2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Supply and demand
In the summer of 2001 a drought in the northwest states reduced the amount of hydroelectric power available to California. Moreover, wholesale prices of natural gas spiked nationwide, rising from around $2 per mmBtu at the beginning of 1999 to over $10 mmBtu in the winter of 2000-2001.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Supply and demand
In addition, the energy companies took advantage of California's electrical infrastructure weakness. The main line which allowed electricity to travel from the north to the south, Path 15, had not been improved for many years and became a major bottleneck point which limited the amount of power that could be sent south to 3,900 MW.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Supply and demand
The International Energy Agency estimates that a 5% lowering of demand would result in a 50% price reduction during the peak hours of the California electricity crisis in 2000/2001. With better demand response the market also becomes more resilient to intentional withdrawal of offers from the supply side.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Some key events
Rolling blackouts affecting 97,000 customers hit the San Francisco Bay area on June 14, 2000, and San Diego Gas & Electric Company filed a complaint alleging market manipulation by some energy producers in August 2000. On December 7, 2000, suffering from low supply and idled power plants, the California Independent System Operator (ISO), which manages the California power grid, declared the first statewide Stage 3 power alert, meaning power reserves were below 3 percent. Rolling blackouts were avoided when the state halted two large state and federal water pumps to conserve electricity.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Some key events
Most notably, the city of Los Angeles was unaffected by the crisis because government-owned public utilities in California (including the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power) were exempt from the deregulation legislation and sold their excess power to private utilities in the state (mostly to Southern California Edison) during the crises. That enabled much of the greater Los Angeles area to suffer only rolling brown-outs rather than long term black outs suffered in other parts of the state.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Some key events
On December 15, 2000, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected California's request for a wholesale rate cap for California, instead approving a "flexible cap" plan of $150 per megawatt-hour. That day, California was paying wholesale prices of over $1400 per megawatt-hour, compared to $45 per megawatt-hour average one year earlier.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Some key events
On January 17, 2001, the electricity crisis caused Governor Gray Davis to declare a state of emergency. Speculators, led by Enron Corporation, were collectively making large profits while the state teetered on the edge for weeks, and finally suffered rolling blackouts on January 17 & 18. Davis was forced to step in to buy power at highly unfavorable terms on the open market, since the California power companies were technically bankrupt and had no buying power. The resulting massive long term debt obligations added to the state budget crisis and led to widespread grumbling about Davis's administration.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Consequences of wholesale price rises on the retail market
As a result of the actions of electricity wholesalers, Southern California Edison (SCE) and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) were buying from a spot market at very high prices but were unable to raise retail rates. A product that the IOU's used to produce for about three cents per kilowatt hour of electricity, they were paying eleven cents, twenty cents, fifty cents or more; and, yet, they were capped at 6.7 cents per kilowatt hour when charging their retail customers. As a result, PG&E filed bankruptcy, and Southern California Edison worked diligently on a workout plan with the State of California to save their company from the same fate.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Consequences of wholesale price rises on the retail market
PG&E and SCE had racked up $20 billion in debt by Spring of 2001 and their credit ratings were reduced to junk status. The financial crisis meant that PG&E and SCE were unable to purchase power on behalf of their customers. The state stepped in on January 17, 2001, having the California Department of Water Resources buy power. By February 1, 2001 this stop-gap measure had been extended and would also include SDG&E. It would not be until January 1, 2003 that the utilities would resume procuring power for their customers.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Consequences of wholesale price rises on the retail market
Between 2000 and 2001, the combined California utilities laid off 1,300 workers, from 56,000 to 54,700, in an effort to remain solvent. SDG&E had worked through the stranded asset provision and was in a position to increase prices to reflect the spot market. Small businesses were badly affected.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Consequences of wholesale price rises on the retail market
According to a 2007 study of Department of Energy data by Power in the Public Interest, retail electricity prices rose much more from 1999 to 2007 in states that adopted deregulation than in those that did not.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Involvement of Enron
One of the energy wholesalers that became notorious for "gaming the market" and reaping huge speculative profits was Enron Corporation. Enron CEO Kenneth Lay mocked the efforts by the California state government to thwart the practices of the energy wholesalers, saying, "In the final analysis, it doesn't matter what you crazy people in California do, because I got smart guys who can always figure out how to make money." The original statement was made in a phone conversation between S. David Freeman (Chairman of the California Power Authority) and Kenneth Lay in 2000, according to the statements made by Freeman to the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism in April and May 2002.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Involvement of Enron
S. David Freeman, who was appointed Chair of the California Power Authority in the midst of the crisis, made the following statements about Enron's involvement in testimony submitted before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on May 15, 2002:


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Involvement of Enron
Enron eventually went bankrupt, and signed a US$1.52 billion settlement with a group of California agencies and private utilities on July 16, 2005. However, due to its other bankruptcy obligations, only US$202 million of this was expected to be paid. Ken Lay was convicted of multiple criminal charges related to the California energy crisis on May 25, 2006, but he died on July 5 of that year before he could be sentenced. Because Lay died while his case was on federal appeal, his conviction was vacated and his family was allowed to retain all his property.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Involvement of Enron
Enron traded in energy derivatives specifically exempted from regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. At a Senate hearing in January 2002, Vincent Viola, chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange – the largest forum for energy contract trading and clearing – urged that Enron-like companies, which don't operate in trading "pits" and don't have the same government regulations, be given the same requirements for "compliance, disclosure, and oversight." He asked the committee to enforce "greater transparency" for the records of companies like Enron. In any case, the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled "that FERC has had the authority to negate bilateral contracts if it finds that the prices, terms or conditions of those contracts are unjust or unreasonable." Nevada was the first state to attempt recovery of such contract losses.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Governor Gray Davis
Perhaps the heaviest point of controversy is the question of blame for the California electricity crisis. Former Governor Gray Davis's critics often charge that he did not respond properly to the crisis, while his defenders attribute the crisis to the power trading fraud and corporate accounting scandals and say that Davis did all he could considering the fact that the federal government, not states, regulate interstate power commerce.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Governor Gray Davis
In a speech at UCLA on August 19, 2003, Davis apologized for being slow to act during the energy crisis, but then forcefully attacked the Houston-based energy suppliers: "I inherited the energy deregulation scheme which put us all at the mercy of the big energy producers. We got no help from the Federal government. In fact, when I was fighting Enron and the other energy companies, these same companies were sitting down with Vice President Cheney to draft a national energy strategy."


