title: 2001 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s
text: # 2001 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s
  
  The 2001 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s was the third year of the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s tournament. All matches were played at Bogambara Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka on 15 and 16 September 2001. 2001 was the second year that the competition was expanded to include non-Asian rugby playing nations, with teams from the Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark and Germany competing. Chinese Taipei defeated South Korea in the final to take the Cup for the second time, becoming the first team to win the cup twice. The Czech Republic and Denmark won the Bowl and Plate finals respectively.
  
  ## Group stage
  
  Key to colours in group tables :
  
  * Teams advanced to the Cup quarter-final
  * Teams advanced to the Plate semi-final
  * Teams advanced to the Bowl semi-final
  
  ### Pool A
  
  * Malaysia 21 - 00 Czech Republic
  * Sri Lanka 26 - 19 South Korea
  * Malaysia 14 - 12 Sri Lanka
  * South Korea 35 - 14 Czech Republic
  * Sri Lanka 28 - 05 Czech Republic
  * South Korea 24 - 07 Malaysia
  
      Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts  South Korea 32017847+317  Sri Lanka 32016633+287  Malaysia 32014236+67  Czech Republic 30031984−650
  
  ### Pool B
  
  * Singapore 05 - 00 Arabian Gulf
  * Belgium 20 - 10 China
  * Singapore 14 - 00 Belgium
  * Arabian Gulf 24 - 19 China
  * Belgium 14 - 00 Arabian Gulf
  * China 14 - 12 Singapore
  
      Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts  Singapore 32013114+177  Belgium 32013424+107  China 31024358−155 Arabian Gulf 31022443-195
  
  ### Pool C
  
  * Kazakhstan 38 - 07 India
  * Germany 26 - 05 Hong Kong
  * Germany 54 - 00 India
  * Hong Kong 19 - 12 Kazakhstan
  * Germany 19 - 05 Kazakhstan
  * Hong Kong 50 - 00 India
  
      Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts  Germany 33009910+899  Hong Kong 32017438+367  Kazakhstan 31025545+105  India 30037142−1353
  
  ### Pool D
  
  * Thailand 26 - 00 Sri Lanka Barbarians
  * Denmark 31 - 12 Thailand
  * Chinese Taipei 12 - 00 Denmark
  * Chinese Taipei 47 - 00 Sri Lanka Barbarians
  * Denmark 14 - 12 Sri Lanka Barbarians
  * Thailand 24 - 19 Chinese Taipei
  
      Teams Pld W D L PF PA +/− Pts  Chinese Taipei 32017824+547  Thailand 32016250+127  Denmark 32014536+97  Sri Lanka Barbarians 30031287−753
  
  ## Second round
  
  ### Bowl
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Arabian Gulf | 17 |
  | Sri Lanka Barbarians | 12 | | |
  | Sri Lanka Barbarians | 12 | Arabian Gulf | 14 |
  | | | Czech Republic | 15 |
  | Czech Republic | 43 | Czech Republic | 15 |
  | India | 7 | | |
  
  ### Plate
  
  | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | China | 14 |
  | Denmark | 26 | | |
  | Denmark | 26 | Denmark | 24 |
  | | | Malaysia | 14 |
  | Kazakhstan | 12 | Malaysia | 14 |
  | Malaysia | 21 | | |
  
  ### Cup
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Chinese Taipei | 17 | | |
  | Singapore | 10 | | |
  | Singapore | 10 | Chinese Taipei | 31 |
  | | | Thailand | 7 |
  | Thailand | 19 | Thailand | 7 |
  | Belgium | 12 | | | | |
  | Belgium | 12 | | | Chinese Taipei | 26 |
  | | | | | South Korea | 21 |
  | South Korea | 24 | | | South Korea | 21 |
  | Hong Kong | 12 | | | | |
  | Hong Kong | 12 | South Korea | 24 | | |
  | | | Sri Lanka | 7 |
  | Sri Lanka | 21 | Sri Lanka | 7 |
  | Germany | 7 | | |
  