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.
+ 2001–02 Itinerary. Leg Venue Dates WinnerDurban Absa Stadium, Durban17–18 November 2001 Santiago Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago4–5 January 2002http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/39739.html Chile 7s Preview Mar del Plata Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata11–12 January 2002 Brisbane Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 2–3 February 2002 Wellington Westpac Stadium, Wellington 8–9 February 2002 Beijing Olympic Sports Centre, Beijing16–17 March 2002 Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22–24 March 2002 Singapore National Stadium, Singapore 20–21 April 2002 Kuala Lumpur MBPJ Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 27–28 April 2002 London Twickenham, London 24–25 May 2002http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/41856.html New Zealand take London 7s title Cardiff Millennium Stadium, Cardiff http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/41918.html All Blacks triumph over England in Cardiff 7s Final
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.
+ 2001–02 IRB Sevens – Series IIIPos. DurbanSantiagoMar Del PlataBrisbaneWellingtonBeijing Hong KongSingaporeKuala LumpurLondonCardiffPointstotal 1 2020 12 16 12 20 18 202020201982 12 12 16 12 2016 4 4 1616 8 1363 12 6 6 4 12 8 30 12 8 12 16 1264 6 12 20 8 4 12 24 8 12 4 12 1225 8 4 8 20 4 12 8 12 12 8 12 1086 16 8 4 12 16 6 8 6 4 6 4 907 4 16 12 6 8 4 8 16 6 4 2 868 0 4 4 0 6 0 18 2 4 12 0 509 4 0 2 0 2 2 2 – – 2 6 2010 0 – – – – – 3 4 2 0 4 1311 – 2 0 4 0 4 2 – – – – 1212 – 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 813 – – – 2 0 – – – – – – 214 2 – – – – – – – – – – 215 0 – – – – – 1 – – – – 1rowspan=23 – – – 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 – – – 0 0 0 0 – – – – 0 – – – – – 0 0 0 0 – – 0 – – – – – 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0 – – – – – 0 – – 0 0 0 – – – 0 0 – 0 – – – – 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 – – 0 – – – – – – 0 0 0 – – 0 0 – – – – – – – – 0 0 0 – – – – – – 0 – – 0 0 0 – 0 0 – – – – – – – – 0 – 0 0 – – – – – – – – 0 – 0 0 – – – – – – – – 0 – 0 0 – – – – – – – – 0 – 0 0 – – – – – – – – 0 – – – 0 0 – – – – – – 0 – – – – – 0 0 – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 0 – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 0 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 0 0 Arabian Gulf 0 – – – – – – – – – – 0 0 – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – 0 – – – – 0 Source: rugby7.com (archived) {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:92%;" |- !colspan=2| Legend |- |bgcolor=#FFD700|Gold |Event Champions |- |bgcolor=#C0C0C0|Silver |Event Runner-ups
Notes:
Tournaments
Durban
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup19–14Plate57–0Bowl29–28Shield20–17 Arabian Gulf
Santiago
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup21–7Plate21–12Bowl32–5Shield19–10
Mar del Plata
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup24–7Plate15–12Bowl29–7Shield21–14
Brisbane
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup28–0Plate12–5Bowl36–7Shield38–7
Wellington
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup17–14Plate52–12Bowl26–5Shield28–14
Beijing
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup41–14Plate33–14Bowl33–14Shield40–5
Hong Kong
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsQuarter-finalistsCup33–20Plate48–7Bowl15–12
Singapore
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup21–17Plate64–5Bowl36–31Shield31–27
Kuala Lumpur
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup29–5Plate43–7Bowl41–12Shield24–5
London
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup54–14Plate45–14Bowl22–19Shield20–14
Cardiff
EventWinnersScoreFinalistsSemi-finalistsCup24–12Plate40–0Bowl40–24Shield31–22
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