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Governor Gray Davis
Signs of trouble first cropped up in the spring of 2000 when electricity bills skyrocketed for customers in San Diego, the first area of the state to deregulate. Experts warned of an impending energy crisis, but Governor Davis did little to respond until the crisis became statewide that summer. Davis began asking the federal regulator FERC to probe possible price manipulation by power suppliers as early as August 2000. Davis would issue a state of emergency on January 17, 2001, when wholesale electricity prices hit new highs and the state began issuing rolling blackouts.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Governor Gray Davis
Some critics, such as Arianna Huffington, alleged that Davis was lulled to inaction by campaign contributions from energy producers. In addition, the California State Legislature would sometimes push Davis to act decisively by taking over power plants which were known to have been gamed and place them back under control of the utilities, ensuring a more steady supply and punished the worst manipulators .


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Governor Gray Davis
Meanwhile, conservatives argued that Davis signed overpriced energy contracts, employed incompetent negotiators, and refused to allow prices to rise for residences statewide much like they did in San Diego, which they argue could have given Davis more leverage against the energy traders and encouraged more conservation. More criticism is given in the book Conspiracy of Fools, which gives the details of a meeting between the governor and his officials; Clinton Administration Treasury officials; and energy executives, including market manipulators such as Enron, where Gray Davis disagreed with the treasury officials and energy executives.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Governor Gray Davis
They advised suspending environmental studies to build power plants and a small rate hike to prepare for long-term power contracts (Davis eventually signed overpriced ones, as noted above), while Davis supported price caps, denounced the other solutions as too politically risky, and allegedly acted rudely. The contracts Davis signed locked Californians into high electric costs for the next decade. As of October 2011 electric rates in California had yet to return to pre-contract levels.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Governor Gray Davis
The crisis, and the subsequent government intervention, have had political ramifications, and is regarded as one of the major contributing factors to the 2003 recall election of Governor Davis.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Governor Gray Davis
On November 13, 2003, shortly before leaving office, Davis officially brought the energy crisis to an end by issuing a proclamation ending the state of emergency he declared on January 17, 2001. The state of emergency allowed the state to buy electricity for the financially strapped utility companies. The emergency authority allowed Davis to order the California Energy Commission to streamline the application process for new power plants. During that time, California issued licenses to 38 new power plants, amounting to 14 gigawatts of electricity production when completed.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Arnold Schwarzenegger
On May 17, 2001, future Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Los Angeles Mayor Republican Richard Riordan met with Enron CEO Kenneth Lay at the Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills. The meeting was convened for Enron to present its "Comprehensive Solution for California," which called for an end to federal and state investigations into Enron's role in the California energy crisis.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Arnold Schwarzenegger
On October 7, 2003, Schwarzenegger was elected Governor of California to replace Davis.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Over a year later, he attended the commissioning ceremony of a new Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) 500 kV line remedying the aforementioned power bottleneck on Path 15.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, National Energy Development Task Force
Vice President Dick Cheney was appointed in January 2001 to head the National Energy Development Task Force. In the spring of that year, officials of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power met with the Task Force, asking for price controls to protect consumers. The Task Force refused, and insisted that deregulation must remain in place.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) was intimately involved with the handling of the crisis from the summer of 2000. There were in fact at least four separate FERC investigations.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
In December 2005, the Commission filed a report to the U. S. Congresson its response to the California Electricity Crisis, which states that "To date, the Commission staff has facilitated settlements resulting in over $6.3billion."


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Handling of the crisis, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
On August 17, 2013, the British Columbia company Powerex agreed to a $750 million refund as a settlement over charges of manipulating electricity prices during 2000.


2000–01 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
The 2000–01 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio season was the 16th season since its establishment. It was contested by 15 teams, and S.S. Cosmos won the championship.


2000–01 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, Regular season, Results
All teams play twice against the teams within their own group and once against the teams from the other group.


2000–01 Canadian network television schedule
The 2000–01 Canadian network television schedule indicates the fall prime time schedules for Canada's major English broadcast networks. For schedule changes after the fall launch, please consult each network's individual article.


2000–01 Cardiff City F.C. season
The 2000–01 season was Cardiff City F.C. 's 74th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Third, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division Two.


2000–01 Cardiff City F.C. season
During the season the club was taken over by Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam, whose investment in the club would later see Cardiff win two promotions in the next four years.


2000–01 Cardiff City F.C. season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Cardiff City F.C. season, Players, Left club during season
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2000–01 Carlisle United F.C. season
For the 2000–01 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Three.


2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season
The 2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 22nd season in the National Hockey League and fourth as the Hurricanes.


2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season, Regular season
The Hurricanes allowed the most short-handed goals during the regular season, with 16.


2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season, Regular season, Final standings
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast


2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season, Regular season, Final standings
Z –  Clinched Conference; Y –  Clinched Division; X –  Clinched Playoff spot


2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season, Draft picks
Carolina's picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Hurricanes have the 14th overall pick.


2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season, Farm teams, International Hockey League
The Cincinnati Cyclones are the Hurricanes International Hockey League affiliate for the 2000–01 IHL season.


2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season, Farm teams, East Coast Hockey League
The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.


2000–01 Celta de Vigo season
Celta de Vigo contested La Liga, Copa del Rey, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The season saw Celta win their first ever trophy, winning the Intertoto Cup, qualifying for the UEFA Cup in the process. Celta also reached the final of the Copa del Rey, where Real Zaragoza came out on top.


2000–01 Celta de Vigo season, Squad
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2000–01 Celta de Vigo season, Squad, Left club during season
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2000–01 Celtic F.C. season
Celtic played the 2000–01 season in the Scottish Premier League. Martin O'Neill became manager and Celtic won a domestic treble of the three major Scottish trophies: the Scottish League Cup, the Scottish Premier League trophy and the Scottish Cup.


2000–01 Celtic F.C. season, Review and events, Management
Following the departure of John Barnes in February 2000, Martin O'Neill was appointed as manager of Celtic in June 2000. Kenny Dalglish, who was director of football at Celtic, left the club soon after. John Robertson and Steve Walford followed O'Neill from Leicester City to be assistant manager and coach.


2000–01 Celtic F.C. season, Review and events, Transfers
O'Neill's first signing was striker Chris Sutton from Chelsea for a Scottish record transfer of £6 million in July 2000, followed by Belgian international defender Joos Valgaeren from Roda JC for a fee of £3.8 million. Alan Thompson and Didier Agathe joined Celtic in September. Thompson joined from Aston Villa for a fee of £2.75 million while Agathe joined from Hibernian for a nominal fee. Goalkeeper Rab Douglas was brought in from Dundee in October for £1.2 million and Neil Lennon joined in December 2000 from Leicester City for £5.75 million. Mark Viduka was transferred out to Leeds United in July 2000 for a fee of £6 million.


2000–01 Celtic F.C. season, Review and events, League campaign
Celtic started their league campaign by going undefeated in 16 games until a heavy defeat to Rangers in November 2000. They lost only two more games, both in May after the league title had been secured. They won the Scottish Premier League with a victory over St Mirren in April, receiving the trophy two weeks later after a 1–0 home win over Hearts, having finished 15 points clear of the runner-up, Rangers, with 97 points.


