2001 Tokyo Sevens

2001 Tokyo Sevens
IRB Sevens II
Host nation	Japan
Date	29–30 April 2001
Cup
Champion	New Zealand
Runner-up	Australia
Plate
Winner	South Africa
Runner-up	England
Bowl
Winner	Argentina
Runner-up	United States
Tournament details
Matches played	41
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The 2001 Tokyo Sevens was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the 2000–01 season. It was the Japan Sevens leg held at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo on 29–30 April 2001.

The tournament was the seventh event of the series, and was won by New Zealand who defeated Australia 26–12 in the Cup final.

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 pool went on to the Bowl bracket. No Shield trophy was on offer in the 2000–01 season.

The 16 participating teams for the tournament:

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 Tokyo Sevens title.

Source: World Rugby

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