The 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the sixth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. It was the first Malaysia Sevens tournament to be hosted as part of the World Sevens Series, and the event took place at the Petaling Jaya Stadium on 21–22 April 2001.
In their first event as hosts, Malaysia were defeated 36–5 by Canada in the Bowl quarterfinals whilst Australia won back to back Sevens titles for the first time by defeating New Zealand 19–17 in the Cup final.
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. he bottom two teams from each pool went on to the Bowl bracket. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.
Teams The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
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 Kuala Lumpur Sevens title.
Key to colours in group tablesTeams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinalsTeams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals
Pool A Team 13300113101039232016740277331025067 −1754300317130 −1133 Source: World Rugby
Pool B Team 13300980989231113840 –26331113360 −276430032998 −693 Source: World Rugby
Pool C Team 13300120141069232016466 –27331026173 −1254300331123 −923 Source: World Rugby
Pool D Team 13210925878232108824648331023398 −6554300322108 −863 Source: World Rugby
Knockout stage
Bowl
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Plate
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Cup
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Tournament placings
PlaceTeam Points 20 16 12 12 5 8 6 6 7 4 4
PlaceTeam Points 9 2 10 0 11 0 0 13 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby7.com
Series standings At the completion of Round 6:
Pos. Durban Dubai Wellington Hong Kong Shanghai Kuala Lumpur Tokyo London Cardiff Pointstotal 1 20 20 4 30 12 16 102 2 12 12 20 18 20 20 102 3 16 16 16 24 8 12 92 4 6 12 8 18 4 8 56 5 8 8 2 8 16 12 54 6 12 6 6 8 4 4 40 7 0 4 0 8 6 0 18 8 4 0 4 8 2 0 18 9 — — 12 4 — — 16 10 — — — 0 12 2 14 11 — — 12 — — — 12 12 4 — — 2 — 6 12 13 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 14 0 4 — — — — 4 15 2 — — 2 — — 4 16 — 2 — — — — 2 17 — 0 — 1 0 — 1 18 — — 0 0 0 0 019 — — — 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 — 022 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 — — — — 0 Arabian Gulf — 0 — 0 — — 0 — — — 0 — 0 0 — — — 0 0 — 0 — — — 0 — 0 029 0 — — — — — 0 — — 0 — — — 0 — — 0 — — — 0 — — — 0 — — 0 — — 0 — — — 0 — — — 0 — — 0
Source: Rugby7.com
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