2000–01 Celtic F.C. season, Review and events, League campaign
Striker Henrik Larsson scored 53 goals to set a new Scottish scoring record for a single season.


2000–01 Celtic F.C. season, Review and events, Cup competitions
Celtic beat Raith Rovers, Hearts and Rangers on the way to the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park in March 2001. They won the trophy, beating Kilmarnock 3-0 through a second-half hat-trick by Henrik Larsson despite going down to ten men after Chris Sutton was sent off.


2000–01 Celtic F.C. season, Review and events, Cup competitions
In the Scottish Cup, Celtic beat Stranraer, Dunfermline after a replay, Hearts and Dundee United to reach the final in May 2001, where they beat Hibernian 3–0 with a goal from Jackie McNamara and two goals from Henrik Larsson to complete a domestic treble.


2000–01 Celtic F.C. season, Review and events, European campaign
Celtic had qualified for the UEFA Cup and began their campaign with an 11-0 aggregate win over Jeunesse Esch from Luxembourg in August 2000. A Chris Sutton goal in extra-time in the away leg was enough to see Celtic through the next round 3–2 on aggregate against HJK Helsinki the following month. They were knocked out in the third round of the competition by Girondins de Bordeaux 2–3 on aggregate despite dominating the second leg in Bordeaux.


2000–01 Celtic F.C. season, Statistics, Appearances and goals
List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition


2000–01 Celtic F.C. season, Statistics, Appearances and goals
NB: Players with a zero in every column only appeared as unused substitutes


2000–01 Charlotte Hornets season
The 2000–01 NBA season was the thirteenth season for the Charlotte Hornets in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Hornets acquired Jamal Mashburn, P.J. Brown and Otis Thorpe from the Miami Heat, and re-signed free agent Hersey Hawkins. With the acquisitions of Mashburn and Brown along with veterans David Wesley and Elden Campbell, plus an increased role for second-year guard Baron Davis, the Hornets won four of their first five games, then lost five straight, but then went on a six-game winning streak. The team posted two 7-game winning streaks in December, and between February and March.


2000–01 Charlotte Hornets season
The Hornets finished the season third in the Central Division with a 46–36 record, and qualified for their sixth Playoff appearance. Mashburn led the team in scoring averaging 20.1 points per game, while Wesley finished second on the team in scoring  with 17.2 points per game. Davis showed improvement averaging 13.8 points, 7.3 assists and 2.1 steals per game, and Brown was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Derrick Coleman, who was replaced with Brown in the lineup at power forward, only played just 34 games due to an irregular heartbeat and weight problems.


2000–01 Charlotte Hornets season
In the playoffs, the Hornets all wore headbands to show team unity as they swept the 3rd-seeded Miami Heat in three straight games in the Eastern Conference First Round. However, they were eliminated by the Milwaukee Bucks three games to four in the Eastern Conference Semifinals after taking a 3–2 series lead. Following the season, Coleman was traded back to his former team, the Philadelphia 76ers, second-year forward Eddie Robinson signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bulls, and Hawkins and Thorpe both retired.


2000–01 Charlotte Hornets season
The Hornets finished twenty-first in the NBA in attendance for the season.


2000–01 Charlotte Hornets season, Transactions
Traded Ricky Davis, Dale Ellis, Eddie Jones and Anthony Mason to the Miami Heat for P.J. Brown, Rodney Buford, Tim James, Jamal Mashburn and Otis Thorpe.


2000–01 Charlotte Hornets season, Transactions
Signed Scott Burrell to a contract for the rest of the season.


2000–01 Charlton Athletic F.C. season
During the 2000–01 English football season, Charlton Athletic competed in the FA Premier League.


2000–01 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Season summary
Alan Curbishley and his Charlton side won many admirers after their Division One title glory gained them promotion back to the Premiership at the first time of asking. This time he kept them there with an excellent ninth-place finish and 52 points. They would have finished higher still - and possibly qualified for Europe - had their defence not been the leakiest of any in the top 15 and the sixth leakiest in the division. Still, it was a superb achievement for a side who had been among the favourites of many punters to suffer an immediate return to the Nationwide League. The arrival of striker Jason Euell from Wimbledon in a club record deal gave fans hope of more success in 2001–02.


2000–01 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Charlton Athletic F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Chelsea F.C. season
The 2000–01 season was Chelsea F.C. 's 87th competitive season, ninth consecutive season in the FA Premier League and 95th year as a club.


2000–01 Chelsea F.C. season, Season summary
A slow start to the season cost manager Gianluca Vialli his job, despite having won five trophies since his appointment in February 1998. The last of these trophies came at the start of the season when they defeated Manchester United 2–0 in the Charity Shield to win the last-ever club game at the pre-redevelopment Wembley. Vialli's successor was Claudio Ranieri, who guided the club to sixth place in the final table and attained automatic qualification for the UEFA Cup.


2000–01 Chelsea F.C. season, Season summary
The biggest success of the season was the effectiveness of club record signing Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, who found the net 23 times in 35 Premiership games in a partnership with Chelsea's 34-year-old Italian superstar, Gianfranco Zola, who found the net on 9 occasions.


2000–01 Chelsea F.C. season, Team kit
The team kit was produced by Umbro and the shirt sponsor was Autoglass. Chelsea's home kit was all blue with a white trimmed collar. The club's third kit for this season was orange with blue shorts and accents.


2000–01 Chelsea F.C. season, First team squad
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2000–01 Chelsea F.C. season, First team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Chelsea F.C. season, First team squad, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Chelsea F.C. season, Statistics
Statistics taken from . Squad details and shirt numbers from   17 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine and .


2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season
The 2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season was the team's 75th season of operation. Finishing 12th in the Western Conference, they did not qualify for the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs.


2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season, Regular season, Final standings
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest


2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season, Regular season, Final standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division


2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks season, Draft picks
Chicago's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.


2000–01 Chicago Bulls season
The 2000–01 NBA season was the Bulls' 35th season in the National Basketball Association. In the 2000 NBA draft, the Bulls selected Marcus Fizer from Iowa State with the fourth overall pick, and selected Chris Mihm from the University of Texas at Austin with the seventh pick, but soon traded Mihm to the Cleveland Cavaliers for top draft pick Jamal Crawford. During the off-season, the team signed free agents Ron Mercer and Brad Miller.


