2001 Currie Cup qualification
The 2001 Currie Cup qualification series was the first stage of the 63rd season of the Currie Cup, South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, since it started in 1889. The competition was known as the Bankfin Currie Cup for sponsorship reasons and this stage was contested from 4 June to 13 September 2001.


2001 Currie Cup qualification
The  Falcons,  Free State Cheetahs,  Golden Lions and  Sharks qualified for the 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 stage after finishing in the top four teams in Section X, while the  Blue Bulls,  Griquas,  Pumas and  Western Province qualified for the Top 8 stage after finishing in the top four teams in Section Y.


2001 Currie Cup qualification
The  Boland Cavaliers,  Griffons and  Mighty Elephants qualified for the 2001 Bankfin Cup after finishing in the bottom three in Section X, while the  Border Bulldogs,  Leopards and  SWD Eagles qualified for the Bankfin Cup after finishing in the bottom three in Section Y.


2001 Currie Cup qualification, Competition rules and information
There were fourteen participating teams in the 2001 Currie Cup qualification series. These teams were divided into two sections, Section X and Section Y. Teams played all the other teams in their section once over the course of the qualification series, either at home or away.


2001 Currie Cup qualification, Competition rules and information
Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded). The top four teams in each section qualified for the 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 and the bottom three teams in each section qualified for the 2001 Bankfin Cup.


2001 Currie Cup qualification, Log
The final log of the 2001 Currie Cup qualification series:


2001 Currie Cup qualification, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2001 Currie Cup qualification series:


2001 Cypriot legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Cyprus on 27 May 2001. The result was a victory for AKEL, which won 20 of the 56 seats. Voter turnout was 91.8%.


2001 Czech Figure Skating Championships
The 2001 Czech Figure Skating Championships were held in Mladá Boleslav between December 15 and 17, 2000. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2001 Czech Lion Awards
2001 Czech Lion Awards ceremony was held on 2 March 2002. Jan Švankmajer's Little Otik has won the Best film award.


2001 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2001 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 August 2001 at the Masaryk Circuit.


2001 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.


2001 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election
The Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) leadership election of 2001 was held on 7 April 2001. Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and incumbent leader Miloš Zeman decided to not seek re-election. Vladimír Špidla was elected his successor. Špidla was the only candidate.


2001 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election
552 delegates were allowed to vote. 543 of them voted. Špidla received 485 votes.


2001 D.C. United season
The 2001 D.C. United season was the clubs' seventh year of existence, as well as their sixth season in Major League Soccer.


2001 D.C. United season
For the second-consecutive year in franchise history, United failed to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs, previously winning in making the finals in the four tournaments beforehand. The club also played in the CONCACAF Giants Cup where they finished second to Club America of Mexico.


2001 D.C. United season
United's MLS regular season was cut short after 26 matches due to the September 11 attacks, it would the last time a United game was suspended until the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.


2001 D.C. United season, Background
The 2000 D.C. United season marked the first time in club history that the franchise failed to not only reach the MLS Cup final, but failed to make the MLS Cup Playoffs altogether. Throughout the club's fifth ever campaign, United posted a losing record of eight wins, eighteen losses and six ties; earning the eleventh best record in the twelve-team league. Despite the poor performance, Dutch manager, Thomas Rongen, remained at the helm of the club coaching staff.


2001 D1 Grand Prix series
Round 1 - October 6, 2000 - Ebisu Circuit South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Youichi Imamura (AE86)Round 2 - February 16, 2001 - Nikkō Circuit, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan - Nobuteru Taniguchi (S15)Round 3 - May 29, 2001 - Bihoku Highland Circuit, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan - Mitsuru Haruguchi (FC3S)Round 4 - August 12, 2001 - Ebisu Circuit South Course, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - Takahiro Ueno (JZZ30)Round 5 - November 29, 2001 - Nikkō Circuit, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan - Nobuteru Taniguchi (S15)


2001 DFB-Ligapokal
The 2001 DFB-Ligapokal was the fifth edition of the DFB-Ligapokal. Hertha BSC won the competition, beating Schalke 04 4–1 in the final. Hertha had ended Bayern Munich's dominance of the competition by beating them in the semi-finals.


2001 DFB-Ligapokal, Participating clubs
A total of six teams qualified for the competition. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:


2001 DFB-Ligapokal Final
The 2001 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2001 DFB-Ligapokal, the 5th edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.


2001 DFB-Ligapokal Final
The match was played on 21 July 2001 at the Carl-Benz-Stadion in Mannheim. Hertha BSC won the match 4–1 against Schalke 04 for their 1st title.


2001 DFB-Ligapokal Final, Route to the final
The DFB-Ligapokal is a six team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There are a total of two rounds leading up to the final. Four teams enter the preliminary round, with the two winners advancing to the semi-finals, where they will be joined by two additional clubs who were given a bye. For all matches, the winner after 90 minutes advances. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties are used to determine the winner.


2001 DFB-Pokal Final
The 2001 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2000–01 DFB-Pokal, the 58th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 26 May 2001 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Schalke 04 won the match 2–0 against Union Berlin to claim their 3rd cup title.


2001 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.


2001 DFB-Pokal Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2001 DFS Classic
The 2001 DFS Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held from 11 June until 17 June 2001. First-seeded Nathalie Tauziat won the singles title.


2001 DFS Classic, Finals, Doubles
Cara Black /  Elena Likhovtseva defeated  Kimberly Po-Messerli /  Nathalie Tauziat 6–1, 6–2


2001 DFS Classic – Doubles
Rachel McQuillan and Lisa McShea were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Kerry-Anne Guse and Alicia Molik.


2001 DFS Classic – Doubles
Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Kimberly Po-Messerli and Nathalie Tauziat.


2001 DFS Classic – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


2001 DFS Classic – Singles
Lisa Raymond was the defending champion, but was defeated in the semifinals by Nathalie Tauziat.


2001 DFS Classic – Singles
Tauziat went on to win the title, defeating Miriam Oremans in the final 6–3, 7–5.


2001 DFS Classic – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 DPR Korea Football League
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2001 DPR Korea Football League
Statistics of DPR Korea Football League in the 2001 season.


2001 Dallas Burn season
The 2001 Dallas Burn season was the sixth season of the Major League Soccer team. The team made the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. Due to the September 11 attacks, the final two games of the season were cancelled. It was the first season under new head coach Mike Jeffries. The season was full of highs and lows. The team set the franchise record for highest attended playoff game on September 23, a record which still stands. The team also had their worst run in the U.S. Open Cup in franchise history, losing to the Seattle Sounders in overtime of the second round.


2001 Dallas Cowboys season
The 2001 Dallas Cowboys season was the team’s 42nd in the National Football League. The Cowboys matched their record from the season before, going 5-11 and missing the playoffs, finishing last in the NFC East. Prior to the 2001 season, Cowboys’ quarterback Troy Aikman retired, after playing for the team from 1989 to 2000.


2001 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason
An eventful off-season created a lot buzz but little change in the Cowboys’ fortunes. Franchise quarterback Troy Aikman, after suffering a pair of concussions the previous season, was released by the team. Unable to sign on with another team — in part due to his long history of concussions — Aikman announced his retirement at an emotional and lengthy press conference later in the off-season. This left running back Emmitt Smith as the last of the famed “triplets” from the Cowboys’ Super Bowl victories.


2001 Dallas Cowboys season, Offseason
Veteran quarterback Tony Banks was signed in the off-season from the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens as an immediate replacement, and owner Jerry Jones hand picked Georgia quarterback Quincy Carter with a second round draft choice as the quarterback of the future. Many saw the Carter pick as quite a reach considering Carter’s inconsistent career at Georgia and his low draft rating by several other teams.


2001 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season
Despite what seemed a promising outing in the first pre-season game by starter Tony Banks, the Cowboys, in a very surprising move, released Banks in the middle of training camp and handed the reins over to their rookie quarterback. Unfortunately, a combination of injuries and ineffectiveness led to the Cowboys starting a total of four different quarterbacks over the course of the season including journeyman Anthony Wright and former Arkansas Razorback Clint Stoerner.


2001 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season
In an attempt to provide more depth at the quarterback position, the team signed former second-overall draft pick Ryan Leaf mid-season, however he provided no improvement in his limited playing time. His only start of the season, a Week 9 loss to the Falcons, was the final start of his career. The game also marked the first start for Falcons QB Michael Vick.


