# 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.
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
### West Asia

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Esteghlal | w/o$^1$ | Al-Hikma | | |
| Al-Ahli Amman | w/o$^2$ | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | | |
| Al-Quds | 2–1 | Al-Ahli San'a' | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Jableh | 0–2 | Al-Kuwait | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Al-Zawraa | 7–1 | Al-Wakra | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Köpetdag Aşgabat | 0–4 | Nasaf Qarshi | 0–1 | 0–3 |
$^1$ Al-Hikma withdrew.
$^2$ Al-Ahli Amman withdrew.

### East Asia

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sông Lam Nghệ An | w/o$^1$ | Saunders SC | | |
| Happy Valley | 12–0 | GD Lam Pak | 7–0 | 5–0 |
| Selangor FA$^2$ | 0–7 | Dalian Shide | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| New Radiant | 1–3 | Muktijoddha Sangsad | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| BEC Tero Sasana | 8–1 | Singapore Armed Forces | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Kashima Antlers | 4–1$^3$ | Persija Jakarta | 4–1 | n/p |
$^1$ Sông Lam Nghệ An withdrew.
$^2$ Selangor FA were entered after Penang withdrew due to the club's financial problems.
$^3$ The match was played over one leg in Kashima on 24 October due to the political climate in Indonesia.

## Round of 16
### West Region

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 4–4 (a) | Esteghlal | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Al-Kuwait | 9–3 | Al-Quds | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| Al-Wahda | 3–3 (4–3p) | Al-Zawraa | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 7–3 | Umed Dushanbe | 4–1 | 3–2 |

### East Region

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 21–0 | Saunders SC | 18–0 | 3–0$^1$ |
| Happy Valley | 1–10 | Dalian Shide | 0–2 | 1–8 |
| Anyang LG Cheetahs | 11–0 | Muktijoddha Sangsad | 8–0 | 3–0 |
| Kashima Antlers | 3–1 | BEC Tero Sasana | 3–0 | 0–1 |
$^1$ Saunders SC withdrew after the 1st leg.

## Quarter-finals
### West Asia

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Esteghlal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| Al-Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| Al-Wahda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 |

### East Asia

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
| 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 |

## Knock-out stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 3 April – Tehran | 3 April – Tehran |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 3 |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 3 | 5 April – Tehran | 5 April – Tehran |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 0 | 5 April – Tehran | 5 April – Tehran |
| Nasaf Qarshi | 0 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p) | 0 (4) |
| 3 April – Tehran | 3 April – Tehran | | Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p) | 0 (4) |
| 3 April – Tehran | 3 April – Tehran | Anyang LG Cheetahs | 0 (2) |
| Esteghlal | 1 | Anyang LG Cheetahs | 0 (2) |
| Anyang LG Cheetahs | 2 | | |
| Anyang LG Cheetahs | 2 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 5 April – Tehran | 5 April – Tehran |
| | | Esteghlal | 5 |
| | | Nasaf Qarshi | 2 |