2000–01 Chicago Bulls season
The Bulls continued to struggle losing 24 of their first 27 games, then later holding a 6–42 record at the All-Star break, as they finished with 15 wins and 67 losses, the worst record in the Central Division and the worst league record. Second-year star Elton Brand led the team with 20.1 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, while Mercer finished second on the team in scoring with 19.7 points per game, and Fizer was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Following the season, Brand was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. (See 2000–01 Chicago Bulls season#Regular season)


2000–01 Chicago Bulls season, Regular season
The Bulls’ intentions going into the 2000-01 NBA season was to recruit a pair of the summer’s elite free agents—a group that included Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady and Eddie Jones—to be the core players in the re-building process. However, Duncan re-signed with San Antonio, Hill accommodated his wife’s desires to go to Orlando, and McGrady and Jones both opted to play near their home towns.


2000–01 Chicago Bulls season, Regular season
“It wasn't so much a rejection of Chicago,” Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf stated, “as it was other considerations that compelled these individuals to make the decisions that they made to play for the teams they chose to play with.”


2000–01 Chicago Bulls season, Regular season
Thus, the Bulls changed gears and focused on rebuilding through the draft and with youth. In the 2000 NBA Draft, the Bulls took some steps in that direction, selecting Marcus Fizer (4th overall), and acquiring Jamal Crawford (selected 8th overall by Cleveland and immediately traded to the Bulls). Other notable off-season acquisitions included the signing of free agents Ron Mercer (Aug. 2), and Brad Miller (Sept. 7).


2000–01 Chicago Bulls season, Regular season
Opening the season with the youngest roster in NBA history—an average of 22.9 years of age and seven rookies—isn’t typically a recipe for success in the league. The Bulls finished the season with the league's worst record at 15–67 in Head Coach Tim Floyd’s second full season. The team broke the franchise record for longest losing streak at the United Center with an eight-game stretch from Nov. 11 to Dec. 19 (previous record was six games), and set a new record for consecutive losses with 16 from Jan. 8 through Feb. 6 (previous record was 13 games in 1976). In addition, Chicago endured the longest road losing streak in franchise history, dropping 25 straight on the road from Dec. 21 through Apr. 10.


2000–01 Chicago Bulls season, Regular season
A bright spot in the 2000–01 Chicago Bulls season was starting 2–0 after the All Star break, with upset wins at home over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday, February 13, and the Miami Heat on Saturday, February 17, 2001.


2000–01 Chicago Bulls season, Regular season
The Bulls’ home sellout streak ended at 610 games on Nov. 3 vs. New Jersey, marking the third longest sellout streak in NBA history. Prior to that, the last time the Bulls failed to sell out a home game was Nov. 17, 1987, vs. Washington. Other news items from the season included second-year forward Elton Brand (sophomore team) and rookie guard Khalid El-Amin (rookie team) both participating in the Schick Rookie Challenge at All-Star Weekend, and Marcus Fizer being named to the NBA’s All-Rookie Second Team.


2000–01 Chinese Basketball Association season
The season ran from November 18, 2000 to March 18, 2001. Ji'nan Army and Shenyang Army were promoted from the Second Division.


2000–01 Chinese Basketball Association season, Playoffs
The top 8 teams in the regular season advanced to the playoffs.


2000–01 Chinese Basketball Association season, Playoffs
In the Final series, Bayi Rockets defeated Shanghai Sharks (3-1), and claimed its 6th straight CBA championship.


2000–01 Chinese Basketball Association season, Playoffs
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in regular season, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Home court advantage belongs to the team with the better regular season record; teams enjoying the home advantage are shown in italics.


2000–01 Chinese Basketball Association season, Relegations
The bottom 4 teams played the relegation round by round-robin.


2000–01 Chinese Basketball Association season, Relegations
Ji'nan Army and Shenyang Army were relegated to the Second Division.


2000–01 Chinese Taipei National Football League
Statistics of the Chinese Taipei National Football League for the 2000–01 season.


2000–01 Chinese Taipei National Football League, Overview
It was contested by 7 teams, and Taipower won the championship.


2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers season
The 2000–01 NBA season was the 31st season of the National Basketball Association in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers had the eighth pick in the 2000 NBA draft, and selected Jamal Crawford from the University of Michigan, but soon traded him to the Chicago Bulls for top draft pick Chris Mihm. During the offseason, the team acquired Chris Gatling and Clarence Weatherspoon from the Miami Heat, Matt Harpring from the Orlando Magic, and Robert Traylor from the Milwaukee Bucks, while signing free agent Bimbo Coles.


2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers season
The Cavaliers got off to a strong start winning nine of their first twelve games, on their way to a solid 15–7 start. In January, they traded Brevin Knight to the Atlanta Hawks for former Ohio State star Jim Jackson. However, they would struggle and lose 23 of their next 28 games, including a ten-game losing streak between January and February, finishing 6th in the Central Division with a disappointing 30–52 record. Second-year star Andre Miller led the team with 15.8 points, 8.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and Mihm was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.


2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers season
Following the season, Randy Wittman was fired as head coach, Gatling was traded back to the Miami Heat, Jackson signed as a free agent with the Heat, Weatherspoon signed with the New York Knicks, and Harpring was traded along with Traylor to the Philadelphia 76ers, who then sent Traylor to the Charlotte Hornets.


2000–01 Cleveland Cavaliers season, Draft picks
*Crawford traded on draft day to Chicago for #7 pick Chris Mihm.


2000–01 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season
The 2000–01 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season was the 71st consecutive Primera División season played by the senior squad.


2000–01 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season, Summary
The season is best remembered due to the clinching of 2000 Intercontinental Cup against heavily favourites and 1999-2000 UEFA Champions League Champions Real Madrid thanks to 2 goals of Martin Palermo. In the second half of the season, the club won the 2001 Copa Libertadores for the second consecutive year  aimed by the talent of Juan Roman Riquelme and a superb performance in the Finals of Cordoba. As of December 2020, the Back-to-back Boca title was the last time a team could reach that performance in Copa Libertadores. Also, the squad won the Apertura Tournament finishing 4 points ahead of River Plate and Gimnasia La Plata.


2000–01 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Clydebank F.C. season
The 2000–01 season was Clydebank's thirty-fifth season in the Scottish Football League. They competed in the Scottish Second Division where they finished 5th. They also competed in the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Challenge Cup and Scottish Cup.


2000–01 Codan Ligaen season
The 2000–01 Codan Ligaen season was the 44th season of ice hockey in Denmark. Nine teams participated in the league, and the Herning Blue Fox won the championship.


2000–01 Colchester United F.C. season
The 2000–01 season was Colchester United's 59th season in their history and their third successive season in the third tier of English football, the Second Division. Alongside competing in the Second Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy.


2000–01 Colchester United F.C. season
The main story of the season was the sale of star striker Lomana LuaLua to Premier League side Newcastle United for £2.25m. The proceeds from the sale helped to secure the medium-term future of the club.


