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2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens

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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

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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

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The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

Pool stage

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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

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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






Pool B

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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






Pool C

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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






Pool D

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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






Knockout stage

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Bowl

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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

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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

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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

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Place  Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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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
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf 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

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  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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