2001 2. divisjon
26 games were played in 4 groups—changed from the 8 groups in the 2000 season—with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Tollnes, Åsane, Oslo Øst and Lørenskog were promoted to the 1. divisjon. Number twelve, thirteen and fourteen were relegated to the 3. divisjon. The winning teams from each of the 24 groups in the 3. divisjon each faced a winning team from another group in a playoff match, resulting in 12 playoff winners which were promoted to the 2. divisjon.


2001 24 Hours of Daytona
The 2001 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 24-hour endurance sports car race held on February 3–4, 2001 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the first round of the 2001 Rolex Sports Car Series. The race saw increased media attention due to Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. competing together for Corvette Racing. The father-son duo finished the race 4th overall. Earnhardt would later die several weeks later in the 2001 Daytona 500.


2001 24 Hours of Daytona
Victory overall and in the GTS class went to the No. 2 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R from Corvette Racing, driven by Johnny O'Connell, Ron Fellows, Chris Kneifel, and Franck Fréon. The GT class was won by the No. 31 Porsche 996 GT3-RS from White Lightning Racing, driven by Christian Menzel, Randy Pobst, Mike Fitzgerald, and Lucas Luhr. The SRP class was won by the No. 63 Kudzu DLY from Downing/Atlanta Racing, driven by Howard Katz, Chris Ronson, A. J. Smith, and Jim Downing.


2001 24 Hours of Daytona
The SRP II class was won by the No. 21 Archangel Motorsport Services Lola B2K/40, driven by Andy Lally, Paul Macey, Martin Henderson, and Peter Seldon. Finally, the AGT class was won by the No. 11 Hamilton Safe Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, driven by Ken Bupp, Dick Greer, Doug Mills, and Simon Gregg.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 69th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 16 and 17 June 2001.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background, Preview
The 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 69th edition of the race and took place at the 8.454 mi (13.605 km) Circuit de la Sarthe road racing circuit close by Le Mans, France from 16 to 17 June. The 24 Hours of Le Mans was conceived at the 1922 Paris Motor Show by the automotive journalist Charles Faroux to Georges Durand, the president of the automotive group, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and the industrialist Emile Coquile as a means of prompting car manufacturers to test the reliability and fuel efficiency of racing vehicles and equipment. It is considered one of the world's most prestigious motor races and is part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background, Track and regulation changes
After the 2000 race, the ACO and the French government modified the Route nationale 138 which forms the Mulsanne Straight, by decreasing the height of a hill by 7.9 ft (2.4 m) on the approach to the Mulsanne Corner where Mark Webber had an airborne accident in a Mercedes-Benz CLR during a warm-up session for the 1999 edition. Work in the area costing almost F6.5 million was mandated by motor racing's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), to comply with road safety regulations and traffic using the area was diverted onto an alternate route.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background, Track and regulation changes
It commenced on 1 December 2000 with the removal of 7,000 m3 (250,000 cu ft) of cuttings and continued until mid-March 2001. Other changes included a widening of the run-off area to the outside on the approach to the right-hand Indianapolis corner and a gravel trap and spectator section was moved further back in an attempt to enhance safety.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Background, Track and regulation changes
The ACO allowed cars in the Le Mans Prototype 675 (LMP675) category to be installed with a V6 turbocharged engine with a maximum capacity of 2,000 cc (120 cu in) up from a V4 power unit in the 2000 event. Teams could also fit a V8 engine into a car in the event that it was normally aspirated. The governing body also revoked a regulation for a car's headlights to be switched on in daylight hours and the FIA would supervise laboratory crash tests conducted on all vehicles. Changes to the format of the weekend saw the test day have 48 cars and 6 reserves all driving together in lieu of individual sessions for Grand Touring and Prototypes and would not eliminate any cars from contention as seen in previous editions of the race.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries
The ACO received 80 "good quality" inquires for applications by the deadline for entries on the midnight of 28 February 2001. The ACO's eight-person selection committee granted 48 invitations to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in-late March. Entries were divided between the Le Mans Prototype 900 (LMP900), Le Mans Grand Touring Prototype (LMGTP), LMP675, Le Mans Grand Touring Sport (LMGTS) and Le Mans Grand Touring (LMGT) categories.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic entries
Automatic entries were earned by teams which won their class in the 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans, or have won Le Mans-based series and events such as the 2000 Petit Le Mans of the American Le Mans Series, the Race of a Thousand Years held as part of the Asian-Pacific Le Mans Series and the 2000 1000 km of Nürburgring of the European Le Mans Series.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic entries
As entries were pre-selected to teams, they were restricted to a maximum of two cars and were not allowed to change their vehicles nor their competitors' licence from the previous year to the next. Entries were permitted to change category provided that they did not change the make of vehicle and the ACO granted official permission for the switch.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Automatic entries
The ACO published its final list of automatic berths on 26 January 2001. Audi Sport North America, Viper Team Oreca and Dick Barbour Racing were the three teams out of the twelve that were pre-selected to decline their automatic invitations.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Entries, Entry list and reserves
The ACO announced the full 48-car entry list for Le Mans plus six reserves on 4 April. The Ascari, Audi, Bentley, Cadillac, Courage, Chrysler, Dome and Panoz brands were accepted into the two Prototype classes, which featured a mixture of works teams and privateers. Cars from Lola, Pilbeam and Reynard featured in the eight-vehicle LMP675 class. Chrysler, General Motors via its Chevrolet division and Saleen were the three manufacturers in the LMGTS category. The majority of cars in the LMGT class were from Porsche with Callaway represented by one team. On 27 April, the No. 59 Saleen/Allen Speedlab-entered S7 was withdrawn from the race. The No. 21 Team Ascari car was promoted from the top of the list of reserves to take the vacated slot on the grid.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing
A mandatory pre-Le Mans test day split into two daytime sessions of four hours each was held at the circuit on 6 May, involving all 48 cars and four reserve entries. The morning session was led by Audi with a lap of 3 minutes, 36.054 seconds from Stefan Johansson in the No. 4 Johansson Motorsport R8. The top-placed works Audi was Tom Kristensen's No. 1 Team Joest car in second and the fastest Bentley EXP Speed 8 was the No. 7 of Stéphane Ortelli in third.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing
Emanuele Pirro of Team Joest, Johnny Herbert for Champion Racing and Yannick Dalmas in a Chrysler LMP occupied fourth to sixth positions. A broken exhaust header caused the carbon fibre chassis on David Brabham's Panoz LMP07 to catch fire in the final moments of the morning session. Panoz withdrew the No. 12 car for the rest of the test day due to extensive damage it sustained.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing
Eric van de Poele for Dick Barbour set the fastest lap in the LMP675 category, while the Larbre Compétition team led both GT classes with the No. 58 Oreca Viper and the No. 60 Porsche. Several drivers ran off the circuit during the session. Kristensen damaged the No. 2 Audi's front-right and the car's suspension arm was replaced. The No. 64 Corvette's steering failed and the car was stopped on the Mulsanne Straight.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing
The second test session had Audi continue to lead with Rinaldo Capello in the No. 2 car with the day's fastest lap of 3 minutes, 32.742 seconds. This was followed by an improved time for the Champion Racing car of Ralf Kelleners in second and Martin Brundle in Bentley's No. 8 car in third. Racing for Holland was fourth courtesy of a lap from Jan Lammers and the second Joest Audi of Frank Biela rounded out the top five.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing
The Dick Barbour team continued to lead the LMP675 category with an improved lap of 3 minutes, 44.272 seconds, ahead of the trio of drivers of the second-placed No. 38 ROC Auto Reynard 01Q and Claudia Hurtgen's No. 32 Roock/KnightHawk Racing Lola B2K/40-Nissan in third. Oliver Gavin moved the No. 60 Saleen Allen Speedlab S7R to the head of LMGTS with a lap of 3 minutes, 54.344 seconds. He was followed by Johnny Mowlem's No. 62 Ray Mallock car on the soft compound tyres and Corvette's No. 63 C5-R was third-fastest in the session.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Testing
Xavier Pompidou in the No. 73 Freisinger Motorsport Porsche led the LMGT class with the No. 80 Larbre car second. Fabio Babini's No. 83 Seikel Motorsport car and the No. 35 Rowan Racing Pilbeam MP84-Nissan made contact at the Ford Chicane late in the session and the former was unable to continue driving.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
Eight hours of qualifying divided into four two-hour sessions was available to all the entrants on 13 and 14 June. During the sessions, all entrants were required to set a time within 110 per cent of the fastest lap established by the fastest vehicle in each of the five categories to qualify for the race. The first session took place in clear weather conditions. Audi, the pre-race favourites, led early on with a flying lap from Kristensen before his teammate Capello followed with a 3 minutes, 34.880 seconds time to go fastest overall.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
Kristensen stood three-tenths of a second adrift in second. Lammers followed in third and Kelleners was fourth for Champion Racing. The fastest Bentley was in fifth position after a lap from Brundle. The No. 12 Panoz of Jan Magnussen stopped after the PlayStation chicane and was then sidelined with a blocked gearbox. Anthony Reid carried the No. 34 MG-Lola EX257-Lola to provisional pole position in the LMP675 category with a time of 3 minutes, 42.065 seconds ahead of the ROC Auto Reynard and No. 36 Dick Barbour entries.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
The crew of MG's No. 33 car set no laps because it suffered from an alternator issue that created a misfire. The GTS class of GT was led by Ron Fellows' No. 64 Corvette, who set a 3 minutes, 55.552 seconds lap. Andy Pilgrim in the sister No. 63 Corvette was second followed by Christophe Bouchut's No. 58 Larbre Oreca in third. At the conclusion of the session, the No. 80 Larbre Porsche led in LMGT from the No. 70 Aspen Knolls MCR Callaway C12-R and the No. 72 Team Taisan Advan car.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
The day's fastest laps were predicted to possibly be set within the opening fifteen minutes of the second session due to lowering ambient temperatures and light levels. Kristensen improved provisional pole position to a 3 minutes, 32.458 seconds lap seven minutes into the session to be four seconds faster than Allan McNish's 2000 pole lap. He was unable to improve any further because of an electrical misfire that affected the No. 1 Audi. Capello fell to second; the No. 2 car had a power steering fault just as Christian Pescatori relieved his co-driver.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
Kelleners moved Champion Racing to third after a change of gearbox. Lammers of Racing for Holland fell to fourth and Brundle's No. 7 Bentley was demoted to fifth because a punctured tyre on the Mulsanne Straight sent him into the gravel trap at Mulsanne Corner. Reid MG's No. 34 car had a possible blocked fuel filter that regulated its fuel pressure; the car kept the class pole of LMP675. Kevin McGarrity elevated the sister No. 33 MG to second in class and ROC Auto fell to third.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
In LMGTS, Oliver Gavin's No. 60 Saleen led the session and took the provisional class pole position from Corvette Racing. Fellows crashed into a tyre barrier at the second Mulsanne Chicane and the No. 63 Corvette sustained heavy rear-end damage. He was unhurt. The sole non-Porsche car in LMGT of the Aspen Knolls MCR-entered Callaway C12 of Cort Wagner moved to the front in class with Patrice Goueslard's No. 80 Larbre car second.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
Conditions were overcast for the third practice session on 14 June and some rain fell intermittently. None of the first three Audi teams improved their times from the day before as most teams focused on locating their racing setups. Lammers set the session's fastest lap at 3 minutes, 34.838 seconds to strengthen Racing for Holland's hold on fourth position and he moved to within half a second of Herbert's Champion Audi. Johanasson was second-quickest and his time moved the No. 4 Audi from eighth to fifth in the final ten minutes of the session.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
Jordi Gené set the fastest time in the LMP675 in the ROC Auto Reynard yet he was almost four seconds behind the class pole-sitting No. 34 MG. The LMGTS class remained the same upfront as Gavin improved the No. 60 Saleen's fastest lap time to a 3 minutes, 52.849 seconds and took a new class record. The No. 58 Larbre Oreca of Christophe Bouchut retained third place in category.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
The lead of LMGT changed when Goueslard's No. 80 Larbre entry took the category pole position late on before Wagner in the Aspen Knolls Callaway used his team's race engine to reclaim the position. Perspective Racing's Michel Neugarten went off the circuit and damaged the rear of the No. 75 Porsche at the PlayStation chicane. Luis Marques in the No. 74 Luc Alphand Adventure car leaked oil at the entry to the Michelin chicane due to a hose problem and marshals quickly cleaned the track. Noël del Bello's No. 79 vehicle of Georges Forgeois damaged its front-left in an accident.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
As temperatures cooled in the final qualifying session due to fading light, Capello waited in his garage before he negotiated slower traffic to set a 3 minutes, 32.249 seconds lap in the No. 2 Audi and demoted Kristensen from pole position. Kristensen's No. 1 car had its damper unit and front bodywork changed and ran a race-tuned engine along with soft compound tyres; he could not better his teammate's lap because of a slow puncture when he ran into a gravel trap at the first Mulsanne Straight chicane, giving the No. 2 car pole position.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
Champion Racing were not able to improve their lap and took third. Lammers' third-session time secured Racing for Holland fourth and Johannson's No. 4 Audi took fifth. Anthony Reid twice reset the fastest lap in LMP675 to secure pole position for the No. 34 MG team with a 3 minutes, 41.769 seconds lap. Kevin McGarrity in the sister MG was second in class after an oil leak caused the team to change engines. Gené's ROC Auto entry took third in the category.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying
The GT categories remained the same with the No. 60 Saleen's lap time set by Gavin giving it pole position in the GTS class and Wagner's lap in LMGT was not bettered by any other driver. Team Advan's No. 72 Porsche driven by Kazuyuki Nishizawa had an accident at the Porsche Curves and sustained damage to its front and rear.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Qualifying, Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are indicated in bold and by a  The fastest time set by each entry is denoted in gray.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Warm-up
The drivers took to the track at 09:00 local time on 16 June for a 45-minute warm-up session. It was held on a damp track after overnight rain; teams focused on systems checks, setting up their cars against the weather of the time, tried several tyre compounds and ensuring their drivers had some driving experience. The No. 2 Audi driven by Christian Pescatori set the fastest time with a lap of 3 minutes, 40.497 seconds. The sister No. 1 Joest Audi of Emanuele Pirro was second with the highest-placed Bentley in third with Guy Smith's No. 7 car.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Warm-up
Sébastien Bourdais in Pescarolo Sport's No. 17 C60 was fourth-quickest and Éric Bernard's No. 5 DAMS Cadillac Northstar LMP fifth. The fastest LMP675 lap was set by the ROC Auto Reynard at 3 minutes, 51.491 seconds. RML's No. 62 Saleen was the fastest car in the LMGTS category and the Aspen Knolls MCR Callaway led in LMGT. The No. 11 Panoz of Klaus Graf had a tyre issue and went into the gravel trap at the exit to Indianapolis corner from which marshals extricated him. Corvette's No. 64 car stopped at the Dunlop Bridge with a broken oil pump belt and the No. 80 Larbre Porsche leaked oil from its underside due to a possible fuel system fault.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race
220,000 people attended the event. Audi's top two finishers had to share the podium with a Bentley interloper, but their margin over third place was formidable.