2001 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season
Even with the injection of new blood, the Cowboys suffered through another 5–11 campaign and a last place finish in the NFC East. The lack of development at quarterback and the offense as a whole would be blamed on offensive coordinator Jack Reilly who was dismissed after the season. Fans became weary of the Cowboys’ performance and blamed owner Jerry Jones, who by now had taken a more hands-on approach to running the team.


2001 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season
One notable game included week 7, where the Cowboys led the Giants 24–7 at halftime, but (thanks in part to Clint Stoerner’s throwing 4 interceptions) the Giants rallied to win in overtime. In an unusual move, Stoerner was pulled from the game for Ryan Leaf late in the 4th quarter of a tie game. It was Leaf’s debut with the team, but he couldn't lead them to victory.


2001 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season
Another infamous game was on Thanksgiving Day against the Broncos. Dallas trailed 26–10 and scored a touchdown in the 4th quarter. Coach Dave Campo decided against “going for 2” which if successful would have made it an eight-point (and one possession game). Campo instead kicked the extra point, keeping the margin at 9. Dallas did score one more late TD but that was not enough to tie the game and they never got the ball back, and lost 26–24.


2001 Dallas Cowboys season, Regular season
A fourth consecutive season sweep of rival Washington Redskins and a victory over the San Francisco 49ers were the only victories of note. Much of the focus turned towards Emmitt Smith and his pursuit of the all-time career rushing yardage record. During an early-season game against the San Diego Chargers, Bob Hayes was inducted into the Cowboys Ring of Honor.


2001 Danish Figure Skating Championships
The 2001 Danish Figure Skating Championships (Danish: Danmarks Mesterskaberne 2001) was held in Aalborg from January 5 to 7, 2001. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles. Not all disciplines were held on all levels due to a lack of participants.


2001 Danish general election
General elections were held in Denmark on 20 November 2001. For the first time since the 1924 elections, the Social Democrats did not win the most seats. Anders Fogh Rasmussen of the centre-right Venstre became Prime Minister in coalition with the Conservative People's Party, as the head of the first Rasmussen government, with the support from Danish People's Party.


2001 Danish general election
The coalition relied on the votes of other right-wing parties such as the Danish People's Party, which polled better than ever before. Voter turnout was 87.1% in Denmark proper, 80.0% in the Faroe Islands and 61.5% in Greenland. The Venstre led coalition government would last until the 2011 election, lasting through two intermediate elections.


2001 Danish general election
The election marked a major shift in Danish politics: It was the first time that the right leaning parties held an outright majority in the parliament since the beginning of the modern democratic system in Denmark in 1901; although right leaning parties had held power several times, they had always had to share power with more centrist or left-wing parties in coalition governments, such as the Danish Social Liberal Party. Historian Bo Lidegaard said that the vote showed a move away from broad national consensus which had existed since the 1930s regarding the style of governance in Denmark.


2001 Danish general election
One of the most important changes that forced the change was the rise of immigration as a political issue and the ensuing rise of the Danish People's Party. Immigration played a central role in the 2001 campaign and was thrust into focus by the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, although it had been gaining attention for years.


2001 Danish local elections
The Danish local elections of 2001 were held on 20 November 2001. 4647 municipal council members were elected to 275 municipal councils, as well as members of 14 counties (Danish, Amtskommune , literally County Municipality) of Denmark. There were 14 counties and 275 municipalities, but the county of Bornholm was merged with its 5 constituent municipalities 1 January 2003 to form Bornholm Regional Municipality.


2001 Danish local elections
The voters of Bornholm voted in these elections in the soon to be dissolved municipalities and county, but later elected the councillors in a local election 29 May 2002 to lead the newly formed municipality from January 2003. The county and county council of Bornholm just continued its work until 2002 while the new Bornholm Regional Municipality was being built from the 6 old entities. From 1 January 2003 until 31 December 2006, Bornholm was both a municipality and a county, thereafter becoming a part of Region Hovedstaden and losing most of its county privileges.


2001 Danish local elections
Elections at the national level for the Folketing were held at the same time therefore resulting in an unusually high voter turnout.


2001 Danish local elections, County Councils
Ministry of interior informed that voter turnout was 86.0%. Elections to the Folketing were held at the same time therefore resulting in this unusually high voter turnout.


2001 Danish local elections, Municipal Councils
Ministry of interior informed that voter turnout was 85.0%. Elections to the Folketing were also held resulting in an unusually high voter turnout.


2001 Dartmouth Big Green football team
The 2001 Dartmouth Big Green football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Dartmouth finished second in the Ivy League.


2001 Dartmouth Big Green football team
In their sixth season under head coach John Lyons, the Big Green compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents 208 to 165. Matthew Mercer was the team captain.


2001 Dartmouth Big Green football team
The Big Green's 6–1 conference record placed second in the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth outscored Ivy opponents 116 to 103.


2001 Dartmouth Big Green football team
Like most of the Ivy League, Dartmouth played nine games instead of the usual 10, after the school made the decision to cancel its September 15 season opener against Colgate, following the September 11 attacks.


2001 Dartmouth Big Green football team
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.


2001 Dartmouth College murders
On January 27, 2001, Dartmouth College professors Half and Susanne Zantop, aged 62 and 55 respectively, were stabbed to death at their home in Etna, New Hampshire. Originally from Germany, the couple had been teaching at Dartmouth since the 1970s. High school classmates James J. Parker, age 16, and Robert W. Tulloch, age 17, were charged with first-degree murder.


