2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens qualifying

The qualification process of men's teams for the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Automatic qualification was extended to the host and the eight quarterfinalists of the previous World Cup. The remaining spots were contested in each of the five regions' respective tournaments.

Qualified teams Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Automatic qualification (hosts) Regional Qualifiers

Africa Africa had two tournaments as a qualifier. First on 29 April was a preliminary round-robin tournament in Abidjan where Ivory Coast and Tunisia finished the highest. They then joined ten other teams in Nairobi for a 23–24 June tournament. Kenya and Zimbabwe both advance as finalists of the tournament.

Qualifier 1 (Abidjan) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left| |3||3||0||0||66||22||+44||9 |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left| |3||2||0||1||36||17||+19||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||52||26||+26||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||12||101||–89||3

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Qualifier 2 (Nairobi)

Day 1 Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||69||26||+43||7 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||68||31||+37||7 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||50||26||+24||7 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||0||104||–104||3

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Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |3||3||0||0||94||5||+89||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||62||21||+41||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||17||68||–51||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||12||91||–79||3

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Pool C {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |3||2||1||0||108||28||+89||8 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||94||31||+63||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||1||1||56||47||+9||6 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||12||164||–152||3

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Day 2 Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left| |2||2||0||0||80||5||+75||6 |- |align=left| |2||1||0||1||26||55||–29||4 |- |align=left| |2||0||0||2||15||61||–46||2

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Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left| |2||2||0||0||73||7||+66||6 |- |align=left| |2||1||0||1||73||17||+56||4 |- |align=left| |2||0||0||2||0||122||–122||2

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Pool C {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left| |2||2||0||0||43||5||+38||6 |- |align=left| |2||1||0||1||14||12||+2||4 |- |align=left| |2||0||0||2||10||50||–40||2

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Pool D {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left| |2||2||0||0||54||12||+42||6 |- |align=left| |2||1||0||1||26||45||–19||4 |- |align=left| |2||0||0||2||24||47||–23||2

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Knockout Round

Americas The Americas had two tournaments to serve as a qualifier. First was a 22–23 January tournament in Port of Spain for the Caribbean zone, from which Trinidad and Tobago emerged victorious. It then joins another nine teams in a deciding inter-Americas tournament in Santiago for three spots on 6-7 May.

Qualifier 1 (Port of Spain) Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |3||3||0||0||90||17||+73||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||55||24||+31||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||41||41||+0||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||10||114||–104||3

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Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||66||38||+28||7 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||53||38||+15||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||41||60||–19||5 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||31||55||–24||5

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Knockout Round

Qualifier 2 (Santiago) Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left| |4||4||0||0||167||5||+162||12 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left| |4||3||0||1||135||33||+102||10 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left| |4||2||0||2||61||82||–21||8 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left| |4||1||0||3||33||144||–111||6 |- |align=left| |4||0||0||4||12||144||–132||4

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Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="160"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left| |4||4||0||0||120||19||+101||12 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left| |4||3||0||1||141||17||+124||10 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left| |4||2||0||2||64||124||–60||8 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left| |4||1||0||3||29||102||–73||6 |- |align=left| |4||0||0||4||28||120||–92||4

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Knockout Round

Asia A two-day tournament was held in Kuala Lumpur to determine the three teams to join South Korea at the World Cup Sevens.

Day One Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |4||4||0||0||183||43||+140||12 |- |align=left| |4||2||0||2||130||85||+45||8 |- |align=left| |4||2||0||2||116||74||+42||8 |- |align=left| |4||2||0||2||88||101||–13||8 |- |align=left| |4||0||0||4||12||226||–214||4

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Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |4||4||0||0||91||33||+58||12 |- |align=left| |4||2||0||2||69||53||+16||8 |- |align=left| |4||2||0||2||78||69||+9||8 |- |align=left| |4||1||0||3||62||93||–31||6 |- |align=left| Arabian Gulf |4||1||0||3||46||98||–52||6

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Day Two Pool C {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left| |4||4||0||0||192||45||+147||12 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left| |4||3||0||1||148||57||+91||10 |- |align=left| |4||2||0||2||59||106||–47||8 |- |align=left| |4||1||0||3||54||96||–42||6 |- |align=left| |4||0||0||4||21||170||–149||4

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Pool D {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left| |4||4||0||0||143||47||+96||12 |-bgcolor=ccccff |align=left| |4||3||0||1||81||63||+18||10 |- |align=left| Arabian Gulf |4||1||0||3||76||90||–14||6 |- |align=left| |4||1||0||3||44||81||–37||6 |- |align=left| |4||1||0||3||38||101||–63||6

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Placement Round

Europe There were two separate tournaments in Europe, both qualifying three nations among sixteen. The first took place in Heidelberg on 10–11 June. The second in Madrid took place between 30 June and 1 July.

Qualifier 1 (Heidelberg)

Day 1 Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="140"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |3||3||0||0||131||7||+124||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||48||39||+9||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||34||55||–21||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||0||112||–112||3

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Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="140"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |3||3||0||0||106||7||+99||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||68||54||+14||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||49||64||–15||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||17||115||–98||3

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Pool C {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="140"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |3||3||0||0||99||26||+73||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||69||45||+24||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||55||53||+2||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||5||104||–99||3

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Pool D {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="140"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |3||3||0||0||136||0||+136||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||47||46||+1||5 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||22||71||–49||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||7||95||–88||3

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Day 2 Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="140"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left| |3||3||0||0||124||12||+112||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||52||52||+0||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||19||53||–34||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||12||90||–78||3

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Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="140"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left| |3||3||0||0||130||12||+118||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||56||64||–8||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||50||66||–16||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||17||111||–94||3

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Pool C {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="140"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left| |3||3||0||0||64||19||+45||7 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||50||38||+12||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||50||46||+4||7 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||19||80||–61||3

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Pool D {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="140"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |-bgcolor=ccffcc |align=left| |3||3||0||0||106||22||+84||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||90||48||+42||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||33||99||–66||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||32||92||–60||3

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Qualifier 2 (Madrid)

Day 1 Pool A {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |3||3||0||0||162||14||+148||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||55||66||–11||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||38||66||–28||5 |- |align=left| |3||0||0||3||12||121||–109||3

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Pool B {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="120"|Teams !width="40"|Pld !width="40"|W !width="40"|D !width="40"|L !width="40"|PF !width="40"|PA !width="40"|+/– !width="40"|Pts |- |align=left| |3||3||0||0||158||0||+158||9 |- |align=left| |3||2||0||1||68||47||+21||7 |- |align=left| |3||1||0||2||54||74||–20||5 |- |align=left|