2001 24 Hours of Le Mans, Race
Corvette Racing's achievement of a GTS class win was sullied by a slow pace and the presence of two GT class Porsche 911s in front of them. It was the last time a Porsche team would finish in front of the GTS class until they had the class-consolidating 4.0 liter 997 GT3 RSR in their possession, in 2010.


2001 3 Nations Cup
The 2001 3 Nations Cup was the sixth playing of the annual women's ice hockey tournament. It was held in Finland, from November 2–7, 2001. The United States withdrew from the tournament due to the September 11 attacks.


2001 3. divisjon
The 2001 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway.


2001 3. divisjon
Between 18 and 24 games (depending on group size) were played in 24 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Twelve teams were promoted to the 2. divisjon through playoff.


2001 A Lyga
The Lithuanian A Lyga 2001 was the 12th season of top-tier football in Lithuania. The season started on 1 April 2001 and ended on 11 November 2001. 10 teams participated with FBK Kaunas winning the championship.


2001 AAA Championships
The 2001 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 13–15 July at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England. It was considered the de facto national championships for the United Kingdom.


2001 AAA Championships
Following demands from women athletes, a 2001 UK Athletics Championships was held separately specifically for the newly introduced women's 3000 metres steeplechase event. This event was added to the AAA programme in response the following year.


2001 AAPT Championships
The 2001 AAPT Championships was a men's ATP tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Memorial Drive Park in Adelaide in Australia and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and ran from 1 through 7 January 2001. Tommy Haas won the singles title.


2001 AAPT Championships, Finals, Doubles
David Macpherson /  Grant Stafford defeated  Wayne Arthurs /  Todd Woodbridge 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4


2001 AAPT Championships, Entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2001 AAPT Championships – Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but only Woodbridge competed that year with Wayne Arthurs.


2001 AAPT Championships – Doubles
Arthurs and Woodbridge lost in the final 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4 against David Macpherson and Grant Stafford.


2001 AAPT Championships – Singles
The tournament was played between January 1 and January 7, 2001. Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tommy Haas.


2001 AAPT Championships – Singles
Haas won in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Nicolás Massú.


2001 ABC Champions Cup
The ABC Champions Cup 2001 was the 12th staging of the ABC Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates between June 1 to 8, 2001.


2001 ABC Championship
The 2001 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the men's basketball qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2002 FIBA World Championship at United States.


2001 ABC Championship, Qualification
According to the ABC rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (China) and the best 5 teams of the previous Asian Championship were automatically qualified.


2001 ABC Championship, Draw
** Suspended by FIBA, replaced by  Singapore which finished third in the Southeast Asian qualifiers.


2001 ABC Championship, Draw
With DPR Korea and Saudi Arabia out of the championship, the ABC has called for a redraw of the 14 participants in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 12.


2001 ABC Championship for Women
The 2001 ABC Championship for Women is the qualifying tournament for 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament was held on Bangkok, Thailand from October 4 to October 11. The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II.


2001 ABC Championship qualification
The 2001 ABC Championship qualification was held in late 2000 and early 2001 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Middle Asia (Central Asia and South Asia) each conducting tournaments.


2001 ABC Championship qualification, Qualified teams
** Suspended by FIBA, replaced by  Singapore which finished third in the Southeast Asian qualifiers.