2000–01 Colchester United F.C. season
Steve Whitton's first full season in charge of the U's ended with a minor improvement on last season with a 17th position finish. In the cups, it was a familiar story to the preceding seasons, with a first round exit in the Football League Trophy and a second round defeat to Sheffield United in the League Cup. Colchester were again dumped out of the FA Cup by non-League opposition when Yeovil Town thrashed them 5–1 in the first round.


2000–01 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
After scoring 14 goals for Colchester in the previous season, the U's began to receive interest in Lomana LuaLua. After scoring a hat-trick against Queens Park Rangers in the League Cup, LuaLua made his transfer to Bobby Robson's Newcastle United for a fee of £2.25m in September. The deal proved to be a huge financial boost to the club that helped secure the medium-term future of Colchester United.


2000–01 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
In the FA Cup, Colchester suffered another first round exit to non-League opposition when Yeovil Town comprehensively won 5–1 at Huish Park. In the Football League Trophy, Colchester lost in the first round to Cambridge United while Sheffield United beat the U's in the second round of the League Cup after the U's had overcome QPR in the first round.


2000–01 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
In the league, Steve Whitton guided his side to 17th position, six points clear of the relegation places.


2000–01 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.


2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season
The 2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season was the franchise's 29th season, 22nd in the National Hockey League, and sixth as the Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche won their second Stanley Cup by defeating the defending Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils 4–3 in the Final. Ray Bourque would be the first and only NHL player to hoist the Stanley Cup prior to the team captain when Joe Sakic handed it to him out of respect for the future Hall of Famer.


2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season, Off-season, NHL draft
Colorado's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.


2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season, Regular season, All-Star Game
The 51st National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on February 4, 2001, at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The final score was North America 14, World 12. The following are Colorado Avalanche representatives who took part in the all-star game.


2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season, Regular season, Season standings
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest


2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season, Regular season, Season standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division


2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season, Player statistics, Forwards
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season, Player statistics, Defensemen
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season, Player statistics, Goaltending
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average


2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season, Player statistics, Goaltending
The 2000–01 season marked the first and only time that Patrick Roy won at least 40 games in a season during his career.


2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season, Colorado Avalanche - 2001 Stanley Cup champions, Stanley Cup engraving
† Bryan Muir was called up from the minors mid-season. He played eight regular-season games (also played ten games for Tampa Bay), and three playoff games. Colorado was given permission to include Muir's name even though he did not officially qualify (at least 40 regular season games played or one Stanley Cup Finals game). ^ Six players also won the Stanley Cup with Colorado in 1996  – Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Jon Klemm, Stephane Yelle, Patrick Roy and Adam Foote.


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season
The 2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the Blue Jackets' first season in the National Hockey League (NHL) after the city of Columbus, Ohio, was awarded an expansion team in 1997.


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Off-season
The team would be named the Blue Jackets, as it was chosen to celebrate "patriotism, pride and the rich Civil War history in the state of Ohio and the city of Columbus". The Jackets would join the Central Division in the Western Conference.


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Off-season
The club would name Doug MacLean as general manager. MacLean had previously been the head coach of the Florida Panthers, leading the team to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1996. MacLean hired Dave King as the head coach of the Jackets. King had previously been the head coach of the Calgary Flames from 1992 to 1995, and was an assistant on the Montreal Canadiens from 1997 to 1999.


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Off-season
On June 23, 2000, the Blue Jackets and their expansion cousins, the Minnesota Wild, participated in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft in Calgary. Columbus selected goaltender Rick Tabaracci with their first pick. The following day on June 24, Columbus would participate in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, and selected Rostislav Klesla with the fourth overall pick.


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Regular season
On October 7, 2000, Columbus would play in their first game ever, losing 5–3 to the Chicago Blackhawks at Nationwide Arena. Bruce Gardiner scored the first goal in franchise history. On October 14, the Blue Jackets became part of hockey history. In a loss against the Colorado Avalanche, goaltender Patrick Roy tied Terry Sawchuk for most career wins by a goaltender. The Blue Jackets would win their first ever game on October 12, defeating the Calgary Flames 3–2 at the Pengrowth Saddledome. Columbus would win its first home game on October 27, defeating the visiting Washington Capitals 3–1.


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Regular season
The Blue Jackets, like most expansion teams, would struggle throughout the season, and would finish the year 11 games under .500, with a 28–39–9–6 record, earning 71 points, 19 points behind the Vancouver Canucks for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Regular season
Geoff Sanderson would lead the Jackets with 30 goals and 56 points, while Espen Knutsen would lead Columbus with 44 assists. Steve Heinze was having a solid season, scoring 22 goals and 42 points, before being dealt to the Buffalo Sabres at the trade deadline. Jamie Heward led the blue line, scoring 11 goals and 27 points, while Deron Quint would score 7 goals and 23 points. Tyler Wright led the club with 140 penalty minutes.


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Regular season
Ron Tugnutt would get the majority of action in the Blue Jackets net, playing in 53 games, and tying a career high with 22 wins. Tugnutt would record a 2.44 goals against average (GAA), .917 save percentage and four shutouts. Marc Denis backed up Tugnutt, winning six games and recording a 3.25 GAA.


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Regular season, Season standings
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Regular season, Season standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Playoffs
The Blue Jackets finished 13th in the Conference and fifth in the Division. Thus, they were unable to qualify for the playoffs


2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season, Draft picks, Expansion draft picks
Columbus' expansion draft picks at the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft.


2000–01 Combined Counties Football League
The 2000–01 Combined Counties Football League season was the 23rd in the history of the Combined Counties Football League, a football competition in England.


2000–01 Combined Counties Football League, Clubs
The league featured 20 clubs from the previous season, along with one new club:


2000–01 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
The 2000–01 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2000–01 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 20–12 overall record. The Huskies were members of the Big East Conference where they finished with an 8–8 record. They made it to the Second Round in the 2001 National Invitation Tournament. The Huskies played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and they were led by fifteenth-year head coach Jim Calhoun.


2000–01 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team, Roster
Listed are the student athletes who were members of the 2000–2001 team.


2000–01 Copa Federación de España
The Copa Federación de España 2000–01 was the 8th staging of the Copa Federación de España, a knockout competition for Spanish football clubs in Segunda División B and Tercera División.


2000–01 Copa Federación de España
The Regional stages began in 2000, while the national tournament took place from November 2000 to April 2001.


2000–01 Copa del Rey
The 2000–01 Copa del Rey was the 99th staging of the Copa del Rey.


2000–01 Copa del Rey
The competition started on 30 August 2000 and concluded on 30 March 2001 with the Final, held at the Estadio La Cartuja in Sevilla.


2000–01 Copa del Rey, Format
(*) CD Toledo, CD Logroñés, Gimnástica de Torrelavega, Granada CF from Segunda B / 3ª División, started the tournament in the second round.


