2001–02 Asian Club Championship

The 2001–02 Asian Club Championship was the 21st and last edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.

2001–2002 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
DatesSeptember 2001 – April 2002
Teams27
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2nd title)
Runners-upSouth Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs
Third placeIran Esteghlal
Fourth placeUzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored177 (3.69 per match)
2002–03 (AFC Champions League)

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won their 2nd consecutive Asian Championship, beating Anyang LG Cheetahs in an all-Korean final 4–2 on penalties at Azadi stadium, Tehran.

First round

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Asia
Esteghlal  w/o[a]  Al-Hikma[a][a]
Al-Ahli  w/o[b]  Al-Ittihad[b][b]
Al-Quds  2–1  Al-Ahli0–02–1
Jableh  0–2  Al-Kuwait0–00–2
Al-Zawraa  7–1  Al-Wakra3–04–1
Köpetdag Aşgabat  0–4  Nasaf Qarshi0–10–3
East Asia
Sông Lam Nghệ An  w/o[c]  Saunders SC[c][c]
Happy Valley  12–0  GD Lam Pak7–05–0
Selangor  0–7[d]  Dalian Shide0–20–5
New Radiant  1–3  Muktijoddha Sangsad1–20–1
BEC Tero Sasana  8–1  Singapore Armed Forces3–05–1
Kashima Antlers  4–1[e]  Persija4–1[e]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Al-Hikma withdrew.
  2. ^ a b c Al-Ahli Amman withdrew.
  3. ^ a b c Sông Lam Nghệ An withdrew.
  4. ^ Selangor entered the competition after Penang withdrew due to financial problems.
  5. ^ a b The match was played over one leg in Kashima on 24 October due to the political climate in Indonesia.

Round of 16

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Asia
Al-Ittihad  4–4 (a)  Esteghlal3–21–2
Al-Kuwait  9–3  Al-Quds3–26–1
Al-Wahda  3–3 (4–3 p)  Al-Zawraa1–22–1
Nasaf Qarshi  7–3  Umed Dushanbe4–13–2
East Asia
Suwon Samsung Bluewings  21–0[a]  Saunders SC18–03–0[a]
Happy Valley  1–10  Dalian Shide0–21–8
Anyang LG Cheetahs  11–0  Muktijoddha Sangsad8–03–0
Kashima Antlers  3–1  BEC Tero Sasana3–00–1
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Saunders SC withdrew after the first leg.

Quarter-finals

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West Asia

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Esteghlal 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7 Advance to Semi-finals
  Nasaf Qarshi 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
  Al-Kuwait 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
  Al-Wahda (H) 3 0 1 2 6 9 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts


Al-Kuwait  1–1  Nasaf Qarshi
Laheeb   74' Haydarov  
Al-Wahda  3–5  Esteghlal
Rouissi   12'
Jumaa   49', 72'
Dinmohammadi   40'
Akbarpour   64'
Fatemi   80', 83'
Hasheminasab   87'

Al-Wahda  2–2  Al-Kuwait

Al-Kuwait  0–3  Esteghlal
Akbarpour   76'
Fatemi   80', 85'
Al-Wahda  1–2  Nasaf Qarshi
Al Enazi   1' Mohammed   41' (o.g.)
Khasanov   45'

East Asia

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Advance to Semi-finals
  Anyang LG Cheetahs 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
  Dalian Shide 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
  Kashima Antlers 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]




Knock-out stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 April – Tehran
 
 
  Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3
 
5 April – Tehran
 
  Nasaf Qarshi 0
 
  Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)0 (4)
 
3 April – Tehran
 
  Anyang LG Cheetahs0 (2)
 
  Esteghlal1
 
 
  Anyang LG Cheetahs2
 
Third place play-off
 
 
5 April – Tehran
 
 
  Esteghlal 5
 
 
  Nasaf Qarshi2

Semi-finals

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Esteghlal  1–2  Anyang LG Cheetahs
Akbari   62' Ivo   55'
Santos   72'

Third placed play-off

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Final

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References

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