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 [World Sevens Series|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 [national rugby sevens team|New Zealand] who defeated Australia national rugby [sevens team|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 [World Sevens Series|2000–01] season.

Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
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Pool stage

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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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 8:

Pos.		South Africa