Tournament details | |
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Dates | August 2000 – May 2001 |
Teams | 24 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1st title) |
Runners-up | Júbilo Iwata |
Third place | Persepolis |
Fourth place | FC Irtysh |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 160 (3.33 per match) |
The 2000–01 Asian Club Championship was the 20th 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.
Suwon Samsung Bluewings of South Korea won the final and became Asian champions for the first time.
1Al-Ansar withdrew.
2FC Dustlik did not show up for the 1st leg in Dushanbe due to the civil war in Tajikistan; they were ejected from the competition and fined $10,000.