2000–01 World Sevens Series Explained

2000–01 IRB Sevens
Series:	Series II
Countries:	United Arab Emirates Malaysia
Date:	18 November 2000 – 3 June 2001
Prevseason:	1999–2000
Nextseason:	2001–02

The 2000–01 World Sevens Series was the second edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board. The season ran from November 2000 to June 2001 and consisted of nine tournaments (originally 10 were scheduled, but one was cancelled).

The series was won by New Zealand, who won six of the nine tournaments. Australia won the other three tournaments, and finished second on the series standings.

Itinerary

- bgcolor="#efefef"	+ 2000–01 Itinerary	- bgcolor="#efefef" ! width=5%	Leg ! width=12%	Venue ! width=8%	Dates ! width=5%	Winner	-	Durban	ABSA Stadium, Durban	18–19 November 2000
Dubai	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai	23–24 November 2000
Wellington	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	9–10 February 2001
Brisbane	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	16–17 February 2001	Cancelled
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	30 March–1 April 2001
Shanghai	Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai	7–8 April 2001
Kuala Lumpur	Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	21–22 April 2001
Tokyo	Chichibunomiya Stadium, Tokyo	29–30 April 2001
London	Twickenham Stadium, London	26–28 May 2001
Cardiff	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	2–3 June 2001

Final standings

The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below. Points for the event winners are indicated in bold. 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.

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Durban	Dubai	Wellington	Hong Kong	Shanghai	Kuala Lumpur	Tokyo	London	Cardiff	Points total
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1		20	20	4	30	12	16	20	20	20	162
2		12	12	20	18	20	20	16	16	16	150
3		16	16	16	24	8	12	12	12	8	124
4		6	12	8	18	4	8	12	12	12	92
5		8	8	2	8	16	12	8	8	12	82
6		12	6	6	8	4	4	2	4	4	50
7		0	4	0	8	6	0	6	6	2	32
8		4	0	4	8	2	0	4	4	0	26
9		0	0	0	3	0	4	4	2	6	19
10		–	–	12	4	–	–	0	–	–	16
11		–	–	–	0	12	2	0	–	–	14
12		4	–	–	2	–	6	0	0	0	12
13		–	–	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	12
14		0	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
15		2	–	–	2	–	–	–	0	0	4
16		0	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	4
17		–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
18		–	0	–	1	0	–	0	–	–	1
	–	–	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
	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0
	–	–	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	0
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0

Source: world.rugby (archived)

Tournaments

Durban

See main article: article and 2000 Durban Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup		34-5
Plate		22-12
Bowl		26-24

Dubai

See main article: article and 2000 Dubai Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup		38-12
Plate		14-12
Bowl		27-19

Wellington

See main article: article and 2001 Wellington Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup		19-17
Plate		40-7
Bowl		47-17
Shield		27-19

Hong Kong

See main article: article and 2001 Hong Kong Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists	Quarter Finalists
Cup		29-5
Plate		31-26
Bowl		47-5		Arabian Gulf

Shanghai

See main article: article and 2001 Shanghai Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup		19-12
Plate		45-14
Bowl		32-19

Kuala Lumpur

See main article: article and 2001 Kuala Lumpur Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup		19-17
Plate		19-14
Bowl		24-12

Japan

See main article: article and 2001 Tokyo Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup		26-12
Plate		38-15
Bowl		31-19

London

See main article: article and 2001 London Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup		19-12
Plate		31-7
Bowl		31-19

Cardiff

See main article: article and 2001 Cardiff Sevens.

Event	Winners	Score	Finalists	Semi Finalists
Cup		31-5
Plate		47-14
Bowl		35-26