The 2001 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Hong Kong as the fourth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. The tournament took place at the Hong Kong Stadium on 30 March–1 April 2001.
The hosts, Hong Kong, finished third in Pool C but went on to defeat the West Indies 47–5 in the Bowl final. Defending World Sevens Series champions, New Zealand, successfully defended their Hong Kong Sevens title by defeating Fiji 29–5 in the Cup final.
Format The teams were drawn into six 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 over the first two days of the tournament. The top team from each pool along with the two best runners-up advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The remaining four runners-up along with the four best third-placed teams advanced to the Plate quarter finals. The remaining eight teams went on to the Bowl quarter finals. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.
Teams Like the previous tournament in Hong Kong, 24 teams took part with Russia and the West Indies making their World Sevens Series debuts. The participating teams for the tournament:
Arabian Gulf
Pool stage
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Plate quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals
Pool A
Source: World Rugby
Pool B
Source: World Rugby
Pool C
Source: World Rugby
Pool D
Source: World Rugby
Pool E
Source: World Rugby
Pool F
Source: World Rugby
Knockout stage
Bowl
Source: World Rugby
Plate
Source: World Rugby
Cup
Source: World Rugby
Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 30 24 18 18 5 8 8 8 8 9 4 10 3 11 2 2
PlaceTeam Points 13 0 0 0 0 17 1 18 0 19 Arabian Gulf 0 0 21 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby7.com
Series standings At the completion of Round 4:
Pos. Durban Dubai Wellington Hong Kong Shanghai Kuala Lumpur Tokyo London Cardiff Pointstotal 1 20 20 4 30 74 2 16 16 16 24 72 3 12 12 20 18 62 4 6 12 8 18 44 5 12 6 6 8 32 6 8 8 2 8 26 7 — — 12 4 16 8 4 0 4 8 16 9 — — 12 — 12 10 0 4 0 8 12 11 4 — — 2 6 12 0 4 — — 4 13 2 — — 2 4 14 0 0 0 3 3 15 — 2 — — 2 16 — 0 — 1 117 Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 — — 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 — — 0 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
Source: Rugby7.com
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