The 2000–01 UEFA Champions League was the 46th season of the

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's premier European club football tournament, and the ninth since it was rebranded from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The competition was won by Bayern Munich (first title since 1976), who beat

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5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after extra time. It was their first UEFA Champions League title, and their fourth European Cup title overall, it was Valencia's second consecutive final defeat, losing to Real Madrid in the previous season. The knockout phase saw Bayern eliminate the preceding two Champions League winners, Manchester United and Real Madrid, winning all four games in the process. Valencia, meanwhile, defeated

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in the knockout phase en route to the final. The 2001 final saw the two previous seasons' losing finalists clash, Bayern Munich lost to Manchester United in the 1999 final and Valencia lost to Real Madrid in the 2000 final. Real Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual winners Bayern Munich in the semi-finals.

Association team allocation

A total of 72 teams participated in the 2000–01 Champions League, from 48 of 51

associations. Liechtenstein (who don't have their own league) as well as Andorra and San Marino were not admitted. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League: *Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify *Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify *Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify *Associations 16–49 each have one team qualify (except Liechtenstein)

Association ranking

Countries are allocated places according to their 1999 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1994–95 to 1998–99.

Distribution

The title holders Real Madrid finished 5th in domestic league. As a result, La Liga 4th-placed team

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and their Champions League Third qualifying round spot was vacated. The following changes to the default access list are made: *The champions of association 16 (Switzerland) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round. *The champions of associations 27 and 28 (Israel and Slovenia) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.

Participants

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders).

Round and draw dates

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, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

First group stage

16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the second group stage, and the third placed team in each group advanced to round 3 of the

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made their debut in the group stage.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Second group stage

Eight winners and eight runners-up from the first group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams each, each containing two group winners and two runners-up. Teams from the same country or from the same first-round group could not be drawn together. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

Top goalscorers

Top assists

References

External links

2000–2001 All matches – season at UEFA website

2000–01 season at UEFA website

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Association team allocation

Association ranking

Distribution

Participants

Round and draw dates

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

First group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Second group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

See also

References

External links