2001 ABC Championship qualification, East Asia
All the others withdrew, so  North Korea and  Hong Kong qualified automatically.


2001 ABC Championship qualification, Gulf
The 2000 Gulf Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2001 ABC Championship. Qatar won the tournament and qualified alongside  United Arab Emirates.


2001 ABC Championship qualification, Middle Asia
All the others withdrew, so  India and  Uzbekistan qualified automatically.


2001 ABC Championship qualification, Southeast Asia
The 4th Southeast Asia Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2001 ABC Championship. the two best teams qualifies for 2001 ABC Championship. The tournament was held at Manila, Philippines.


2001 ABC Championship qualification, West Asia
The 2000 West Asia Basketball Association Championship and 2001 West Asia Basketball Association Championship are the qualifying tournament for the 2001 ABC Championship. the two best teams after the second tournament qualifies for 2001 ABC Championship. The 2000 tournament was held at Beirut, Lebanon while Amman, Jordan hosted the 2001 edition.


2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 19 February through 25 February 2001. Nicolas Escudé won the singles title.


2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The singles line up featured World No. 1, US Open, Canada and Paris Masters champion Marat Safin, Sydney Olympics gold medalist and Moscow champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Washington and Toulouse champion Àlex Corretja. Also competing were Vienna and Brighton champion Tim Henman, Australian Open runner-up and Lyon champion Arnaud Clément, Dominik Hrbatý, Sébastien Grosjean and Juan Carlos Ferrero.


2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Finals, Doubles
Jonas Björkman /  Roger Federer defeated  Petr Pála /  Pavel Vízner 6–3, 6–0


2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
David Adams and John-Laffnie de Jager were the defending champions but only Adams competed that year with Marius Barnard.


2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Adams and Barnard lost in the first round to Dominik Hrbatý and David Prinosil.


2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Roger Federer won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Petr Pála and Pavel Vízner.


2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Cédric Pioline was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Andreas Vinciguerra.


2001 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Nicolas Escudé won in the final 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–5) against Roger Federer.


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


2001 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 8–11 in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Georgia Dome. Duke won the tournament for the third year in a row, defeating North Carolina in the championship game. Duke's Shane Battier won the tournament's Most Valuable Player award.


2001 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
Duke went on to win the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in the following weeks. It was their third national championship. Duke defeated ACC rival Maryland in the Final Four. Duke also defeated Maryland in the ACC semifinal round.


2001 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 ACC Tournament Championship Game pitted the #1 and #2 seeds against each other for the second consecutive year.


2001 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 edition of the ACC Tournament was the first one held in the Georgia Dome. The tournament had previously been held in Atlanta at the Omni. The tournament returned to the Georgia Dome in 2009. The tournament format reverted to the format last used in 1997, featuring a first round game between the two lowest seeds, with the remaining teams receiving byes to the quarterfinals. The previous format had the #1 seed facing the #9 seed in the first round, with the winner receiving a bye to the semifinals, while the #7 and #8 seeds played in the first round to determine which would join the #2 to #6 seeds in quarterfinals.


2001 AF2 season
The 2001 AF2 season was the second season of the AF2. The league champions were the Quad City Steamwheelers, who defended their title with a victory over the Richmond Speed in ArenaCup II. This is the first time that both conferences contained two divisions each, like the Arena Football League.


2001 AF2 season, ArenaCup II
ArenaCup II was the 2001 edition of the AF2's championship game, in which the American Conference Champions Richmond Speed were defeated by the National Conference Champions Quad City Steamwheelers in Moline, Illinois by a score of 55 to 51.


2001 AFC Futsal Championship
The 2001 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Tehran, Iran from 14 July to 20 July 2001.


2001 AFC Women's Championship
The 2001 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in Taipei County, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) between 4 and 16 December 2001. It was the 13th staging of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, consisting of fourteen teams.


2001 AFC Women's Championship, Group stage
A total of 14 teams were divided into two groups consisting five teams and a group consist four teams.


2001 AFF Futsal Championship
From the very start of the tournament, Thailand  looked good for the title.


2001 AFF Futsal Championship, Championship, Group stage
The five teams played one another over three days, with the top two advancing to the final.


2001 AFL Grand Final
The 2001 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Bombers and the Brisbane Lions, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 2001. It was the 105th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2001 AFL season. The match, attended by 91,482 spectators, was won by Brisbane by a margin of 26 points, marking the club's first premiership since it was established in 1997.


2001 AFL Grand Final, Background
Essendon were defending their 2000 premiership, and went into the game having finished on top of the ladder on percentage ahead of second placed Brisbane (both had won 17 games). Brisbane had won fifteen consecutive games leading up to the grand final, a streak which commenced with a major upset of Essendon at the Gabba in Round 10.


2001 AFL Grand Final, Background
It was the Brisbane Lions' first appearance in a grand final, and it broke a long grand final drought for the two clubs who merged to form it in 1997: its Melbourne-based predecessor, Fitzroy Lions, had not contested a grand final since 1944, and its Brisbane-based predecessor Brisbane Bears did not contest a grand final in its ten year history. Essendon were the dominant team between 1999 and 2001, losing just 11 games (including just one in 2000) from the start of 1999 until the 2001 grand final.


2001 AFL Grand Final, Background
In the 2001 finals series, Essendon defeated Richmond by 70 points in the first qualifying final and then defeated Hawthorn by 9 points in the first preliminary final to advance to the grand final. Brisbane earnt their place in the grand final by defeating Port Adelaide by 32 points in the second qualifying final and then Richmond by 68 points in the second preliminary final.


2001 AFL Grand Final, Background
In the lead-up to the match, Brisbane's Jason Akermanis won the Brownlow Medal. The two coaches, Kevin Sheedy and Leigh Matthews, had met in a grand final 11 years prior, when Matthews' Magpies ended their so-called "Colliwobbles" (a drought lasting 32 years) by defeating Sheedy's Bombers in the 1990 AFL Grand Final.


2001 AFL Grand Final, Background
This was the last AFL match to be televised by the Seven Network before it lost the broadcasting rights to the sport, having shown the game for the previous 45 years, with the exception of 1987, when the game was televised by the ABC and TV0 in Brisbane. It wasn't until 2007 that Seven would regain the rights, and it wasn't until 2008 that the AFL Grand Final would again be televised by the Seven Network.


2001 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
Brisbane started the game well, scoring the first goal of the match from a free kick awarded to Alastair Lynch for holding against Dustin Fletcher. Essendon fought back late in the first quarter then took control of the game in the second term. Brisbane's poor kicking for goal almost put them out of the game in the second quarter as Essendon blew their lead out to 20 points late in the term. Brisbane had kicked an inaccurate 5.10 by the half-time break.


2001 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
Brisbane managed to overrun Essendon in the third term kicking six goals to one and turning a 14-point deficit into a 16-point lead. Brisbane's pace in the midfield and the tiring legs of most of the Essendon players played a pivotal role in Brisbane taking full control of the game in the second half, to win comfortably. Essendon had scored two late goals in the last quarter after once trailing by as much as 39 points.


2001 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
Shaun Hart of the Lions was awarded the Norm Smith Medal for being judged the best player. Matthew Lloyd was amongst the best for Essendon, kicking 5 goals.


2001 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
Essendon captain James Hird was visibly shattered and disappointed in his post-match speech. A quick congratulations to Brisbane for winning was followed by a public apology to Bombers fans for letting them down.


2001 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
In a remarkable statistic, most of the Lions' premiership side were on the playing list when the club won the wooden spoon in 1998.


2001 AFL Grand Final, Match summary
This was the first of four consecutive grand final appearances by Brisbane, and the first of three consecutive flags. For Essendon, this is their most recent grand final appearance as of 2021.


2001 AFL Grand Final, Legacy
As of the 2021 AFL season, four players from this grand final are senior coaches in the AFL: Chris Scott (Geelong since 2011), Damien Hardwick (Richmond since 2010), Craig McRae (Collingwood from 2022) and Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions between 2009–13, and Carlton from 2022); in addition, a further three players coached in the AFL: Brad Scott (North Melbourne between 2010–19), James Hird (Essendon between 2011–13, and 2015) and Justin Leppitsch (Brisbane Lions between 2014–16). Chris Scott and Hardwick (three times) have coached their clubs to premierships, in 2011, 2017, 2019 and 2020, respectively, with Leppitsch acting as an assistant to the latter in all three flags; additionally, both coached against each other in the 2020 Grand Final, which was played at the Gabba.


2001 AFL Rising Star
The Ansett AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League. The 2001 medal was won by St Kilda player Justin Koschitzke.


2001 AFL Rising Star, Eligibility
Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a stand out young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on January 1 of that year, have played 10 or fewer senior games and not been suspended during the season. At the end of the year, one of the 22 nominees is the winner of award, based on voting by a selected panel of football experts.


2001 AFL Under 18 Championships
The 2001 National AFL Under 18 Championships was the sixth edition of the AFL Under 18 Championships. Eight teams competed in the championships: Vic Metro, Vic Country, South Australia and Western Australia in Division 1, and New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT), Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania in Division 2. The competition was played over three rounds across two divisions. Vic Metro and Tasmania were the Division 1 and Division 2 champions, respectively. The Michael Larke Medal (for the best player in Division 1) was awarded jointly to Sam Power (Vic Metro) and Steven Armstrong (Western Australia), while the Hunter Harrison Medal (for the best player in Division 2) was won by Tasmania's Tom Davidson.


