# 2002 Hong Kong Sevens

The 2002 Hong Kong Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Hong Kong Stadium between 22–24 March 2002. It was the 27th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and was the seventh tournament of the 2001–02 World Sevens Series. Twenty-four teams competed in the tournament and were separated into six groups of four with the top eight teams qualifying through to the cup tournament.
After winning their three group matches, England went on to win their first Hong Kong title defeating Fiji in the final by a score of 33–20. In the plate-final, South Africa defeated Scotland while Morocco took home the bowl defeating Chinese Taipei.

## Teams

Compared to other tournament of the series, the Hong Kong Sevens had 24 teams compete for the title instead of the regular sixteen teams that usually competed in a World Series event. The official announcement of teams was revealed on the 22 January 2002. Almost a month later, Italy withdrew from the Hong Kong Sevens and was replaced by Thailand.
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* England
* Fiji
* France
* Hong Kong
* Japan
* Morocco
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Portugal
* Russia
* Samoa
* Scotland
* Singapore
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Thailand
* United States
* Wales

## Format

The teams were drawn into six pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with three points awarded for a win, two points for a draw, and one point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played over the first two days of the tournament. The top team from each pool along with the two best runners-up advanced to the Cup quarter finals. The remaining four runners-up along with the four best third-placed teams advanced to the Plate quarter finals. The remaining eight teams went on to the Bowl quarter finals.

## Pool stage

Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
* Teams that advanced to the Plate 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 | 136 | 7 | 129 | 9 |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 68 | –9 | 7 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 67 | –27 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 103 | –93 | 3 |
Source: HK Sevens
* 22 March 17:00
| New Zealand | 51–0 | Sri Lanka |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 22 March 19:12
| Portugal | 26–14 | Scotland |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 10:46
| Scotland | 19–10 | Sri Lanka |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 12:58
| New Zealand | 54–0 | Portugal |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 15:10
| Portugal | 33–0 | Sri Lanka |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 17:22
| New Zealand | 31–7 | Scotland |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Source: HK Sevens

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 19 | 46 | 9 |
| South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 38 | 44 | 7 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 72 | –44 | 5 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 77 | –46 | 3 |
Source: HK Sevens
* 22 March 17:22
| South Africa | 44–12 | Chinese Taipei |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 22 March 19:34
| Canada | 34–0 | Papua New Guinea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 11:08
| Canada | 12–5 | Chinese Taipei |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 13:20
| South Africa | 24–7 | Papua New Guinea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 15:32
| Papua New Guinea | 21–14 | Chinese Taipei |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 17:44
| Canada | 19–14 | South Africa |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Source: HK Sevens

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 12 | 68 | 9 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 43 | 16 | 7 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 56 | –23 | 5 |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 66 | –61 | 3 |
Source: HK Sevens
* 22 March 17:44
| Samoa | 28–7 | Hong Kong |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 22 March 19:56
| United States | 26–5 | Russia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 11:30
| United States | 28–19 | Hong Kong |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 13:42
| Samoa | 33–0 | Russia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 15:54
| Hong Kong | 7–0 | Russia |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 18:06
| Samoa | 19–5 | United States |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Source: HK Sevens

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 7 | 79 | 9 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 48 | –15 | 7 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 64 | –23 | 5 |
| Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 65 | –41 | 3 |
Source: HK Sevens
* 22 March 18:06
| Australia | 31–7 | Morocco |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 22 March 20:18
| France | 21–19 | South Korea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 11:52
| France | 12–7 | Morocco |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 14:04
| Australia | 33–0 | South Korea |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 16:16
| South Korea | 22–10 | Morocco |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 18:28
| Australia | 22–0 | France |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Source: HK Sevens

