2001–02 World Sevens Series

The 2001-02 IRB Sevens World Series was the third edition of the IRB Sevens World Series tournament. The Series consisted of 11 tournaments. New Zealand won the Series for a third consecutive year. New Zealand won seven of the eleven tournaments; no other country won more than one, with England and South Africa winning their first ever tournaments.

2001–02 World Sevens Series
Hosts	South Africa Chile Argentina Australia New Zealand China Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Wales England
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	South Africa
Third	England
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Calendar

2001-02 Itinerary[1]

Leg	Venue	Dates	Winner
Durban	Absa Stadium, Durban	17–18 November 2001	New Zealand
Santiago	Universidad Católica, Santiago	4–5 January 2002[2]	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
Cardiff	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	30 May to 1 June 2002[3]	New Zealand
London	Twickenham, London	24–25 May 2002[4]	New Zealand

Standings

Pos.	Event  Team	Durban	Sant­iago	Mar Del Plata	Bris­bane	Well­ing­ton	Beijing	Hong Kong	Singa­pore	Kuala Lumpur	Cardiff	London	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	0	0	2	6	20
10	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	0	4	13
11	United States	0	2	0	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	12
12	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	8
13	Cook Islands	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
14	Namibia	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
15	Morocco	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
16	Arabian Gulf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	West Indies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

1. "IRB Sevens World Series 2001/02". irb.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2016..
2. http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/39739.html Chile 7s Preview
3. http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/41918.html All Blacks triumph over England in Cardiff 7s Final
4. http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/41856.html New Zealand take London 7s title

External links

• Official tournament site
• "2001-02 Season Overview". irb.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2013.