2001 African Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	17 November – 1 December 2001
Teams	37 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Kaizer Chiefs (1st title)
Runners-up	Inter de Luanda
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	14 (1.75 per match)
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The2001 African Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-seventh season ofAfrica's second oldest clubfootball tournament organised byCAF.

South African clubKaizer Chiefs appeared in and won their first African club final, defeatingAngolan clubInter de Luanda 2–1 on aggregate in the two-legged final.Kaizer Chiefs were also named2001 African Club of the Year at the conclusion of the African football season. ForKaizer Chiefs the year 2001 included the highs of being crownedAfrican Club of the Year and lifting theAfrican Cup Winners' Cup, but it also included the lows of theEllis Park Stadium disaster in which 43 South African football fans lost their lives.

A total of 37 teams from 36 CAF associations qualified for the tournament after winning their respective premier domestic cups. Of the 37 teams that qualified 1 withdrew before fulfilling all of its fixtures in the preliminary round, 1 withdrew after fulfilling its Preliminary Round fixtures, 3 withdrew before the start of the first round and another withdrew before fulfilling all of its fixtures in the first round;

• Chadian clubGazelle had won their first leg tie againstSporting ofCape Verde in the preliminary round but failed to arrive in time for the second leg inPraia, Cape Verde. The second leg was rescheduled butSporting withdrew before a date was set, handingGazelle a walkover into the first round.
• Burundian clubAtlético had secured their progress into the first round but withdrew from the competition.
• Okwawu United ofGhana,Matchedje ofMozambique andFC Djivan ofMadagascar all withdrew before they were due to appear in the first round.
• Ugandan clubMilitary Police withdrew before their second leg match againstNkana FC in the first round.

The tournament consisted of five rounds preceding a two-legged final.

• Preliminary round – The 10 lowest ranked teams – whose rankings were determined by their association's performances at previous CAF club tournaments – were drawn against each other in 5 matches consisting of two-legs each.
• First round – The 5 winners from the preliminary round were then drawn against the remaining 27 clubs, resulting in 16 matches consisting of two-legs each.
• Second round – The 16 winners from the first round were then drawn against each other, resulting in 8 matches consisting of two-legs each.
• Quarter-finals – The 8 winners from the second round were then drawn against each other, resulting in 4 matches consisting of two-legs each.
• Semi-finals – The 4 victorious quarter-finalists were then drawn against each other in 2 semi-finals consisting of two-legs each.
• Final – The victorious semi-finalists contested a two-legged final to determine the champion.

Theaway goals rule was used to determine the victors in the event of a match being tied over the two-legs. If it was not possible to determine a winner using the away goals rule, the tie went to apenalty shootout to determine the winner.

The first legs were played on 17 & 18 January, and the second legs were played on 4 March 2001.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gazelle	5–2*[1]	Sporting	5–2	-
Mhlume United	0–3	Mogoditshane Fighters	0–3	0–0
Mukura Victory Sports	1–3	Atlético	1–0	0–3
US Stade Tamponnaise	5–2	Lesotho Defence Force	5–0	0–2
AO Evizo	6–1	Deportivo Unidad	1–0	5–1

Notes:

^{^[1]} Following their 5–2 win overSporting in the first leg,Gazelle had failed to arrive on time for the second leg. The second leg was rescheduled butSporting withdrew before a date was set, handingGazelle a walkover into the first round.

