2001–02 Asian Club Championship

21st edition of premier club football tournament organized by the AFC May 2016 Asian Club Championship ×400 2001–2002 September 2001 – April 2002 27 KOR Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2 KOR Anyang LG Cheetahs IRN Esteghlal UZB Nasaf Qarshi 48 177 2000–01 2002–03 (AFC Champions League) Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran hosted the final The 2001–02 Asian Club Championship was the 21st 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 main West Asia East Asia 2 Esteghlal IRN w/o Al-Hikma LIB null null Al-Ahli JOR w/o Al-Ittihad KSA null null Al-Quds PLE 2–1 Al-Ahli YEM 0–0 2–1 Jableh SYR+1980 0–2 Al-Kuwait KUW 0–0 0–2 Al-Zawraa IRQ+1991 7–1 Al-Wakra QAT 3–0 4–1 Köpetdag Aşgabat TKM 0–4 Nasaf Qarshi UZB 0–1 0–3 Sông Lam Nghệ An VIE w/o Saunders SC SRI null null Happy Valley HKG 12–0 GD Lam Pak MAC 7–0 5–0 Selangor MAS 0–7 Dalian Shide CHN 0–2 0–5 New Radiant MDV 1–3 Muktijoddha Sangsad BAN 1–2 0–1 BEC Tero Sasana THA 8–1 Singapore Armed Forces SIN 3–0 5–1 Kashima Antlers JPN 4–1 Persija IDN 4–1 null Al-Hikma withdrew. agg_1 agg_1 Al-Ahli Amman withdrew. agg_2 agg_2 Sông Lam Nghệ An withdrew. agg_7 agg_7 Selangor entered the competition after Penang withdrew due to financial problems. The match was played over one leg in Kashima on 24 October due to the political climate in Indonesia. agg_12 Round of 16 main West Asia East Asia 2 Al-Ittihad KSA 4–4 (a) Esteghlal IRN 3–2 1–2 Al-Kuwait KUW 9–3 Al-Quds PLE 3–2 6–1 Al-Wahda UAE 3–3 (4–3 p) Al-Zawraa IRQ+1991 1–2 2–1 Nasaf Qarshi UZB 7–3 Umed Dushanbe TJK 4–1 3–2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings KOR 21–0 Saunders SC SRI 18–0 3–0 Happy Valley HKG 1–10 Dalian Shide CHN 0–2 1–8 Anyang LG Cheetahs KOR 11–0 Muktijoddha Sangsad BAN 8–0 3–0 Kashima Antlers JPN 3–1 BEC Tero Sasana THA 3–0 0–1 Saunders SC withdrew after the first leg. agg_5 Quarter-finals West Asia main WDL West Asia Q n EST IRN Esteghlal NAS UZB Nasaf Qarshi KUW KUW Al-Kuwait WAH UAE Al-Wahda 2 1 0 9 4 1 2 0 4 3 0 2 1 3 6 0 1 2 6 9 H green1 Advance to Semi-finals A A complete 6 February 2002 Al-Kuwait KUW 1–1 UZB Nasaf Qarshi Laheeb 74 Haydarov Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 6 February 2002 Al-Wahda UAE 3–5 IRN Esteghlal Rouissi 12Jumaa 49 72 Dinmohammadi 40Akbarpour 64Fatemi 80 83Hasheminasab 87 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 8 February 2002 Nasaf Qarshi UZB 1–1 IRN Esteghlal Nikbakht Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 8 February 2002 Al-Wahda UAE 2–2 KUW Al-Kuwait Rogers Asami Annabel Chong Elena Berkova Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 10 February 2002 Al-Kuwait KUW 0–3 IRN Esteghlal Akbarpour 76Fatemi 80 85 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 10 February 2002 Al-Wahda UAE 1–2 UZB Nasaf Qarshi Al Enazi 1 Mohammed 41 o.g.Khasanov 45 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates East Asia main WDL East Asia Q n SSB KOR Suwon Samsung Bluewings ALC KOR Anyang LG Cheetahs DAL CHN Dalian Shide KAS JPN Kashima Antlers 2 1 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 green1 Advance to Semi-finals A A complete 17 February 2002 Dalian Shide CHN 0–0 JPN Kashima Antlers Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea 17 February 2002 Suwon Samsung Bluewings KOR 0–0 KOR Anyang LG Cheetahs Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea 19 February 2002 Kashima Antlers JPN 0–2 KOR Suwon Samsung Bluewings Seo Jung-Won 55 Son Dae-Ho 82 Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea 19 February 2002 Anyang LG Cheetahs KOR 1–1 CHN Dalian Shide Wang Jung-Hyun 85 Yan Song 12 Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea 21 February 2002 Suwon Samsung Bluewings KOR 2–0 CHN Dalian Shide dos Santos 8 18 Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea 21 February 2002 Anyang LG Cheetahs KOR 1–1 JPN Kashima Antlers Santos 90 Motoyama 54 Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea Knock-out stage Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap yes high yes Semi-finals Final Third place play-off 3 April – Tehran KOR Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3 UZB Nasaf Qarshi 0 3 April – Tehran IRN Esteghlal 1 KOR Anyang LG Cheetahs 2 5 April – Tehran KOR Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 (4) KOR Anyang LG Cheetahs 0 (2) 5 April – Tehran IRN Esteghlal 5 UZB Nasaf Qarshi 2 Semi-finals 3 April 2002 Suwon Samsung Bluewings KOR 3–0 UZB Nasaf Qarshi Avdić 49 Seo Jung-Won 72 Lee Sun-Woo 90 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran 3 April 2002 Esteghlal IRN 1–2 KOR Anyang LG Cheetahs Akbari 62 Ivo 55 Santos 72 Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Third placed play-off 5 April 2002 Esteghlal IRN 5–2 UZB Nasaf Qarshi Navazi Karaev (og) Fatemi Pashazadeh Usmankhojaev Kholmurodov Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Final 5 April 2002 Suwon Samsung Bluewings KOR 0–0 yes 4–2 KOR Anyang LG Cheetahs Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) References Asian Club Competitions 2002 at RSSSF.com championsleague 2001–02 Club Championship