2000–01 Coppa Italia
The 2000–01 Coppa Italia was the 54th edition of the tournament. The tournament was won by Fiorentina, for their 6th title, also qualifying for the UEFA Cup in the progress. It was Fiorentina's second title in recent years, having also won the 1995–96 edition of the tournament. Fiorentina defeated Parma in the two-legged final on an aggregate score of 2–1.


2000–01 Coppa Italia, Seedings and format
In the 2000–01 Coppa Italia featured 48 teams competing: all 18 clubs from Serie A, all 20 clubs from Serie B, the 4 clubs relegated from Serie B in 1999-00 season, the 4 playoff runners-up from 1999-00 Serie C1 season and the 2 finalists of the 1999/00 Serie C Coppa Italia competition.


2000–01 Coupe de France
The Coupe de France 2000–2001 was its 84th edition. It was won by the RC Strasbourg, which defeated Amiens SC in the final.


2000–01 Coupe de France, Final
Teddy Bertin Jacques Rémy Péguy Luyindula Valérien Ismaël José Luis Chilavert


2000–01 Coupe de France, Final
Peter Sampil Emerick Darbelet Xavier Chalier Jean-Paul Abalo Laurent Strzelczak


2000–01 Coventry City F.C. season
During the 2000–01 English football season, Coventry City F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. It was their 34th consecutive season in the top division, but this season saw the club relegated and they have not been in the top flight since.


2000–01 Coventry City F.C. season, Season summary
Coventry City's season started promisingly. Despite an opening-day 3–1 home defeat to Middlesbrough, this was followed by back-to-back away victories at Southampton and Manchester City, which was the first time they had won an away league game since April 1999 and the first time they had won back-to-back away league games since February 1998. However, this burst of form instantly evaporated and by December 2000, Coventry had dropped into the relegation zone after obtaining only one more win (a 2–1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur) and 6 points from 13 matches.


2000–01 Coventry City F.C. season, Season summary
With the exception of three rounds, all of which were before January 2001, Coventry would ultimately stay there for the rest of the season. After 34 years in the top flight and 10 close shaves with relegation, their luck finally ran out and they were relegated to the First Division after a 3–2 away defeat at Aston Villa on 5 May 2001. It was the first time they had suffered relegation since 1958, when they were relegated to Division Four - then the fourth tier of English football. Much optimism followed Coventry's relegation with everyone at the club working hard to attain promotion at the first attempt. These hopes were boosted with the signing of prolific striker Lee Hughes from local rivals West Bromwich Albion.


2000–01 Coventry City F.C. season, Season summary
In the FA Cup, Coventry won 2–0 away at Swindon Town in the third round, but were eliminated by Manchester City after a 1–0 defeat at Maine Road. Their League Cup campaign began with the club convincingly beating Preston North End 7–2 on aggregate in the second round (in which they won both legs), before defeating Southampton away for the second time in the season. However, this cup run came to an end after a 2–1 defeat by Ipswich Town at Portman Road.


2000–01 Coventry City F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Coventry City F.C. season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Coventry City F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team
The 2000–01 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team represented Creighton University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by head coach Dana Altman, played their home games at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. The Jays finished with a 24-8 record, and won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title to earn an at-large bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament.


2000–01 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season
During the 2000–01 English football season, Crewe Alexandra F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, their 78th in the English Football League.


2000–01 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Season summary
A terrible first half of the 2000–01 season saw Crewe bottom at Christmas. Then with the emergence of Rob Hulse and Dean Ashton, Crewe went on a fantastic run, winning nine of their remaining matches to starve off relegation to finish 14th. A 3–1 defeat by Preston on 28 April finally saw the Alex beaten at home after an unbeaten run of nine in the league.


2000–01 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Croatian First A League
2000–01 Croatian First A League was the 10th season of the Croatian handball league since its independence and the last season of the First A League format. Badel 1862 Zagreb won the league after a controversial final against Metković Jambo.


2000–01 Croatian First A League, League tables and results, Championship play-offs
The semi-final winner was decided to the club who won two matches, but the final was decided to the club that won three matches.


2000–01 Croatian First A League, League tables and results, Championship play-offs
*Result of home team is of Club1 1 Match was interrupted 2 Awarded win to Badel 1862


2000–01 Croatian First Football League
The 2000–01 Croatian First Football League was the tenth season of the Croatian First Football League, Croatia's top association football league, since its establishment in 1992. It began on 30 July 2000 and ended on 27 May 2001. Dinamo Zagreb were the defending champions, having won their fifth consecutive title the previous season. The 2000–01 Prva HNL was contested by 12 teams and was won by Hajduk Split, who won their thirteenth title, after a win against Varteks on 27 May 2001, which was ended the Dinamo Zagreb (then Croatia Zagreb)'s five-year dominance.


2000–01 Croatian First Football League, Teams
A total of twelve teams contested the league, including ten sides from the 1999–2000 season and two promoted teams from the 1999–2000 Croatian Second Football League, Čakovec and Marsonia. Marsonia had returned to top flight after one previous three-season spell in the Prva HNL between 1994 and 1997, while Čakovec saw its top flight debut after coming close to promotion in 1998 and 1999 (they lost the promotion play-offs on both occasions).


2000–01 Croatian First Football League, Teams, Summaries
The following is an overview of teams which competed in the 2000–01 Prva HNL. The list of managers is correct as of 30 July 2000, the first day of the season.


2000–01 Croatian First Football League, Relegation group, Relegation play-off
Due to the expansion of Prva HNL to 16 clubs in the 2001–02 season, four clubs from the 2000–01 Druga HNL were automatically promoted. Those should have been top four clubs, but since third-placed Croatia Sesvete and sixth-placed Belišće had decided to step back from promotion, 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th placed second level teams were automatically promoted for the following season (Kamen Ingrad, Pomorac Kostrena, Zadar and TŠK Topolovac respectively). Therefore, the 12th placed Marsonia played a two-legged relegation play-off against the 7th placed team of Druga HNL, Solin. The tie ended in a 5–5 aggregate score and Marsonia won it on away goals, thereby staying in the Prva HNL for the following season.


2000–01 Croatian Football Cup
The 2000–01 Croatian Football Cup was the tenth edition of Croatia's football knockout competition. Hajduk Split were the defending champions, and it was won by Dinamo Zagreb.


2000–01 Croatian Ice Hockey League season
The Croatian Hockey League Season for 2000-2001 resulted with KHL Medveščak winning the title for the fifth time in a row.


2000–01 Croatian Ice Hockey League season, Playoffs, Finals
Medvescak beat Zagreb in a best of five series, by 3-0. Games were played on 23, 27 Feb., and 2 March. Medvešcak Zagreb - KHL Zagreb (6-5OT) (4-2) (6-1)


2000–01 Croatian Ice Hockey League season, Playoffs, Third place
Mladost beat Sisak in a best of five series, winning 3-0. Games were played on 23, 27 Feb., and 4 March.


