The 2000–01
Asian Club Championship
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was the 20th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the
AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of
association football
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in
Asia
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.
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
''(The Blue, White and Reds)''Tricolor''
, short name = SSB
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, ground = Suwon World Cup Stadium
, capacity = 44,031
, owner = Cheil Worldwide(Samsung's subsidiary)
, chairma ...
of
South Korea
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won the final and became Asian champions for the first time, beating 1-0 Júbilo Iwata who were playing in their third consecutive final.
First round
West Asia
1 Al-Ansar withdrew.
2 FC Dustlik
FC Dustlik ( uz, Do'stlik) was an Uzbek football club based in Yangibozor on the collective farm of Dustlik, about 20 km from Tashkent, Tashkent Province. The club were champions of Uzbekistan twice; in 1999 and 2000.âUzbekistan – L ...
did not show up for the 1st leg in Dushanbe due to the civil war in Tajikistan; they were ejected from the competition and fined $10,000.
East Asia
Second round
West Asia
East Asia
Quarter-finals
West Asia
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East Asia
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Semi-finals
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Third place match
Final
References
Asian Club Competitions 2001at RSSSF.com
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