The 2001–02 World Sevens Series was the third edition of the global circuit for men's national rugby sevens teams, organised by the International Rugby Board. The series ran from November 2001 to May 2002. New Zealand was the series champion for a third consecutive year, and won seven of the eleven tournaments. No other country won more than one tournament during the season. South Africa and England won their first tournaments on the world circuit and finished in second and third place on the final series standings, respectively.

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2001–02 IRB Sevens
Series III
Hosts	South Africa Chile Argentina Australia New Zealand China Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia England Wales
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	South Africa
Third	England
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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Twelve tournaments were originally scheduled for the 2001–02 series but, after several teams withdrew from 2001 Dubai Sevens in the wake of the September 11 attacks that year, the tournament was downgraded in status and excluded from the official series standings.^[1][2]

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2001–02 Itinerary^[3]

Leg	Venue	Dates	Winner
Durban	Absa Stadium, Durban	17–18 November 2001	New Zealand
Santiago	Universidad Católica, Santiago	4–5 January 2002[4]	New Zealand
Mar del Plata	José María Minella, Mar del Plata	11–12 January 2002	Fiji
Brisbane	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	2–3 February 2002	Australia
Wellington	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	8–9 February 2002	South Africa
Beijing	Olympic Sports Centre, Beijing	16–17 March 2002	New Zealand
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong	22–24 March 2002	England
Singapore	National Stadium, Singapore	20–21 April 2002	New Zealand
Kuala Lumpur	MBPJ Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	27–28 April 2002	New Zealand
London	Twickenham, London	24–25 May 2002[5]	New Zealand
Cardiff	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	30 May to 1 June 2002[6]	New Zealand

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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.

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2001–02 IRB Sevens – Series III

Pos.	Event  Team	Durban	Sant­iago	Mar Del Plata	Bris­bane	Well­ing­ton	Bei­jing	Hong Kong	Singa­pore	Kuala Lumpur	London	Car­diff	Points total
1	New Zealand	20	20	12	16	12	20	18	20	20	20	20	198
2	South Africa	12	12	16	12	20	16	4	4	16	16	8	136
3	England	12	6	6	4	12	8	30	12	8	12	16	126
4	Fiji	6	12	20	8	4	12	24	8	12	4	12	122
5	Australia	8	4	8	20	4	12	8	12	12	8	12	108
6	Samoa	16	8	4	12	16	6	8	6	4	6	4	90
7	Argentina	4	16	12	6	8	4	8	16	6	4	2	86
8	Wales	0	4	4	0	6	0	18	2	4	12	0	50
9	France	4	0	2	0	2	2	2	–	–	2	6	20
10	Scotland	0	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	2	0	4	13
11	United States	–	2	0	4	0	4	2	–	–	–	–	12
12	Canada	–	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	8
13	Cook Islands	–	–	–	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
14	Namibia	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
15	Morocco	0	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
—	Japan	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	0
	China	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	0
	Chinese Taipei	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	0
	South Korea	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	0
	Portugal	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	0	0	0
	Papua New Guinea	–	–	–	0	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	0
	Singapore	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	–	–	0
	Thailand	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	–	–	0
	Georgia	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Russia	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	0	0	0
	Brazil	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Chile	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Paraguay	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Uruguay	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	West Indies	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Tonga	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Hong Kong	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	0
	Malaysia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	–	–	0
	Ireland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Spain	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
	Arabian Gulf	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Kenya	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
	Sri Lanka	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–	–	–	0

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