2000–01 Croatian Second Football League
The 2000–01 Druga HNL was the 10th season of Druga HNL, the second level league in Croatian football. The format of the league was unchanged from the 1999–2000 season. A total of 18 clubs competed in Druga HNL this season, in a double round-robin format.


2000–01 Croatian Second Football League
Due to the expansion of top level Prva HNL set for the 2001–02 season, four clubs were promoted at the end of season (Kamen Ingrad, Pomorac Kostrena, Zadar and TŠK Topolovac, while Solin entered promotion playoff). Also, Druga HNL was split into two divisions the following season.


2000–01 Crystal Palace F.C. season
During the 2000–01 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


2000–01 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Season summary
Singapore financer Jerry Lim purchased an almost bankrupt Crystal Palace in July 2000, and immediately sold the club to mobile phone tycoon and lifelong fan Simon Jordan who, following defeats to non-league sides in pre-season, replaced Coppell with Alan Smith – who had previously been manager from 1993 to 1995. The takeover solved Palace's financial problems, but their on-the-field form slumped and despite reaching the League Cup semi-finals, Smith was sacked in April 2001 with relegation to Division Two looking imminent.


2000–01 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Season summary
With two away games remaining, at Portsmouth and Stockport County, Palace were in 22nd place, three points behind Portsmouth (with an inferior goal difference) and having played a game more, and four points behind Huddersfield (who had played the same number of games and had a superior goal difference). Long serving coach Steve Kember was put in temporary charge of the first team alongside Terry Bullivant, and after making changes to the playing side, Palace travelled to Portsmouth and came away with a much needed 4–2 victory.


2000–01 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Season summary
When the last day of the season arrived, Palace were in 21st place, one goal better off than Portsmouth. With 87 minutes of the game at Stockport gone, the score was 0–0, a result that would have resulted in Palace's relegation, but Dougie Freedman burst into the Stockport County penalty area and lashed a shot past Stockport 'keeper Lee Jones into the back of the net, triggering the relegation of Huddersfield Town and saving Palace.


2000–01 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Season summary
The goal was controversial, as there had been a clear handball by Palace midfielder David Hopkin just moments before, which the referee had not awarded a free-kick for. Still, the Palace fans didn't care, and many of the 3,000 who had travelled poured onto Stockport's Edgeley Park pitch, celebrating with the players.


2000–01 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Crystal Palace F.C. season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Cuban National Series
Santiago de Cuba won its third straight Cuban National Series crown, under manager Higinio Vélez.


2000–01 Cupa României
The 2000–01 Cupa României was the 63rd edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.


2000–01 Cupa României
The title was won by Dinamo București against Rocar București.


2000–01 Cupa României, Format
First round proper matches are played on the ground of the lowest ranked team, then from the second round proper the matches are played on a neutral location.


2000–01 Cupa României, Format
If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes into extra time, where it works golden goal rule. If the match is still tied, the result is decided by penalty kicks.


2000–01 Cupa României, Format
In the semi-finals, each tie is played as a two legs.


2000–01 Cupa României, Format
From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.


2000–01 Cupa României, Semi-finals
The matches were played on 4 April and 2 May 2001.


2000–01 Cymru Alliance
The 2000–01 Cymru Alliance was the eleventh season of the Cymru Alliance after its establishment in 1990. The league was won by Caernarfon Town.


2000–01 Cypriot Cup
The 2000–01 Cypriot Cup was the 59th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 50 clubs entered the competition. It began on 11 November 2000 with the preliminary round and concluded on 12 May 2001 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. Apollon Limassol won their 5th Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Nea Salamina 1–0 in the final.


2000–01 Cypriot Cup, Format
In the 2000–01 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division, the Cypriot Second Division, the Cypriot Third Division and 8 of the 14 teams of the Cypriot Fourth Division.


2000–01 Cypriot Cup, Format
The competition consisted of six knock-out rounds. In the preliminary round and in the first round each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.


2000–01 Cypriot Cup, Format
The next three rounds were played in a two-legged format, each team playing a home and an away match against their opponent. The team which scored more goals on aggregate, was qualifying to the next round. If the two teams scored the same number of goals on aggregate, then the team which scored more goals away from home was advancing to the next round.


2000–01 Cypriot Cup, Format
If both teams had scored the same number of home and away goals, then extra time was following after the end of the second leg match. If during the extra thirty minutes both teams had managed to score, but they had scored the same number of goals, then the team who scored the away goals was advancing to the next round (i.e. the team which was playing away). If there weren't scored any goals during extra time, the qualifying team was determined by penalty shoot-out.


2000–01 Cypriot Cup, Format
The cup winner secured a place in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.


2000–01 Cypriot Cup, Ρreliminary round
All the 14 clubs of the Cypriot Second Division, all the 14 clubs of the Cypriot Third Division and 8 clubs from the Cypriot Fourth Division (first eight of the league table the day of draw) participated in the preliminary round.


2000–01 Cypriot Cup, First round
The 14 clubs of the Cypriot First Division advanced directly to the first round and met the winners of the preliminary round ties:


2000–01 Cypriot First Division
The 2000–01 Cypriot First Division was the 62nd season of the Cypriot top-level football league. Omonia won their 18th title.


2000–01 Cypriot First Division, Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2000–01 Cypriot First Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The last three teams were relegated to the 2001–02 Cypriot Second Division.


2000–01 Cypriot First Division, Format
The champions ensured their participation in the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League and the runners-up in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.


2000–01 Cypriot First Division, Format
The teams had to declare their interest to participate in the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup before the end of the championship. At the end of the championship, the higher placed team among the interested ones participated in the Intertoto Cup (if they had not secured their participation in any other UEFA competition).


2000–01 Cypriot First Division, Format, Point system
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.


2000–01 Cypriot First Division, Changes from previous season
Ethnikos Assia, Anagennisi Deryneia and Alki Larnaca were relegated from previous season and played in the 2000–01 Cypriot Second Division. They were replaced by the first three teams of the 1999–2000 Cypriot Second Division, Digenis Morphou, Aris Limassol and Doxa Katokopias.


2000–01 Cypriot First Division, Changes from previous season
Before the start of the season, APOP Paphos and Evagoras Paphos were merged forming AEP Paphos, which took the place of APOP Paphos in the Cypriot First Division.


2000–01 Cypriot Fourth Division
The 2000–01 Cypriot Fourth Division was the 16th season of the Cypriot fourth-level football league. Sourouklis Troullon won their 1st title.


2000–01 Cypriot Fourth Division, Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2000–01 Cypriot Fourth Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to the 2001–02 Cypriot Third Division and the last three teams were relegated to regional leagues.


2000–01 Cypriot Fourth Division, Format, Point system
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.