2001 Dartmouth College murders
Parker pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for testifying against Tulloch, and was sentenced to 25 years, with possibility of parole after 16. Tulloch pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole (LWOP). In 2014 the New Hampshire Supreme Court ordered Tulloch's sentence reviewed.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Half and Susanne Zantop
Half Zantop met Susanne while they were both studying at Stanford University in the mid-1960s. They were both from Germany. Fascinated with geology, Half had earned a bachelor's degree from Freiburg University, while Susanne was working on her master's degree in political science. After Half earned a Ph.D. in geology in 1969 at Stanford and worked as a field geologist, he and Susanne were married in 1970. They had two daughters, Veronika and Mariana.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Half and Susanne Zantop
Susanne taught in the German department at Dartmouth College and was chair of that faculty. Half taught geology and earth science, and was popular among many of his students. In 2000, they had begun discussing retirement in the near future.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, The murders
Tulloch and Parker went to the Zantop residence on the morning of January 27, 2001. Posing as students doing research for a school survey, they intended to take the occupants by surprise, threaten them into revealing their PINs, and rob and kill them. Half allowed them inside while Susanne was preparing a dish for a dinner she was hosting that evening at home.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, The murders
According to his confession, Parker said that Zantop was "an alright guy" and that they did not need to kill him. Tulloch allegedly became angered when Zantop, a professor of earth science, told him that he had to come more prepared (for questions for the purported research). Tulloch resented the comments and attacked Zantop when he turned away to look for a phone number. Tulloch took his SOG Knife and repeatedly stabbed Half in the chest and face, cutting his own leg accidentally in the process.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, The murders
When Susanne came from the kitchen and tried to stop him, Parker stabbed her, allegedly at Tulloch's orders. Tulloch also stabbed her in the head and body. Covered in blood, the pair left after taking $340 from Half's wallet. They left their knife sheaths at the scene.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Discovery and capture
The Zantops' bodies were found that evening by family friend Roxana Verona, who had arrived as an invited guest for dinner. She notified police.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Discovery and capture
Investigators at first speculated that it was a crime of passion by someone having an affair with Half, but that idea was soon disproved. There were several false leads (Associated Press reported at least three persons of interest were interviewed by police and that "A task force set up after the murders also received hundreds of phone calls, letters and e-mails from people with wild theories about the killings"). After finding a bloody footprint and the two distinctive knife sheaths at the scene, the police traced the knives to Parker three weeks after the murders.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Discovery and capture
According to the 16-year-old Parker, he had not gotten into trouble at school or in the community. He had an alibi for the time of the crime. He said that he bought the knives with Tulloch in order to build a fort. He claimed that they sold them at a surplus store after finding they were too heavy. Parker agreed to undergo fingerprinting.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Discovery and capture
The investigators paid Tulloch a visit. At that time, they doubted that the pair were the killers, and told Tulloch he was not required to speak with them. Tulloch did talk with them without a lawyer present and told them the same story as had Parker. When they asked about the deep cut above his right knee, he told them that he slipped on a rock and cut himself on a metal spigot. When they asked to fingerprint him and borrow boots for matching purposes, he signed a search warrant.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Discovery and capture
The same request had not been made of Parker because it was suggested by a detective whom they had phoned to get his version of the story.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Discovery and capture
On the following day, Tulloch and Parker's families found that the boys had left their homes. When Parker's father found a note stating "Don't call the cops", he quickly did. Police found that Tulloch's bootprints matched those found in the Zantops' home. Fingerprints taken from the two youths matched those at the crime scene. A warrant was put out for Tulloch's arrest. Parker, still a minor, was sought for questioning in the murders.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Discovery and capture
Believing that police would be looking for their car, the pair abandoned Parker's silver Audi at a truck stop in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, intending to hitchhike to California. A truck driver who picked them up in New Jersey announced their intent to travel west via CB radio. A police officer, pretending to be another driver, offered to pick them up. At the Flying J truck stop in Spiceland, Indiana, the pair were captured and taken into custody by authorities.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Prosecution
One of the prosecutors in this case was assistant Attorney General Kelly Ayotte. She later was appointed as the State Attorney General. Later still she was elected as a U.S. Senator.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Prosecution
The two youths were indicted on a range of charges. The indictment said that they had made four previous tries over six months to gain entry to houses in the area in Vermont and New Hampshire, with the intent of robbing their victims, getting their ATM cards and passwords, and then killing them. In the first case, on July 19, 2000, they cut the telephone wires to a house in Vershire, Vermont, before Tulloch knocked on the door and tried to gain entry with a story about his car having broken down. He was refused entry, as they were in the other three instances before they attacked the Zantops.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Prosecution
After the two young men were captured and jailed pending trial, the prosecution charged Parker as an adult because of the severity of the crime, making him liable to stand trial. He made a plea bargain with the state in which he would testify against Tulloch as a witness, plead guilty to second-degree murder, and receive a maximum sentence of twenty-five years to life with a possibility of parole after 16 years. The profits from any book deals or movie offers that he might agree to will go directly to the Zantops' children. Parker was sentenced to twenty-five years.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Prosecution
Tulloch's lawyer tried, without success, to have Tulloch certified as suffering from mental illness, in order to use the insanity defense. Tulloch pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Sentencing
During the sentencing hearing, Parker wept and expressed remorse during his apology for his part in the killings. He was sentenced to 25 years with a possibility of parole after 16.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Sentencing
After Tulloch's guilty plea, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. He showed no emotion at the sentencing hearing and made no statement.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Aftermath
Parker is being held in the New Hampshire State Prison for Men in Concord. He has been classified as a Custody Level 3 prisoner (medium custody), which means that he has freedom to move within the prison except for head counts and lock downs at night. This classification allows inmates to leave their cells until the mandatory lockdown at 11 P.M. Prison officials have reported that Parker takes part in play productions put on by inmates, works at arts and crafts, plays guitar and practices yoga.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Aftermath
Tulloch is held in the same prison (after beginning his sentence at the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility in Berlin). He is a Custody Level 3 (medium custody). He eats meals in the same chow hall at the same time as Parker. Their contact is reported as minimal.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Tulloch eligible for judicial review for re-sentencing
In 2012 the US Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory sentencing to life imprisonment without parole of persons who committed a crime as juveniles was unconstitutional. It ruled that this decision needed to be applied retroactively, with cases to be reviewed of persons sentenced to LWOP for crimes committed as juveniles. Their ruling was based on scientific studies that have shown conclusively that juvenile brains are still unformed. The high court based their decision on the basis that juvenile offenders have “diminished culpability and greater prospects for reform” and judges should be able to consider the “mitigating qualities of youth” in sentencing.


2001 Dartmouth College murders, Tulloch eligible for judicial review for re-sentencing
In August 2014, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that Tulloch's case would be among four to be reviewed by the court for re-sentencing. The initial review had been appealed by the state attorney general. Parker is not affected by this ruling because he was not charged with first-degree murder, an adult charge that carries a mandatory LWOP sentence. After review of different factors in the case, the court could re-sentence Tulloch to life imprisonment without parole.


2001 Davidoff Swiss Indoors
The 2001 Davidoff Swiss Indoors was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel in Switzerland and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 22 October through 28 October 2001. Tim Henman won the singles title.


2001 Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Finals, Doubles
Ellis Ferreira /  Rick Leach defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Leander Paes 7–6(7–3), 6–4


2001 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Doubles
Donald Johnson and Piet Norval were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Doubles
Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach won in the final 7–6(7–3), 6–4 against Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.


2001 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Singles
Thomas Enqvist was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2001 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Singles
Tim Henman won in the final 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 against Roger Federer.


2001 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 Davis Cup
The 2001 Davis Cup (also known as the 2001 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 90th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 139 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World Group, 29 in the Americas Zone, 32 in the Asia/Oceania Zone, and 62 in the Europe/Africa Zone. Angola, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Mali and Rwanda made their first appearances in the tournament.


2001 Davis Cup
France defeated Australia in the final, held at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, on 30 November–2 December, to win their 9th title and their first since 1996. The French team achieved victory despite not playing a single match on home soil.


2001 Davis Cup, World Group Qualifying Round
The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group Qualifying Round for spots in the 2002 World Group.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone
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2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone
The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone
In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone, Group I
Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group Qualifying Round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group II in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone, Group II
Winners in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group III in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone, Group III
The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Americas Zone Group II in 2002, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Americas Zone Group IV in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone, Group IV
The top two teams in Group IV advanced to the Americas Zone Group III in 2002. All other teams remained in Group IV.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I
The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I
In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group Qualifying Round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group II in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II
The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II
In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group III in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III
The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III
In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Americas Zone Group II in 2002, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Americas Zone Group IV in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV
The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV
In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group IV advanced to the Americas Zone Group III in 2002. All other teams remained in Group IV.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group I
Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group Qualifying Round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group II
Winners in Group II advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group III
The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2002, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone, Group IV
The top two teams in Group IV advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2002. All other teams remained in Group IV.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group Qualifying Round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams compete against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II, Third round, Lebanon vs. Chinese Taipei
Lebanon defeated Chinese Taipei by walkover. The tie was scheduled to be held at the Country Club in Yarze, Lebanon between 2 and 4 November 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2002, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV
The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group IV advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2002. All other teams remained in Group IV.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group I
Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group Qualifying Round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost in the first round competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group II
Winners in Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group III
The top two teams in each Group III sub-zone advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2002, whereas the bottom two teams in each sub-zone were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone, Group IV
The top two teams in each Group IV sub-zone advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2002. All other teams remained in Group IV.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group Qualifying Round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost in the first round competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group II advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone A
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2002, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2002.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Zone B
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2001, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Europe/Africa Zone Group IV in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone A
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone A
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in each Group IV sub-zone advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2002. All other teams remained in Group IV.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone B
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.


2001 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group IV – Zone B
In the Europe/Africa Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. The top two teams in each Group IV sub-zone advanced to the Europe/Africa Zone Group III in 2002. All other teams remained in Group IV.


2001 Davis Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2001. The first-round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Round, and the winners progressed to the quarterfinals and were guaranteed a World Group spot for 2002.


2001 Davis Cup World Group
France won the title, defeating Australia in the final, 3–2. The final was held at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, from 30 November to 2 December. It was the French team's first Davis Cup title since 1996 and their 9th title overall. France won the title despite not playing a single match on home soil.


2001 Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Round
The 2001 Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Round was held from 21 September to 14 October. They were the main play-offs of the 2001 Davis Cup. The winners of the playoffs advanced to the 2002 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions I.


2001 Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Round, Teams
Bold indicates team had qualified for the 2001 Davis Cup World Group.


2001 Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Round, Results summary
The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties competed in the World Group Qualifying Round for spots in the 2002 World Group.


2001 Daytona 500
The 2001 Daytona 500, the 43rd running of the event, was the first race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series schedule. It was held on February 18, 2001, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, consisting of 200 laps and 500 miles on the 2.5-mile (4 km) asphalt tri-oval.


