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
Date	21–22 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 played	44
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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:

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  Chinese Taipei
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Japan
•  Malaysia
•  New Zealand
•  Samoa
•  Singapore
•  South Africa
•  South Korea
•  Thailand
•  Wales

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	3	3	0	0	113	10	103	9
Wales	3	2	0	1	67	40	27	7
England	3	1	0	2	50	67	−17	5
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	17	130	−113	3

Source: World Rugby

21 April 2001

New Zealand	19–5	Wales

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

England	31–10	Malaysia

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

New Zealand	61–0	Malaysia

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Wales	24–14	England

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Wales	38–7	Malaysia

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

New Zealand	33–5	England

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	98	0	98	9
France	3	1	1	1	38	40	–2	6
Canada	3	1	1	1	33	60	−27	6
Chinese Taipei	3	0	0	3	29	98	−69	3

Source: World Rugby

21 April 2001

Australia	14–0	France

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Canada	19–17	Chinese Taipei

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

France	24–12	Chinese Taipei

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Australia	55–0	Chinese Taipei

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Canada	14–14	France

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Australia	29–0	Canada

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	120	14	106	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	64	66	–2	7
South Korea	3	1	0	2	61	73	−12	5
Thailand	3	0	0	3	31	123	−92	3

Source: World Rugby

21 April 2001

Fiji	33–7	South Korea

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Argentina	31–17	Thailand

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Fiji	52–0	Thailand

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Argentina	26–14	South Korea

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

South Korea	40–14	Thailand

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Fiji	35–7	Argentina

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	2	1	0	92	5	87	8
Samoa	3	2	1	0	88	24	64	8
Japan	3	1	0	2	33	98	−65	5
Singapore	3	0	0	3	22	108	−86	3

Source: World Rugby

21 April 2001

Samoa	38–7	Japan

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

South Africa	37–0	Singapore

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

South Africa	50–0	Japan

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Samoa	45–12	Singapore

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Japan	26–10	Singapore

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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21 April 2001

Samoa	5–5	South Africa

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
	England	38
					22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
	Chinese Taipei	0
					England	34
	22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
					Japan	7
	Japan	24
									22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
	Thailand	19
									England	12
	22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
									South Korea	24
	South Korea	33
					22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
	Singapore	0
					South Korea	12
	22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
					Canada	5
	Canada	36
	Malaysia	5

Source: World Rugby

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
	France	14
					22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
	Argentina	12
					France	14
	22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
					Samoa	19
	Wales	0
	Samoa	26

Source: World Rugby

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
	New Zealand	26
					22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
	France	5
					New Zealand	19
	22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
					South Africa	7
	South Africa	24
									22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
	Argentina	14
									New Zealand	17
	22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
									Australia	19
	Australia	24
					22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
	Wales	14
					Australia	19
	22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium
					Fiji	7
	Fiji	26
	Samoa	12

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	Australia	20
	New Zealand	16
	Fiji	12
	South Africa	12
5	Samoa	8
6	France	6
7	Argentina	4
	Wales	4

Place	Team	Points
9	South Korea	2
10	England	0
11	Canada	0
	Japan	0
13	Chinese Taipei	0
	Malaysia	0
	Thailand	0
	Singapore	0

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 Zealand	20	20	4	30	12	16				102
2	Australia	12	12	20	18	20	20				102
3	Fiji	16	16	16	24	8	12				92
4	Samoa	6	12	8	18	4	8				56
5	South Africa	8	8	2	8	16	12				54
6	Argentina	12	6	6	8	4	4				40
7	England	0	4	0	8	6	0				18
8	Canada	4	0	4	8	2	0				18
9	United States	—	—	12	4	—	—				16
10	South Korea	—	—	—	0	12	2				14
11	Cook Islands	—	—	12	—	—	—				12
12	France	4	—	—	2	—	6				12
13	Wales	0	0	0	3	0	4				7
14	Zimbabwe	0	4	—	—	—	—				4
15	Portugal	2	—	—	2	—	—				4
16	Ireland	—	2	—	—	—	—				2
17	Hong Kong	—	0	—	1	0	—				1
18	Japan	—	—	0	0	0	0				0
19	Chinese Taipei	—	—	—	0	0	0				0
	Malaysia	—	—	—	0	0	0				0
	China	—	—	0	0	0	—				0
22	Georgia	0	0	—	—	—	—				0
	Kenya	0	0	—	—	—	—				0
	Morocco	0	0	—	—	—	—				0
	Arabian Gulf	—	0	—	0	—	—				0
	Singapore	—	—	—	0	—	0				0
	Sri Lanka	—	—	—	0	0	—				0
	Thailand	—	—	—	0	—	0				0
29	Namibia	0	—	—	—	—	—				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.
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