2001 Shanghai Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation	China
Date	7–8 April 2001
Cup
Champion	Australia
Runner-up	South Africa
Plate
Winner	Fiji
Runner-up	England
Bowl
Winner	Canada
Runner-up	Wales
Tournament details
Matches played	44
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The 2001 Shanghai Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Shanghai, China as the fifth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. It was the first China Sevens tournament to be hosted as part of the World Sevens Series, and the event took place at the Yuanshen Stadium on 8–9 April 2001. ^[1]

Australia won the Shanghai Sevens after they defeated South Africa 19–12 to go to second place in the overall standings.

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 group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets. ^[2]

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 Shanghai Sevens title.

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	0	129	7	122	9
Fiji	3	2	0	1	116	19	97	7
Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	34	101	−67	5
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	7	159	−152	3

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001

Fiji	45–0	Chinese Taipei

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

South Africa	61–0	Malaysia

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

Fiji	71–0	Malaysia

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

South Africa	49–7	Chinese Taipei

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

Chinese Taipei	27–7	Malaysia

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

South Africa	19–0	Fiji

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	164	7	157	9
England	3	2	0	1	53	57	-4	7
Wales	3	1	0	2	38	95	−57	5
China	3	0	0	3	28	124	−96	3

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001

Australia	52–7	Wales

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

England	24–14	China

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

Australia	69–0	China

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

England	29–0	Wales

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

Wales	31–14	China

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

Australia	43–0	England

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	147	5	142	9
Argentina	3	2	0	1	74	43	31	7
Japan	3	1	0	2	48	81	−33	5
Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	5	145	−140	3

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001

New Zealand	36–5	Japan

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

Argentina	34–0	Sri Lanka

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

New Zealand	73–0	Sri Lanka

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

Argentina	40–5	Japan

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

Japan	38–5	Sri Lanka

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

New Zealand	38–0	Argentina

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

Pool D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	97	46	51	9
Samoa	3	2	0	1	86	34	52	7
Canada	3	1	0	2	49	64	−15	5
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	19	107	−88	3

Source: World Rugby

7 April 2001

South Korea	24–17	Samoa

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

Canada	29–0	Hong Kong

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

Samoa	38–0	Hong Kong

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

South Korea	33–10	Canada

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

South Korea	40–19	Hong Kong

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

7 April 2001

Samoa	31–10	Canada

Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

Knockout stage

Bowl

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
	China	14
					8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
	Chinese Taipei	5
					China	0
	8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
					Canada	22
	Canada	47
									8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
	Sri Lanka	0
									Canada	32
	8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
									Wales	19
	Hong Kong	20
					8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
	Japan	14
					Hong Kong	7
	8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
					Wales	21
	Wales	41
	Malaysia	0

Source: World Rugby

Plate

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
	England	19
					8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
	Argentina	17
					England	14
	8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
					Fiji	45
	Samoa	12
	Fiji	31

Source: World Rugby

Cup

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
	South Africa	24
					8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
	England	7
					South Africa	40
	8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
					South Korea	10
	South Korea	26
									8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
	Argentina	7
									South Africa	12
	8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
									Australia	19
	New Zealand	19
					8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
	Samoa	5
					New Zealand	7
	8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium
					Australia	19
	Australia	5
	Fiji	0

Source: World Rugby

Tournament placings

Place	Team	Points
	Australia	20
	South Africa	16
	New Zealand	12
	South Korea	12
5	Fiji	8
6	England	6
7	Argentina	4
	Samoa	4

Place	Team	Points
9	Canada	2
10	Wales	0
11	China	0
	Hong Kong	0
13	Chinese Taipei	0
	Japan	0
	Malaysia	0
	Sri Lanka	0

Source: Rugby7.com ^[3]

Series standings

At the completion of Round 5:

Pos.	Event  Team	Durban	Dubai	Wellington	Hong Kong	Shanghai	Kuala Lumpur	Tokyo	London	Cardiff	Points total
1	New Zealand	20	20	4	30	12					86
2	Australia	12	12	20	18	20					82
3	Fiji	16	16	16	24	8					80
4	Samoa	6	12	8	18	4					48
5	South Africa	8	8	2	8	16					42
6	Argentina	12	6	6	8	4					36
7	England	0	4	0	8	6					18
8	Canada	4	0	4	8	2					18
9	United States	—	—	12	4	—					16
10	South Korea	—	—	—	0	12					12
11	Cook Islands	—	—	12	—	—					12
12	France	4	—	—	2	—					6
13	Zimbabwe	0	4	—	—	—					4
14	Portugal	2	—	—	2	—					4
15	Wales	0	0	0	3	0					3
16	Ireland	—	2	—	—	—					2
17	Hong Kong	—	0	—	1	0					1
18	China	—	—	0	0	0					0
	Japan	—	—	0	0	0					0
20	Georgia	0	0	—	—	—					0
	Kenya	0	0	—	—	—					0
	Morocco	0	0	—	—	—					0
	Arabian Gulf	—	0	—	0	—					0
	Chinese Taipei	—	—	—	0	0					0
	Malaysia	—	—	—	0	0					0
	Sri Lanka	—	—	—	0	0					0
27	Namibia	0	—	—	—	—					0
	Niue	—	—	0	—	—					0
	Papua New Guinea	—	—	0	—	—					0
	Russia	—	—	—	0	—					0
	Singapore	—	—	—	0	—					0
	Thailand	—	—	—	0	—					0
	Tonga	—	—	0	—	—					0
	West Indies	—	—	—	0	—					0

Source: Rugby7.com

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