18th GCC Club Championship

The 18th GCC Club Championship (Arabic: بطولة الأنديـة الخليجية أبطال الدوري) was the eighteenth edition of the GCC Club Championship for clubs of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations.

2001 GCC Club Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	3–14 January 2001
Teams	6 (from AFC/UAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Al Ain (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Ittihad
← 2000 2002 →

The competition started on January 3, 2001, and concluded on January 14, in which Al Ain lifted the trophy for the first time ever.^[1][2]

Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Al Ain	12	5	4	0	1	6	4	+2
Al Ittihad	10	5	3	1	1	10	1	+9
Dhofar	10	5	3	1	1	6	4	+2
Al Salmiya	5	5	1	2	2	5	6	−1
Al Gharafa	4	5	1	1	3	7	7	0
Riffa	1	5	0	1	4	5	17	−12

All match were played in United Arab Emirates.

Round 1

3 January 2001

Al Ain	2–1	Riffa
S. Khater 52' Joher 85'		H. Husain 81'

Tahnoun bin Mohammed, Al Ain

4 January 2001

Al Salmiya	1–0	Al Ittihad
Al-Huwaidi 30'		Al-Sadiq  26'

4 January 2001

Dhofar	2–1	Al Gharafa

Round 2

6 January 2001

Riffa	1–4	Al Gharafa

6 January 2001

Al Ain	2–1	Al Salmiya
S. Khater 48' Harib 69'		Al-Huwaidi 81'

Tahnoun bin Mohammed, Al Ain

7 January 2001

Dhofar	0–0	Al Ittihad

Round 3

8 January 2001

Al Ain	1–0	Al Gharafa
Harib 45'

Tahnoun bin Mohammed, Al Ain

9 January 2001

Dhofar	1–0	Al Salmiya

9 January 2001

Riffa	0–7	Al Ittihad

Round 4

11 January 2001

Riffa	1–1	Al Salmiya

11 January 2001

Al Gharafa	0–1	Al Ittihad

12 January 2001

Al Ain	1–0	Dhofar
F. Ali 12'

Tahnoun bin Mohammed, Al Ain

Round 5

13 January 2001

Al Salmiya	2–2	Al Gharafa

14 January 2001

Dhofar	3–2	Riffa

14 January 2001

Al Ain	0–2	Al Ittihad

Tahnoun bin Mohammed, Al Ain