The 2001 Wellington Sevens, also known as the 2001 New Zealand Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Wellington, New Zealand as the third leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. The tournament took place at the Westpac Stadium on 9–10 February 2001.
The hosts, New Zealand, lost their first match of the season as they were defeated 19–17 by defending Wellington Sevens champions Fiji in the Cup quarterfinals. This was only the second time that a New Zealand sevens side had failed to reach the Cup final of World Sevens Series event. This was also the first event to hold a Shield competition which was won by Japan who defeated Papua New Guinea 27–19 in the final.
Australia became only the third nation to win a World Sevens Series title as they defeated Fiji 19–17 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 group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.
Teams The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
Niue was invited to replace France after they withdrew from the tournament due to French clubs not releasing players.
Pool stage
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals
Pool A Team 1330012001209232014757-107331024557-1254 300326124-983 Source: World Rugby
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Pool B Team 1330060273392320111217957331025072-2254300319125-1063 Source: World Rugby
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Pool C Team 13300113101039232015062-127331025447754300322120-983 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool D Team 133001081791923201524757331024870-225430031993-743 Source: World Rugby
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Knockout stage
Shield
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Bowl
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Plate
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Cup
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Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 16 12 12 5 8 6 6 7 4 4
PlaceTeam Points 9 2 10 0 11 0 0 13 0 14 0 15 0 0
Source: Rugby7.com
Series standings At the completion of Round 3:
Pos. Durban Dubai Wellington Brisbane Hong Kong Shanghai Kuala Lumpur Tokyo London Cardiff Pointstotal 1 16 16 16 48 2 20 20 4 44 3 12 12 20 44 4 6 12 8 26 5 12 6 6 24 6 8 8 2 187 — — 12 12 — — 12 12 9 4 0 4 8 10 0 4 0 4 11 0 4 — 4 12 4 — — 413 — 2 — 2 2 — — 2 15 0 0 0 016 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 — 0 19 Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 — — 0 0 — 0 — 0 — — 0 0 0 — — 0 — — 0 0 — — 0 0 — — 0 0
Source: Rugby7.com
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