2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

The 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup was the eleventh edition of association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation specifically for its members cup holders.

2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	25 August 2000 – 19 May 2001
Teams	26
Venue(s)	Jeddah (final rounds)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Shabab (1st title)
Runners-up	Dalian Shide
Third place	Shimizu S-Pulse
Fourth place	Esteghlal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	147 (3.2 per match)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Al Shabab won their first Asian Cup Winners' Cup title, beating Dalian Shide over two legs in the final. As winners, Al Shabab earned the right to play against 2000–01 Asian Club Championship winners Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the 2001 Asian Super Cup.

Shimizu S-Pulse were the defending champions but were defeated by eventual runners-up Dalian Shide in the semi-finals.

Teams

Entry Round	Teams
Second round	West Asia		East Asia
	Al-Shabab		Shimizu S-PulseTH	Happy Valley
			Pupuk Kaltim	Nagoya Grampus Eight
			Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
First round	Esteghlal	Al-Talaba	Dalian Shide	Club Valencia
	Al Wahdat	SOPFK Kairat Almaty	Khan Research Laboratories	Singapore Armed Forces
	Al Arabi	Al Safa	BEC Tero Sasana	Cảng Sài Gòn
	Shja'eya Union	Al Sadd
	Hutteen	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
	Nebitçi Balkanabat	Al Wahda
	Dinamo Samarkand	Al-Wahda (San'a')

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals				Final
	Al-Wahda (San'a')	1	0	1
	Hutteen	5	5	10			Hutteen	1	0	1
							Al-Shabab	0	2	2
													Al-Shabab	2	1	3
	Shja'eya Union	2	1	3									Al Wahdat	2	0	2
	Al Wahdat	1	3	4			Al Wahdat	2	0	2
	Al Safa	–	–				Al Arabi	1	0	1
	Al Arabi	–	–	(w/o)															Al-Shabab	3
	Nebitçi Balkanabat	4	3	7															Esteghlal	2
	Dinamo Samarkand	3	2	5			Nebitçi Balkanabat	1	1	2
	SOPFK Kairat Almaty	2	1	3			SOPFK Kairat Almaty	0	3	3
	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	0	1	1									SOPFK Kairat Almaty	0	0	0
	Al Sadd (a)	1	3	4									Esteghlal	0	3	3
	Al-Talaba	1	3	4			Al Sadd	0	1	1
	Al Wahda	3	0	3			Esteghlal	1	2	3
	Esteghlal	2	4	6																			Al-Shabab	4
	Dalian Shide	8	1	9																			Dalian Shide	2
	Club Valencia	0	1	1			Dalian Shide	2	0	2
							Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0	1	1
													Dalian Shide (a)	0	1	1
													Nagoya Grampus Eight	0	1	1
							Nagoya Grampus Eight	3	3	6
							Happy Valley	1	0	1
																			Dalian Shide (a.e.t.)	3
																			Shimizu S-Pulse	2
							Pupuk Kaltim	0	1	1													Third place match
	BEC Tero Sasana	1	6	7			BEC Tero Sasana	1	4	5
	Khan Research Laboratories	1	0	1									BEC Tero Sasana	2	2	4							Esteghlal	1
	Cảng Sài Gòn	0	2	2									Shimizu S-Pulse	2	3	5							Shimizu S-Pulse	3
	Singapore Armed Forces	0	0	0			Cảng Sài Gòn	0	0	0
							Shimizu S-Pulse	2	4	6

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Asia
Al-Wahda (San'a')	1–10	Hutteen	1–5	0–5
Shja'eya Union	3–4	Al Wahdat	2–1	1–3
Al Safa	(w/o)[a]	Al Arabi	—[a]	—[a]
Al Sadd	4–4 (a)	Al-Talaba	1–1	3–3
Al Wahda	3–6	Esteghlal	3–2	0–4
SOPFK Kairat Almaty	3–1	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	2–0	1–1
Nebitçi Balkanabat	7–5	Dinamo Samarkand	4–3	3–2
East Asia
Cảng Sài Gòn	2–0	Singapore Armed Forces	0–0	2–0
BEC Tero Sasana	7–1	Khan Research Laboratories	1–1	6–0
Dalian Shide	9–1	Club Valencia	8–0	1–1

Notes:

1. Al Safa withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Asia
Hutteen	1–2	Al-Shabab	1–0	0–2
Al Sadd	1–3	Esteghlal	0–1	1–2
Al Wahdat	2–1	Al Arabi	2–1	0–0
Nebitçi Balkanabat	2–3	SOPFK Kairat Almaty	1–0	1–3
East Asia
Dalian Shide	2–1	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2–0	0–1
Pupuk Kaltim	1–5	BEC Tero Sasana	0–1	1–4
Cảng Sài Gòn	0–6	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–2	0–4
Nagoya Grampus Eight	6–1	Happy Valley	3–1	3–0

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Asia
Al-Shabab	3–2	Al Wahdat	2–2	1–0
SOPFK Kairat Almaty	0–3	Esteghlal	0–0	0–3
East Asia
Dalian Shide	1–1 (a)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	0–0	1–1
BEC Tero Sasana	3–5	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–2	1–3

Semifinals

17 May 2001

Al-Shabab	3–2	Esteghlal
Al-Owairan 15' (pen.) Al-Shehan 58' Khalid Al Dossary 87'		Mohammad Navazi 28' (pen.) Ahmad Momenzadeh 60'

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

17 May 2001

Dalian Shide	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Shimizu S-Pulse
Orlando 17', 59' Hao Haidong 109'		Teruyoshi Ito 18' Daisuke Ichikawa 56'

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Third place match

19 May 2001

Shimizu S-Pulse	3–1	Esteghlal
Takuma Koga 19' Takayuki Yokoyama 76', 90'		Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht 34'

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Final

19 May 2001

Al-Shabab	4–2	Dalian Shide
Al-Waked 24' (pen.) Al-Shehan 25', 48', 74'		Yan Song 27' Hao Haidong 90'

Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

See also

• 2000–01 Asian Club Championship
• 2001 Asian Super Cup

References

• Asian Cup Winners Cup 2001