2001 Daytona 500
Bill Elliott won the pole and Michael Waltrip, in his first race in the No. 15 car for Dale Earnhardt, Inc., won the race. This was the first Winston Cup victory of his career, coming in his 463rd start, the longest wait for a first win. His teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished second and Rusty Wallace finished third.


2001 Daytona 500
On the final lap, a major accident occurred involving Dale Earnhardt Sr, Ken Schrader, and Sterling Marlin. Earnhardt's car crashed head-on into the retaining wall, killing Earnhardt instantly. Three cars were involved in the crash. The race was also marred by an 18-car pile-up on lap 173 that began when Ward Burton made contact with Robby Gordon, sending Tony Stewart flipping twice down the backstretch. After Earnhardt's death - as well as other notable deaths of other drivers in other NASCAR national touring series in previous seasons -  NASCAR, implemented rigorous safety improvements in later seasons.


2001 Daytona 500, Qualifying
Qualifying to determine positions 1-2 for the Daytona 500 and the lineup for the Gatorade Duels happened on February 10, 2001. Originally, Bill Elliott and Jerry Nadeau were slated to start first and second, respectively. However, during post qualifying inspection, NASCAR determined that Nadeau had an unapproved shock absorber and spring shackle, and his time was disqualified. Stacy Compton, who was originally third, moved up to second.


2001 Daytona 500, Qualifying
Dwayne Leik would be the only driver to not set a time.


2001 Daytona 500, Race summary
Polesitter Bill Elliott led the field to the green flag, but he only led one lap before Sterling Marlin (the winner of the first 125-mile qualifying race three days earlier) passed him for the lead. On lap 29, Rusty Wallace drove into his pit after his right front tire had suddenly gone flat. NASCAR determined that he had exceeded the pit road speed limit on his way in and he was consequently issued a 15-second penalty. As a result, he went a lap down and attempted to make up for it by skipping the first scheduled pit stop.


2001 Daytona 500, Race summary
The first caution came out on lap 48 when Jeff Purvis bounced off the wall between turns 3 & 4. The race restarted and stayed under a long green-flag run that lasted 105 laps, in which Ward Burton led the most. On lap 87, Dale Earnhardt and rookie Kurt Busch made door-to-door contact coming out of turn 4 while battling for fifth place. Earnhardt promptly flipped Busch the bird at 185 mph or, as described by lap-by-lap commentator Mike Joy, he simply was saying "Kurt, you're number 1".


2001 Daytona 500, Race summary
The second caution came out on lap 157 when Busch, trying to pass Joe Nemechek, hit the front stretch wall and slid across the track right through the infield and onto pit road. On lap 167, Steve Park took the lead, only to be passed by his teammate Michael Waltrip on the next lap.


2001 Daytona 500, Race summary
On lap 173, a huge crash eliminated 18 cars in a spectacular fashion. This began when Robby Gordon, coming onto the back straightaway, turned Ward Burton in the outside lane. Burton then hit Tony Stewart, who turned back across the middle of the racetrack, collecting most of the field behind him.


2001 Daytona 500, Race summary
Stewart took the worst ride of any driver in that crash, as his car turned against the wall after being hit by Burton, caught a pocket of air, got pushed airborne over Robby Gordon and flipped over twice, and then landed on top of Jason Leffler before coasting to a stop in the infield. Bobby Labonte's hood broke off and got attached to Stewart's car, causing his engine to catch fire. Stewart's vehicle was described as something similar to Richard Petty's rollover crash in the 1988 race.


2001 Daytona 500, Race summary
Mark Martin collided first with the outside wall and then got hit by at least two other cars, destroying the rear end of his. Martin managed to limp his car back to pit road and abandon it. Also involved in this crash were Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte, Andy Houston, Buckshot Jones, Dale Jarrett (the defending Daytona 500 winner), Jeff Burton, Elliott Sadler, Kenny Wallace, John Andretti, and Jerry Nadeau. Only a few drivers, including Earnhardt; Elliott; Ron Hornaday Jr.; and Ken Schrader, were able to avoid the crash with intact cars. The race was red-flagged for extensive cleanup. When the red flag was over, the race restarted on lap 180, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the lead. Marlin led the next three laps before Waltrip took over again.


2001 Daytona 500, Race summary
With less than two laps remaining, Darrell Waltrip in the Fox Sports booth commented that "Sterling [Marlin] ha[d] beat the front end off of that...that ole Dodge just trying to get around Dale [Earnhardt]." As the white flag waved for the final lap, both Earnhardt and his son Dale Earnhardt, Jr. were right behind Waltrip. Earnhardt Jr. was in second place in front of his father. Heading into turn 3, Earnhardt, holding third-place, ran in the middle lane of the pack. Marlin, who was behind him on his left, ran in the inside one.


2001 Daytona 500, Race summary
R. Wallace drove his navy blue No. 2 Penske Racing Ford directly behind Earnhardt, and Schrader ran in the outside lane driving his yellow No. 36 Pontiac. Just as the field headed into turn 4, Marlin's car made contact with the left rear on Earnhardt's car, causing the black No. 3 to slide off the track's steep banking onto the flat apron. Trying to correct at speed, Earnhardt sharply turned it up the track toward the outside retaining wall.


2001 Daytona 500, Race summary
Although it briefly looked as if he was going to avoid hitting the retaining wall, Earnhardt went right into Schrader's path and Schrader rammed into him behind the passenger door causing Earnhardt's car to snap, rapidly changing its angle toward the wall. As Schrader came into contact, Earnhardt crashed into the wall nose-first at an estimated speed of 155–160 mph. Both cars slid down the steep banking off the track and into the infield grass. While this two-car wreck was in progress, drivers were allowed to race to the finish under green flag conditions.


2001 Daytona 500, Race summary
Seconds later, Waltrip (after 462 races without a win) claimed his first Winston Cup victory, with his teammate Earnhardt, Jr. 0.124 seconds behind to finish second. The yellow and checkered flags came out simultaneously as Waltrip crossed the line, locking the rest of the field in their positions at that moment. R. Wallace finished third, Ricky Rudd finished fourth, Elliott (the polesitter) finished fifth, R. Wallace's brother Mike finished sixth, Marlin (who got loose after making contact with Earnhardt) finished seventh, Bobby Hamilton finished eighth, Jeremy Mayfield finished ninth, and outside polesitter Stacy Compton came across the line tenth.


2001 Daytona 500, Race summary
Nemechek finished 11th on the lead lap. Earnhardt and Schrader were credited finishing 12th and 13th despite not finishing the race. After crossing the finish line behind his teammate, Earnhardt, Jr. stopped at the site of his father's wreck at turn 3. Earnhardt was extricated from his car and was transported by ambulance to the nearby Halifax Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 5:16 pm EST, reportedly surrounded by his wife Teresa, his team owner and closest friend Richard Childress, and his son Earnhardt, Jr. The official announcement of Earnhardt's death was made at about 7:00 pm EST by NASCAR president Mike Helton. The death of the seven-time Winston Cup Champion largely overshadowed Waltrip's first Winston Cup victory as well as the 18-car crash on lap 173.


2001 Daytona 500, Media
The 2001 Daytona 500 marked the first Cup Series race under NASCAR's new centralized television contracts, which shifted responsibility for NASCAR's media rights from the track owners (which led to events being inconsistently scattered across multiple networks, including long-time rightsholder CBS) to NASCAR itself. NASCAR entered into six-year deals with two broadcasters, Fox Sports and NBC Sports (with NBC sub-licensing cable rights to TNT, and Fox using its then-sister cable network FX), to serve as rightsholders for each respective half of the season in the Winston Cup Series and Busch Series. Fox and NBC alternated rights to the two Daytona race weekends annually.


2001 Daytona 500, Media
Mike Joy joined Fox from CBS to continue as lead announcer. Former driver Darrell Waltrip and crew chief Larry McReynolds would join Joy in the booth as analysts. Joy, Waltrip, and McReynolds would consistently remain Fox's on-air team until 2016, when McReynolds became the rules and technical analyst, replaced in the booth by Jeff Gordon. Darrell Waltrip retired from broadcasting in June 2019, leaving Joy and Gordon as a two-man booth for the 2020 season until Clint Bowyer was hired for the 2021 season.


