# 2000–01 World Sevens Series

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.

## 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.
2000–01 IRB Sevens – Series II :
| Pos. | Event Team | Durban | Dubai | Well­ing­ton | Hong Kong | Shang­hai | Kuala Lumpur | Tokyo | London | Cardiff | Points total |
| 1 | New Zealand | 20 | 20 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 162 |
| 2 | Australia | 12 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 150 |
| 3 | Fiji | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 124 |
| 4 | Samoa | 6 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 92 |
| 5 | South Africa | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 82 |
| 6 | Argentina | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 50 |
| 7 | England | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | Canada | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| 9 | Wales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 10 | United States | – | – | 12 | 4 | – | – | 0 | – | – | 16 |
| 11 | South Korea | – | – | – | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 14 |
| 12 | France | 4 | – | – | 2 | – | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Cook Islands | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 15 | Portugal | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | Ireland | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 18 | Hong Kong | – | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| — | Japan | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 |
| — | Chinese Taipei | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 |
| — | Malaysia | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 |
| — | China | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| — | Russia | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | West Indies | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Kenya | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| — | Morocco | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| — | Arabian Gulf | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| — | Sri Lanka | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| — | Singapore | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| — | Thailand | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| — | Scotland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Spain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Namibia | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| — | Niue | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| — | Papua New Guinea | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| — | Tonga | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
Source: world.rugby (archived)

## Tournaments
### Durban

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 34-5 | Fiji | Argentina Australia |
| Plate | South Africa | 22-12 | Samoa | France Canada |
| Bowl | Portugal | 26-24 | Wales | Georgia Morocco |

### Dubai

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 38-12 | Fiji | Samoa Australia |
| Plate | South Africa | 14-12 | Argentina | England Zimbabwe |
| Bowl | Ireland | 27-19 | Morocco | Wales Canada |

### Wellington

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
| Cup | Australia | 19-17 | Fiji | United States Cook Islands |
| Plate | Samoa | 40-7 | Argentina | New Zealand Canada |
| Bowl | South Africa | 47-17 | Wales | England Tonga |
| Shield | Japan | 27-19 | Papua New Guinea | China Niue |

### Hong Kong

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists | Quarter Finalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 29-5 | Fiji | Australia Samoa | South Africa Argentina England Canada |
| Plate | United States | 31-26 | Wales | Portugal France | South Korea Japan China Russia |
| Bowl | Hong Kong | 47-5 | West Indies | Arabian Gulf Chinese Taipei | Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand Malaysia |

### Shanghai

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
| Cup | Australia | 19-12 | South Africa | New Zealand South Korea |
| Plate | Fiji | 45-14 | England | Samoa Argentina |
| Bowl | Canada | 32-19 | Wales | China Hong Kong |

### Kuala Lumpur

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
| Cup | Australia | 19-17 | New Zealand | Fiji South Africa |
| Plate | Samoa | 19-14 | France | Wales Argentina |
| Bowl | South Korea | 24-12 | England | Canada Japan |

### Japan

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 26-12 | Australia | Samoa Fiji |
| Plate | South Africa | 38-15 | England | Wales Canada |
| Bowl | Argentina | 31-19 | United States | South Korea Japan |

### London

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 19-12 | Australia | Fiji Samoa |
| Plate | South Africa | 31-7 | England | Canada Argentina |
| Bowl | Wales | 31-19 | Scotland | Russia Georgia |

### Cardiff

| Event | Winners | Score | Finalists | Semi Finalists |
| Cup | New Zealand | 31-5 | Australia | Samoa South Africa |
| Plate | Fiji | 47-14 | Wales | Argentina Georgia |
| Bowl | England | 35-26 | Portugal | Canada Spain |