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.
Australia won the Shanghai Sevens after they defeated South Africa 19–12 to go to second place in the overall standings.
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:
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 Shanghai Sevens title.
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals
Pool A Team 133001297122923201116199773310234101 −675430037159 −1523 Source: World Rugby
Pool B Team 1330016471579232015357 -47331023895 −5754300328124 −963 Source: World Rugby
Pool C Team 1330014751429232017443317331024881 −335430035145 −1403 Source: World Rugby
Pool D Team 133009746519232018634527331024964 −1554300319107 −883 Source: World Rugby
Knockout stage
Bowl
Source: World Rugby
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 0 0 0
Source: Rugby7.com
Series standings At the completion of Round 5:
Pos. Durban Dubai Wellington Hong Kong Shanghai Kuala Lumpur Tokyo London Cardiff Pointstotal 1 20 20 4 30 12 86 2 12 12 20 18 20 82 3 16 16 16 24 8 80 4 6 12 8 18 4 48 5 8 8 2 8 16 42 6 12 6 6 8 4 36 7 0 4 0 8 6 18 8 4 0 4 8 2 18 9 — — 12 4 — 16 10 — — — 0 12 12 11 — — 12 — — 12 12 4 — — 2 — 6 13 0 4 — — — 4 14 2 — — 2 — 4 15 0 0 0 3 0 3 16 — 2 — — — 2 17 — 0 — 1 0 118 — — 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 — — — 0 0 0 — — — 0 0 0 — — — 0 Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 — 0 — — — 0 0 0 — — — 0 0 0 — — — 0 0 027 0 — — — — 0 — — 0 — — 0 — — 0 — — 0 — — — 0 — 0 — — — 0 — 0 — — — 0 — 0 — — 0 — — 0 — — — 0 — 0
Source: Rugby7.com
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