2001 AFL Under 18 Championships, Under 18 All-Australian team
The 2001 Under 18 All-Australian team was named on 9 July 2001:


2001 AFL Women's National Championships
The 2001 AFL Women's National Championships took place in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The tournament began on 29 June and ended on 4 July 2001. The 2001 tournament was the 10th Championship. The Senior-vics of Victoria won the 2001 Championship, defeating Queensland in the final. It was Victoria's 10th consecutive title.


2001 AFL draft
The 2001 AFL draft consisted of a state draft, a body draft, a pre-season draft and a trade period. The AFL draft is the annual draft of players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League (AFL).


2001 AFL draft
In 2001 there were 83 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. The Fremantle Dockers originally received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder in the 2001 AFL season but they traded it to Hawthorn for Trent Croad. The No.1 draft pick was Luke Hodge, who became the first No.1 draft pick in many seasons to play in a premiership side.


2001 AFL draft
The draft is known widely as the "superdraft" due to the recruitment of modern star players such as Luke Hodge, Luke Ball, Chris Judd, Jimmy Bartel, Nick Dal Santo, Steve Johnson, Sam Mitchell, Leigh Montagna, Gary Ablett, Brian Lake, Matthew Boyd, James Kelly, Dane Swan and David Hale. All of the aforementioned players have played in at least one Grand Final, all but Dal Santo and Montagna have played in a premiership team and Judd, Mitchell and Hodge (three times) have captained their respective teams to victories in the 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2015 grand finals.


2001 AFL draft
Judd (2004, 2010), Bartel (2007), Ablett (2009, 2013), Swan (2011) and Mitchell (2012) have also won the Brownlow Medal, the award for the best and fairest player in a season, while Judd (2005), Johnson (2007), Hodge (2008 and 2014), Bartel (2011) and Lake (2013) have all won a Norm Smith Medal (awarded to the best player on-field in the AFL Grand Final).


2001 AFL season
The 2001 Australian Football League season was the 105th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 12th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.


2001 AFL season, Ansett Australia Cup
Port Adelaide defeated the Brisbane Lions 17.9 (111) to 3.8 (26) in the grand final.


2001 AFL season, Premiership season, Round 18
Fremantle claimed their first win of the season in their match against Hawthorn.


2001 AFL season, Ladder
All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176. An additional nine games were played during the finals series.


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships
The 2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from October 1 through October 7, 2001. Lleyton Hewitt and Monica Seles won the singles titles.


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles
Rick Leach /  David Macpherson defeated  Paul Hanley /  Nathan Healey 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles
Liezel Huber /  Rachel McQuillan defeated  Janet Lee /  Wynne Prakusya 6–2, 6–0


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
Rick Leach and David Macpherson won in the final 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) against Paul Hanley and Nathan Healey.


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
The top five seeded teams received byes into the second round.


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Sjeng Schalken was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Michel Kratochvil.


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Lleyton Hewitt won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Kratochvil.


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Julie Halard-Decugis and Corina Morariu were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Halard-Decugis retired from professional tennis at the end of the 2000 season, while Morariu was forced to leave the Tour after being diagnosed with leukemia.


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Liezel Huber and Rachel McQuillan won the title by defeating Janet Lee and Wynne Prakusya 6–2, 6–0 in the final. It was the 2nd title for Huber and the 16th title for McQuillan in their respective doubles careers.


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
Julie Halard-Decugis was the defending champion but did not compete this year, as she retired from professional tennis at the end of the 2000 season.


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
First-seeded Monica Seles won the title by defeating second-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2001 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top two seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2001 AIHL season
The 2001 AIHL season is the second season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The Adelaide Avalanche finished first after the regular season and also won the championship final, defeating the Sydney Bears 10–7. Paul Lawson of the Adelaide Avalanche top scored for the regular season with 38 points.


2001 AIHL season, Regular season
The regular season featured the three teams in the league playing 16 games each. At the end of the season Adelaide Avalanche finished on top of the regular season standings with 31 points and the Sydney Bears finishing second with 15 points. Both teams advanced to the championship final to compete in a single game playoff. Paul Lawson of the Adelaide Avalanche was the league's top scorer, scoring 16 goals and 22 assists for a total of 38 points.


2001 AIHL season, Goodall Cup Final
Following the regular season the Avalanche and the Bears competed in the single game final. Adelaide won the game 10–7.


2001 AK Pipe International Cup
The 2001 AK Pipe International Cup was a friendly football tournament that took place in Mashhad, Iran. The tournament was sponsored by .


2001 AK Pipe International Cup
Revenues generated from ticket sales for this tournament went towards refugees from war torn Afghanistan.


2001 AK Pipe International Cup
Köpetdag Aşgabat fielded two Iranian footballers in the game against Aboomoslem, the two were Ali Khosravi and Mehdi Khazaei.


2001 AK Pipe International Cup, Participant teams
Initially this tournament was going to be held in August 2001 and the four participants were going to be Persepolis F.C., Partsazan Khorasan, Köpetdag Aşgabat and AK Pipe Mashhad. However Persepolis F.C. decided not to take partin the tournament due to several players' injuries.


2001 AK Pipe International Cup, Participant teams
The tournament was postponed to October and the participants were as follow:


2001 ANZ Tasmanian International
The 2001 ANZ Tasmanian International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, [Australia and was part of Tier V of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and ran from 7 January until 13 January 2001. Unseeded Rita Grande won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


2001 ANZ Tasmanian International, Finals, Doubles
Cara Black /  Elena Likhovtseva defeated  Ruxandra Dragomir /  Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–4, 6–1


2001 ANZ Tasmanian International, Entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2001 ANZ Tasmanian International – Doubles
Rita Grande and Émilie Loit were the defending champions but only Grande competed that year with Emmanuelle Gagliardi.


2001 ANZ Tasmanian International – Doubles
Gagliardi and Grande lost in the quarterfinals to Els Callens and Anne-Gaëlle Sidot.


2001 ANZ Tasmanian International – Doubles
Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Ruxandra Dragomir and Virginia Ruano Pascual.


2001 ANZ Tasmanian International – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 ANZ Tasmanian International – Singles
Kim Clijsters was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2001 ANZ Tasmanian International – Singles
Rita Grande won in the final 0–6, 6–3, 6–3 against Jennifer Hopkins.


2001 ANZ Tasmanian International – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 ASB Classic
The 2001 ASB Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand and was part of Tier V of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held from 1 January until 6 January 2001. Unseeded Meilen Tu won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


2001 ASB Classic, Finals, Doubles
Alexandra Fusai /  Rita Grande defeated  Emmanuelle Gagliardi /  Barbara Schett 7–6(7–4), 6–3


2001 ASB Classic, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2001 ASB Classic – Doubles
Cara Black and Alexandra Fusai were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Black with Sandrine Testud and Fusai with Rita Grande.


2001 ASB Classic – Doubles
Black and Testud lost in the semifinals to Emmanuelle Gagliardi and Barbara Schett.


2001 ASB Classic – Doubles
Fusai and Grande won in the final 7–6 (7–4), 6–3 against Gagliardi and Schett.


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


2001 ASB Classic – Singles
Anne Kremer was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Marlene Weingärtner.


2001 ASB Classic – Singles
Meilen Tu won in the final 7–6 (12–10), 6–2 against Paola Suárez.


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


2001 ASB Classic – Singles, Qualifying, Seeds
The top three seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 ASCAR season
The 2001 ASCAR season was the inaugural season of United Kingdom-based NASCAR style stock car racing, originally known as ASCAR.


2001 ASCAR season, Race calendar
The season had intended to run at Knockhill, Mondello Park and the EuroSpeedway as well as the Rockingham Motor Speedway but fuel pickup issues during the inaugural race in May caused that race to be discounted from the championship and the season was postponed and cut back to just five races at three meetings all at Rockingham.


2001 ASEAN Para Games
The 2001 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as the 1st ASEAN Para Games, was a Southeast Asian disabled multi-sport event held a month after the 2001 Southeast Asian Games. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 26 to 29 October 2001. This ASEAN Para Games was the first edition held in history for Southeast Asia countries and also the first edition hosted by Malaysia.


2001 ASEAN Para Games
Around 600 athletes participated at the event which featured 341 events in 2 sports. It was opened by the Acting Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.


2001 ASEAN Para Games
The final medal tally was led by host nation Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar.


2001 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation
On 28 April 2001, the 1st ASEAN Para Games Organising Committee led by Dato' Zainal Abu Zarin was formed to oversee the staging of the games after the formation of ASEAN Para Sports Federation.


2001 ASEAN Para Games, Development and preparation, Venues
The 1st ASEAN Para Games had 2 venues for the games.


2001 ASEAN Para Games, Marketing, Logo
The logo of the 2001 ASEAN Para Games is a flower divided into 10 equally shaped triangular petals, represents the 10 ASEAN member nations, which are also the games participating nations. The 10 petal flower circular arrangement represents commitment, unity and harmony of the 10 ASEAN nations as well as equality and opportunity in sports and life for people with disabilities.


