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2001 Shanghai Sevens

The 2001 Shanghai Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Shanghai, China as the fifth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. It was the first China Sevens tournament to be hosted as part of the World Sevens Series, and the event took place at the Yuanshen Stadium on 8–9 April 2001.[1]

2001 Shanghai Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation China
Date7–8 April 2001
Cup
Champion Australia
Runner-up South Africa
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up England
Bowl
Winner Canada
Runner-up Wales
Tournament details
Matches played44
2002 →

Australia won the Shanghai Sevens after they defeated South Africa 19–12 to go to second place in the overall standings.

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. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.[2]

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 Shanghai 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
  South Africa 3 3 0 0 129 7 122 9
  Fiji 3 2 0 1 116 19 97 7
  Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 34 101 −67 5
  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 7 159 −152 3

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001
Fiji  45–0  Chinese Taipei
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
South Africa  61–0  Malaysia
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Fiji  71–0  Malaysia
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
South Africa  49–7  Chinese Taipei
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Chinese Taipei  27–7  Malaysia
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
South Africa  19–0  Fiji
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

Pool B

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 164 7 157 9
  England 3 2 0 1 53 57 -4 7
  Wales 3 1 0 2 38 95 −57 5
  China 3 0 0 3 28 124 −96 3

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001
Australia  52–7  Wales
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
England  24–14  China
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Australia  69–0  China
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
England  29–0  Wales
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Wales  31–14  China
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Australia  43–0  England
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

Pool C

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 147 5 142 9
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 74 43 31 7
  Japan 3 1 0 2 48 81 −33 5
  Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 5 145 −140 3

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001
New Zealand  36–5  Japan
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Argentina  34–0  Sri Lanka
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
New Zealand  73–0  Sri Lanka
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Argentina  40–5  Japan
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Japan  38–5  Sri Lanka
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
New Zealand  38–0  Argentina
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

Pool D

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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  South Korea 3 3 0 0 97 46 51 9
  Samoa 3 2 0 1 86 34 52 7
  Canada 3 1 0 2 49 64 −15 5
  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 19 107 −88 3

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001
South Korea  24–17  Samoa
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Canada  29–0  Hong Kong
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Samoa  38–0  Hong Kong
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
South Korea  33–10  Canada
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
South Korea  40–19  Hong Kong
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
7 April 2001
Samoa  31–10  Canada
Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

Knockout stage

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Bowl

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 
  China14
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  Chinese Taipei5
 
  China0
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  Canada22
 
  Canada47
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  Sri Lanka0
 
  Canada32
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  Wales19
 
  Hong Kong20
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  Japan14
 
  Hong Kong7
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  Wales21
 
  Wales41
 
 
  Malaysia0
 

Source: World Rugby

Plate

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 
  England19
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  Argentina17
 
  England14
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  Fiji45
 
  Samoa12
 
 
  Fiji31
 

Source: World Rugby

Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
 
  South Africa24
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  England7
 
  South Africa40
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  South Korea10
 
  South Korea26
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  Argentina7
 
  South Africa12
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  Australia19
 
  New Zealand19
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  Samoa5
 
  New Zealand7
 
8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
 
  Australia19
 
  Australia5
 
 
  Fiji0
 

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

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Place  Team Points
    Australia 20
    South Africa 16
    New Zealand 12
  South Korea 12
5   Fiji 8
6   England 6
7   Argentina 4
  Samoa 4
Place  Team Points
9   Canada 2
10   Wales 0
11   China 0
  Hong Kong 0
13   Chinese Taipei 0
  Japan 0
  Malaysia 0
  Sri Lanka 0

Source: Rugby7.com[3]

Series standings

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At the completion of Round 5:

 
Pos.
Event 
Team
  
Durban 		 
Dubai 		 
Wellington 		 
Hong Kong 		 
Shanghai 		 
Kuala Lumpur 		 
Tokyo 		 
London 		 
Cardiff 		Points
total
1   New Zealand 20 20 4 30 12 86
2   Australia 12 12 20 18 20 82
3   Fiji 16 16 16 24 8 80
4   Samoa 6 12 8 18 4 48
5   South Africa 8 8 2 8 16 42
6   Argentina 12 6 6 8 4 36
7   England 0 4 0 8 6 18
8   Canada 4 0 4 8 2 18
9   United States — — 12 4 — 16
10   South Korea — — — 0 12 12
11   Cook Islands — — 12 — — 12
12   France 4 — — 2 — 6
13   Zimbabwe 0 4 — — — 4
14   Portugal 2 — — 2 — 4
15   Wales 0 0 0 3 0 3
16   Ireland — 2 — — — 2
17   Hong Kong — 0 — 1 0 1
18   China — — 0 0 0 0
  Japan — — 0 0 0 0
20   Georgia 0 0 — — — 0
  Kenya 0 0 — — — 0
  Morocco 0 0 — — — 0
  Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 — 0
  Chinese Taipei — — — 0 0 0
  Malaysia — — — 0 0 0
  Sri Lanka — — — 0 0 0
27   Namibia 0 — — — — 0
  Niue — — 0 — — 0
  Papua New Guinea — — 0 — — 0
  Russia — — — 0 — 0
  Singapore — — — 0 — 0
  Thailand — — — 0 — 0
  Tonga — — 0 — — 0
  West Indies — — — 0 — 0

Source: Rugby7.com

References

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  1. ^ "2000/01 IRB Sevens World Series - Shanghai". worldrugby.org. 2001. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  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 15 August 2016.
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