# 2001 Arab Club Champions Cup

The 2001 Arab Club Champions Cup edition, called Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup, was won by Qatari side Al Sadd SC, the hosts. It was the 17th tournament and was held from 28 November to 12 December 2001.

## Participants

Participants :
| Zone | Team | Qualifying method |
| | Al-Sadd | Hosts |
| | CS Sfaxien | Holders |
| Zone 1 | Al-Rayyan SC | Replaced Al-Ain FC |
| Zone 2 | Al-Ahli Jeddah | 1999–2000 Saudi Premier League runners-up |
| Zone 2 | Al-Ahli Sana'a | 1999–2000 Yemeni League winners |
| Zone 3 | MC Oran | 1999–2000 Algerian Championship runners-up |
| Zone 4 | Al-Faisaly | 2000 Jordan League winners |
| Zone 4 | Hutteen | 1999–2000 Syrian League runners-up |

## Preliminary stage
### Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Al Ain on 2001.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al-Ain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 12 |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 10 |
| Dhofar | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 10 |
| Al-Salmiya | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 |
| Al-Ittihad Doha | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
| West Riffa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 1 |
Al-Ain qualified but withdrew the tournament, Al-Rayyan replaced it

### Zone 2 (Red Sea)

The qualifying tournament took place in Jeddah.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al-Ahli Jeddah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al-Ahli Sana'a' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al-Merrikh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al-Ahli Jeddah and Al-Ahli Sana'a' advanced to the final tournament.

### Zone 3 (North Africa)
#### First Round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| MAS Fez | 4–4 | Al-Ahli Tripoli | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| ASC Mauritel | – | MC Oran | – | – |

#### Second Round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Ahli Tripoli | w/o | MC Oran | — | — |
MC Oran advanced to the final tournament.

### Zone 4 (East Region)

The qualifying tournament took place in Amman. Nejmeh was disqualified from the qualifying tournament because the fifa has frozen the activity of the Lebanese Football Association.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al-Faisaly | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 |
| Hutteen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 |
| Hilal Al-Quds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
| Nejmeh (D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al-Faisaly and Hutteen advanced to the final tournament.

## Final tournament
### Venues

| Doha | Doha |
| Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium | Doha |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Doha |

### Group stage

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al Sadd SC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 |
| MC Oran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 |
| Al-Ahli Sana'a | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| Hutteen SC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |

#### Group B

Al-Faisaly SC withdrew from the tournament after the first match after contesting the referee falsely, the result was annulled. Al Rayyan SC replaced Al Ain SC who withdrew from the tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al-Ahli SC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 |
| Al Rayyan SC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| CS Sfaxien | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
| Al-Faisaly SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Knock-out stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 7 December 2001 – Doha | 7 December 2001 – Doha |
| Al Sadd SC | 5 |
| Al Sadd SC | 5 | 10 December 2001 – Doha | 10 December 2001 – Doha |
| Al Rayyan SC | 1 | 10 December 2001 – Doha | 10 December 2001 – Doha |
| Al Rayyan SC | 1 | Al Sadd SC | 3 |
| 7 December 2001 – Doha | 7 December 2001 – Doha | | Al Sadd SC | 3 |
| 7 December 2001 – Doha | 7 December 2001 – Doha | MC Oran | 1 |
| Al-Ahli SC | 2 (3) | MC Oran | 1 |
| MC Oran (p) | 2 (5) | | |

#### Final
## Winners

* 2001 Arab Club Champions Cup
* Al Sadd SC First title