| World Games 2001 Rugby Sevens | |
| Host |  Akita
|
| Dates | 25–26 August 2001 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Podium | |
 Champions
|
 Fiji
|
 Runners-up
|
 Australia
|
 Third place
|
 New Zealand
|
| Fourth place |  France
|
Rugby sevens at the World Games 2001 was played at Akita Yabase Stadium in Akita, Japan on 25–26 August 2001.[1] Fiji won the final against Australia by the score of 35 to 19.[2]
Teams
edit8 Teams took part in this tournament
Pool phase
editPool A
editTeam Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
Fiji3 3 0 0 108 19 9 
France3 2 0 1 69 50 7 
New Zealand3 1 0 2 40 49 5 
Canada3 0 0 3 12 111 3
Pool B
editTeam Pld W D L PF PA +/- Pts 
Australia3 3 0 0 85 19 9 
South Africa3 2 0 1 95 33 7 
Japan3 1 0 2 45 73 5 
Great Britain3 0 0 3 12 112 3
Knock-out phase
editFinals
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 25 August 2001 – 10:00 – Akita Yabase Stadium | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 35 | |||||||||
| 25 August 2001 – 13:00 – Akita Yabase Stadium | ||||||||||
 Great Britain | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 45 | |||||||||
| 25 August 2001 – 10:25 – Akita Yabase Stadium | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 15 | |||||||||
| 25 August 2001 – 15:25 – Akita Yabase Stadium | ||||||||||
 South Africa | 12 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 35 | |||||||||
| 25 August 2001 – 10:50 – Akita Yabase Stadium | ||||||||||
| Australia | 19 | |||||||||
| Australia | 49 | |||||||||
| 25 August 2001 – 13:25 – Akita Yabase Stadium | ||||||||||
 Canada | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia | 35 | |||||||||
| 25 August 2001 – 11:25 – Akita Yabase Stadium | ||||||||||
| France | 5 | Third place | ||||||||
| France | 40 | |||||||||
| 25 August 2001 – 14:55 – Akita Yabase Stadium | ||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 19 | |||||||||
| France | 10 | |||||||||
Classification matches
edit| Lower bracket play-offs | 5th place play-off | |||||
| 25 August 2001 – 12:10 – Akita Yabase Stadium | ||||||
| South Africa | 22 | |||||
| 25 August 2001 – 14:30 – Akita Yabase Stadium | ||||||
| Great Britain | 19 | |||||
| South Africa | 34 | |||||
| 25 August 2001 – 12:35 – Akita Yabase Stadium | ||||||
| Canada | 5 | |||||
| Canada | 21 | |||||
| Japan | 19 | |||||
| 7th place play-off | ||||||
| 25 August 2001 – 14:05 – Akita Yabase Stadium | ||||||
| Great Britain | 21 | |||||
| Japan | 19 | |||||
References
edit- ^ "World Games VI – Akita, Japan". Rugby7.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Fiji dominate World Games 7s". ESPN Scrum. 28 August 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2015.