2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 August 2000 – 19 May 2001 | 
| Teams | 26 | 
| Venue(s) | Jeddah (final rounds) | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Al-Shabab (1st title) | 
| Runners-up |  Dalian Shide | 
| Third place |  Shimizu S-Pulse | 
| Fourth place |  Esteghlal | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 46 | 
| Goals scored | 147 (3.2 per match) | 
| 2001–02 →  | |
The 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup was the eleventh edition of association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation specifically for its members cup holders.
Al Shabab won their first Asian Cup Winners' Cup title, beating Dalian Shide over two legs in the final. As winners, Al Shabab earned the right to play against 2000–01 Asian Club Championship winners Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the 2001 Asian Super Cup.
Shimizu S-Pulse were the defending champions but were defeated by eventual runners-up Dalian Shide in the semi-finals.
Teams
| Entry Round | Teams | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second round | West Asia | East Asia | ||
|  Al-Shabab |  Shimizu S-PulseTH |  Happy Valley | ||
|  Pupuk Kaltim |  Nagoya Grampus Eight | |||
|  Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | ||||
| First round |  Esteghlal | .svg.png) Al-Talaba |  Dalian Shide |  Club Valencia | 
|  Al Wahdat |  SOPFK Kairat Almaty |  Khan Research Laboratories |  Singapore Armed Forces | |
|  Al Arabi |  Al Safa |  BEC Tero Sasana |  Cảng Sài Gòn | |
|  Shja'eya Union |  Al Sadd | |||
| %252C_Flag_of_Syria_(1980%E2%80%932024).svg.png) Hutteen |  Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda | |||
|  Nebitçi Balkanabat |  Al Wahda | |||
|  Dinamo Samarkand |  Al-Wahda (San'a') | |||
Bracket
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Asia | ||||
| Al-Wahda (San'a')  | 1–10 | %252C_Flag_of_Syria_(1980%E2%80%932024).svg.png) Hutteen | 1–5 | 0–5 | 
| Shja'eya Union  | 3–4 |  Al Wahdat | 2–1 | 1–3 | 
| Al Safa  | (w/o)[a] |  Al Arabi | —[a] | —[a] | 
| Al Sadd  | 4–4 (a) | .svg.png) Al-Talaba | 1–1 | 3–3 | 
| Al Wahda  | 3–6 |  Esteghlal | 3–2 | 0–4 | 
| SOPFK Kairat Almaty  | 3–1 |  Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda | 2–0 | 1–1 | 
| Nebitçi Balkanabat  | 7–5 |  Dinamo Samarkand | 4–3 | 3–2 | 
| East Asia | ||||
| Cảng Sài Gòn  | 2–0 |  Singapore Armed Forces | 0–0 | 2–0 | 
| BEC Tero Sasana  | 7–1 |  Khan Research Laboratories | 1–1 | 6–0 | 
| Dalian Shide  | 9–1 |  Club Valencia | 8–0 | 1–1 | 
Notes:
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Asia | ||||
| Hutteen .svg.png) | 1–2 |  Al-Shabab | 1–0 | 0–2 | 
| Al Sadd  | 1–3 |  Esteghlal | 0–1 | 1–2 | 
| Al Wahdat  | 2–1 |  Al Arabi | 2–1 | 0–0 | 
| Nebitçi Balkanabat  | 2–3 |  SOPFK Kairat Almaty | 1–0 | 1–3 | 
| East Asia | ||||
| Dalian Shide  | 2–1 |  Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 2–0 | 0–1 | 
| Pupuk Kaltim  | 1–5 |  BEC Tero Sasana | 0–1 | 1–4 | 
| Cảng Sài Gòn  | 0–6 |  Shimizu S-Pulse | 0–2 | 0–4 | 
| Nagoya Grampus Eight  | 6–1 |  Happy Valley | 3–1 | 3–0 | 
Quarterfinals
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Asia | ||||
| Al-Shabab  | 3–2 |  Al Wahdat | 2–2 | 1–0 | 
| SOPFK Kairat Almaty  | 0–3 |  Esteghlal | 0–0 | 0–3 | 
| East Asia | ||||
| Dalian Shide  | 1–1 (a) |  Nagoya Grampus Eight | 0–0 | 1–1 | 
| BEC Tero Sasana  | 3–5 |  Shimizu S-Pulse | 2–2 | 1–3 | 
Semifinals
| Al-Shabab  | 3–2 |  Esteghlal | 
|---|---|---|
| Al-Owairan  15' (pen.) Al-Shehan  58' Khalid Al Dossary  87' | Mohammad Navazi  28' (pen.) Ahmad Momenzadeh  60' | 
| Dalian Shide  | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |  Shimizu S-Pulse | 
|---|---|---|
| Orlando  17', 59' Hao Haidong  109' | Teruyoshi Ito  18' Daisuke Ichikawa  56' | 
Third place match
| Shimizu S-Pulse  | 3–1 |  Esteghlal | 
|---|---|---|
| Takuma Koga  19' Takayuki Yokoyama  76', 90' | Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht  34' | 
Final
| Al-Shabab  | 4–2 |  Dalian Shide | 
|---|---|---|
| Al-Waked  24' (pen.) Al-Shehan  25', 48', 74' | Yan Song  27' Hao Haidong  90' |