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.
2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens | |
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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 |
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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.
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. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.
The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
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 | |
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Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals | |
Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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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
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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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
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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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
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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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
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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England | 38 | |||||||||
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Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
England | 34 | |||||||||
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Japan | 7 | |||||||||
Japan | 24 | |||||||||
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Thailand | 19 | |||||||||
England | 12 | |||||||||
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South Korea | 24 | |||||||||
South Korea | 33 | |||||||||
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Singapore | 0 | |||||||||
South Korea | 12 | |||||||||
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Canada | 5 | |||||||||
Canada | 36 | |||||||||
Malaysia | 5 | |||||||||
Source: World Rugby
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||
France | 14 | |||||
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Argentina | 12 | |||||
France | 14 | |||||
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Samoa | 19 | |||||
Wales | 0 | |||||
Samoa | 26 | |||||
Source: World Rugby
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
22 April 2001 – Petaling Jaya Stadium | ||||||||||
New Zealand | 26 | |||||||||
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France | 5 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
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South Africa | 7 | |||||||||
South Africa | 24 | |||||||||
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Argentina | 14 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 17 | |||||||||
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Australia | 19 | |||||||||
Australia | 24 | |||||||||
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Wales | 14 | |||||||||
Australia | 19 | |||||||||
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Fiji | 7 | |||||||||
Fiji | 26 | |||||||||
Samoa | 12 | |||||||||
Source: World Rugby
Place | Team | Points |
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Australia | 20 | |
New Zealand | 16 | |
Fiji | 12 | |
South Africa | 12 | |
5 | Samoa | 8 |
6 | France | 6 |
7 | Argentina | 4 |
Wales | 4 |
Place | Team | Points |
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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
At the completion of Round 6:
Pos. | Event Team | Durban | Dubai | Wellington | Hong Kong | Shanghai | Kuala Lumpur | Tokyo | London | Cardiff | Points total |
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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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