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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
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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

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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

21 April 2001
New Zealand  19–5  Wales
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
England  31–10  Malaysia
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
New Zealand  61–0  Malaysia
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Wales  24–14  England
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Wales  38–7  Malaysia
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
New Zealand  33–5  England
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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

21 April 2001
Australia  14–0  France
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Canada  19–17  Chinese Taipei
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
France  24–12  Chinese Taipei
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Australia  55–0  Chinese Taipei
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Canada  14–14  France
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Australia  29–0  Canada
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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

21 April 2001
Fiji  33–7  South Korea
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Argentina  31–17  Thailand
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Fiji  52–0  Thailand
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Argentina  26–14  South Korea
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
South Korea  40–14  Thailand
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Fiji  35–7  Argentina
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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

21 April 2001
Samoa  38–7  Japan
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
South Africa  37–0  Singapore
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
South Africa  50–0  Japan
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Samoa  45–12  Singapore
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Japan  26–10  Singapore
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
21 April 2001
Samoa  5–5  South Africa
Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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
    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

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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
  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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