2000–01 IRB Sevens
Series II
Hosts	South Africa United Arab Emirates New Zealand Hong Kong China Malaysia Japan England Wales
Date	18 November 2000 – 3 June 2001
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	Australia
Third	Fiji
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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.

Itinerary

2000–01 Itinerary

Leg	Venue	Dates	Winner
Durban	ABSA Stadium, Durban	18–19 November 2000	New Zealand
Dubai	Dubai Exiles Rugby Ground, Dubai	23–24 November 2000	New Zealand
Wellington	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	9–10 February 2001	Australia
Brisbane	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	16–17 February 2001	Cancelled
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	30 March–1 April 2001	New Zealand
Shanghai	Yuanshen Stadium, Shanghai	7–8 April 2001	Australia
Kuala Lumpur	Petaling Jaya Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	21–22 April 2001	Australia
Tokyo	Chichibunomiya Stadium, Tokyo	29–30 April 2001	New Zealand
London	Twickenham Stadium, London	26–28 May 2001	New Zealand
Cardiff	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	2–3 June 2001	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.

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