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2001 Cardiff Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation	Wales
Date	2–3 June 2001
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Australia
Plate
Winner	Fiji
Runner-up	Wales
Bowl
Winner	England
Runner-up	Portugal
Tournament details
Matches played	41
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The 2001 Cardiff Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Rodney Parade with the finals being held at the Millennium Stadium. It took place between 2–3 June 2001 and was the first edition of the Cardiff Sevens and the final round of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series.

Heading into the tournament, New Zealand held an eight point lead over Australia with a semi-final placing in the cup being enough to give New Zealand the title. After both teams qualified through to the cup knockout stage with them only conceding ten points between the two, they would meet in the cup final with New Zealand taking out not only the Cardiff Sevens but the World Series with a 31–5 win over Australia. In the minor placings, Fiji took out the plate final defeating Wales while England won the bowl over Portugal.

Teams

16 teams participated in the final round of the World Sevens Series:

•  Argentina
•  Australia
•  Canada
•  England
•  Fiji
•  France
•  Georgia
•  New Zealand
•  Portugal
•  Russia
•  Samoa
•  Scotland
•  Spain
•  South Africa
•  Wales
•  West Indies

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.

Summary

The opening day of the 2001 Cardiff Sevens saw the leading two nations (Australia and New Zealand) each finished top of their pool group while only conceding five points in their pool stage. The Northern hemisphere teams though had a day that they rather forget with only Wales qualifying through to the quarter-finals of the major European teams with France and Scotland not recording a single win while England only recorded 19-all draw with Spain before losing to the qualifiers of Pool C in Fiji in Georgia. Samoa finished ahead of South Africa in Pool D with the Samoans getting a 28–10 win.

In the cup quarter-finals, New Zealand would take the World Sevens title defeating Wales 29-0 to claim their second World Sevens title. They would also go on to win the Cup final over Australia with tries from Chris Masoe and Damian Karauna securing a 31-5 victory. In the plate-final, Fiji took home the plate defeating host nation Wales who came back from 19-0 down against Georgia in the plate semi-final to win 26-19. England got the remaining two points as they home took the bowl final over Portugal.

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 Cardiff Sevens title.

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	114	5	+109	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	46	41	+5	7
Portugal	3	1	0	2	29	65	−36	5
West Indies	3	0	0	3	24	102	−78	3

New Zealand	24-0	Portugal

Argentina	19–5	West Indies

New Zealand	59–0	West Indies

Argentina	22–5	Portugal

Portugal	24–19	West Indies

New Zealand	31–5	Argentina

Source:

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	119	5	+114	9
Wales	3	2	0	1	50	57	−7	7
Canada	3	1	0	2	26	69	−43	5
Scotland	3	0	0	3	26	90	−64	3

Canada	14-12	Scotland

Australia	31–5	Wales

Australia	50–0	Scotland

Wales	19–12	Canada

Australia	38–0	Canada

Wales	26–14	Scotland

Source:

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Fiji	3	3	0	0	93	20	+73	9
Georgia	3	2	0	1	34	57	−23	7
England	3	0	1	2	46	55	−9	4
Spain	3	0	1	2	36	77	−41	4

Fiji	33-0	Georgia

England	19–19	Spain

Fiji	41–5	Spain

Georgia	17–12	England

Georgia	17–12	Spain

Fiji	19–15	England

Source:

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Samoa	3	3	0	0	101	17	+84	9
South Africa	3	2	0	1	72	42	+30	7
Russia	3	1	0	2	31	69	−38	5
France	3	0	0	3	14	90	−76	3

Samoa	40-0	France

South Africa	29–7	Russia

Samoa	33–7	Russia

South Africa	33–7	France

Russia	17–7	France

Samoa	28–10	South Africa

Source:

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	Portugal	19
					3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	Scotland	7
					Portugal	21
	3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
					Spain	19
	Russia	21
									3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	Spain	26
									Portugal	26
	3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
									England	35
	Canada	38
					3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	West Indies	10
					Canada	14
	3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
					England	29
	England	17
	France	12

Source:

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	Wales	26
					3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	Georgia	19
					Wales	14
	3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
					Fiji	47
	Argentina	21
	Fiji	28

Source:

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	New Zealand	29
					3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	Wales	0
					New Zealand	24
	3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
					Samoa	7
	Samoa	38
									3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	Georgia	17
									New Zealand	31
	3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
									Australia	5
	Australia	49
					3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
	Argentina	14
					Australia	21
	3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
					South Africa	12
	Fiji	7
	South Africa	28

Source:

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	New Zealand	20
	Australia	16
	Samoa	12
	South Africa	12
5	Fiji	8
6	Wales	6
7	Argentina	4
	Georgia	4

Place	Team	Points
9	England	2
10	Portugal	0
11	Canada	0
	Spain	0
13	France	0
	Russia	0
	Scotland	0
	West Indies	0

Source: World Rugby

Series standings

At the completion of Round 9:

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	20	20	20	162
2	Australia	12	12	20	18	20	20	16	16	16	150
3	Fiji	16	16	16	24	8	12	12	12	8	124
4	Samoa	6	12	8	18	4	8	12	12	12	92
5	South Africa	8	8	2	8	16	12	8	8	12	82
6	Argentina	12	6	6	8	4	4	2	4	4	50
7	England	0	4	0	8	6	0	6	6	2	32
8	Canada	4	0	4	8	2	0	4	4	0	26
9	Wales	0	0	0	3	0	4	4	2	6	19
10	United States	–	–	12	4	–	–	0	–	–	16
11	South Korea	–	–	–	0	12	2	0	–	–	14
12	France	4	–	–	2	–	6	0	0	0	12
13	Cook Islands	–	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	12
14	Zimbabwe	0	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
15	Portugal	2	–	–	2	–	–	–	0	0	4
16	Georgia	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	4
17	Ireland	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
18	Hong Kong	–	0	–	1	0	–	0	–	–	1
19	Japan	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	0
20	Chinese Taipei	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	0
	Malaysia	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	0
22	China	–	–	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0
	Russia	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	0	0
24	Arabian Gulf	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Kenya	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Morocco	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Singapore	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0
	Sri Lanka	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	0
	Thailand	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0
31	Namibia	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Niue	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Papua New Guinea	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Spain	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
	Tonga	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	West Indies	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	0	0	0

Source: world.rugby (archived)

References

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