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{{Infobox Rugby World Sevens
| name = 2001–02 IRB Sevens
| series = '''Series III'''
| countries = {{plainlist|style=line-height:1.4;|
* {{nobr|{{runion|South Africa}}}}
* [[Chilean Rugby Federation|Chile]]
* {{runion|ARG}}
* {{runion|Australia}}
* {{nobr|{{runion|New Zealand}}}}
* {{runion|China}}
* {{nobr|{{runion|HKG}}}}
* {{runion|SGP}}
* [[Malaysia Rugby|Malaysia]]
* {{runion|England}}
* {{runion|Wales}}
}}
| date = 
| champions = {{ru7|NZL}}
| runnersup = {{ru7|RSA}}
| third = {{ru7|ENG}}
| matches = 
| attendance = 
| tries = 
| top point scorer = 
| top try scorer = 
| prevseason = [[2000-01 World Sevens Series|2000–01]]
| nextseason = [[2002-03 World Sevens Series|2002–03]]
}}

The '''2001–02 World Sevens Series''' was the third edition of the [[World Rugby Sevens Series|global circuit]] for men's national [[rugby sevens]] teams, organised by the [[World Rugby|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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==Calendar==
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.<ref name=guardian-2001>{{cite news |date= 24 October 2001 |title= England to miss Dubai's downgraded sevens |first= Ian |last= Malin |work= The Guardian |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/oct/23/rugbyunion.ianmalin |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160814042406/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/oct/23/rugbyunion.ianmalin |archive-date = 14 August 2016}}</ref><ref name=it-2001>{{cite news |date= 16 October 2001 |title= Dubai scrubbed from Sevens Series |work= Irish Times |url= http://www.irishtimes.com/news/dubai-scrubbed-from-sevens-series-1.400377 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160611140425/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/dubai-scrubbed-from-sevens-series-1.400377 |archive-date= 11 June 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 |+ 2001–02 Itinerary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/archive/tcode=10100/season=2001/overview.html |title=IRB Sevens World Series 2001/02 |language=en |website=irb.com |access-date=May 17, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220202226/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/archive/tcode%3D10100/season%3D2001/overview.html |archivedate=February 20, 2009 }}.</ref>
 |- bgcolor="#efefef"
 ! Leg
 ! Venue
 ! Dates
 ! Winner
|-
|[[2001 South Africa Sevens|Durban]] 
|[[Kings Park Stadium|Absa Stadium]], Durban  
|17–18 November 2001  
|{{ru7|NZL}}
|-  
|[[2002 Santiago Sevens|Santiago]] 
|[[Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo]], [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]
|4–5 January 2002<ref>http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/39739.html Chile 7s Preview</ref>   
|{{ru7|NZL}}
|- 
|[[2002 Mar del Plata Sevens|Mar del Plata]] 
|[[Estadio José María Minella|José María Minella]], [[Mar del Plata]]
|11–12 January 2002  
|{{ru7|FIJ}}  
|- 
|[[2002 Brisbane Sevens|Brisbane]] 
|[[Ballymore Stadium]], [[Brisbane]]  
|2–3 February 2002  
|{{ru7|AUS}}  
|- 
|[[2002 Wellington Sevens|Wellington]] 
|[[Westpac Stadium]], [[Wellington]]  
|8–9 February 2002  
|{{ru7|RSA}}  
|- 
|[[2002 Beijing Sevens|Beijing]] 
|[[Olympic Sports Centre (Beijing)|Olympic Sports Centre]], Beijing  
|16–17 March 2002  
|{{ru7|NZL}}  
|-
|[[2002 Hong Kong Sevens|Hong Kong]] 
|[[Hong Kong Stadium]], Hong Kong  
|22–24 March 2002  
|{{ru7|ENG}}
|-
|[[2002 Singapore Sevens|Singapore]] 
|[[Former National Stadium, Singapore|National Stadium]], Singapore  
|20–21 April 2002  
|{{ru7|NZL}} 
|-
|[[2002 Kuala Lumpur Sevens|Kuala Lumpur]] 
|[[MBPJ Stadium]], Kuala Lumpur  
|27–28 April 2002  
|{{ru7|NZL}}  
|-
|[[2002 London Sevens|London]] 
|[[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]], London  
|24–25 May 2002<ref>http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/41856.html New Zealand take London 7s title</ref>
|{{ru7|NZL}} 
|-
|[[2002 Cardiff Sevens|Cardiff]] 
|[[Millennium Stadium]], Cardiff  
|{{nowrap|30 May to 1 June 2002}}<ref>http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/41918.html All Blacks triumph over England in Cardiff 7s Final</ref>
|{{ru7|NZL}}
|}

