Tourney Name: | Arab Club Champions Cup |
Year: | 2001 |
Other Titles: | بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 2001 |
Country: | Qatar |
City: | Doha |
Num Teams: | 10 |
Associations: | 1 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Champion Other: | Al Sadd SC |
Count: | 1 |
Second Other: | MC Oran |
Matches: | 15 |
Goals: | 53 |
Top Scorer: | Bouchaib El Moubarki (6 goals) |
Player: | Karim Bagheri[1] |
Goalkeeper: | Ahmed Khalil |
Fair Play: | Al-Ahli Sana'a |
Prevseason: | 2000 |
Nextseason: | 2002 |
The 2001 Arab Club Champions Cup edition, called Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup, was won by Qatari side Al Sadd SC, the hosts. It was the 17th tournament and was held from 28 November to 12 December 2001.
Participants | |||
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Zone | Team | Qualifying method | |
Al-Sadd | Hosts | ||
CS Sfaxien | Holders | ||
Zone 1 | Al-Rayyan SC | Replaced Al-Ain FC | |
Zone 2 | Al-Ahli Jeddah | 1999–2000 Saudi Premier League runners-up | |
Al-Ahli Sana'a | 1999–2000 Yemeni League winners | ||
Zone 3 | MC Oran | 1999–2000 Algerian Championship runners-up | |
Zone 4 | Al-Faisaly | 2000 Jordan League winners | |
Hutteen | 1999–2000 Syrian League runners-up |
Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Al Ain on 2001.
----------------Al-Ain qualified but withdrew the tournament, Al-Rayyan replaced it
The qualifying tournament took place in Jeddah.--------Al-Ahli Jeddah and Al-Ahli Sana'a' advanced to the final tournament.
The qualifying tournament took place in Amman. Nejmeh was disqualified from the qualifying tournament because the fifa has frozen the activity of the Lebanese Football Association.[2]
--------Al-Faisaly and Hutteen advanced to the final tournament.
Doha | |
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Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium | |
Capacity: 18,000 | |
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
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Al-Faisaly SC withdrew from the tournament after the first match after contesting the referee falsely, the result was annulled.[3]
Al Rayyan SC replaced Al Ain SC who withdrew from the tournament.
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