2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens


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.
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. 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.

Teams

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.

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Knockout stage

Bowl

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Plate

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Cup

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Tournament placings

PlaceTeamPoints
20
16
12
12
58
66
74
74

PlaceTeamPoints
92
100
110
110
130
130
130
130

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Series standings

At the completion of Round 6:

Pos.

Durban

Dubai

Wellington

Hong Kong

Shanghai

Kuala Lumpur

Tokyo

London

Cardiff
Points
total
120204301216102
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31616162481292
46128184856
58828161254
6126684440
704086018
840482018
912416
10012214
111212
1242612
130003047
14044
15224
1622
170101
1800000
190000
190000
190000
22000
22000
22000
22 Arabian Gulf000
22000
22000
22000
2900
2900
2900
2900
2900
2900

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