==Final standings==
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.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ 2001–02 IRB Sevens – Series III
! style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;"|{{noflag}}<br />Pos.
! {{diagonal split header|Team|Event&nbsp;|style=border-bottom:1px solid transparent}}
! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|RSA}}<br />[[2001 South Africa Sevens|Durban]]
! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|CHI}}<br />[[2002 Santiago Sevens|Sant{{shy}}iago]]
! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|ARG}}<br />[[2002 Mar Del Plata Sevens|Mar Del Plata]]
! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|AUS}}<br />[[2002 Brisbane Sevens|Bris{{shy}}bane]]
! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|NZL}}<br />[[2002 Wellington Sevens|Well{{shy}}ing{{shy}}ton]]
! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|CHN}}<br />[[2002 Beijing Sevens|Bei{{shy}}jing]] 
! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|HKG}}<br />[[2002 Hong Kong Sevens|Hong Kong]]
! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|SIN}}<br />[[2002 Singapore Sevens|Singa{{shy}}pore]]
! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|MAS}}<br />[[2002 Malaysia Sevens|Kuala Lumpur]]
! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|ENG}}<br />[[2002 London Sevens|London]]
! style="vertical-align:top;width:5.5em;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;padding:2px;font-size:85%;"|{{flagdeco|WAL}}<br />[[2002 Cardiff Sevens|Car{{shy}}diff]]
! style="border-bottom:1px solid transparent;"|Points<br />total
|- style="line-height:8px;" 
! style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"|&nbsp; !! style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"|
! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| !! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| 
! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| !! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| 
! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| !! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| 
! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| !! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| 
! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| !! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| 
! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| 
! data-sort-type="number" style="border-top:1px solid transparent;"| &nbsp;
|-
|1 ||align=left|{{nobr|{{ru7|NZL}}}}
|'''20'''||'''20'''|| 12 || 16 || 12 ||'''20'''|| 18 ||'''20'''||'''20'''||'''20'''||'''20'''||'''198'''
|-
|2 ||align=left|{{ru7|RSA}}
| 12 || 12 || 16 || 12 ||'''20'''|| 16 || 4 || 4 || 16 || 16 || 8 ||'''136'''
|-
|3 ||align=left|{{ru7|ENG}}
| 12 || 6 || 6 || 4 || 12 || 8 ||'''30'''|| 12 || 8 || 12 || 16 ||'''126'''
|-
|4 ||align=left|{{ru7|FIJ}}
| 6 || 12 ||'''20'''|| 8 || 4 || 12 || 24 || 8 || 12 || 4 || 12 ||'''122'''
|-
|5 ||align=left|{{ru7|AUS}}
| 8 || 4 || 8 ||'''20'''|| 4 || 12 || 8 || 12 || 12 || 8 || 12 ||'''108'''
|-
|6 ||align=left|{{ru7|SAM}}
| 16 || 8 || 4 || 12 || 16 || 6 || 8 || 6 || 4 || 6 || 4 ||'''90'''
|-
|7 ||align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|ARG}}}}
| 4 || 16 || 12 || 6 || 8 || 4 || 8 || 16 || 6 || 4 || 2 ||'''86'''
|-
|8 ||align=left|{{ru7|WAL}}
| 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 18 || 2 || 4 || 12 || 0 ||'''50'''
|- 
|9 ||align=left|{{ru7|FRA}}
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 2 || – || – || 2 || 6 ||'''20'''
|- 
|10 || align=left|{{ru7|SCO}}
| 0 || – || – || – || – || – || 3 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 4 ||'''13'''
|- 
|11 || align=left|{{ru7|USA}}
| – || 2 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 4 || 2 || – || – || – || – ||'''12'''
|- 
|12 || align=left|{{ru7|CAN}}
| – || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||'''8'''
|- 
|13 || align=left|{{ru7|CKI}}
| – || – || – || 2 || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – ||'''2'''
|- 
|14 || align=left|{{ru7|NAM}}
| 2 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||'''2'''
|- 
|15 || align=left|{{ru7|MAR}}
| 0 || – || – || – || – || – || 1 || – || – || – || – ||'''1'''
|- 
|rowspan=23 {{N/A|style=background:transparent;}}
| align=left|{{ru7|JPN}}
| – || – || – || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|CHN}}
| – || – || – || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || – || – || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{nobr|{{ru7|TPE}}}}
| – || – || – || – || – || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|KOR}}
| – || – || – || – || – || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|POR}}
| 0 || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || – || – || 0 || 0 ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{nowrap|{{ru7|PNG|}}}}
| – || – || – || 0 || 0 || – || 0 || – || – || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
| align=left|{{ru7|SGP}}
| – || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || 0 || 0 || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
| align=left|{{ru7|THA}}
| – || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || 0 || 0 || – || – ||'''0'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru7|GEO}}
| 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || 0 ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|RUS}}
| – || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || – || – || 0 || 0 ||'''0'''
|-
|align=left|{{ru7|BRA}}
| – || 0 || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|CHI}}
| – || 0 || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|PAR}}
| – || 0 || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|URU}}
| – || 0 || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|West Indies}}
| – || 0 || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|TON}}
| – || – || – || 0 || 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|HKG}}
| – || – || – || – || – || 0 || 0 || – || – || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|MAS}}
| – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || 0 || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|Ireland}}
| – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || 0 ||'''0'''
|- 
|align=left|{{ru7|ESP}}
| – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || 0 ||'''0'''
|-
| align=left|{{flagicon|GCC}} [[Arabian Gulf rugby sevens team|Arabian Gulf]]
| 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
| align=left|{{ru7|KEN}}
| 0 || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – ||'''0'''
|- 
| align=left|{{ru7|SRI}}
| – || – || – || – || – || – || 0 || – || – || – || – ||'''0'''
|}

<small>Source: [http://www.rugby7.com/IRBS.asp?Y=2002 rugby7.com] (archived)</small>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20020814035938/http://www.irbsevens.com/ Official tournament site]}}
*{{cite web|title=2001-02 Season Overview |website=irb.com |accessdate=12 December 2013 |url=http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/archive/tcode=10100/season=2001/overview.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220202226/http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/archive/tcode%3D10100/season%3D2001/overview.html |archivedate=20 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}

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