2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation Malaysia
Date21–22 April 2001
Cup
Champion Australia
Runner-up New Zealand
Plate
Winner Samoa
Runner-up France
Bowl
Winner South Korea
Runner-up England
Tournament details
Matches played44
2002 →

The 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the sixth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. It was the first Malaysia Sevens tournament to be hosted as part of the World Sevens Series, and the event took place at the Petaling Jaya Stadium on 21–22 April 2001.[1]

In their first event as hosts, Malaysia were defeated 36–5 by Canada in the Bowl quarterfinals whilst Australia won back to back Sevens titles for the first time by defeating New Zealand 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. he bottom two teams from each pool went on to the Bowl bracket.[2] No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.

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 Kuala Lumpur 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
 New Zealand 3300113101039
 Wales 32016740277
 England 31025067−175
 Malaysia 300317130−1133

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3300980989
 France 31113840–26
 Canada 31113360−276
 Chinese Taipei 30032998−693

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3300120141069
 Argentina 32016466–27
 South Korea 31026173−125
 Thailand 300331123−923

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3210925878
 Samoa 32108824648
 Japan 31023398−655
 Singapore 300322108−863

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

Bowl

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 
 England38
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 Chinese Taipei0
 
 England34
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 Japan7
 
 Japan24
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 Thailand19
 
 England12
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 South Korea24
 
 South Korea33
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 Singapore0
 
 South Korea12
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 Canada5
 
 Canada36
 
 
 Malaysia5
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 
 France14
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 Argentina12
 
 France14
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 Samoa19
 
 Wales0
 
 
 Samoa26
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 
 New Zealand26
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 France5
 
 New Zealand19
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 South Africa7
 
 South Africa24
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 Argentina14
 
 New Zealand17
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 Australia19
 
 Australia24
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 Wales14
 
 Australia19
 
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
 
 Fiji7
 
 Fiji26
 
 
 Samoa12
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Fiji12
 South Africa12
5  Samoa8
6  France6
7  Argentina4
 Wales4
Place  Team Points
9  South Korea2
10  England0
11  Canada0
 Japan0
13  Chinese Taipei0
 Malaysia0
 Thailand0
 Singapore0

Source: Rugby7.com[3]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 6:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team
Durban
Dubai
Wellington
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Kuala Lumpur
Tokyo
London
Cardiff		 Points
total
1 New Zealand20204301216102
2 Australia121220182020102
3 Fiji1616162481292
4 Samoa6128184856
5 South Africa8828161254
6 Argentina126684440
7 England04086018
8 Canada40482018
9 United States——124——16
10 South Korea———012214
11 Cook Islands——12———12
12 France4——2—612
13 Wales0003047
14 Zimbabwe04————4
15 Portugal2——2——4
16 Ireland—2————2
17 Hong Kong—0—10—1
18 Japan——00000
19  Chinese Taipei———0000
 Malaysia———0000
 China——000—0
22  Georgia00————0
 Kenya00————0
 Morocco00————0
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf—0—0——0
 Singapore———0—00
 Sri Lanka———00—0
 Thailand———0—00
29  Namibia0—————0
 Niue——0———0
 Papua New Guinea——0———0
 Russia———0——0
 Tonga——0———0
 West Indies———0——0

Source: Rugby7.com

References

  1. ↑ "2000/01 IRB Sevens World Series - Malaysia". worldrugby.org. 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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