### Pool E

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 0 | 138 | 9 |
| Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 24 | 61 | 7 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 129 | –95 | 5 |
| Singapore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 118 | –104 | 3 |
Source: HK Sevens
* 22 March 18:28
| Fiji | 55–0 | Singapore |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 22 March 20:40
| Wales | 56–0 | China |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 12:14
| Wales | 29–7 | Singapore |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 14:26
| Fiji | 66–0 | China |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 16:38
| China | 34–7 | Singapore |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 18:50
| Fiji | 17–0 | Wales |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Source: HK Sevens

### Pool F

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 10 | 89 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 29 | 58 | 7 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 90 | –52 | 5 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 115 | –95 | 3 |
Source: HK Sevens
* 22 March 18:50
| Argentina | 49–5 | Thailand |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 22 March 21:02
| England | 47–0 | Japan |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 12:36
| England | 33–5 | Thailand |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 14:48
| Argentina | 33–5 | Japan |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 17:00
| Japan | 33–10 | Thailand |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
* 23 March 19:12
| England | 19–5 | Argentina |
* Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Source: HK Sevens

## Knockout stage
### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| China | 38 | | | |
| China | 38 | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Thailand | 17 | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Thailand | 17 | China | 5 | |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | China | 5 | |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | Morocco | 33 | |
| Morocco | 14 | Morocco | 33 | |
| Morocco | 14 | | | | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | | | | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | | | | Morocco | 15 |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Morocco | 15 |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Chinese Taipei | 12 |
| Chinese Taipei | 10 | | | | Chinese Taipei | 12 |
| Chinese Taipei | 10 | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Russia | 5 | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Russia | 5 | Chinese Taipei | 41 | | | |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | Chinese Taipei | 41 | | | |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | Singapore | 0 | |
| Singapore | 19 | Singapore | 0 | |
| Japan | 17 | | | |
Source: Rugby7

### Plate

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| United States | 34 | | | |
| United States | 34 | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Hong Kong | 12 | United States | 10 | |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | United States | 10 | |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | Scotland | 14 | |
| Scotland | 12 | Scotland | 14 | |
| Scotland | 12 | | | | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Portugal | 7 | | | | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Portugal | 7 | | | | Scotland | 7 |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | Scotland | 7 |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | South Africa | 48 |
| France | 28 | | | | South Africa | 48 |
| France | 28 | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| South Korea | 26 | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| South Korea | 26 | France | 5 | | | |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | France | 5 | | | |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | South Africa | 26 | |
| South Africa | 40 | South Africa | 26 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | | | |
Source: Rugby7

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Wales | 21 | | | |
| Wales | 21 | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | |
| Canada | 0 | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Canada | 0 | Wales | 12 | |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | Wales | 12 | |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | England | 19 | |
| England | 19 | England | 19 | |
| England | 19 | | | | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Samoa | 5 | | | | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium |
| Samoa | 5 | | | | England | 33 |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | | England | 33 |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | | Fiji | 20 |
| Fiji | 33 | | | | Fiji | 20 |
| Fiji | 33 | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Australia | 17 | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | | |
| Australia | 17 | Fiji | 10 | | | |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | | Fiji | 10 | | | |
| 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | 24 March – Hong Kong Stadium | New Zealand | 7 | |
| New Zealand | 24 | New Zealand | 7 | |
| Argentina | 0 | | | |
Source: Rugby7

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| | England | 30 |
| | Fiji | 24 |
| | New Zealand | 18 |
| | Wales | 18 |
| 5 | Argentina | 8 |
| 5 | Australia | 8 |
| 5 | Canada | 8 |
| 5 | Samoa | 8 |
| 9 | South Africa | 4 |
| 10 | Scotland | 3 |
| 11 | France | 2 |
| 11 | United States | 2 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 0 |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| 13 | Portugal | 0 |
| 13 | South Korea | 0 |
| 17 | Morocco | 1 |
| 18 | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| 19 | China | 0 |
| 19 | Singapore | 0 |
| 21 | Japan | 0 |
| 21 | Russia | 0 |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 21 | Thailand | 0 |
Source: Rugby7.com