The first legs were played from 30 March-8 April, and the second legs were played from 13–19 April 2001.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASC Port Autonome	1–2	Club Africain	1–1	0–1
Gazelle	2–3	AS Saint-Luc	0–1	2–2
Olympic FC	0–6	Stade d'Abidjan	0–2	0–4
Cercle Olympique	0–11	Inter Luanda	0–3	0–8
FAR Rabat	2–1	Al-Hilal (Benghazi)	2–0	0–1
AO Evizo	w/o*[1]	Okwawu United	-	-
Steve Biko	1–2	CR Béni Thour	1–0	0–2
Vita Club Mokanda	1–1(4–5pen)	Niger Tornadoes	1–0	0–1
Atlético	w/o*[2]	Kumbo Strikers	-	-
Matchedje	w/o*[3]	Ethiopian Coffee	-	-
Mathare United	2–3	Ismaily	1–1	1–2
FC Djivan	w/o*[4]	Simba SC	-	-
Al-Hilal Club	0–2	Zamalek	0–1	0–1
Nkana FC	3–0*[5]	Military Police	3–0	-
Mogoditshane Fighters	4–4(a)	Sunshine SC	3–2	1–2
US Stade Tamponnaise	2–3	Kaizer Chiefs	1–1	1–2

Notes:

^{^[1]}Okwawu United withdrew before the first leg, handingAO Evizo a walkover into the second round.

^{^[2]}Atlético withdrew before the first leg, handingKumbo Strikers a walkover into the second round.

^{^[3]}Matchedje withdrew before the first leg, handingEthiopian Coffee a walkover into the second round.

^{^[4]}FC Djivan withdrew before the first leg, handingSimba SC a walkover into the second round.

^{^[5]} Following their 3–0 defeat in the first leg,Military Police withdrew before their second leg tie againstNkana FC, handingNkana FC a walkover into the second round.

The first legs were played from 11–13 May, and the second legs were played on 26 & 27 May 2001.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Africain	3–1	AS Saint-Luc	2–0	1–1
Stade d'Abidjan	1–1(1–3pen)	Inter Luanda	1–0	0–1
FAR Rabat	3–3(a)	AO Evizo	3–1	0–2
CR Béni Thour	1–2	Niger Tornadoes	1–0	0–2
Kumbo Strikers	1–0	Ethiopian Coffee	1–0	0–0
Ismaily	2–1*[1]	Simba SC	2–0	0–1*
Zamalek	4–2	Nkana FC	2–0	2–2
Sunshine SC	0–5	Kaizer Chiefs	0–2	0–3

^{^[1]} The second leg tie betweenIsmaily andSimba SC was abandoned in the 46th minute due to a waterlogged pitch. At the timeSimba SC was leading 2–0 and the teams were tied 2–2 on aggregate. The second leg was rescheduled withSimba SC winning 1–0, not enough to overcomeIsmaily as they won the tie 2–1 on aggregate. Aside from the match being abandoned, the original second leg tie had been controversial for two incidents. In the first incident theIsmaily players were alleged to have physically confronted the referee after he had awardedSimba SC the penalty that gave them a 2–0 lead, resulting in riot police entering the field and subduing the Ismaily players. In the second incidentIsmaily playerEmad El-Nahhas was attacked by a spectator wielding a broken bottle. Neither incident resulted in serious injury.

The first legs were played on 7 & 9 September, and the second legs were played on 21, 23 & 24 September 2001.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zamalek	2–3	Club Africain	1–0	1–3
Kaizer Chiefs	1–1(a)	Ismaily	0–0	1–1
Niger Tornadoes	1–4	Inter Luanda	1–0	0–4
AO Evizo	0–3	Kumbo Strikers	0–1	0–2

The first legs were played on 13 & 14 October, and the second legs were played on 27 & 28 October 2001.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kaizer Chiefs	3–0	Club Africain	2–0	1–0
Inter Luanda	4–0	Kumbo Strikers	3–0	1–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Inter de Luanda	1–2	Kaizer Chiefs	1–1	0–1

17 November 2001

Inter de Luanda	1–1	Kaizer Chiefs
Esengo 27'		Jukulile 20'

Estádio da Cidadela,Luanda

1 December 2001

Kaizer Chiefs	1–0	Inter de Luanda
Mabedi 90' (pen.)

Ellis Park Stadium,Johannesburg

Referee:Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Kaizer Chiefs won the two-legged final 2–1 on aggregate.

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