2001 ASEAN Para Games, Marketing, Mascot
The mascot of the 2001 ASEAN Para Games is a mousedeer named, "Ujang". The mousedeer is a native animal in Malaysia locally known as pelanduk or kancil which is shy, but very agile and quick thinking. It is a favourite character in local folktales commonly known as "Sang Kancil", noted for its intelligence, wit, cunning feints and quick reaction to escape from all kinds of danger, especially from its enemies. The adoption of mousedeer as the games' mascot is to represent the courage of the Paralympic athletes in overcoming challenges and the odds. The name of the mascot, Ujang is a common nickname for local Malay youths.


2001 ASEAN Para Games, Marketing, Songs
The theme song of the games composed by Dato' Zainal Abidin Abu Zarin and was sung by Siti Nurhaliza.


2001 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil at 20:00 on 26 October 2001. The games was opened the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Mizan Zainal Abidin.


2001 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony was held at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil at 20:00 on 29 October 2001. The games was closed by the Minister for National Unity and Community Development, Datuk Dr Siti Zaharah Sulaiman. Thai swimmer Voravit Kaw Kham was voted the Best Sportsman title, while Theresa Goh of Singapore won the Best Sportswoman title.


2001 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Participating nations
Around 700 athletes and officials had participated in the games.


2001 ASEAN Para Games, The games, Sports
Only 2 Sports are contested in the 2001 ASEAN Para Games.


2001 ASFA Soccer League
The 2001 season of the ASFA Soccer League (now known as the FFAS Senior League) was the twenty first season of association football competition in American Samoa. PanSa Soccer Club won the championship, their second recorded title, with the winners of the 1998 league competition and a number of previous seasons unknown.


2001 ASP World Tour
The ASP World Tour is a professional competitive surfing league. It is run by the Association of Surfing Professionals. The 2001 ASP Men's World Tour was restricted to five contests and the 2001 ASP Women's World Tour was restricted to three contests, due to the tragic events of September 11, 2001.


2001 ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2001 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 135 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.


2001 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The 2001 ATP Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the Tennis Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series.


2001 ATP Tour, Schedule and results
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2001 ATP Tour, with player progression documented from the quarterfinal stage.


2001 ATP Tour, Statistical information
List of players and titles won (Grand Slam and Masters Cup titles in bold), listed in order of most titles won:


2001 ATP Tour, Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP Rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2001 season:


2001 AV43
2001 AV43 is a very small, monolithic asteroid and fast rotator, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 30 meters (98 feet) in diameter. It was first observed on 5 January 2001, by astronomers of the LINEAR program at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico, in the United States. The presumed S-type asteroid has a rotation period of only 10 minutes. It has an exceptionally low MOID of 0.66 lunar distance (LD) and will approach Earth at 0.81 LD on 11 November 2029.


2001 AV43, Orbit and classification
2001 AV43 is a member of the dynamical Apollo group, which are Earth-crossing asteroids. Apollo asteroids are the largest subgroup of near-Earth objects. Unlike many Apollo asteroids, this asteroid is not a Mars-crosser, as its aphelion is smaller than the orbit of the Red Planet at 1.66 AU.


2001 AV43, Orbit and classification
This asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.97–1.59 AU once every 17 months (531 days; semi-major axis of 1.28 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.24 and an inclination of 0° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with a precovery found in ESO's Astrovirtel data archive (I03), in August 2000, less than 5 months prior to its official discovery observation at Socorro.


2001 AV43, Orbit and classification, Close approaches
2001 AV43 has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0017 AU (254,000 km), which translates into 0.7 lunar distances (LD). Due to its small size, that is, an absolute magnitude fainter than 22, this asteroid is not classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid.


2001 AV43, Orbit and classification, Close approaches
On 18 November 2013, the asteroid passed Earth at 2.7 LD. The angle of approach made it a good target for radar observations.


2001 AV43, Orbit and classification, Close approaches
On 11 November 2029, the orbit of 2001 AV43 is predicted to bring the asteroid within a nominal distance of 0.00209 AU (313,000 km; 194,000 mi) or 0.81 LD of Earth. It will also pass the Moon at an even shorter nominal distance of 0.00166 AU (248,000 km; 154,000 mi)


2001 AV43, Physical characteristics, Rotation period
A rotational lightcurve of 2001 AV43 was obtained from photometric observations by American astronomers Robert J. Whiteley, Carl Hergenrother and David Tholen. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 0.1701 hours (612 second) with a brightness amplitude of 0.26 magnitude (U=2). With such a short period, it is a notable fast rotator. The observers classified it as a "monolithic fast-rotating asteroid" (MFRA).


2001 AV43, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and derives a diameter of 0.03 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 24.9.


2001 AV43, Numbering and naming
As of 2018, this minor planet has neither been numbered nor named.


2001 AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament
The 2001 AVC Cup Men's Club Tournament was the 3rd staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Shehong, China. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance of Korea won the tournament after beating Suntory Sunbirds of Japan.


2001 AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament
The 2001 AVC Cup Women's Club Tournament was the 3rd staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.


2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso
The 2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Acapulco in Mexico that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from February 26 through March 4, 2001.


2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso, Finals, Men's Doubles
Donald Johnson /  Gustavo Kuerten defeated  David Adams /  Martín García 6–3, 7–6(7–5)


2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso, Finals, Women's Doubles
María José Martínez /  Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated  Virginia Ruano Pascual /  Paola Suárez 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5


2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso – Men's Doubles
Byron Black and Donald Johnson were the defending champions but only Johnson competed that year with Gustavo Kuerten.


2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso – Men's Doubles
Johnson and Kuerten won in the final 6–3, 7–6(7–5) against David Adams and Martín García.


2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso – Men's Singles
Juan Ignacio Chela was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso – Men's Singles
Gustavo Kuerten won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Galo Blanco.


2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso – Women's Doubles
María José Martínez and Anabel Medina Garrigues won in the final 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–5 against Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez.


2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso – Women's Singles
Amanda Coetzer won in the final 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 against Elena Dementieva.


2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso – Women's 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 two seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Abkhazian local elections
On 10 March 2001, Abkhazia held local elections for the 2nd convocations of its local assemblies. In total, 266 candidates contested 210 seats. 40 of the candidates were women.


2001 Abkhazian local elections, Sukhumi City
In Sukhumi, 49 candidates were registered for sixteen seats, of whom three withdrew before the elections, leaving 46. Thirteen candidates were nominated by the Communist Party, eight by the People's Party, seven by Aitaira and one by the Mothers for Peace and Social Justice. Twelve candidates won in the first round: Mikhail Chalmaz, Iakub Lakoba, Toto Ajapua, Raul Bebia, Roman Gvindjia, Valeri Bganba, Zinaida Reznikova, Viacheslav Kvitsinia, Valeri Belyanski, Anatoli Enik, Asmat Tarkil and Leonid Lolua. Four candidates were elected in run-off elections in constituencies no. 1, 4, 6 and 16, held on 19 March: Jumber Salakaia, Jon Agrba, Konstantin Pilia and Renat Bendeliani.


2001 Abkhazian local elections, Sukhumi District
In Sukhumi District, only one of the elections in the thirteen constituencies was contested by two candidates. All elections were decided in the first round. Two female candidates were elected. Voter turnout was 69.6%.


2001 Abkhazian local elections, Ochamchira District
In Ochamchira District, 38 candidates contested 35 seats. Seven of the candidates were women. Around 16:30, an explosion occurred at a polling station in constituency no. 2, were District Head Khrips Jopua was a candidate, causing only material damage. 33 candidates were elected in the first round. Voter turnout was 72.9%. (At 12:00, it had been 35%.)


2001 Abkhazian local elections, Tkvarcheli District
In Tkvarcheli District, none of the elections in the seventeen constituencies was contested by more than one candidate. Two of the candidates were women. Official voter turnout was 97%.


2001 Abkhazian local elections, Gulripshi District
In Gulripshi District, 24 candidates contested fifteen seats. One of the candidates was a woman. All elections were decided in the first round. Voter turnout was 75%. (At 12:00, it had been 35%.)


2001 Abkhazian local elections, Gagra District
In Gagra District, 36 candidates contested 25 seats. A second round was necessary in one constituency. Voter turnout was 52%. (At 12:00, it had been between 25% and 30%.)


2001 Abkhazian local elections, Gudauta District
In Gudauta District, 36 candidates contested 29 seats. All elections were decided in the first round. Voter turnout was 55%. (At 12:00, it had been 20%.)


2001 Abkhazian local elections, Gali District
In Gali District, none of the elections in the 25 constituencies was contested by more than one candidate. All of the elections were decided in the first round. Voter turnout was 74%. 24 of the elected deputies were Georgian, one Abkhaz.


2001 Acura Classic
The 2001 Acura Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in San Diego in the United States. It was part of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament and was held from July 30 through August 5, 2001. Second-seeded Venus Williams won her second consecutive singles title at the event and earned $125,000 first-prize money.


2001 Acura Classic, Finals, Doubles
Cara Black /  Elena Likhovtseva defeated  Martina Hingis /  Anna Kournikova, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4


2001 Acura Classic – Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions, but none competed this year.


2001 Acura Classic – Doubles
Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva won the title by defeating Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 in the final.


