In the minor placings, Fiji took out the plate final defeating Wales while England won the bowl over Portugal.

The Northern hemisphere teams though had a day that they rather forget with only Wales qualifying through to the quarter-finals of the major European teams with France and Scotland not recording a single win while England only recorded 19-all draw with Spain before losing to the qualifiers of Pool C in Fiji in Georgia.

Samoa finished ahead of South Africa in Pool D with the Samoans getting a 28–10 win.

They would also go on to win the Cup final over Australia with tries from Chris Masoe and Damian Karauna securing a 31-5 victory.

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for the 2001 Cardiff Sevens title.