Rugby sevens at the 2001 World Games
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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]
| 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 |
Teams
8 Teams took part in this tournament:
Pool phase
Pool A
Team 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
Team 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
Finals
| 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
| 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 | |||||