2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

The 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup was the twelfth and final season of the competition, as the AFC merged the Asian Club Championship, Asian Cup Winners' Cup and Asian Super Cup to form the AFC Champions League.

2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup

The Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	1 September 2001 – 30 March 2002
Teams	26
Venue(s)	Doha, Qatar (final rounds)
Final positions
Champions	Al Hilal (2nd title)
Runners-up	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Third place	Al-Sadd
Fourth place	Chongqing Longxin
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	135 (3.21 per match)
← 2000–01

Al Hilal won their record-equaling second Asian Cup Winners' Cup title, beating Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors over two legs in the final. As winners, Al Hilal earned the right to play against 2001–02 Asian Club Championship winners Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the 2002 Asian Super Cup.

Al-Shabab were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Al Sadd in the second round.

Teams

Entry Round	West Asia		East Asia
Second Round	Al-ShababTH		Chongqing Longxin	Shimizu S-Pulse
			Home United	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
			Royal Thai Air Force
First Round	Fajr Sepasi	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	South China	PSM Makassar
	Al Wahdat	SKA-PVO Bishkek	Victory	Negombo Youth SC
	Al Salmiya	Al-Aqsa	Công an
	Al Sadd	Al-Hilal
	Tishreen	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
	Nisa Aşgabat	Al Ain
	Pakhtakor Tashkent	Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut

Riyadh

Al-Sadd

Fajr Sepasi

Al-Sha'ab

Al-Wahdat

Al-Ain

Al-Salmiya

Pakhtakor

SKA-PVO Bishkek

Regar-TadAZ

Nisa Aşgabat

Tishreen

Al-Aqsa

Al-Quwa

Jeonbuk

Shimizu S-Pulse

Victory

PSM Makassar

South China

Negombo Youth

Royal Thai Air Force

Home United

Chongqing Longxin

Công an

Riyadh teams
Al-Hilal
Al-Shabab

Location of the 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners Cup teams
Orange: First Round; Blue: Second Round;

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
							Al-Shabab	0	2	2
							Al Sadd	0	3	3
	Al Sadd (p)	1	1	2 (5)
	Fajr Sepasi	1	1	2 (3)
													Al Sadd (a)	1	1	2
													Al Ain	0	2	2
	Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut	3	0	3
	Al Wahdat	2	5	7
							Al Wahdat	2	0	2
							Al Ain	1	2	3
	Al Ain (w/o)	–	–	–
																			28 March – Doha
	Al Salmiya	–	–	–
																			Al Sadd			0
																			Al-Hilal			1
	SKA-PVO Bishkek	2	1	3
	Pakhtakor Tashkent	1	3	4
							Pakhtakor Tashkent	2	1	3
							Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	1	3	4
	Nisa Aşgabat	1	1	2
	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	0	4	4
													Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	0	0	0
													Al-Hilal	2	3	5
	Tishreen	2	1	3
	Al-Hilal	3	1	4
							Al-Hilal	5	2	7
							Al-Aqsa	0	1	1
	Al-Aqsa (a)	1	3	4
																									30 March – Doha
	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	0	4	4
																									Al-Hilal (a.s.d.e.t.)			2
																									Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors			1
							Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	8	4	12
							Victory	0	0	0
	Victory	3	1	4
	PSM Makassar	0	2	2
													Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (a)	1	2	3
													Shimizu S-Pulse	1	2	3
	South China (w/o)	–	–	–
	Negombo Youth SC	–	–	–
							South China	3	0	3
							Shimizu S-Pulse	2	6	8
																			28 March – Doha
																			Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors			2
																			Chongqing Longxin			0			Third place
																									30 March – Doha
							Royal Thai Air Force	1	0	1															Al Sadd (p)			0 (7)
							Home United	0	5	5															Chongqing Longxin			0 (6)
													Home United	0	0	0
													Chongqing Longxin	2	2	4
							Chongqing Longxin	8	1	9
							Công an	1	0	1

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Asia
Al Sadd	2–2 (5–3 p)	Fajr Sepasi	1–1	1–1
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut	3–7	Al Wahdat	3–2	0–5
Al Ain	w/o[a]	Al Salmiya	Canc.[a]	Canc.[a]
Al Aqsa	4–4 (a)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	3–4
Tishreen	3–4	Al Hilal	2–3	1–1
Nisa Aşgabat	2–4	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	1–0	1–4
SKA-PVO Bishkek	3–4	Pakhtakor Tashkent	2–1	1–3
East Asia
South China	w/o[b]	Negombo Youth SC	Canc.[b]	Canc.[b]
Victory	4–2	PSM Makassar	3–0	1–2
Công an	bye[c]		Canc.[c]	Canc.[c]

Notes:

1. Al Ain won on walkover as Al Salmiya withdrew.
2. South China won on walkover as Negombo Youth withdrew.
3. Công am were awarded a bye, as they were drawn against the representatives of Pakistan, but the Pakistan Football Federation did not enter a team into the competition.

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Asia
Al-Shabab	2–3	Al-Sadd	0–0	2–3
Al Wahdat	2–3	Al-Ain	2–1	0–2
Al-Hilal	7–1	Al Aqsa	5–0	2–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent	3–5	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	2–2	1–3
East Asia
South China	3–8	Shimizu S-Pulse	3–2	0–6
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	12–0	Victory	8–0	4–0
Chongqing Longxin	9–1	Công an	8–1	1–0
Royal Thai Air Force FC	1–5	Home United	1–0	0–5

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Asia
Al-Sadd	2–2 (a)	Al-Ain	1–0	1–2
Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda	0–5	Al-Hilal	0–2	0–3
East Asia
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	3–3 (a)	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–1	2–2
Home United	0–4	Chongqing Longxin	0–2	0–2

Semi-finals

March 28, 2002

Al Sadd	0–1	Al-Hilal
		Edmilson Dias 49'

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

March 28, 2002

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–0	Chongqing Longxin
Park Sung Bae 20', 85'

Doha

Third place match

March 30, 2002

Al-Sadd	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Chongqing Longxin
Penalties
	7–6

Doha

Final

March 30, 2002

Al-Hilal	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Edmilson Dias 49' Hussein Al-Ali 98'		Julio Cesar Gouveia 73' (pen.)

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

See also

• 2001–02 Asian Club Championship
• 2002 Asian Super Cup

References

• Asian Cup Winners Cup 2002