0 — 0

Source: Rugby7.com

References

  1. ↑ "2000/01 IRB Sevens World Series - Shanghai". worldrugby.org. 2001. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2001. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
IRB Sevens II
Preceded by
2001 Hong Kong Sevens		 2001 Shanghai Sevens Succeeded by
2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens
China Sevens
Preceded by
None		 2001 Shanghai Sevens Succeeded by
2002 Shanghai Sevens
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