2002 Brisbane Sevens

2002 Brisbane Sevens
IRB Sevens III
Host nation Australia Australia
Date 2-3 March 2002
Cup
Champions  Australia
Runners-up  New Zealand
Plate
Champions  Fiji
Runners-up  Argentina
Bowl
Champions  Cook Islands
Runners-up  Japan
Shield
Champions  Canada
Runners-up  Tonga
Tournament details
Matches played 44
2001
2003

The 2002 Brisbane Sevens, officially called the 2002 Brisbane International Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was part of the World Sevens Series in the 2001–02 season. It was the Australian Sevens leg of the series, held at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane over the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of March 2002.[1]

The tournament was the second completed edition of the Australian Sevens, and was won by Australia who defeated New Zealand 28-0 in the Cup final.[1]

Format

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 top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went on to the Bowl/Shield brackets.[2]

Teams

The participating teams were:[1]

Pool Stage

Play on the first day of the tournament consisted of matches between teams in the same pool on a round robin basis. The following is a list of the recorded results.[1][3]

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that advanced to the Cup Quarterfinal

Pool A

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 98 15 83 9
 Samoa 3 2 0 1 76 29 47 7
 Japan 3 1 0 2 31 77 -46 5
 France 3 0 0 3 10 94 -84 3
2 March 2002
New Zealand  v  Samoa

2 March 2002
Japan  v  France

2 March 2002
Samoa  v  France

2 March 2002
New Zealand  v  Japan

2 March 2002
Samoa  v  Japan

2 March 2002
New Zealand  v  France

Pool B

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Fiji 3 3 0 0 123 10 113 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 73 41 32 7
 Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 45 79 -34 5
 China 3 0 0 3 17 128 -111 3
2 March 2002
Fiji  v  Argentina

2 March 2002
Cook Islands  v  China


2 March 2002
Fiji  v  China

2 March 2002
Argentina  v  China

2 March 2002
Fiji  v  Cook Islands

Pool C

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 0 127 0 127 9
 United States 3 2 0 1 57 80 -23 7
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 45 83 -38 5
 Wales 3 0 0 3 31 97 -66 3

2 March 2002
Australia  v  Wales




Pool D

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 83 15 68 9
 England 3 2 0 1 67 17 50 7
 Canada 3 1 0 2 24 83 -59 5
 Tonga 3 0 0 3 19 78 -59 3

2 March 2002
Canada  v  Tonga

2 March 2002
England  v  Canada

2 March 2002
South Africa  v  Tonga

2 March 2002
England  v  Tonga

Knockout stage

Play on the second day of the tournament consisted of finals matches for the Shield, Bowl, Plate, and Cup competitions. The following is a list of the recorded results.[1][3]

Shield

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
3 March – Ballymore Stadium        
  Cook Islands  12
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
  France  10  
  France  12
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
      Tonga  26  
  Papua New Guinea  14
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
  Tonga  10  
  Canada  38
3 March – Ballymore Stadium    
    Tonga  7
  Canada  10
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
  Wales  17  
  Canada  31
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
      China  14  
  Japan  26
  China  19  
 

Bowl

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
3 March – Ballymore Stadium        
  Cook Islands  12
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
  France  10  
  Cook Islands  19
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
      Papua New Guinea  14  
  Papua New Guinea  14
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
  Tonga  10  
  Cook Islands  36
3 March – Ballymore Stadium    
    Japan  7
  Canada  10
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
  Wales  17  
  Wales  7
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
      Japan  10  
  Japan  26
  China  19  
 

Plate

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
3 March – Ballymore Stadium        
  Fiji  5
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
  Samoa  19  
  Fiji  17
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
      England  12  
  Australia  29
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
  England  12  
  Fiji  12
3 March – Ballymore Stadium    
    Argentina  5
  South Africa  25
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
  United States  0  
  United States  7
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
      Argentina  36  
  New Zealand  24
  Argentina  10  
 

Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
3 March – Ballymore Stadium        
  Fiji  5
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
  Samoa  19  
  Samoa  5
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
      Australia  29  
  Australia  29
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
  England  12  
  Australia  28
3 March – Ballymore Stadium    
    New Zealand  0
  South Africa  25
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
  United States  0  
  South Africa  12
3 March – Ballymore Stadium
      New Zealand  14  
  New Zealand  24
  Argentina  10  
 

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "IRB Sevens III - Brisbane, Australia. 3/2/2002 - 3/3/2002". rugby7.com. 2002. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  2. "IRB Sevens - Format & Regulation - 16-team tournament". irbsevens.com. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Ultimate Rugby Sevens Match Archive - HSBC World Sevens Series Brisbane". ur7s.com. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
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