The 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the sixth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. It was the first Malaysia Sevens tournament to be hosted as part of the World Sevens Series, and the event took place at the Petaling Jaya Stadium on 21–22 April 2001.[1]
| 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens | |
|---|---|
| IRB Sevens II | |
| Host nation |  Malaysia |
| Date | 21–22 April 2001 |
| Cup | |
| Champion |  Australia |
| Runner-up |  New Zealand |
| Plate | |
| Winner |  Samoa |
| Runner-up |  France |
| Bowl | |
| Winner |  South Korea |
| Runner-up |  England |
| Tournament details | |
| Matches played | 44 |
2002 → | |
In their first event as hosts, Malaysia were defeated 36–5 by Canada in the Bowl quarterfinals whilst Australia won back to back Sevens titles for the first time by defeating New Zealand 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. he bottom two teams from each pool went on to the Bowl bracket.[2] 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 Kuala Lumpur Sevens title.
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals | |
| Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals | |
Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 10 | 103 | 9 |
 Wales |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 40 | 27 | 7 |
| England |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 67 | −17 | 5 |
| Malaysia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 130 | −113 | 3 |
Source: World Rugby
Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 98 | 9 |
| France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 40 | –2 | 6 |
 Canada |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 60 | −27 | 6 |
 Chinese Taipei |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 98 | −69 | 3 |
Source: World Rugby
Pool C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fiji |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 14 | 106 | 9 |
 Argentina |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 66 | –2 | 7 |
| South Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 73 | −12 | 5 |
 Thailand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 123 | −92 | 3 |
Source: World Rugby
Pool D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Africa |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 5 | 87 | 8 |
| Samoa |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 24 | 64 | 8 |
 Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 98 | −65 | 5 |
 Singapore |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 108 | −86 | 3 |
Source: World Rugby
Knockout stage
Bowl
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| England | 38 | |||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
| England | 34 | |||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 7 | |||||||||
| Japan | 24 | |||||||||
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| Thailand | 19 | |||||||||
| England | 12 | |||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Korea | 24 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 33 | |||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| Singapore | 0 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 12 | |||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| Canada | 5 | |||||||||
| Canada | 36 | |||||||||
| Malaysia | 5 | |||||||||
Source: World Rugby
Plate
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||
| France | 14 | |||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||
| Argentina | 12 | |||||
| France | 14 | |||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||
| Samoa | 19 | |||||
| Wales | 0 | |||||
| Samoa | 26 | |||||
Source: World Rugby
Cup
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 26 | |||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 7 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 24 | |||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 14 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 17 | |||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
| Australia | 24 | |||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| Wales | 14 | |||||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
| 22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 7 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 26 | |||||||||
| Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
Source: World Rugby
Tournament placings
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
 |
Australia | 20 |
 |
New Zealand | 16 |
 |
Fiji | 12 |
| South Africa | 12 | |
| 5 | Samoa | 8 |
| 6 | France | 6 |
| 7 | Argentina | 4 |
| Wales | 4 |
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | South Korea | 2 |
| 10 | England | 0 |
| 11 | Canada | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | |
| 13 | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| Malaysia | 0 | |
| Thailand | 0 | |
| Singapore | 0 |
Source: Rugby7.com[3]
Series standings
At the completion of Round 6:
| Pos. |
Event Team |
Durban |
 Dubai |
Wellington |
 Hong Kong |
 Shanghai |
Kuala Lumpur |
Tokyo |
London |
Cardiff |
Points total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 20 | 20 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 16 | 102 | |||
| 2 | Australia | 12 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 102 | |||
| 3 | Fiji | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 92 | |||
| 4 | Samoa | 6 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 56 | |||
| 5 | South Africa | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 54 | |||
| 6 | Argentina | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 40 | |||
| 7 | England | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Canada | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | |||
| 9 |  United States | — | — | 12 | 4 | — | — | 16 | |||
| 10 | South Korea | — | — | — | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 11 |  Cook Islands | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 12 | |||
| 12 | France | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | 6 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Wales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 14 |  Zimbabwe | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | |||
| 15 |  Portugal | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | |||
| 16 |  Ireland | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | |||
| 17 | Hong Kong | — | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | |||
| 18 | Japan | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Chinese Taipei | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malaysia | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| China | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | ||||
| 22 |  Georgia | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | |||
 Kenya | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | ||||
 Morocco | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | ||||
 Arabian Gulf | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | ||||
| Singapore | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
 Sri Lanka | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | ||||
| Thailand | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 29 |  Namibia | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | |||
 Niue | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | ||||
 Papua New Guinea | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | ||||
 Russia | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | ||||
 Tonga | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | ||||
 West Indies | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Source: Rugby7.com
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