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2001 Cardiff Sevens

The 2001 Cardiff Sevens was an rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Rodney Parade with the finals being held at the Millennium Stadium. It took place between 2–3 June 2001 and was the first edition of the Cardiff Sevens and the final round of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series.

2001 Cardiff Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation Wales
Date2–3 June 2001
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up Wales
Bowl
Winner England
Runner-up Portugal
Tournament details
Matches played41
2002 →

Heading into the tournament, New Zealand held an eight point lead over Australia with a semi-final placing in the cup being enough to give New Zealand the title. After both teams qualified through to the cup knockout stage with them only conceding ten points between the two, they would meet in the cup final with New Zealand taking out not only the Cardiff Sevens but the World Series with a 31–5 win over Australia. In the minor placings, Fiji took out the plate final defeating Wales while England won the bowl over Portugal.

Teams edit

16 teams participated in the final round of the World Sevens Series:[citation needed]

Format edit

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 pool went on to the Bowl bracket.[1]

Summary edit

The opening day of the 2001 Cardiff Sevens saw the leading two nations (Australia and New Zealand) each finished top of their pool group while only conceding five points in their pool stage. The Northern hemisphere teams though had a day that they rather forget with only Wales qualifying through to the quarter-finals of the major European teams with France and Scotland not recording a single win while England only recorded 19-all draw with Spain before losing to the qualifiers of Pool C in Fiji in Georgia. Samoa finished ahead of South Africa in Pool D with the Samoans getting a 28–10 win.[2]

In the cup quarter-finals, New Zealand would take the World Sevens title defeating Wales 29-0 to claim their second World Sevens title. They would also go on to win the Cup final over Australia with tries from Chris Masoe and Damien Karauna securing a 31-5 victory. In the plate-final, Fiji took home the plate defeating host nation Wales who came back from 19-0 down against Georgia in the plate semi-final to win 26-19. England got the remaining two points as they home took the bowl final over Portugal.[3]

Pool stage edit

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 Cardiff Sevens title.[4]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

Pool A edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 114 5 +109 9
  Argentina 3 2 0 1 46 41 +5 7
  Portugal 3 1 0 2 29 65 −36 5
  West Indies 3 0 0 3 24 102 −78 3
Source: [citation needed]
2 June 2001
13:00
New Zealand  24-0  Portugal
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 20011
13:20
Argentina  19–5  West Indies
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
15:30
New Zealand  59–0  West Indies
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
15:50
Argentina  22–5  Portugal
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
17:20
Portugal  24–19  West Indies
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
18:40
New Zealand  31–5  Argentina
Rodney Parade, Newport

Source: [5]

Pool B edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 0 119 5 +114 9
  Wales 3 2 0 1 50 57 −7 7
  Canada 3 1 0 2 26 69 −43 5
  Scotland 3 0 0 3 26 90 −64 3
Source: [citation needed]
2 June 2001
11:40
Canada  14-12  Scotland
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 20011
12:00
Australia  31–5  Wales
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
14:30
Australia  50–0  Scotland
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
16:10
Wales  19–12  Canada
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
18:00
Australia  38–0  Canada
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
19:00
Wales  26–14  Scotland
Rodney Parade, Newport

Source: [5]

Pool C edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Fiji 3 3 0 0 93 20 +73 9
  Georgia 3 2 0 1 34 57 −23 7
  England 3 0 1 2 46 55 −9 4
  Spain 3 0 1 2 36 77 −41 4
Source: [citation needed]
2 June 2001
12:20
Fiji  33-0  Georgia
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
12:40
England  19–19  Spain
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
14:50
Fiji  41–5  Spain
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
15:10
Georgia  17–12  England
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
17:00
Georgia  17–12  Spain
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
18:20
Fiji  19–15  England
Rodney Parade, Newport

Source: [5]