2001 Acura Classic – Singles
Venus Williams was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, by defeating Monica Seles 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2001 Adidas International
The 2001 Adidas International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney in Australia that was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour and of Tier II of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from 7 through 14 January 2001.


2001 Adidas International, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2001 Adidas International, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry as a special exempt into the main draw:


2001 Adidas International, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2001 Adidas International, Finals, Men's Doubles
Daniel Nestor /  Sandon Stolle defeated  Jonas Björkman /  Todd Woodbridge 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)


2001 Adidas International, Finals, Women's Doubles
Anna Kournikova /  Barbara Schett defeated  Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 7–5


2001 Adidas International – Men's Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but only Woodbridge competed that year with Jonas Björkman.


2001 Adidas International – Men's Doubles
Björkman and Woodbridge lost in the final 2–6, 7–6 (7–4), 7–6 (7–5) against Daniel Nestor and Sandon Stolle.


2001 Adidas International – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Adidas International – Men's Singles
Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion and won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Magnus Norman.


2001 Adidas International – Men's Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 Adidas International – Women's Doubles
Julie Halard-Decugis and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Adidas International – Women's Doubles
Anna Kournikova and Barbara Schett won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.


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


2001 Adidas International – Women's Singles
Amélie Mauresmo was the defending champion but withdrew from her semifinal match against Lindsay Davenport.


2001 Adidas International – Women's Singles
Martina Hingis won in the final 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 against Davenport.


2001 Adidas International – Women's 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 Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships
The 2nd Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships was held in Zaragoza, Spain, November 23–25, 2001.


2001 Africa Cup
The 2001 Africa Cup (officially called at that time "Africa Top Six") was the second  edition of the highest-level rugby union tournament in Africa. Six teams participated (South Africa with an under-23 amateurs team). The teams were divided in two pools played on a home-away basis.


2001 African Amateur Boxing Championships
The 11th edition of the African Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Port Louis, Mauritius from 14 May to 20 May 2001. The event was organised by the African governing body for amateur boxing, the African Boxing Confederation (ABC).


2001 African Cup Winners' Cup
The 2001 African Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-seventh season of Africa's second oldest club football tournament organised by CAF.


2001 African Cup Winners' Cup
South African club Kaizer Chiefs appeared in and won their first African club final, defeating Angolan club Interclube 2–1 on aggregate in the two-legged final. Kaizer Chiefs were also named 2001 African Club of the Year at the conclusion of the African football season. For Kaizer Chiefs the year 2001 included the highs of being crowned African Club of the Year and lifting the African Cup Winners' Cup, but it also included the lows of the Ellis Park Stadium disaster in which 43 South African football fans lost their lives.


2001 African Cup Winners' Cup, Association team allocation
A total of 37 teams from 36 CAF associations qualified for the tournament after winning their respective premier domestic cups. Of the 37 teams that qualified 1 withdrew before fulfilling all of its fixtures in the Preliminary Round, 1 withdrew after fulfilling its Preliminary Round fixtures, 3 withdrew before the start of the First Round and another withdrew before fulfilling all of its fixtures in the First Round;


2001 African Cup Winners' Cup, Format
The tournament consisted of five rounds preceding a two-legged final.


2001 African Cup Winners' Cup, Format
The away goals rule was used to determine the victors in the event of a match being tied over the two-legs. If it was not possible to determine a winner using the away goals rule, the tie went to a penalty shootout to determine the winner.


2001 African Cup Winners' Cup, Preliminary round
The first legs were played on 17 & 18 January, and the second legs were played on 4 March 2001.


2001 African Cup Winners' Cup, First round
The first legs were played from 30 March-8 April, and the second legs were played from 13–19 April 2001.


2001 African Cup Winners' Cup, Second round
The first legs were played from 11–13 May, and the second legs were played on 26 & 27 May 2001.


2001 African Cup Winners' Cup, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 7 & 9 September, and the second legs were played on 21, 23 & 24 September 2001.


2001 African Cup Winners' Cup, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 13 & 14 October, and the second legs were played on 27 & 28 October 2001.


2001 African Judo Championships
The 2001 African Judo Championships was organised by the African Judo Union in Tripoli, Libya from 6 Nov 2001 to 9 Nov 2001.


2001 African Junior Athletics Championships
The 2001 African Junior Athletics Championships was the fifth edition of the biennial, continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger. It was held in Réduit, Mauritius, from 9–12 July. A total of 41 events were contested, 21 by men and 20 by women.


2001 African U-17 Championship
The 2001 African U-17 Championship was a football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament took place in Seychelles. The top three teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.


2001 African U-17 Championship
Guinea, who were originally one of the finalists, were disqualified from the tournament on the morning of the final due to government interference in the Guinean federation, forcing the final to be postponed by one day. Guinea was replaced by Burkina Faso.


2001 African U-17 Championship, Qualification, Preliminary round
The first leg matches were played on either the 14th or 16 April 2000. The second leg matches were played on either the 28th or 30 April 2000. The winners advanced to the First Round.


2001 African U-17 Championship, Qualification, First round
The first leg matches were played on either 23 or 25 June 2000. The second leg matches were played on either 7 or 9 July 2000. The winners advanced to the second round.


2001 African U-17 Championship, Qualification, Second round
The first leg matches were played on either 11 or 12 November 2000. The second leg matches were played on either 24, 25 or 26 November. The winners advanced to the finals.


2001 African U-17 Championship, Knock-out stage, Third place match
The match was scratched and  Mali were awarded third place, with fourth place being declared vacant, after Guinea were disqualified. The final was rearranged for March 3, with Burkina Faso, who originally lost the semifinal against Guinea, declared as finalists.


2001 African U-17 Championship, Countries to participate in 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The 3 teams which qualified for 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.


2001 African Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship
The 2001 African Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship was the 20th edition of African's premier club volleyball tournament held in Sousse, Tunisia.


2001 African Youth Championship
The African Youth Championship 2001 was held in Ethiopia. It also served as qualification for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.


2001 African Youth Championship, Qualification, Preliminary round
Eritrea and Guinea Bissau withdrew. As a result, Kenya and Gambia advanced to the next round.


2001 African Youth Championship, Qualification, First round
Congo-Brazzaville and Sierra Leone withdrew. As a result, Cameroon and Ghana advanced to the next round.


2001 African Youth Championship, Group stage, Group 1
1 The match was abandoned with only one minute left and the score at 0-0 after fans invaded the pitch believing that their teams had plotted to do a draw so both teams could progress. The match was ordered to be replayed two days later, with the results to be used to determine who would qualify for the semifinals but to not count in the standings. 2 The match was originally scheduled for the 24th, but was postponed after the South African team had travel difficulties.


2001 African Youth Championship, Qualification to World Youth Championship
The four best performing teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.


2001 Air Canada Cup
The 2001 Air Canada Cup was Canada's 23rd annual national midget 'AAA' hockey championship, played April 23–29, 2001 at the Prince George Multiplex in Prince George, British Columbia. Steve Bernier scored the winning goal in the second overtime period of the gold medal game to give the Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Royals. It was Ste-Foy's third national title in eight appearances in the final.


2001 Air Force Falcons football team
The 2001 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons were coached by Fisher DeBerry and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. They finished the season 6–6, 3–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place.


2001 Akron Zips football team
The 2001 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season; they competed in the Mid-American Conference. They were led by seventh–year head coach Lee Owens. The Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They were outscored by their opponents 281–360 and finished with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses (4–7).


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama during 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. They began their season trying to improve upon a 3–8 (3–5) record during the 2000 season. This was the team's 69th season in the SEC. This marked Dennis Franchione's first  season as head coach of the Crimson Tide following the dismissal of Mike DuBose. The team finished with a victory in the 2001 Independence Bowl and an overall record of 7–5.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, UCLA
Dennis Franchione's first game as Alabama's head coach pitted the Crimson Tide against the Bruins of the Pacific-10 Conference. ESPN's College Gameday was in Tuscaloosa for the first time ever (they had previously visited Alabama home games at Legion Field in Birmingham). Although Alabama outgained UCLA in total offense 458–291, the Bruins were victorious by a final score of 20–17 before a sold-out home crowd. The Tide took an early 10–0 lead on a 78-yard Antonio Carter touchdown reception from Tyler Watts and 30-yard Neal Thomas field goal. UCLA responded with 20 consecutive points to take a lead that would not be relinquished. The final Alabama score came late in the fourth on a 71-yard touchdown pass from Andrew Zow to Freddie Milons.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
Dennis Franchione notched his first win as head coach of the Crimson Tide, in a game of field goals, and defeated Vanderbilt 12–9.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
As a result of the September 11 Attacks, the September 15, 2001, contest with Southern Miss was postponed, resulting in the Razorbacks being the Tide's third opponent on the season. Although outgained in total offense, a pair of defensive touchdowns put the Tide over the top before an emotional home crowd 31–10. Bama would score its first points on an 11-yard Ahmaad Galloway touchdown run to take a 7–3 lead in the first quarter.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
In the second, the teams would alternate touchdowns with Reggie Myles scoring on a 42-yard fumble recovery for the Tide and Brandon Holmes scoring on a 1-yard run to have Bama leading 14–10 at the half. The Tide would open their second half scoring with a 36-yard Neal Thomas field goal followed by a 39-yard Freddie Milons touchdown reception from Tyler Watts. The final points of the evening would come with only 00:20 remaining in the game when Thurman Ward returning an interception 60-yards for a touchdown.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
Although the Tide gained 516 yards of total offense, the Gamecocks prevailed by a final score of 37–36. The South Carolina victory marked their first victory over Alabama in school history.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, UTEP
The Tide gained 588 yards of total offense, and defeated the Miners by a final score of 56–7 in the first Legion Field game of the 2001 season. Bama scored 21 points in first on a pair of Donnie Lowe touchdown runs (2 and 1 yard respectively) and a 10-yard Triandos Luke touchdown reception from Tyler Watts. Another 21 points were scored in the second on a pair of Watts touchdown runs (16 and 9 yard respectively) and a 2-yard Luke touchdown reception to give Bama a 42–0 halftime lead. The scoring continued in the second half on a 12-yard Marvin Brown touchdown run and 2-yard Ray Hudson touchdown run. This was the most points Alabama had scored in a game since 1993 vs. Louisiana Tech (56-3).


