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2001–02 World Sevens Series


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name2001–02 IRB Sevens
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champions
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prevseason2000–01
nextseason2002–03
  • Chile
  • Malaysia

The 2001–02 World Sevens Series was the third edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board. The series ran from November 2001 to May 2002. New Zealand was the series champion for a third consecutive year, and won seven of the eleven tournaments. No other country won more than one tournament during the season. South Africa and England won their first tournaments on the world circuit and finished in second and third place on the final series standings, respectively.

Calendar

Twelve tournaments were originally scheduled for the 2001–02 series but, after several teams withdrew from 2001 Dubai Sevens in the wake of the September 11 attacks that year, the tournament was downgraded in status and excluded from the official series standings.

LegVenueDatesWinner
DurbanAbsa Stadium, Durban17–18 November 2001
SantiagoEstadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago4–5 January 2002
Mar del PlataEstadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata11–12 January 2002
BrisbaneBallymore Stadium, Brisbane2–3 February 2002
WellingtonWestpac Stadium, Wellington8–9 February 2002
BeijingOlympic Sports Centre, Beijing16–17 March 2002
Hong KongHong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong22–24 March 2002
SingaporeNational Stadium, Singapore20–21 April 2002
Kuala LumpurMBPJ Stadium, Kuala Lumpur27–28 April 2002
LondonTwickenham, London24–25 May 2002
CardiffMillennium Stadium, Cardiff30 May to 1 June 2002

Final standings

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Gold indicates the event champions. Silver indicates the event runner-ups. A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played in a tournament but did not gain any points. A dash (–) is recorded in the event column if a team did not compete at a tournament.

Pos.RSA
DurbanCHI
SantiagoARG
Mar Del PlataAUS
BrisbaneNZL
WellingtonCHN
BeijingHKG
Hong KongSIN
SingaporeMAS
Kuala LumpurENG
LondonWAL
CardiffPoints
total
12020121612201820202020198
21212161220164416168136
312664128301281216126
461220841224812412122
58482041281212812108
61684121668646490
74161268481664286
8044060182412050
940202222620
1003420413
1120404212
1200000800008
13202
1422
15011
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00000
00000
00000
00000
0000
0000
0000
0000
0000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
000
GCC Arabian Gulf00
00
00

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Event Champions
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Event Runner-ups
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Notes:

Tournaments

Durban

Main article: 2001 South Africa Sevens

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup****19–14
Plate****57–0
Bowl****29–28
Shield****20–17
GCC Arabian Gulf

Santiago

Main article: 2002 Santiago Sevens

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup****21–7
Plate****21–12
Bowl****32–5
Shield****19–10

Mar del Plata

Main article: 2002 Mar del Plata Sevens

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup****24–7
Plate****15–12
Bowl****29–7
Shield****21–14

Brisbane

Main article: 2002 Brisbane Sevens

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup****28–0
Plate****12–5
Bowl****36–7
Shield****38–7

Wellington

Main article: 2002 Wellington Sevens

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup****17–14
Plate****52–12
Bowl****26–5
Shield****28–14

Beijing

Main article: 2002 Beijing Sevens

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup****41–14
Plate****33–14
Bowl****33–14
Shield****40–5

Hong Kong

Main article: 2002 Hong Kong Sevens

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsQuarter-finalists
Cup****33–20
Plate****48–7
Bowl****15–12

Singapore

Main article: 2002 Singapore Sevens

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup****21–17
Plate****64–5
Bowl****36–31
Shield****31–27

Kuala Lumpur

Main article: 2002 Kuala Lumpur Sevens

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup****29–5
Plate****43–7
Bowl****41–12
Shield****24–5

London

Main article: 2002 London Sevens

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup****54–14
Plate****45–14
Bowl****22–19
Shield****20–14

Cardiff

Main article: 2002 Cardiff Sevens

EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalists
Cup****24–12
Plate****40–0
Bowl****40–24
Shield****31–22

References

References

  1. Malin, Ian. (24 October 2001). "England to miss Dubai's downgraded sevens". The Guardian.
  2. (16 October 2001). "Dubai scrubbed from Sevens Series". Irish Times.
  3. "IRB Sevens World Series 2001/02".
  4. http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/39739.html Chile 7s Preview
  5. http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/41856.html New Zealand take London 7s title
  6. http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/41918.html All Blacks triumph over England in Cardiff 7s Final
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