Association team allocation
A total of 145 teams from 51Association ranking
;Notes *(FP): Additional fair play berth (Finland, Slovakia, Belarus) *(UCL): Additional teams transferred from the UEFA Champions League *(IT): Additional teams from Intertoto CupDistribution
Redistribution rules
A UEFA Cup place is vacated when a team qualify for both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, or qualify for the UEFA Cup by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules: * When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifier within the national association) also qualify for the Champions League, their UEFA Cup place is vacated, and the remaining UEFA Cup qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest starting round) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the UEFA Cup. Otherwise, this place is taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet. * When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the UEFA Cup through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the UEFA Cup qualifiers which finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet. * A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finisher which do not qualify for the UEFA Cup yet. * A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table which do not qualify for the Champions League or UEFA Cup yet.Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: * CW: Cup winners * CR: Cup runners-up * LC: League Cup winners * Nth: League position * P-W: End-of-season European competition play-off winners * FP: Fair play * IT: Intertoto Cup winners * CL: Relegated from the Champions League ** GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage ** Q3: Losers from the third qualifying roundRound and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Thursdays apart from the final, which took place on a Wednesday, though exceptionally could take place on Tuesdays or Wednesdays due to scheduling conflicts.Qualifying round
First round
Second round
Final phase
In the final phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.Bracket
Third round
Fourth round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers
See also
* 2001–02 UEFA Champions League * 2001 UEFA Intertoto CupReferences
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