2001 London Sevens


The 2001 London Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the 2000–01 season. It was the London Sevens leg held at Twickenham Stadium on 27–28 May 2001.
The tournament was the eighth event of the series, and was won by New Zealand who defeated Australia 19–12 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. 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. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
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.

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Bowl

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Plate

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Cup

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Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
20
16
12
12
58
66
74
74

PlaceTeamPoints
92
100
110
110
130
130
130
130

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Series standings

At the completion of Round 7:

Pos.

Durban

Dubai

Wellington

Hong Kong

Shanghai

Kuala Lumpur

London

London

Cardiff
Points
total
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461281848121280
5882816128870
612668442446
70408606630
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110003044213
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131212
14044
152204
1622
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180000
180000
18000
18000
18 Arabian Gulf000
18000
18000
18000
1800
1800
1800
18000
1800
1800
18000

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