2001 Shanghai Sevens


The 2001 Shanghai Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Shanghai, China as the fifth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. It was the first China Sevens tournament to be hosted as part of the World Sevens Series, and the event took place at the Yuanshen Stadium on 8–9 April 2001.
Australia won the Shanghai Sevens after they defeated South Africa 19–12 to go to second place in the overall standings.

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. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

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 Shanghai 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 5:

Pos.
Durban
Dubai
Wellington
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Kuala Lumpur
Tokyo
London
Cardiff		Points
total
120204301286
2121220182082
316161624880
4612818448
588281642
612668436
70408618
84048218
9——124—16
10———01212
11——12——12
124——2—6
1304———4
142——2—4
15000303
16—2———2
17—0—101
18——0000
18——0000
2000———0
2000———0
2000———0
20 Arabian Gulf—0—0—0
20———000
20———000
20———000
270————0
27——0——0
27——0——0
27———0—0
27———0—0
27———0—0
27——0——0
27———0—0

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