English rugby union championship 2001/02

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The 2001/02 season of the English Premiership was the 15th season of the major division of the English Rugby Union Championship. For sponsorship reasons it was named Zurich Premiership . It began on September 3, 2001, comprised 22 game days (each a preliminary and second round) and lasted until May 12, 2001. The best-placed of the regular season, the Leicester Tigers , won the championship for the sixth time. Subsequently, the eight best teams played the Zurich Championship knockout tournament until June 8, 2002 , but this was no longer used to determine the championship title. There was no relegation this season.

Zurich Premiership

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  • Master; Qualification for Zurich Championship and Heineken Cup
  • Qualification for Zurich Championship and Heineken Cup
  • Qualification for Zurich Championship

    • M: Last year's champion
    P: Promotion (promoted) from National Division One

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. Leicester Tigers (M) 22nd 18th 0 4th 658: 349 + 309 11 83
    02. Sale Sharks 22nd 14th 1 7th 589: 517 + 72 11 69
    03. Gloucester RFC 22nd 14th 0 8th 692: 485 + 207 12 68
    04th London Irish 22nd 11 3 8th 574: 465 + 109 7th 57
    05. Northampton Saints 22nd 12 1 9 506: 426 + 80 6th 56
    06th Newcastle Falcons 22nd 12 1 9 490: 458 + 32 6th 56
    07th London Wasps 22nd 12 0 10 519: 507 + 12 6th 54
    08th. Bristol Shoguns 22nd 9 1 12 591: 632 - 41 12 50
    09. Harlequins 22nd 5 3 14th 434: 507 - 73 9 35
    10. Saracens 22nd 7th 0 15th 425: 671 - 246 6th 34
    11. Bath rugby 22nd 7th 0 15th 311: 524 - 213 5 33
    12. Leeds Tykes (P) 22nd 6th 0 16 406: 654 - 248 6th 28

    The points were distributed as follows:

    • 4 points if you win
    • 2 points if there is a tie
    • 0 points in the event of a loss (before possible bonus points)
    • 1 bonus point for four or more successful attempts , regardless of the final score
    • 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points

    Playoff (Zurich Championship)

    Quarter finals
    May 18, 2002
    		 Leicester Tigers 13:27 Bristol Shoguns Welford Road Stadium , Leicester
    May 18, 2002
    		 Gloucester RFC 60: 9 Newcastle Falcons Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester
    May 19, 2002
    		 London Irish 14:38 Northampton Saints Madejski Stadium , Reading
    May 19, 2002
    		 Sale Sharks 43: 27 London Wasps Heywood Road , Sale
    Semifinals
    June 1, 2002
    		 Bristol Shoguns 32:24 Northampton Saints Memorial Stadium , Bristol
    June 2, 2002
    		 Sale Sharks 11:33 Gloucester RFC Heywood Road , Sale
    final
    June 8, 2002
    		 Bristol Shoguns 23:28 Gloucester RFC Twickenham Stadium , London
    Spectators: 30,000
    Referee: Roy Maybank
    Attempts: Pichot 42nd increased
    Johnstone 72nd
    increased increases: Contepomi (2)
    Penalty kicks: Contepomi (3) 14th, 21st, 77th
    		 (6:16)
    Report     		Attempts: Boer 36.
    Increased increases: Mercier (1)
    Penalty kicks: Mercier (7) 1st, 11th, 40th +, 64th, 69th, 75th, 83rd

    National Division One

    The season of the second division ( National Division One ) consisted of 26 game days (one first and one second round). The best placed team Rotherham RUFC was not allowed to move up because the stadium did not meet the requirements. The Henley RFC and the Bracknell RFC had to dismount .

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  • Relegation to National Division Two

    • P: Promotion (promoted) from National Division Two
    R: Relegation (relegated) from the Premiership

    team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Bonus
    points     		Table
    points
    01. Rotherham RUFC (R) 26th 24 0 2 1099: 325 + 774 24 120
    02. Worcester Warriors 26th 23 0 3 941: 364 + 577 14th 106
    03. Exeter Chiefs 26th 19th 1 6th 707: 448 + 259 14th 92
    04th Coventry RFC 26th 16 3 7th 730: 559 + 171 12 82
    05. London Welsh 26th 15th 0 11 580: 557 + 23 9 69
    06th Bedford Blues 26th 12 3 11 654: 600 + 54 14th 68
    07th Otley RUFC 26th 11 1 14th 601: 675 - 74 10 56
    08th. Birmingham & Solihull RFC 26th 10 1 15th 432: 626 - 194 10 52
    09. Wakefield RFC 26th 9 2 15th 514: 607 - 93 7th 47
    10. Rugby Lions (P) 26th 9 1 16 518: 668 - 150 9 47
    11. Moseley RFC 26th 9 1 16 448: 695 - 247 8th 45
    12. Manchester RC 26th 8th 0 18th 381: 758 - 377 4th 36
    13. Henley RFC 26th 6th 1 19th 449: 767 - 318 7th 33
    14th Bracknell RFC (P) 26th 4th 0 22nd 418: 823 - 405 10 26th

    The points were distributed as follows:

    • 4 points if you win
    • 2 points if there is a tie
    • 0 points in the event of a loss (before possible bonus points)
    • 1 bonus point for four or more successful attempts , regardless of the final score
    • 1 bonus point if you lose less than seven points

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