The 2001 London Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the 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 who defeated 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 (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 13300114510992320136537331022976 −475430031964 −453 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool B Team 13300925879231023643–75331025465 –1554310212151 −655 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool C Team 13300643331923201764135733102395754300333813 Source: World Rugby
Source: World Rugby
Pool D Team 133007724539232019827717331023657–2154300319122 −1033 Source: World Rugby
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 9 210 0 11 0 0 13 0 0 0 0
Source: World Rugby
Series standings At the completion of Round 8:
Pos. Durban Dubai Wellington Hong Kong Shanghai Kuala Lumpur Tokyo London Cardiff Pointstotal 1 20 20 4 30 12 16 20 20 142 2 12 12 20 18 20 20 16 16 134 3 16 16 16 24 8 12 12 12 116 4 6 12 8 18 4 8 12 12 80 5 8 8 2 8 16 12 8 8 70 6 12 6 6 8 4 4 2 4 46 7 0 4 0 8 6 0 6 6 30 8 4 0 4 8 2 0 4 4 26 9 — — 12 4 — — 0 — 16 10 — — — 0 12 2 0 — 14 11 0 0 0 3 0 4 4 2 13 12 4 — — 2 — 6 0 0 12 13 — — 12 — — — — — 12 14 0 4 — — — — — — 4 15 2 — — 2 — — — 0 4 16 — 2 — — — — — — 2 17 — 0 — 1 0 — 0 — 118 — — 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 — 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 — 0 — — 0 0 0 — — — 0 0 0 — — — — — 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — 0 0 0 — — — — — — 0 Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 — — — — 0 — — — 0 — 0 — — 0 — — — 0 0 — — — 0 — — — 0 — 0 — — 0 0 — — — — — — — 0 — — 0 — — — — — 0 — — 0 — — — — — 0 — — — 0 — — — 0 0 — — — — — — — 0 0 — — 0 — — — — — 0 — — — 0 — — — 0 0
Source: Rugby7.com
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