2001 Cardiff Sevens

The 2001 Cardiff Sevens was an rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Rodney Parade with the finals being held at the Millennium Stadium. It was 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.

2001 Cardiff Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation Wales
Date2–3 June 2001
Cup
Champion New Zealand
Runner-up Australia
Plate
Winner Fiji
Runner-up Wales
Bowl
Winner England
Runner-up Portugal
Tournament details
Matches played41
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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 conceeding 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 particpated in the final round of the World Sevens Series:

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.[1]

Summary

The opening day of the 2001 Cardiff Sevens saw the leading two nations (Austrlia and New Zealand) each finished top of their pool group while only conceeding five points in their pool stage. The Northern hemsphere teams though had a day that they rather forget with only Wales qualifying through to the qurter-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.[2]

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 Damien 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.[3]

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.[4]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

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
Source:
2 June 2001
13:00
New Zealand  24-0  Portugal
2 June 20011
13:20
Argentina  19–5  West Indies
2 June 2001
15:30
New Zealand  59–0  West Indies
2 June 2001
15:50
Argentina  22–5  Portugal
2 June 2001
17:20
Portugal  24–19  West Indies
2 June 2001
18:40
New Zealand  31–5  Argentina

Source: [5]

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
Source:
2 June 2001
11:40
Canada  14-12  Scotland
2 June 20011
12:00
Australia  31–5  Wales
2 June 2001
14:30
Australia  50–0  Scotland
2 June 2001
16:10
Wales  19–12  Canada
2 June 2001
18:00
Australia  38–0  Canada
2 June 2001
19:00
Wales  26–14  Scotland

Source: [5]

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
Source:
2 June 2001
12:20
Fiji  33-0  Georgia
2 June 2001
12:40
England  19–19  Spain
2 June 2001
14:50
Fiji  41–5  Spain
2 June 2001
15:10
Georgia  17–12  England
2 June 2001
17:00
Georgia  17–12  Spain
2 June 2001
18:20
Fiji  19–15  England

Source: [5]

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
Source:
2 June 2001
11:00
Samoa  40-0  France
2 June 2001
11:20
South Africa  29–7  Russia
2 June 2001
13:50
Samoa  33–7  Russia
2 June 2001
14:10
South Africa  33–7  France
2 June 2001
16:40
Russia  17–7  France
2 June 2001
17:40
Samoa  28–10  South Africa

Source: [5]

Knockout stage

Bowl
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 
 Portugal19
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Scotland7
 
 Portugal21
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Spain19
 
 Russia21
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Spain26
 
 Portugal26
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 England35
 
 Canada38
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 West Indies10
 
 Canada14
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 England29
 
 England17
 
 
 France12
 

Source: [5]

Plate
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 
 Wales26
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Georgia19
 
 Wales14
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Fiji47
 
 Argentina21
 
 
 Fiji28
 

Source: [5]

Cup
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 
 New Zealand29
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Wales0
 
 New Zealand24
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Samoa7
 
 Samoa38
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Georgia17
 
 New Zealand31
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Australia5
 
 Australia49
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 Argentina14
 
 Australia21
 
3 June 2001 – Millennium Stadium
 
 South Africa12
 
 Fiji7
 
 
 South Africa28
 

Source: [5]

Tournament placings
Place  Team Points
 New Zealand20
 Australia16
 Samoa12
 South Africa12
5  Fiji8
6  Wales6
7  Argentina4
 Georgia4
Place  Team Points
9  England2
10  Portugal0
11  Canada0
 Spain0
13  France0
 Russia0
 Scotland0
 West Indies0

Source: World Rugby

References
  1. "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013.
  2. "Kiwis one win from sevens crown". Newport: ESPN Scrum. 2 June 2001. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. "New Zealand Win Both Titles". International Rugby Board. 3 June 2001. Archived from the original on 21 November 2001.
  4. "Pools for Final Tournament". International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 21 November 2001.
  5. "Cardiff Results". World Rugby. Retrieved 5 June 2001.
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