2001 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The 2001 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in NCAA Division I-AA college football in its fifth season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A–10). They were led by Tubby Raymond, who was in his 36th season as head coach of the Fightin' Blue Hens. The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware. Coach Raymond would go on to retire following the season, ending his career with 300 wins, and would be replaced by K.C. Keeler. The September 15th game scheduled against West Chester was cancelled after the September 11 attacks.


2001 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
The 2001 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida in the United States and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and ran from March 5 through March 11, 2001. Fourth-seeded Jan-Michael Gambill won the singles title.


2001 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles
Jan-Michael Gambill /  Andy Roddick defeated  Thomas Shimada /  Myles Wakefield 6–3, 6–4


2001 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships – Doubles
Brian MacPhie and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships – Doubles
Jan-Michael Gambill and Andy Roddick won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Thomas Shimada and Myles Wakefield.


2001 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships – Singles
Stefan Koubek was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Carlos Moyá.


2001 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships – Singles
Jan-Michael Gambill won in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Xavier Malisse.


2001 Denmark Open
The 2001 Denmark Open in badminton was held in Farum, Copenhagen, from October 16 to October 21, 2001. It was a five-star tournament and the prize money was US$250,000.


2001 Denmark Open darts
2001 Denmark Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Denmark, Farum in 2001.


2001 Denver Broncos season
The 2001 Denver Broncos season was the franchise's 32nd season in the National Football League and the 42nd overall. This was the Broncos' first year at the new Invesco Field at Mile High, replacing the old Mile High Stadium. The Broncos were aiming to head back to the Super Bowl for the first time in 3 years, and to win their third title in the Shanahan era.


2001 Denver Broncos season
It was also Terrell Davis' final season before various knee ailments forced him to retire in the 2002 preseason.


2001 Denver Broncos season, Regular season
The Broncos opened the 2001 NFL season with a Monday Night Football win over the New York Giants on September 10, 2001 in their new stadium, Invesco Field at Mile High. Wide receiver Ed McCaffrey suffered a season-ending injury with a broken leg. The late game and location would serve a role in sparing at least two lives the following day during the September 11th attacks.


2001 Denver Broncos season, Postseason
The Broncos failed to make the playoffs with their 8–8 record in 2001.


2001 Derry City Council election
Elections to Derry City Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.


2001 Derry City Council election, Districts results, Cityside
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: No change


2001 Derry City Council election, Districts results, Northland
1997: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin2001: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP


2001 Derry City Council election, Districts results, Rural
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP2001: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP


2001 Derry City Council election, Districts results, Shantallow
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin1997-2001 Change: No change


2001 Derry City Council election, Districts results, Waterside
1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Unionist


2001 Detroit Lions season
The 2001 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 72nd season in the National Football League. Marty Mornhinweg was named the twenty-first head coach in franchise history on January 21, 2001, after owner William Clay Ford, Sr. controversially fired 2000 interim coach Gary Moeller.


2001 Detroit Lions season
The season began with much optimism, with the Lions hoping to improve on their 9–7 record from 2000; however, the Lions were extremely disappointing and had the worst start to an NFL season since the 1986 Indianapolis Colts began 0–13. They were widely believed to be likely to suffer the NFL’s first 0–16 season before they defeated the Minnesota Vikings. Prior to that, they had lost an NFL record nine consecutive games by eight points or less.


2001 Detroit Lions season
Seven seasons later, the Lions went 0–16 after a week 17 loss to the Green Bay Packers.


2001 Detroit Lions season
This was the final season that the Lions played at the Pontiac Silverdome before moving to Ford Field the following season, as well as the final season for the NFC Central Division, which would dissolve following the NFL's realignment in 2002, although all NFC Central teams except the Tampa Bay Buccaneers formed the new NFC North Division.


2001 Detroit Lions season
The Lions closed the Silverdome by defeating the Dallas Cowboys 15-10 in the regular season finale. Coincidentally, the Cowboys defeated the Lions 36-10 in the first regular season game at the Silverdome (then known as Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium) in 1975.


2001 Detroit Lions season
This would also be the first season under new general manager Matt Millen, as he would be the team's general manager for the next six seasons and first 3 games of the 2008 season. This would start a stage of futility for the Lions, as they would fail to post a winning record with Millen as general manager.


2001 Detroit Shock season
The 2001 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Detroit Shock.


2001 Detroit Tigers season
The Detroit Tigers' 2001 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL Central.


2001 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2001 Detroit mayoral election
The 2001 Detroit mayoral election took place on November 7, 2001. It saw the election of Kwame Kilpatrick.


2001 Detroit mayoral election
At the age of 31, Kilpatrick became the youngest mayor ever elected in the city's history.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Background
On April 7, 2001, incumbent mayor Dennis Archer made the surprise announcement that he would be running for a third term.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Primary, Campaigning
The nonpartisan primary election was held on September 1, 2001 (the same day as the September 11 attacks).


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Primary, Campaigning
Hill had initially supported Kilpatrick for mayor, before reversing and launching his own campaign.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Primary, Campaigning
The primary election campaign was regarded to have been largely polite in character. Hill and Kilpatrick, in particular, were noted to be respectful in their regard of each other during the primary, unusually so for a Detroit mayoral election.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Primary, Campaigning
Hill was endorsed by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and United Auto Workers.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Primary, Campaigning
Outgoing mayor Dennis Archer did not endorse any candidate. Also declining to endorse a candidate was governor John Engler.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Primary, Campaigning
Kilpatrick made a number of gaffes that were seen as hampering his momentum among parts of the electorate. One gaffe was remarking, while on a religious cable television porogram, that he did not want his sons exposed to a "homosexual lifestyle". Kilpatrick also faced some controversy, including reporting by the Detroit Free Press that he had solicited a $50,000 contribution to his Kilpatrick Civic Fund from the president of a tax-funded homeless shelter, as well as the management arm of the homeless shelter. The donation was used for voter education in advance of the November 2000 elections.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Primary, Campaigning
For much of the campaign, Hill had a strong lead in polls. He had held a strong lead in polls as early as May. Polling, for much of the campaign, showed him to have massive leads over his competitors. Hill was regarded as the clear front-runner until the last weeks of the primary campaign. Contrarily, Killpatrick was, earlier in the campaign, seen as a long-shot, registering as low as 16% support in polls at one point. Approximately a week prior to the election, a poll was released showing Kilpatrick with a 10% lead over Hill. By the end of the primary campaign, Hill and Kilpatrick were well-established in recent polls as the front-runners to advance to the general election.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Primary, Campaigning
In the lead up to the election, it was seen as the most energized primary since the 1973 mayoral election. The primary, however, was overshadowed by the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, which took place the same day. Turnout for the primary wound up being one of the lowest in the city's history, with just 22% of eligible voters participating.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Primary, Results
Gil Hill and Kwame Kilpatrick were the top-two finishers, and therefore advanced to the general election.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Primary, Results
Kilpatrick received 51% of the vote, while Hill received 34% of the vote. Turnout was 22%.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Primary, Results
Exit polling indicated that Kilpatrick ultimately led in support among most demographic groups. Hill, however, did lead with older voters.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, Primary, Results
Kilpatrick's very strong performance was a surprise, while Hill was seen as underperforming.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
While, due to his strong performance in the primary, Kilpatrick was initially seen as a very strong front-runner for the general election, later polls began to show a close race in the general election.


2001 Detroit mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
As in the primary, otgoing mayor Dennis Archer did not endorse either candidate.


2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The 2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the fifteenth season of premier German touring car championship and also second season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. There were ten race weekends with one race at each event.


2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Teams and drivers
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.


2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Race calendar and winners
Two international rounds were added: A1-Ring in Austria and Zandvoort in the Netherlands. Each weekend comprised a 30 km qualifying race and a 100 km main race.


2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Drivers' Championship
Each round featured a "Qualifying Race", and the "Main Race".


2001 Dhivehi League, Overview
Club Valencia won the Dhivehi League. Victory Sports Club won the Maldives National Championship.


2001 Dissolution Honours
The 2001 Dissolution Honours List was gazetted on 2 June 2001 prior to the General Election of the same year by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair.


2001 Djurgårdens IF season
Djurgårdens IF was promoted from Superettan and finished second. This was the beginning of a new era.


