page_title: 2001 CAF Champions League Final
section_title: Loftus Versfeld Stadium
hierarchical_section_title: 2001 CAF Champions League Final / Venues / Loftus Versfeld Stadium
caption_attribution_description: Loftus Versfeld Stadium, on Pretoria, South Africa
context_page_description: The 2001 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2001 CAF Champions League.
  It was a football tie held over two legs in December 2001 between Al-Ahly of Egypt, and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa.
  Al-Ahly won the final with aggregate 4-1, first leg 1-1 and second 3-0
context_section_description: Loftus Versfeld Stadium is a rugby and football stadium situated in the Arcadia suburb of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 51,762 for rugby union and it is occasionally used for football matches.
  The stadium was named after Robert Loftus Owen Versfeld, the founder of organized sports in Pretoria. Through the years the stadium has undergone various name changes as sponsors came and went, though locals have always referred to the stadium as Loftus Versfeld.
  The stadium is the home ground of the Bulls franchise of the Super Rugby tournament and the Blue Bulls union in South Africa's Currie Cup.
  Also, the South Africa national rugby union team has played several test matches at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium. They played New Zealand in 1970, 1996, and 1999, Australia in 1967, 1997, 2001, England in 1994 and 2000, and Ireland in 1998.
caption: Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa hosted the first leg.
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