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

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.

Calendar

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 Universidad Católica, 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

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 2020121612201820202020198
2 South Africa 1212161220164416168136
3 England 12664128301281216126
4 Fiji 61220841224812412122
5 Australia 8482041281212812108
6 Samoa 1684121668646490
7 Argentina 4161268481664286
8 Wales 044060182412050
9 France 40202222620
10 Scotland 03420413
11 United States 20404212
12 Canada 00000800008
13 Cook Islands 202
14 Namibia 22
15 Morocco 011
 Japan 0000000
 China 00000
 Chinese Taipei 00000
 South Korea 00000
 Portugal 00000
 Papua New Guinea 0000
 Singapore 0000
 Thailand 0000
 Georgia 0000
 Russia 0000
 Brazil 000
 Chile 000
 Paraguay 000
 Uruguay 000
 West Indies 000
 Tonga 000
 Hong Kong 000
 Malaysia 000
 Ireland 000
 Spain 000
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Arabian Gulf 00
 Kenya 00
 Sri Lanka 00

Source: rugby7.com (archived)

References

  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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