2001 Down District Council election
Elections to Down District Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.


2001 Down District Council election, Districts results, Ballynahinch
1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP


2001 Down District Council election, Districts results, Downpatrick
1997: 5 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP2001: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from SDLP


2001 Down District Council election, Districts results, Newcastle
1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Women's Coalition2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Women's Coalition


2001 Down District Council election, Districts results, Rowallane
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: No change


2001 Dubai Duty Free Women's Open – Doubles
Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis won in the final 6–0, 4–6, 6–2 against Åsa Carlsson and Karina Habšudová.


2001 Dubai Duty Free Women's Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Dubai Duty Free Women's Open – Singles
Martina Hingis won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Nathalie Tauziat.


2001 Dubai Duty Free Women's Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Dubai Tennis Championships and Duty Free Women's Open
The 2001 Dubai Tennis Championships and Dubai Duty Free Women's Open were tennis tournaments played on outdoor hard courts at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates that were part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour. The men's tournament was held from February 26 through March 4, 2001 while the women's tournament was held from February 19 through February 24, 2001. Juan Carlos Ferrero and Martina Hingis won the singles titles.


2001 Dubai Tennis Championships and Duty Free Women's Open, Finals, Men's Singles
Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated  Marat Safin 6–2, 3–1 (Safin retired)


2001 Dubai Tennis Championships and Duty Free Women's Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Joshua Eagle /  Sandon Stolle defeated  Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić 6–4, 6–4


2001 Dubai Tennis Championships and Duty Free Women's Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Yayuk Basuki /  Caroline Vis defeated  Åsa Carlsson /  Karina Habšudová 6–0, 4–6, 6–2


2001 Dubai Tennis Championships – Doubles
Jiří Novák and David Rikl were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Tomáš Cibulec and Leoš Friedl.


2001 Dubai Tennis Championships – Doubles
Joshua Eagle and Sandon Stolle won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić.


2001 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles
Nicolas Kiefer was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Patrick Rafter.


2001 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles
Juan Carlos Ferrero won the final 6–2, 3–1 after Marat Safin was forced to retire.


2001 Dubai Tennis Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 Dubai World Cup
The 2001 Dubai World Cup was a horse race held at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on Saturday 24 March 2001. It was the 6th running of the Dubai World Cup.


2001 Dubai World Cup
The winner was Michael E. Pegram's Captain Steve, a four-year-old chestnut colt trained in the United States by Bob Baffert and ridden by Jerry Bailey. Captain Steve's victory was a third in the race for Bailey, a second for Baffert and a first for Pegram.


2001 Dubai World Cup
Captain Steve was one of the leading colts of his generation in the United States, winning the Hollywood Futurity in 1999 and the Swaps Stakes in 2000. Before being shipped to Dubai he won the Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park on 3 February. In the 2001 Dubai World Cup he started the 7/4 joint-favourite and won by three lengths from the Japanese challenger To The Victory with the French-trained Hightori half a length away in third place. The other joint-favourite was the Godolphin runner Best of the Bests, who finished eighth of the twelve runners.


2001 Dublin Senior Football Championship
The 2001 Dublin senior football championship was won by Na Fianna. Na Fianna managed to retain the title having won it in 2000 by beating St. Brigid's at Parnell Park.


2001 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 2001 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team participated as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They played their homes games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The team was led by head coach Carl Franks.


2001 Duke Blue Devils football team
This season was notable for being one of the only time a team has gone winless in two straight seasons, with Duke also going winless in 2000.


2001 Dunedin mayoral election
The 2001 Dunedin mayoral election re-elected Sukhi Turner as Mayor of Dunedin for a third term. This was the last Dunedin mayoral election that used the First past the post method.


2001 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election
Elections to Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.


2001 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election, Districts results, Blackwater
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP


2001 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election, Districts results, Clogher Valley
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP


2001 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election, Districts results, Dungannon Town
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Democratic Left


2001 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election, Districts results, Torrent
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent1997-2001 Change: Independent Nationalist becomes Independent


2001 Dura Lube 400
The 2001 Dura Lube 400 was the second stock car race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. It was held on February 25, 2001 but ended on February 26 due to a rain delay at North Carolina Speedway, in Richmond County, North Carolina and was the first race to take place after the death of seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt on the last lap of the Daytona 500, and he was commemorated in various ways throughout the race weekend.


2001 Dura Lube 400
The race was delayed for more than 90 minutes before only competing for 52 laps when it was stopped due to rain falling on the race track. The race restarted the next day under sunny conditions. The race was won by Steve Park in the No.1 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt, Inc.; this was DEI's first win after Earnhardt's death in the previous race. This was also Kevin Harvick's debut in the Cup Series, as he replaced Earnhardt in the #3 (renumbered 29) Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.


2001 Dura Lube 400, Race recap, Pre-race ceremonies
Before the start, the race was delayed for 1 hour and 33 minutes. During this time, Darrell Waltrip led an invocation that commemorated Dale Earnhardt. Waltrip asked for all spectators to hold the hand of the person that sat next to them to bond and remember Earnhardt. Waltrip also performed a prayer asking for strength, pray for the Earnhardt family and asked for sadness to be turned for celebration towards Earnhardt's life.


2001 Dura Lube 400, Race recap, Pre-race ceremonies
The invocation was joined by Staff Sgt. Joseph Hunter of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base who performed the national anthem which was to have been followed by three F-15 Strike Eagles from the 333rd Fighter Squadron of Seymour Johnson AFB that would have performed the missing man formation over the racetrack with the No. 3 missing man aircraft absent from the proceedings. This did not occur due to heavy cloud cover. During the national anthem, the three crews from Dale Earnhardt, Inc. stood atop their pit walls and raised their caps in the air and this continued when the drivers entered their cars. The pole position was left open during the parade lap in tribute to Earnhardt.


2001 Dura Lube 400, Race recap, Race
On the first lap, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was bumped from behind by Ron Hornaday, Jr. heading into turn 3 and sent it into Kenny Wallace's path, crashing at 150 mph at an angle with Earnhardt, Jr. suffering bruising and a limp in his leg. Other cars involved were Jimmy Spencer, Mike Wallace and Hut Stricklin. Despite this, Earnhardt Jr. was taken by an ambulance to the medical center.


2001 Dura Lube 400, Race recap, Race
On lap 44, Park passed Gordon for the lead. Two laps later, the yellow flag was waved when rain started to fall on the track. The race was eventually stopped with Stacy Compton leading when everyone made their scheduled pit stops. The race was red flagged, and eventually postponed to Monday, February 26 at 11 am Eastern Standard Time. The next day, the race restarted on lap 56, and Gordon took the lead from Compton, who did not make a pit stop before the red flag, and led 18 laps before Park took over the top spot.


2001 Dura Lube 400, Race recap, Race
The race went 188 laps green until Mike Skinner spun out on the backstretch, bringing out the third caution of the event. The race restarted once more, and went 52 more laps before the fourth and final caution came out for oil on the track. The race restarted with 85 laps to go. Gordon led the next thirty, before Park took the lead. With less than 10 laps to go, Bobby Labonte was closing in on Park. Park held off Labonte for his second and to date, most recent Cup win.


2001 Dura Lube 400, Race recap, Post-race
After crossing the finishing line, Park raised a No. 3 Earnhardt hat that hanged on his gearshift lever and thrust it out of the car to holding it high in tribute to Earnhardt. Park also performed a spin, drove towards Michael Waltrip and made a brief stop with the exchanging a high-five. As Park celebrated, he received a call from Earnhardt's wife Teresa Earnhardt who watched the race at the Dale Earnhardt, Inc. shop in Mooresville, North Carolina. According to Park, Teresa was emotional, but happy. The race took three hours, thirty-four minutes and twenty-one seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 0.138 seconds.


2001 Durham mayoral election
The 2001 Durham mayoral election was held on November 5, 2001 to elect the mayor of Durham, North Carolina. It saw the election of Bill Bell, who unseated incumbent mayor Nick Tennyson.


2001 Dutch Figure Skating Championships
The 2001 Dutch Figure Skating Championships took place between 4 and 6 January 2001 in Eindhoven. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.