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
Thirteen unanswered points in the fourth resulted in the Rebels defeating the Tide before the home crowd by a final score of 27–24. Bama scored first on a 6-yard Ahmaad Galloway touchdown run, only to have Ole Miss take the lead after touchdown runs on a 1-yard Toward Sanford run and 25-yard Joe Gunn run. The Tide responded with a 58-yard Sam Collins touchdown reception from Tyler Watts and 31 yard Neal Thomas field goal to take a 17–14 halftime lead.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
Alabama extended their lead to 24–14 in the third on a 7-yard Triandos Luke touchdown reception. Ole Miss would respond with a 19-yard Charles Stackhouse touchdown run and Eli Manning hitting Gunn for a 3-yard touchdown pass to seal the victory  with 00:46 remaining in the game. For the game, Ole Miss outgained the Tide 430–363 in total offense.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
Although Alabama took a 24–21 lead into the fourth quarter, 14 unanswered points in the fourth resulted in Bama losing its seventh consecutive contest to the Vols in the annual Third Saturday in October game. After falling behind 14–3 on a 21-yard pass from Casey Clausen to Donté Stallworth and a 60-yard Travis Stephens run, the Tide responded with a pair of Sam Collins touchdown receptions to take a 17–14 lead.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
The Vols responded and took a 21–17 lead following a 21-yard Jason Witten touchdown reception, only to again fall behind 24–21 after a four-yard Ahmaad Galloway touchdown run. Tennessee again came from behind and dominated the fourth quarter and seal the victory with a one-yard Clausen and one-yard Stephens touchdown runs in the fourth.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
On Homecoming in Tuscaloosa, LSU dominated in gaining 611 yards of total offense (with a record 528 yards through the air) and defeated the Tide 35–21. LSU took a 14–0 lead in the first quarter on a 3-yard LaBrandon Toefield run and a 34-yard touchdown pass from Rohan Davey to Jerel Myers. Bama responded in the second with a 22-yard Neal Thomas field goal and 5-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Watts to Terry Jones, Jr. to make the score to 14–10 at the half.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
Early in the third, Toefield again scored on a two-yard run to give the Tigers a 21–10 lead. Bama tied the game at 21 after another Thomas field goal and 22-yard Watts touchdown run. LSU responded and scored on a 25-yard Josh Reed touchdown reception late in the third and on a 6-yard Toefield touchdown run in the fourth. Reed's 293 yards receiving set a SEC record for receiving yardage in a game.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
Bama put an end to a three-game losing streak and defeated the Bulldogs of Mississippi State 24–17 before the home crowd. The Tide took a 10–0 lead late into the second quarter on a 6-yard Santonio Beard touchdown run and 20-yard Neal Thomas field goal. The Bulldogs answered, and scored the next 17 points on a pair of Kevin Fant touchdown passes and a 43-yard John M. Marlin field goal to take a 17–10 lead into the fourth quarter. In the fourth, Andrew Zow hit Donnie Lowe for a 10-yard touchdown strike to tie the game at 17, with Beard scoring his second touchdown on a game-winning, 14-yard run.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
On The Plains, Alabama outgained the Tigers in total offense 549–272 and secured the Tide's upset victory at Auburn 31–7 in the 2001 Iron Bowl. After a scoreless first, Bama scored first on an eight-yard Santonio Beard touchdown run. Auburn answered with their lone score on a 5-yard Ronnie Brown run. The Tide scored next with Andrew Zow connecting with Jason McAddley for a 45-yard touchdown strike to give the visitors a 14–7 lead at the half.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
The second half again saw the Tide strike early on a 47-yard Beard run, with the final scores coming in the fourth on a 10-yard Terry Jones, Jr. touchdown reception and a 26-yard Neal Thomas field goal. Although slightly outgained in passing yardage 221–231, Bama outrushed the Tigers 328–41 to give Alabama the 31–7 victory.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss
The contest against the Golden Eagles was originally to have been played on September 15, 2001; however, as a result of the September 11 attacks, the game was postponed and subsequently played on November 29, a Thursday night, at Legion Field. Although mired in rainy and windy conditions, both Ahmaad Galloway (on runs of 40 and 11 yards respectively) and Andrew Zow (on a 14-yard pass to Sam Collins, and a 26-yard pass to Freddie Milons) each notched a pair of touchdowns in the victory.


2001 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
In the 26th annual Independence Bowl, the Tide struggled against the Cyclones offensively and were outgained 456 yards of offense to 269, but a missed 47-yard field goal attempt with 46 seconds left in the game sealed the victory for Alabama.


2001 Alamo Bowl
The 2001 Alamo Bowl featured the Iowa Hawkeyes, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. It was a rematch of the 1996 Alamo Bowl.


2001 Alamo Bowl, Game summary
Nate Kaeding scored the first points of the game for Iowa, as he connected on a 36-yard field goal, to give Iowa an early 3–0 lead. In the second quarter, running back Aaron Greving scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to increase Iowa's lead to 10–0. At the end of the half kicker Clinton Greathouse kicked a 50-yard field goal to pull Tech to within 10–3.


2001 Alamo Bowl, Game summary
In the third quarter, quarterback Kliff Kingsbury connected with wide receiver Wes Welker for a 20-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 10. Later in the quarter, Kaeding connected on a 31-yard field goal to give Iowa the lead again, at 13–10. In the fourth quarter, he kicked another field goal, this one from 46 yards out to give Iowa a 16–10 lead.


2001 Alamo Bowl, Game summary
Iowa's defense continued to force Texas Tech to attempt field goals rather than score touchdowns. Robert Treece kicked a 23-yard field goal to cut Iowa's lead to 16–13. Tech's defense held, and Tech got the ball back. This time, Robert Treece kicked a 37-yard field goal to tie the game at 16. Kaeding provided the winning score, kicking a 47-yard field goal, to make the final score 19–16.


2001 Alamo Bowl, Game summary
As time expired, a Kliff Kingsbury pass to future NFL Hall of Famer Wes Welker was knocked away by future NFL Defensive Player of the Year Bob Sanders.


2001 Alaska Aces season
The 2001 Alaska Aces season was the 16th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2001 Alaska Aces season, Occurrences
Former best import awardee and the league's second recipient of the Mr.100% award, Sean Chambers, the winningest PBA import, announced his retirement after three games into the Governor's Cup, Chambers came in as a replacement for Terrance Badgett during the Commissioner's Cup and led the Aces to the semifinal round.


2001 Albanian Supercup
Albanian Supercup 2001 is the eighth edition of the Albanian Supercup since its establishment in 1989. The match was contested between the Albanian Cup 2001 winners KF Tirana and the 2000–01 Albanian Superliga champions KF Vllaznia.


2001 Albanian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Albania on 24 June 2001. The result was a victory for the ruling Socialist Party of Albania, which won 73 of the 140 seats, resulting in Ilir Meta remaining Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 53.6%.


2001 Albanian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The Assembly of Albania has 140 members of whom 100 are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies and 40 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system.


2001 Albanian parliamentary election, Campaign
President Rexhep Meidani announced on 18 April 2001 that the first round of the elections would be held on 24 June, with the second round on 8 July. The governing Socialist Party had the aim of gaining 60% of the vote, in order to have a sufficient majority to elect a new President in 2002. They campaigned on infrastructure improvements such as communication and transport and on their record in restoring order and economic growth. They were also boosted by achieving the opening of negotiations with the European Union on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement just before the election.


2001 Albanian parliamentary election, Campaign
The main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Albania led by ex-President Sali Berisha, had moderated their message after losing the 2000 local elections. They formed a coalition of right wing parties, the Union for Victory Coalition, and said that they were open to dealing with other parties if they won the election. They hoped to make gains due to public concern over corruption and the continuing poverty in Albania.


2001 Albanian parliamentary election, Campaign
The campaign was generally peaceful and with no reliable opinion polls most observers expected the ruling Socialists to be re-elected with a smaller majority.


2001 Albanian parliamentary election, Voting, First round
Both main parties initially claimed victory after the first round on the 24 June in which turnout reached about 60%. The governing Socialist party claimed that they won 45 of the 100 seats. Monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) described the election as having made progress towards international democratic standards. However the opposition Democratic party claimed there was widespread intimidation and electoral fraud. Procedural differences led to polling stations being kept closed in Lushnje leading to voting having to be delayed for about 30,000 people. The results of the first round showed that the Socialists won 33 seats as against 17 won by the Democrats.


