New Zealand was the series champion for a third consecutive year, and won seven of the eleven tournaments.

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.

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] The points awarded to teams at each event, as well as the overall season totals, are shown in the table below.

A zero (0) is recorded in the event column where a team played in a tournament but did not gain any points.