2001 Dutch TT
The 2001 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 June 2001 at the TT Circuit Assen.


2001 Dutch TT, 500 cc classification
The race was stopped after 15 of the 20 scheduled laps due to rain.


2001 Dutch TT, Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.


2001 Dwars door Vlaanderen
The 2001 Dwars door Vlaanderen was the 56th edition of the Dwars door Vlaanderen cycle race and was held on 28 March 2001. The race started in Kortrijk and finished in Waregem. The race was won by Niko Eeckhout.


2001 Décastar
The 2001 Décastar was the 24th edition of the annual two-day track and field meeting for combined track and field events. It took place on 15 September and 16 September 2001 in Talence, France. The competition, featuring a decathlon (men) and a heptathlon (women) event, was part of the 2001 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.


2001 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
The 2001 E3 Harelbeke was the 44th edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 31 March 2001. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Andrei Tchmil of the Lotto team.


2001 EA Sports 500
The 2001 EA Sports 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on October 21, 2001 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. It was the 31st race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series.


2001 EA Sports 500, Race report
The race is known for its wild finish, when on the last lap Bobby Labonte was defending Bobby Hamilton. The two would touch, and Labonte would flip wildly, with cars scattering to avoid. The flip would cause the famed "Big One", as numerous cars in the front were involved. 3 cars would battle to the finish: the No. 99 of Jeff Burton, the No. 20 of Tony Stewart, and the No. 8 of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Burton and Stewart would get caught up battling for second, leading to Earnhardt, Jr. to pull away and cruise to a victory. This race would be one of Dale Earnhardt, Jr's many wins at Talladega.


2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy
The 2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Fiji from 19–25 August 2001, during the 2001 international season. All matches were held in Nadi.


2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy
Papua New Guinea won the tournament by defeating Hong Kong in the final, thus qualifying for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. Two PNG players, Frank Joseph and Greg Baeau, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively. The only century at the tournament was scored by a Fijian, Colin Rika.


2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy
The tournament, featuring only three teams, was organised by ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP), and was the inaugural edition of the EAP Under-19 Trophy. Previously, EAP teams had had to qualify via the Youth Asia Cup, an Asian Cricket Council (ACC) tournament. For the next two World Cups, in 2004 and 2006, the EAP organised joint qualification tournaments with the African Cricket Association, held in 2003 and 2005. Separate qualifying tournaments have been held since then.


2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy, Teams and qualification
Hong Kong, an Asian Cricket Council (ACC) member, participated in the tournament for the first and only time.


2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.


2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2001 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2001 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 40th tournament in league history. It was played between March 9 and March 17, 2001. Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final five games were played at the Olympic Arena (subsequently renamed Herb Brooks Arena) in Lake Placid, New York. By winning the tournament, St. Lawrence received the ECAC's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2001 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. The two teams that finish below tenth place in the standings are not eligible for tournament play. In the first round, the first and tenth seeds, the second and ninth seeds, the third seed and eighth seeds, the fourth seed and seventh seeds and the fifth seed and sixth seeds played a best-of-three series with the three highest-seeded winners advancing to the semifinals and the remaining two winners playing in the Four vs. Five matchup. After the opening round every series becomes a single-elimination game.


2001 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
In the semifinals, the highest seed plays the winner of the four vs. five game while the two remaining teams play with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers advancing to the third place game. The tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament.


2001 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2001 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup
The 2001 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-fifth edition of EHF's competition for women's handball national cup champions. It ran from January 6 to May 13, 2001.


2001 EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup
Motor Zaporizhzhia defeated Nordstrand IF in the final to become the first Ukrainian team to win the competition.


2001 ELMS at Donington Park
The 2001 ELMS at Donington Park was the second race for the 2001 European Le Mans Series season as well as the third race of the American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Donington Park, United Kingdom, on April 14, 2001.


2001 ELMS at Jarama
The 2001 ELMS at Jarama was the third race for the 2001 European Le Mans Series season and the fourth round of the American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Circuito Permanente Del Jarama, Spain, on May 20, 2001.


2001 ELMS at Most
The 2001 ELMS at Most was the fifth round of the 2001 European Le Mans Series season. It took place at Autodrom Most, Czech Republic, on August 5, 2001.


2001 ELMS at Most, Official results
† - Car #61 was disqualified for aggressive driving and avoidable contact with another car.


2001 ELMS at Vallelunga
The 2001 ELMS at Vallelunga was the sixth race of the 2001 European Le Mans Series season. It took place at Autodromo di Vallelunga, Italy, on September 2, 2001.


2001 Ealing bombing
The 2001 Ealing bombing was an attack on in Ealing Broadway, West London, England by the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA), a splinter group of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) that participated in the Troubles in Northern Ireland.


2001 Ealing bombing, History
On 3 August 2001, the Real IRA, a dissident Irish republican organisation and splinter of the Provisional IRA, detonated a car bomb containing 100 lb (45 kg) of homemade plastic explosives in Ealing Broadway, West London, England. The bomb was in a grey Saab 9000 near the train station, restaurants and pubs on Uxbridge Road, which exploded shortly after midnight, injuring seven people. Debris caused by the bomb spread more than 200 m (220 yd). The bomb was timed to target leaving karaoke pub-goers—but whilst most escaped injury, the explosion still caused significant damage to property, estimated to be around £200,000. The adjacent Ealing Broadway shopping centre was also damaged by flooding arising from the water main under the car bomb being ruptured.


2001 Ealing bombing, History
Experts regarded the bomb to be designed to look spectacular on CCTV for the purposes of 'armed propaganda' rather than to cause large numbers of injuries. However, anti-terrorist detectives claimed that the attack was planned to be a massacre and to cause as much carnage as the Omagh bombing three years prior.


2001 Ealing bombing, History
The bombing was the last successful Irish republican bombing on British soil outside Northern Ireland, of whom dissidents have waged an armed campaign since the Belfast peace agreement was signed in 1998, ending the Troubles.


2001 Ealing bombing, Aftermath and conviction
The attack was condemned by Prime Minister Tony Blair, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams and others. It also came during a crucial time for the Northern Ireland peace process with disagreements regarding the Provisional IRA's decommissioning process. The attack came months after the Real IRA bombed the BBC Television Centre 3 miles away—a local MP claimed that west London residents felt "cold fury". Two days prior to the attack, a 20 kg Real IRA bomb was discovered at Belfast International Airport. After Ealing, the bombers targeted a new attack on Birmingham on 3 November, but which ultimately failed.


2001 Ealing bombing, Aftermath and conviction
In November 2001, three men—Noel Maguire, Robert Hulme and his brother Aiden Hulme—were arrested in connection with the Ealing, BBC and Birmingham bomb attacks. They were all later convicted at the Old Bailey on 8 April 2003. Robert and Aiden Hulme were each jailed for 20 years. Noel Maguire, whom the judge said played "a major part in the bombing conspiracy", was sentenced to 22 years.


2001 Ealing bombing, Aftermath and conviction
Two other men, James McCormack, of County Louth, and John Hannan, of Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, had already admitted the charge at an earlier hearing. McCormack, who played the most serious part of the five, the judge said, was jailed for twenty-two years. John Hannan, who was seventeen at the time of the incidents, was given sixteen years' detention.


2001 East Asian Games
The 3rd East Asian Games were held in Osaka, Japan from May 19, 2001 to May 27, 2001.


2001 East Asian Games, Sports
The 2001 East Asian Games featured events in 15 sports, which was a new high for the competition.


2001 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 2001 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented East Carolina University as a member of Conference USA during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their tenth season under head coach Steve Logan, the team compiled a 6–6 record. The Pirates offense scored 421 points while the defense allowed 360 points.


2001 East Timorese parliamentary election
Constituent Assembly elections were held in East Timor on 30 August 2001, the second anniversary of the independence referendum. One member was elected from each of the country's thirteen districts, whilst a further 75 were elected by proportional representation. The result was a victory for Fretilin, which won 55 of the 88 seats. Voter turnout was 93%. Following the election the Assembly nominated a transitional Council of Ministers with Mari Alkatiri as Chief Minister.


2001 East Timorese parliamentary election, Aftermath
The Assembly had the mandate of preparing a constitution. It had to be approved by at least 60 of the 88 members within 90 days of the Assembly's first sitting. The new constitution was promulgated in March 2002, and following independence on 20 May, served as its first Parliament. Presidential elections were held in April 2002 in which Xanana Gusmão was victorious.


