2001–02 World Sevens Series

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.

2001–02 IRB Sevens
Series III
Hosts
Final positions
Champions New Zealand
Runners-up South Africa
Third England

Calendar

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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]

2001–02 Itinerary[3]
Leg Venue Dates Winner
Durban Absa Stadium, Durban 17–18 November 2001   New Zealand
Santiago Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago 4–5 January 2002[4]   New Zealand
Mar del Plata José María Minella, Mar del Plata 11–12 January 2002   Fiji
Brisbane Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane 2–3 February 2002   Australia
Wellington Westpac Stadium, Wellington 8–9 February 2002   South Africa
Beijing Olympic Sports Centre, Beijing 16–17 March 2002   New Zealand
Hong Kong Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 22–24 March 2002   England
Singapore National Stadium, Singapore 20–21 April 2002   New Zealand
Kuala Lumpur MBPJ Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 27–28 April 2002   New Zealand
London Twickenham, London 24–25 May 2002[5]   New Zealand
Cardiff Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 30 May to 1 June 2002[6]   New Zealand

Final standings

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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.

2001–02 IRB Sevens – Series III
 
Pos.
Event 
Team
 
Durban
 
Sant­iago
 
Mar Del Plata
 
Bris­bane
 
Well­ing­ton
 
Bei­jing
 
Hong Kong
 
Singa­pore
 
Kuala Lumpur
 
London
 
Car­diff
Points
total
   
1   New Zealand 20 20 12 16 12 20 18 20 20 20 20 198
2   South Africa 12 12 16 12 20 16 4 4 16 16 8 136
3   England 12 6 6 4 12 8 30 12 8 12 16 126
4   Fiji 6 12 20 8 4 12 24 8 12 4 12 122
5   Australia 8 4 8 20 4 12 8 12 12 8 12 108
6   Samoa 16 8 4 12 16 6 8 6 4 6 4 90
7   Argentina 4 16 12 6 8 4 8 16 6 4 2 86
8   Wales 0 4 4 0 6 0 18 2 4 12 0 50
9   France 4 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 6 20
10   Scotland 0 3 4 2 0 4 13
11   United States 2 0 4 0 4 2 12
12   Canada 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 8
13   Cook Islands 2 0 2
14   Namibia 2 2
15   Morocco 0 1 1
  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  China 0 0 0 0 0
  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0
  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0
  Portugal 0 0 0 0 0
  Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0
  Singapore 0 0 0 0
  Thailand 0 0 0 0
  Georgia 0 0 0 0
  Russia 0 0 0 0
  Brazil 0 0 0
  Chile 0 0 0
  Paraguay 0 0 0
  Uruguay 0 0 0
  West Indies 0 0 0
  Tonga 0 0 0
  Hong Kong 0 0 0
  Malaysia 0 0 0
  Ireland 0 0 0
  Spain 0 0 0
  Arabian Gulf 0 0
  Kenya 0 0
  Sri Lanka 0 0

Source: rugby7.com (archived)

References

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  1. ^ Malin, Ian (24 October 2001). "England to miss Dubai's downgraded sevens". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Dubai scrubbed from Sevens Series". Irish Times. 16 October 2001. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.
  3. ^ "IRB Sevens World Series 2001/02". irb.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2016..
  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
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