2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens

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]

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

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


21 April 2001
England  31–10  Malaysia


21 April 2001
Wales  24–14  England

21 April 2001
Wales  38–7  Malaysia

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





21 April 2001
Canada  14–14  France

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



21 April 2001
Fiji  52–0  Thailand



21 April 2001
Fiji  35–7  Argentina

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

21 April 2001
Samoa  38–7  Japan



21 April 2001
Samoa  45–12  Singapore

21 April 2001
Japan  26–10  Singapore

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
 Australia20
 New Zealand16
 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 States12416
10 South Korea012214
11 Cook Islands1212
12 France42612
13 Wales0003047
14 Zimbabwe044
15 Portugal224
16 Ireland22
17 Hong Kong0101
18 Japan00000
19  Chinese Taipei0000
 Malaysia0000
 China0000
22  Georgia000
 Kenya000
 Morocco000
Arabian Gulf000
 Singapore000
 Sri Lanka000
 Thailand000
29  Namibia00
 Niue00
 Papua New Guinea00
 Russia00
 Tonga00
 West Indies00

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.
  3. "IRB Sevens Standings". Rugby 7. 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
IRB Sevens II
Preceded by
2001 Shanghai Sevens
2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens Succeeded by
2001 Tokyo Sevens
Malaysia Sevens
Preceded by
None
2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens Succeeded by
2002 Kuala Lumpur Sevens
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