2001 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round
The 2001 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round was the third round of the 2001 Shell Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 28 to 29 November at Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney, New South Wales.


2001 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round, Race report
Following the Clipsal 500, there was controversy in relation to incidents going unpunished by race officials. For this event, the officials commented that they would be more strict on any offences.


2001 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round, Race report
Craig Lowndes initially won race one, with Marcos Ambrose finishing second. This result was overturned, however after Lowndes and Ambrose were penalized for two separate incidents throughout the race. Lowndes was given a time penalty for passing Greg Murphy under safety car conditions, which saw him relegated to 12th. Ambrose was given a time penalty for an illegal overtake on Murphy which saw the rookie bumped back to 13th for race two. After these penalties were enforced, Murphy was declared the winner.


2001 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round, Race report
Mark Skaife took a commanding race two win after Murphy was penalized for a jump-start. Whilst serving his penalty (which was a stop-go), Murphy did not come to a complete stop, which prompted some to query whether he should have to serve the penalty again. The stewards deemed him to have served a penalty and so did not request him to serve the penalty again.


2001 Eastern Creek V8 Supercar round, Race report
Skaife won the round with team-mate Jason Bright taking second and Murphy in third.


2001 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
The 2001 Eastern Illinois Panthers represented Eastern Illinois University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 15th-year head coach Bob Spoo, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 9–2, winning the OVC title with a conference mark of 6–1. Eastern Illinois was invited to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Northern Iowa. The Bobcats were ranked ninth in the final Sports Network poll.


2001 Eastern League season
The 2001 Eastern League season began on approximately April 1 and the regular season ended on approximately September 1.


2001 Eastern League season
The New Britain Rock Cats and Reading Phillies advanced to the ELCS. The teams were declared Co-Champions due to stoppage of play in professional baseball as a result of the September 11 attacks in the United States.


2001 Eastern League season, Playoffs, Divisional Series, Northern Division
The New Britain Rock Cats defeated the Norwich Navigators in the Northern Division playoffs 3 games to 1.


2001 Eastern League season, Playoffs, Divisional Series, Southern Division
The Reading Phillies defeated the Erie SeaWolves in the Southern Division playoffs 3 games to 1.


2001 Eastern League season, Playoffs, Championship Series
The ELCS was not played in 2001 as a result of the September 11 attacks. The New Britain Rock Cats and Reading Phillies were declared Co-Champions due to stoppage of play in professional baseball


2001 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team
The 2001 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Jeff Woodruff, the Eagles compiled a 2–9 record (1–6 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference, and were outscored by their opponents, 356 to 197. The team's statistical leaders included Kainoa Akina with 1,504 passing yards, Chris R. Roberson with 755 rushing yards, and Kevin Walter with 748 receiving yards. Scott Russell received the team's most valuable player award.


2001 Eastern North America heat wave
A rather cool and uneventful summer along the East Coast of the United States (with a more average heat pattern occurring in the Midwest/Great Lakes regions) changed abruptly when a ridge of high pressure centered off the coast of South Carolina strengthened in late July.


2001 Eastern North America heat wave
It began in early August for areas of the Midwest and western Great Lakes before spreading eastward and intensifying. It waned in most areas by the middle of the month, and although fairly short in duration compared with some other continental heat waves, it was very intense at its peak.


2001 Eastern North America heat wave
The high humidity and high temperatures led to major heat wave that overtook the major Northeast Megalopolis. Temperatures in Central Park, New York City reached a peak of 103 °F (39 °C). The temperature reached 105 °F (41 °C) in Newark, New Jersey.


2001 Eastern North America heat wave
Meanwhile, in Ontario and Quebec, extreme temperatures were also reported daily during the first week of August. Ottawa recorded its second-hottest day ever when the mercury approached 37 °C (99 °F) on August 9 and at the Toronto Airport it hit 38 °C (100 °F) on the same day, the hottest day there since 1955 with four straight days topping 35 °C (95 °F). Numerous records were shattered during the heatwave. Even in Nova Scotia, surrounded by the relatively cool waters of the Atlantic Ocean, temperatures still broke 35 °C (95 °F) in some locations. Glace Bay, which has a sub-Arctic climate reached a record-breaking 35.5 °C (95.9 °F) on August 10.


2001 Eastern North America heat wave
National Football League offensive tackle Korey Stringer suffered a heat stroke during the second day of the Minnesota Vikings preseason training camp and died as a result of complications on August 1, 2001. At least four New Yorkers died of hyperthermia. Chicago had at least 21 deaths.


2001 Eastern North America heat wave, The 2001 Heatwave in popular culture
The Tom Perrotta novel Little Children takes place in the middle of the heatwave.


2001 Edmonton Eskimos season
The 2001 Edmonton Eskimos finished 1st in the West Division with a 9–9–0–1 record, but lost the West Final to the Calgary Stampeders. This season's Eskimos became the first West Division team in CFL history to finish first in the division with only a .500 record.


2001 Edmonton municipal election
The 2001 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 15, 2001 to elect a mayor and twelve councilors to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, seven trustees to sit on the separate school board, and seven members of the Capital Health Board of Directors.


2001 Edmonton municipal election
This election was the first, and to date only, election in which directors were elected to the boards of Alberta's Regional Health Authorities. After this election, the provincial government returned to appointing all members of these boards directly.


2001 Edmonton municipal election, Voter turnout
There were 172,540 ballots cast out of 489,794 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.2%.


2001 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Separate (Catholic) school trustees
One trustee is elected from each ward, and the non-victorious candidate with the most total votes is also elected.


2001 Edward Jancarz Memorial
The 8th Edward Jancarz Memorial was the 2001 version of the Edward Jancarz Memorial. It took place on 15 July in the Stal Gorzów Stadium in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland. The Memorial was won by Rune Holta who beat Andreas Jonsson, Robert Sawina and Mariusz Staszewski in the final.


2001 Edward Jancarz Memorial, Heat details
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


2001 Einstein
2001 Einstein (prov. designation: 1973 EB) is a bright Hungaria asteroid from the innermost region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland, on 5 March 1973. The X-type asteroid (Xe) has a rotation period of 5.5 hours and measures approximately 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) in diameter. It is named after physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955).


2001 Einstein, Orbit and classification
Einstein is a member of the Hungaria family, which form the innermost dense concentration of asteroids in the Solar System. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.7–2.1 AU once every 2 years and 8 months (982 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 23° with respect to the ecliptic. As no precoveries were taken, the asteroid's observation arc begins with its discovery in 1973.


2001 Einstein, Naming
This minor planet was named in honour of the German-born, Swiss–American physicist and Nobelist Albert Einstein (1879–1955). It is considered suitable, that the body discovered at Bern is named after the 1921 Nobel prize for physics laureate, since it was the place where he had his golden years while working as a clerk at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. He is also honored by the lunar crater Einstein. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 October 1977 (M.P.C. 4237).


2001 Einstein, Naming
Arthur C. Clarke joked in the postscript of his novel 3001: The Final Odyssey that he was hoping asteroid 2001 would be named after him, but it was named for Einstein first. Asteroid 3001 was named 3001 Michelangelo. Clarke was later honoured with asteroid 4923 Clarke, named together with 5020 Asimov.


2001 Einstein, Physical characteristics
The Tholen classification, Einstein is an X-type asteroid, while in the SMASS classification, it is an Xe-subtype which transitions from the X-type to the very bright E-type asteroid.


2001 Einstein, Physical characteristics, Rotation period
Several rotational lightcurves for this asteroid were obtained from photometric observations. In December 2004, the first lightcurve by American astronomer Brian Warner at his Palmer Divide Observatory (PDS) in Colorado, gave a rotation period of 5.487 hours with a brightness variation of 0.66 in magnitude (U=3). Between 2008 and 2012, three additional lightcurves at the PDS gave an almost identical period of 5.485 hours with an amplitude of 0.67, 0.74 and 1.02, respectively (U=3/3/3).


2001 Einstein, Physical characteristics, Rotation period
Other lightcurves were obtained by Hanuš at the French CNES and other institutions, which gave a period of 5.48503 hours (U=n.a. ), and by Italian astronomer Federico Manzini at SAS observatory in Novara, Jean Strajnic and Raoul Behrend from December 2012, which rendered a period of 5.4846 hours with an amplitude of 0.66 in magnitude (U=2+).