Pool D edit

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Samoa 3 3 0 0 101 17 +84 9
  South Africa 3 2 0 1 72 42 +30 7
  Russia 3 1 0 2 31 69 −38 5
  France 3 0 0 3 14 90 −76 3
Source: [citation needed]
2 June 2001
11:00
Samoa  40-0  France
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
11:20
South Africa  29–7  Russia
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
13:50
Samoa  33–7  Russia
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
14:10
South Africa  33–7  France
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
16:40
Russia  17–7  France
Rodney Parade, Newport
2 June 2001
17:40
Samoa  28–10  South Africa
Rodney Parade, Newport

Source: [5]

Knockout stage edit

Bowl edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 
  Portugal19
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  Scotland7
 
  Portugal21
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  Spain19
 
  Russia21
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  Spain26
 
  Portugal26
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  England35
 
  Canada38
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  West Indies10
 
  Canada14
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  England29
 
  England17
 
 
  France12
 

Source: [5]

Plate edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 
  Wales26
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  Georgia19
 
  Wales14
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  Fiji47
 
  Argentina21
 
 
  Fiji28
 

Source: [5]

Cup edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 
  New Zealand29
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  Wales0
 
  New Zealand24
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  Samoa7
 
  Samoa38
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  Georgia17
 
  New Zealand31
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  Australia5
 
  Australia49
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  Argentina14
 
  Australia21
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
  South Africa12
 
  Fiji7
 
 
  South Africa28
 

Source: [5]

Tournament placings edit

Place  Team Points
    New Zealand 20
    Australia 16
    Samoa 12
  South Africa 12
5   Fiji 8
6   Wales 6
7   Argentina 4
  Georgia 4
Place  Team Points
9   England 2
10   Portugal 0
11   Canada 0
  Spain 0
13   France 0
  Russia 0
  Scotland 0
  West Indies 0

Source: World Rugby

Series standings edit

At the completion of Round 9:

 
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 20 20 20 162
2   Australia 12 12 20 18 20 20 16 16 16 150
3   Fiji 16 16 16 24 8 12 12 12 8 124
4   Samoa 6 12 8 18 4 8 12 12 12 92
5   South Africa 8 8 2 8 16 12 8 8 12 82
6   Argentina 12 6 6 8 4 4 2 4 4 50
7   England 0 4 0 8 6 0 6 6 2 32
8   Canada 4 0 4 8 2 0 4 4 0 26
9   Wales 0 0 0 3 0 4 4 2 6 19
10   United States – – 12 4 – – 0 – – 16
11   South Korea – – – 0 12 2 0 – – 14
12   France 4 – – 2 – 6 0 0 0 12
13   Cook Islands – – 12 – – – – – – 12
14   Zimbabwe 0 4 – – – – – – – 4
15   Portugal 2 – – 2 – – – 0 0 4
16   Georgia 0 0 – – – – – 0 4 4
17   Ireland – 2 – – – – – – – 2
18   Hong Kong – 0 – 1 0 – 0 – – 1
19   Japan – – 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0
20   Chinese Taipei – – – 0 0 0 0 – – 0
  Malaysia – – – 0 0 0 0 – – 0
22   China – – 0 0 0 – – – – 0
  Russia – – – 0 – – – 0 0 0
24   Arabian Gulf – 0 – 0 – – – – – 0
  Kenya 0 0 – – – – – – – 0
  Morocco 0 0 – – – – – – – 0
  Scotland – – – – – – – 0 0 0
  Singapore – – – 0 – 0 – – – 0
  Sri Lanka – – – 0 0 – – – – 0
  Thailand – – – 0 – 0 – – – 0
31   Namibia 0 – – – – – – – – 0
  Niue – – 0 – – – – – – 0
  Papua New Guinea – – 0 – – – – – – 0
  Spain – – – – – – – – 0 0
  Tonga – – 0 – – – – – – 0
  West Indies – – – 0 – – – 0 0 0

Source: world.rugby (archived)

References edit

  1. ^ "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Kiwis one win from sevens crown". Newport: ESPN Scrum. 2 June 2001. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ "New Zealand Win Both Titles". International Rugby Board. 3 June 2001. Archived from the original on 21 November 2001.
  4. ^ "Pools for Final Tournament". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 21 November 2001.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Cardiff Results". World Rugby. Retrieved 5 June 2001.
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