# 2001 Shanghai Sevens

The 2001 Shanghai Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Shanghai, China as the fifth leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. It was the first China Sevens tournament to be hosted as part of the World Sevens Series, and the event took place at the Yuanshen Stadium on 8–9 April 2001.
Australia won the Shanghai Sevens after they defeated South Africa 19–12 to go to second place in the overall standings.

## Format

The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.

## Teams

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:
* Argentina
* Australia
* Canada
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* England
* Fiji
* Japan
* Hong Kong
* Malaysia
* New Zealand
* Samoa
* Sri Lanka
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Wales

## Pool stage

The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four pools of four teams and teams in the same pool played each other once. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for the 2001 Shanghai Sevens title.
Key to colours in group tables :
* Teams that advanced to the Cup quarterfinals
* Teams that advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 7 | 122 | 9 |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 19 | 97 | 7 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 101 | −67 | 5 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 159 | −152 | 3 |
Source: World Rugby
* 7 April 2001
| Fiji | 45–0 | Chinese Taipei |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| South Africa | 61–0 | Malaysia |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| Fiji | 71–0 | Malaysia |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| South Africa | 49–7 | Chinese Taipei |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| Chinese Taipei | 27–7 | Malaysia |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| South Africa | 19–0 | Fiji |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 7 | 157 | 9 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 57 | -4 | 7 |
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 95 | −57 | 5 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 124 | −96 | 3 |
Source: World Rugby
* 7 April 2001
| Australia | 52–7 | Wales |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| England | 24–14 | China |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| Australia | 69–0 | China |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| England | 29–0 | Wales |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| Wales | 31–14 | China |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| Australia | 43–0 | England |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 5 | 142 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 43 | 31 | 7 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 81 | −33 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 145 | −140 | 3 |
Source: World Rugby
* 7 April 2001
| New Zealand | 36–5 | Japan |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| Argentina | 34–0 | Sri Lanka |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| New Zealand | 73–0 | Sri Lanka |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| Argentina | 40–5 | Japan |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| Japan | 38–5 | Sri Lanka |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| New Zealand | 38–0 | Argentina |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 46 | 51 | 9 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 34 | 52 | 7 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 107 | −88 | 3 |
Source: World Rugby
* 7 April 2001
| South Korea | 24–17 | Samoa |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| Canada | 29–0 | Hong Kong |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| Samoa | 38–0 | Hong Kong |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| South Korea | 33–10 | Canada |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| South Korea | 40–19 | Hong Kong |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai
* 7 April 2001
| Samoa | 31–10 | Canada |
* Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai

## Knockout stage
### Bowl

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | | |
| China | 14 | | | |
| China | 14 | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | China | 0 | |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | China | 0 | |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | Canada | 22 | |
| Canada | 47 | Canada | 22 | |
| Canada | 47 | | | | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | | | | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | | | | Canada | 32 |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | | | | Canada | 32 |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | | | Wales | 19 |
| Hong Kong | 20 | | | | Wales | 19 |
| Hong Kong | 20 | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | | |
| Japan | 14 | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | | |
| Japan | 14 | Hong Kong | 7 | | | |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | Hong Kong | 7 | | | |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | Wales | 21 | |
| Wales | 41 | Wales | 21 | |
| Malaysia | 0 | | | |
Source: World Rugby

### Plate

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium |
| England | 19 |
| England | 19 | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium |
| Argentina | 17 | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium |
| Argentina | 17 | England | 14 |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | England | 14 |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | Fiji | 45 |
| Samoa | 12 | Fiji | 45 |
| Fiji | 31 | | |
Source: World Rugby

### Cup

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | | |
| South Africa | 24 | | | |
| South Africa | 24 | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | |
| England | 7 | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | |
| England | 7 | South Africa | 40 | |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | South Africa | 40 | |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | South Korea | 10 | |
| South Korea | 26 | South Korea | 10 | |
| South Korea | 26 | | | | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium |
| Argentina | 7 | | | | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium |
| Argentina | 7 | | | | South Africa | 12 |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | | | | South Africa | 12 |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | | | Australia | 19 |
| New Zealand | 19 | | | | Australia | 19 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 5 | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | | |
| Samoa | 5 | New Zealand | 7 | | | |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | | New Zealand | 7 | | | |
| 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | 8 April 2001 – Yuanshen Stadium | Australia | 19 | |
| Australia | 5 | Australia | 19 | |
| Fiji | 0 | | | |
Source: World Rugby

## Tournament placings

| Place | Team | Points |
| | Australia | 20 |
| | South Africa | 16 |
| | New Zealand | 12 |
| | South Korea | 12 |
| 5 | Fiji | 8 |
| 6 | England | 6 |
| 7 | Argentina | 4 |
| 7 | Samoa | 4 |
| Place | Team | Points |
| 9 | Canada | 2 |
| 10 | Wales | 0 |
| 11 | China | 0 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 0 |
| 13 | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| 13 | Japan | 0 |
| 13 | Malaysia | 0 |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
Source: Rugby7.com

## Series standings

At the completion of Round 5:
| Pos. | Event Team | Durban | Dubai | Wellington | Hong Kong | Shanghai | Points total |
| 1 | New Zealand | 20 | 20 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 86 |
| 2 | Australia | 12 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 82 |
| 3 | Fiji | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 80 |
| 4 | Samoa | 6 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 48 |
| 5 | South Africa | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 42 |
| 6 | Argentina | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | England | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 8 | Canada | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | United States | — | — | 12 | 4 | — | 16 |
| 10 | South Korea | — | — | — | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 11 | Cook Islands | — | — | 12 | — | — | 12 |
| 12 | France | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | 6 |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 14 | Portugal | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 4 |
| 15 | Wales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Ireland | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 17 | Hong Kong | — | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | China | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Japan | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 20 | Kenya | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 20 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 20 | Arabian Gulf | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 20 | Chinese Taipei | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Malaysia | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Sri Lanka | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Namibia | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 27 | Niue | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 27 | Papua New Guinea | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 27 | Russia | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 27 | Singapore | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 27 | Thailand | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 27 | Tonga | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 27 | West Indies | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 |
Source: Rugby7.com