2001 Tokyo Sevens

2001 Tokyo Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation	Japan
Date	29–30 April 2001
Cup
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	Australia
Plate
Champions	South Africa
Runners-up	England
Bowl
Champions	Argentina
Runners-up	United States
Shield
Tournament details
Matches played	41
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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.^[1]

The tournament was the seventh event of the series, and was won by New Zealand who defeated Australia 26–12 in the Cup final.^[2]

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.^[3] 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 Tokyo 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	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	128	17	111	9
South Africa	3	2	1	73	38	35	7
South Korea	3	1	2	59	78	−19	5
Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	5	132	−127	3

Source: World Rugby

29 April 2001

New Zealand	52–5	South Korea

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

South Africa	40–0	Chinese Taipei

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

New Zealand	57–0	Chinese Taipei

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

South Africa	21–19	South Korea

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

South Korea	35–5	Chinese Taipei

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

New Zealand	19–12	South Africa

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	133	0	0	9
England	3	2	1	55	38	17	7
Japan	3	1	2	54	65	−11	5
Malaysia	3	0	3	12	151	−139	3

Source: World Rugby

29 April 2001

Australia	34–0	Japan

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

England	31–5	Malaysia

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

Australia	73–0	Malaysia

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

England	24–7	Japan

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

Japan	47–7	Malaysia

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

Australia	26–0	England

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	104	12	92	9
Canada	3	2	1	81	40	41	7
France	3	1	2	19	62	−43	5
Hong Kong	3	0	3	0	90	0	3

Source: World Rugby

29 April 2001

Fiji	31–0	France

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

Canada	38–0	Hong Kong

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

Fiji	33–0	Hong Kong

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

Canada	31–0	France

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

France	19–0	Hong Kong

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

Fiji	40–12	Canada

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	88	22	66	9
Wales	3	2	1	48	61	−13	7
Argentina	3	1	2	53	50	3	5
United States	3	0	3	24	80	−56	3

Source: World Rugby

29 April 2001

Samoa	22–10	United States

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

Argentina	12–19	Wales

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

Samoa	42–5	Wales

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

Argentina	34–7	United States

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

United States	7–24	Wales

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

29 April 2001

Samoa	24–7	Argentina

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

Source: World Rugby

Knockout stage

Bowl

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

South Korea	40
		30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Malaysia	5
		South Korea	12
30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
		Argentina	17
Argentina	36
				30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Hong Kong	0
				Argentina	31
30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
				United States	19
France	7
		30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
United States	12
		United States	19
30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
		Japan	5
Japan	19

Chinese Taipei	12

Source: World Rugby

Plate

Semi-finals		Final

30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
England	29
Canada	5

		30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
		England	15
		South Africa	38



30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Wales	7
South Africa	19

Source: World Rugby

Cup

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium

New Zealand	26
		30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
England	7
		New Zealand	17
30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
		Samoa	12
Samoa	12
				30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Canada	7
				New Zealand	26
30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
				Australia	12
Fiji	38
		30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Wales	5
		Fiji	7
30 April 2001 – Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
		Australia	17
Australia	12

South Africa	10

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
01 !	New Zealand	20
02 !	Australia	16
03 !	Fiji	12
03 !	Samoa	12
5	South Africa	8
6	England	6
7	Canada	4
7	Wales	4

Place	Team	Points
9	Argentina	2
10	United States	0
11	Japan	0
11	South Korea	0
13	Chinese Taipei	0
	France	0
	Hong Kong	0
	Malaysia	0

Source: Rugby7.com^[4]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 7:

Source: Rugby7.com^[4]

References

↑ "Tokyo, Japan. 4/29/2001 - 4/30/2001". rugby7.com. 2001. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
↑ "New Zealand back in pole position after Tokyo sevens victory". espnscrum.com. 1 May 2001.
↑ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
1 2 "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2001.

IRB Sevens II
Preceded by 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens	2001 Tokyo Sevens	Succeeded by 2001 London Sevens
Japan Sevens
Preceded by 2000 Tokyo Sevens	2001 Tokyo Sevens	Succeeded by 2012 Japan Sevens

Japan Sevens

Men's events	2000 2001 2002–11 2012 2013 2014 2015

Women's events	2017

IRB Sevens II

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