2001–02 World Sevens Series Explained

2001–02 IRB Sevens
Series:Series III
Countries:
    Prevseason:2000–01
    Nextseason:2002–03

    The 2001–02 World Sevens Series was the third edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board. The series ran from November 2001 to May 2002. New Zealand was the series champion for a third consecutive year, and won seven of the eleven tournaments. No other country won more than one tournament during the season. South Africa and England won their first tournaments on the world circuit and finished in second and third place on the final series standings, respectively.

    Calendar

    Twelve tournaments were originally scheduled for the 2001–02 series but, after several teams withdrew from 2001 Dubai Sevens in the wake of the September 11 attacks that year, the tournament was downgraded in status and excluded from the official series standings.[1] [2]

    - bgcolor="#efefef" + 2001–02 Itinerary[3] - bgcolor="#efefef" ! Leg Venue ! Dates Winner
    Absa Stadium, Durban 17–18 November 2001
    Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago4–5 January 2002[4]
    José María Minella, Mar del Plata11–12 January 2002
    2–3 February 2002
    8–9 February 2002
    Olympic Sports Centre, Beijing 16–17 March 2002
    Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22–24 March 2002
    National Stadium, Singapore 20–21 April 2002
    MBPJ Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 27–28 April 2002
    Twickenham, London 24–25 May 2002[5]
    Millennium Stadium, Cardiff [6]

    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

    Santiago

    Mar Del Plata

    Brisbane

    Wellington

    Hong Kong

    Singapore

    Kuala Lumpur

    London

    Cardiff
    Points
    total
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    1 202012 16 12 2018 20202020198
    2 12 12 16 12 2016 4 4 16 16 8 136
    3 12 6 6 4 12 8 3012 8 12 16 126
    4 6 12 208 4 12 24 8 12 4 12 122
    5 8 4 8 204 12 8 12 12 8 12 108
    6 16 8 4 12 16 6 8 6 4 6 4 90
    7 4 16 12 6 8 4 8 16 6 4 2 86
    8 0 4 4 0 6 0 18 2 4 12 0 50
    9 4 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 6 20
    10 0 3 4 2 0 4 13
    11 2 0 4 0 4 2 12
    12 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 8
    13 2 0 2
    14 2 2
    15 0 1 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 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
    0 0 0
    0 0 0
    0 0 0
    Arabian Gulf0 0
    0 0
    0 0

    Source: rugby7.com (archived)

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: 24 October 2001 . England to miss Dubai's downgraded sevens . Ian . Malin . The Guardian . https://web.archive.org/web/20160814042406/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/oct/23/rugbyunion.ianmalin . 14 August 2016.
    2. News: 16 October 2001 . Dubai scrubbed from Sevens Series . Irish Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20160611140425/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/dubai-scrubbed-from-sevens-series-1.400377 . 11 June 2016.
    3. Web site: IRB Sevens World Series 2001/02 . en . irb.com . May 17, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090220202226/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/archive/tcode%3D10100/season%3D2001/overview.html . February 20, 2009 . .
    4. http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/39739.html Chile 7s Preview
    5. http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/41856.html New Zealand take London 7s title
    6. http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/41918.html All Blacks triumph over England in Cardiff 7s Final