2001 Albanian parliamentary election, Voting, Second round
A run-off vote to decide the winner in 51 districts where no candidate won over half the vote in the first round was held on 8 July. Another 40 seats were decided in proportion to the share of the vote each party won.


2001 Albanian parliamentary election, Aftermath
The constitutional court ruled that voting had to be repeated in eight districts on 22 July and a further two on 29 July. International observers described the elections as a whole as having been free and fair. However the opposition Democrats said they would not accept the results. They described the election as a farce and started a boycott of Parliament. The boycott lasted for six months until January 2002 when Sali Berisha announced that his party was returning to Parliament.


2001 Alberta general election
The 2001 Alberta general election was held on March 12, 2001 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.


2001 Alberta general election
The incumbent Alberta Progressive Conservative Party, led by Ralph Klein, won a strong majority for its tenth consecutive term in government. In addition to increasing its share of the popular vote to almost 62%, the PC Party won a majority of seats in Edmonton for the first time since 1982. In the process, they reduced the opposition to only nine MLAs in total. It was the Tories' biggest majority since the height of the Peter Lougheed era.


2001 Alberta general election
The Liberal Party  lost 11 seats and ran up a large debt. Its leader, Nancy MacBeth, was defeated in her riding.


2001 Alberta general election
The New Democratic Party, led by Raj Pannu, hoped to make gains at the expense of the Liberals in Edmonton and replace them as the official opposition. This did not materialize, but the party did manage to maintain its share of the popular vote and held onto their two seats in the legislature. The NDs attempted to attract young voters with the slogan, "Raj against the Machine".


2001 Alberta general election
The right-wing Alberta First Party, contesting its first election, failed to win any seats or come close to winning any. The Social Credit Party, led by James Albers, was unable to build on its moderate success in the 1997 election, and sank back into obscurity. Socred leader Lavern Ahlstrom, however, performed well in Rocky Mountain House and finished second behind the incumbent Ty Lund.


2001 Alberta general election, Results
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


2001 Albirex Niigata season
This article chronicles the 2001 season for the Japanese association football club Albirex Niigata.


2001 Albuquerque mayoral election
The Albuquerque mayoral election of 2001 was held on October 2, 2001 to elect the Mayor of Albuquerque.


2001 Albuquerque mayoral election
Former Mayor Martin Chavez did not run for re-election in 1997, and instead was the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Mexico. He lost to Gary Johnson, and announced his plans to run against incumbent mayor Jim Baca in 2001. Former District Attorney and District Court judge Bob Schwartz lost the election to Chavez by a mere 2,783 votes. Chavez received 30,384 votes (37.9%) to Schwartz's 27,601 (34.4%), Mike McEntee's 11,176 (13.9%), and Baca's 10,998 (13.7%).


2001 Algarve Cup
The 2001 Algarve Cup was the eighth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 11 and 17 March 2001 in Portugal with Sweden winning the event defeating Denmark, 3-0, in the final game.


2001 Algarve Cup, Format
The eight participating teams are same as previous year:Canada,China,Denmark,Finland,Norway,Portugal,Sweden and theUnited States.


2001 Algarve Cup, Format
The eight teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin group stage. On completion of this, the fourthplaced teams from each group would playoff to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams from each group would play each other to decide fifth and sixth place, the second placed teams in each group would play to determine third and fourth place and the winners of the groups would compete for first and second place.


2001 Algarve Cup, Format
Points awarded in the group stage are three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a loss.


2001 Algerian Cup Final
The 2001 Algerian Cup Final was the 37th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on July 10, 2001, at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers. USM Alger beat CR Mécheria 1-0 to win their 5th Algerian Cup.


2001 All England Open Badminton Championships
The 2001 Yonex All England Open was the 91st edition of the All England Open Badminton Championships. It was held from 7–11 March 2001, at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.


2001 All England Open Badminton Championships
It was a four star tournament and the prize money was US$125,000.


2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
The 2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship was the ninth season of Japan Automobile Federation GT premiere racing. It was marked as well as the nineteenth season of a JAF-sanctioned sports car racing championship dating back to the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship. The GT500 class champions of 2001 were the #38 au Cerumo Toyota Supra team driven by Yuji Tachikawa and Hironori Takeuchi, who had not won a single race during the season. In the GT300 category, the class champions were the #81 Advan Team Daishin Nissan Silvia driven by Takayuki Aoki and Noboyuki Oyagi.


2001 All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
This season marked the final competitive race victory for the McLaren F1 GTR, when Team Take One won the CP Mine GT Race.


2001 All Thailand Golf Tour
The 2001 All Thailand Golf Tour is the third season of the All Thailand Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Thailand since it was established in 1999.


2001 All-Big 12 Conference football team
The 2001 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


2001 All-Big 12 Conference football team, Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel


2001 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 2001 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


2001 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel


2001 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2001 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 18th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship. The championship began on 27 May 2001 and ended on 29 October 2001.


2001 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Tipperary were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Cork won the title after defeating Wexford by 2-17 to 2-8 in the final.


2001 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 2001 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 70th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.


2001 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Kerry in the Munster final.


2001 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
On 29 September 2001, Tyrone won the championship following a 2-11 to 0-6 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title overall and their first in three championship seasons.


2001 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 2001 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 71st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier under-18 inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 21 April 2001 and ended on 9 September 2001.


2001 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Galway were the defending champions and were hoping to win a third successive championship.


2001 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 9 September 2001, Cork won the championship following a 2-10 to 1-8 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 18th All-Ireland title, their first in three championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland victory.


2001 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Cork's Kieran Murphy was the championship's top scorer with 5-28.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Foras na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 2001 season. The championship was won by Tipperary who scored defeated their great rivals of the age Cork in a replayed semi-final and Kilkenny by a 16-point margin in the final. The attendance was a then record of 16,354.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Semi-finals
Tipperary needed an injury time equaliser to draw with Cork in the semi-finals at Mullingar. Injury time goals by Eimear McDonnell and Noelle Kennedy gave Cork a somewhat flattering seven-point victory in the replay. Martina Maher scored both goals for Kilkenny against Galway for Kilkenny who qualified for their second final in three years with a relatively inexperienced team, Edel Maher and Aoife Neary were just 16 and goalkeeper Caitriona Ryan only made her championship debut that summer, when star of the team Sinead Millea returned from her world travels. Kilkenny were jointly managed by Brendan Williams and Ted Browne (Angela Downey's husband),


2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Tipperary took control of the final in a three-minute spell from the ninth to the 12th minute of the first half when first Claire Grogan and then Deirdre Hughes smashed home excellent goals before Hughes scored again with a sparkling point. Kilkenny never recovered from this seven point barrage.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Supermom
Dubbed “supermom” in the media, Kilkenny substitute Jillian Dillon-Maher gave birth to her third child Darragh just seven weeks old before she helped Kilkenny dispatch Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. She then played in the All Ireland final just two and a half months after giving birth.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the seventieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Tipperary had the wind in the first half, and ran up an eleven-point lead by half-time. Deirdre Hughes was top scorer with 2-2.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 16 April 2001 to determine the winners of the 2000–01 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 31st season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Athenry of Galway and Graigue-Ballycallan of Kilkenny, with Athenry winning by 3-24 to 2-19 after extra time.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between Athenry and Graigue-Ballycallan. It remains their only clash in the All-Ireland series. Athenry were hoping to become only the second team ever to retain the title while Graigue-Ballycallan were hoping to win the All-Ireland title for the first time.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The first half proved a dull affair with neither side settling into their game. A string of frees from Athenry full forward Eugene Cloonan propelled the Westerners into an early lead. But the Kilkenny champions remained in contention, due largely to the sharp shooting of corner forward Adrian Ronan. The wides tally was 7-1 to Athenry at half-time, by which time they held a two-point lead, 0-8 to 0-6.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Athenry stretched their advantage early in the second half with fine points from Cloonan, Donal Moran and captain Joe Rabbitte. Athenry led by 0-12 to 0-7 after 40 minutes, but Graigue dug in and with Adrian Ronan beginning to exploit widening gaps, they bagged an equalizing goal in the 45th minute. Graigue-Ballycallan outscored Athenry by 1-8 to 0-2 in the final 17 minutes of normal time and looked to be on their way. David Donohue cut the gap to a goal, however, it still looked altogether desperate for the defending champions. Athenry launched one final attack and this time Cloonan found a few inches of space to wriggle through and squeeze home the equalising goal to send the game into extra-time.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The first 15-minute period of extra time saw Athenry begin to dominate. Points from Cloonan, Brian Higgins and David Donohoe opened up a three-point lead. Graigue's title ambitions were dealt a crushing blow when Joe Rabbitte latched onto Cloonan’s long searching ball to drill home Athenry's second goal. Despite James Young's late goal in the second period of extra time, Graigue-Ballycallan still had a five-point deficit to overcome. A late David Donohoe goal for Athenry killed off the contest.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Athenry's victory secured their third All-Ireland title in five years. They joined Blackrock and Ballyhale Shamrocks in joint first position on the all-time roll of honour.


2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2001 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 115th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 6 May 2001 and ended on 23 September 2001.