The 2001 Tokyo Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the 2000–01 season. It was the Japan Sevens leg held at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo on 29–30 April 2001.
The tournament was the seventh event of the series, and was won by New Zealand who defeated Australia 26–12 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 (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. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.
Teams The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
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.
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals
Pool A Team 13300128171119232017338357331025978 −195430035132 −1273 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool B Team 13300133009232015538177331025465 −1154300312151 −1393 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool C Team 1330010412929232018140417331021962 −43543003090−903 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool D Team 133008822669232014861 −13733102535035430032480 −563 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Knockout stage
Bowl
Source: World Rugby
Plate
Source: World Rugby
Cup
Source: World Rugby
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 16 12 12 5 8 6 6 7 4 4
PlaceTeam Points 9 210 0 11 0 0 13 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby7.com
Series standings At the completion of Round 7:
Pos. Durban Dubai Wellington Hong Kong Shanghai Kuala Lumpur Tokyo London Cardiff Pointstotal 1 20 20 4 30 12 16 20 122 2 12 12 20 18 20 20 16 118 3 16 16 16 24 8 12 12 104 4 6 12 8 18 4 8 12 68 5 8 8 2 8 16 12 8 62 6 12 6 6 8 4 4 2 42 7 0 4 0 8 6 0 6 24 8 4 0 4 8 2 0 4 22 9 — — 12 4 — — 0 16 10 — — — 0 12 2 0 14 11 — — 12 — — — — 12 12 4 — — 2 — 6 0 12 13 0 0 0 3 0 4 4 11 14 0 4 — — — — — 4 15 2 — — 2 — — — 4 16 — 2 — — — — — 2 17 — 0 — 1 0 — 0 1 18 — — 0 0 0 0 0 019 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 21 — — 0 0 0 — — 022 0 0 — — — — — 0 0 0 — — — — — 0 0 0 — — — — — 0 Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 — — — 0 — — — 0 — 0 — 0 — — — 0 0 — — 0 — — — 0 — 0 — 029 0 — — — — — — 0 — — 0 — — — — 0 — — 0 — — — — 0 — — — 0 — — — 0 — — 0 — — — — 0 — — — 0 — — — 0
Source: Rugby7.com
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