2000–01 Cypriot Second Division
The 2000–01 Cypriot Second Division was the 46th season of the Cypriot second-level football league. Alki Larnaca won their 3rd title.


2000–01 Cypriot Second Division, Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2000–01 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to 2001–02 Cypriot First Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2001–02 Cypriot Third Division.


2000–01 Cypriot Third Division
The 2000–01 Cypriot Third Division was the 30th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. ASIL Lysi won their 1st title.


2000–01 Cypriot Third Division, Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 2000–01 Cypriot Third Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first three teams were promoted to the 2001–02 Cypriot Second Division and the last three teams were relegated to the 2001–02 Cypriot Fourth Division.


2000–01 Cypriot Third Division, Format, Point system
Teams received three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.


2000–01 Czech 1. Liga season
The 2000–01 Czech 1.liga season was the eighth season of the Czech 1.liga, the second level of ice hockey in the Czech Republic. 14 teams participated in the league, and KHL Chomutov won the championship.


2000–01 Czech 2. Liga
The 2000–01 Czech 2. Liga was the eighth season of the 2. česká fotbalová liga, the second tier of the Czech football league.


2000–01 Czech Cup
The 2000–01 Czech Cup was the eighth season of the annual football knock-out tournament of the Czech Republic. Winners Viktoria Žižkov qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.


2000–01 Czech Cup, Round 1
83 teams entered the competition at this stage. Along with the 13 winners from the preliminary round, these teams played 48 matches to qualify for the second round.


2000–01 Czech Cup, Round 4
The fourth round was played between 20 and 25 March 2001.


2000–01 Czech Cup, Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were played between 10 and 12 April 2001.


2000–01 Czech Cup, Semifinals
The semifinals were played on 1 and 2 May 2001.


2000–01 Czech Cup, Final
The final was played with the golden goal rule; in the event of a tie after 90 minutes, 30 minutes additional time would be added, with any goal signalling the immediate end of the game.


2000–01 Czech Extraliga season
The 2000–01 Czech Extraliga season was the eighth season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993.


2000–01 Czech First League
The 2000–01 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the eighth season of top-tier football in the Czech Republic.


2000–01 DEL season
The 2000–01 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 7th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (English: German Ice Hockey League). The Adler Mannheim won the DEL Championship the fourth time in 5 seasons, extending their dominance in German ice hockey. It was also the fifth time in their history they held the German Champion title.


2000–01 DEL season
A change was brought to the format of play. The first 8 placed teams in the regular season would go into playoffs, while the season would end for the other teams. There would be no relegation.


2000–01 DEL season, Regular season
All teams played each other 4 times, for a total of 60 rounds. The first 8 placed teams qualified for the playoffs.


2000–01 DEL season, Playoff, Finals
The DEL finals started on April 14 with a homegame for Adler Mannheim who had a better regular season standing.


2000–01 DEL season, Playoff, Finals
The Adler Mannheim extended their dominance by winning the DEL Championship for the 4th time.


2000–01 DFB-Pokal
The 2000–01 DFB-Pokal was the 58th season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 25 August 2000 and ended on 26 May 2001. In the final Schalke 04 defeated third tier Union Berlin 2–0 thereby claiming their third title.


2000–01 DFB-Pokal Frauen
The Frauen DFB-Pokal 2000–01 was the 21st season of the cup competition, Germany's second-most important title in women's football. The first round of the competition was held on 19–20 August 2000. In the final which was held in Berlin on 26 May 2001 FFC Frankfurt defeated Flaesheim-Hillen 2–1, thus claiming their third title, all consecutive. On their road to the final all games of Flaesheim-Hillen except the first had to be decided by a penalty shootout.


2000–01 Dallas Mavericks season
The 2000–01 NBA season was the Mavericks' 21st season in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Mavericks acquired Christian Laettner and Loy Vaught from the Detroit Pistons, acquired Howard Eisley from the Utah Jazz, and acquired top draft pick Courtney Alexander from the Orlando Magic. In their final season at the Reunion Arena, the Mavericks won ten of their first fifteen games, and played above .500 for the entire season, holding a 31–19 record before the All-Star break.


2000–01 Dallas Mavericks season
At midseason, the team traded Laettner, Vaught and Alexander along with Hubert Davis, and top draft pick Etan Thomas (who missed the entire season with a toe injury and never played for the Mavericks) to the Washington Wizards for Juwan Howard and second-year center Calvin Booth, as the team signed free agent Vernon Maxwell, who was previously released by the Philadelphia 76ers. The Mavericks finished third in the Midwest Division with a 53–29 record, and made their first playoff appearance since the 1989–90 season, ending a ten-year playoff drought.


2000–01 Dallas Mavericks season
Dirk Nowitzki averaged 21.8 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team, while Michael Finley finished second on the team in scoring averaging 21.5 points per game, and was selected for the 2001 NBA All-Star Game, which was his second and final All-Star selection. Steve Nash showed improvement averaging 15.6 points and 7.3 assists per game.


2000–01 Dallas Mavericks season
In the Western Conference First Round, the Mavericks defeated the 4th-seeded Utah Jazz in five games after trailing 2–0, winning their first playoff series since 1988. However, they would lose in the Western Conference Semifinals to the San Antonio Spurs in five games. Following the season, Eisley was traded to the New York Knicks, Gary Trent signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Booth signed with the Seattle SuperSonics and Maxwell retired.


2000–01 Dallas Stars season
The 2000–01 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' eighth season, 34th overall of the franchise.


2000–01 Dallas Stars season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


2000–01 Dallas Stars season, Regular season, Final standings
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest


2000–01 Dallas Stars season, Regular season, Final standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division


2000–01 Dallas Stars season, Draft picks
Dallas's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.


2000–01 Danish 1st Division
The 2000–01 Danish 1st Division season was the 56th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship and the 15th consecutive as a second tier competition governed by the Danish Football Association.


2000–01 Danish 1st Division
The division-champion and runner-up promoted to the 2001–02 Danish Superliga. The teams in the 14th, 15th and 16th relegated to the 2001–02 Danish 2nd Division.


2000–01 Danish Cup
The 2000–01 Danish Cup was the 47th installment of the Danish Cup, the highest football competition in Denmark.


2000–01 Danish Superliga
The 2000–01 Danish Superliga season was the 11th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 22, 2000 to final match on June 13, 2001.


2000–01 Danish Superliga
The Danish champions qualified for the second UEFA Champions League 2001-02 qualification round, while the second to third placed teams qualified for the first qualification round of the UEFA Cup 2001-02. The fourth and fifth placed teams qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2001, while the two lowest placed teams of the tournament was directly relegated to the Danish 1st Division. Likewise, the Danish 1st Division champions and runners-up were promoted to the Superliga.


2000–01 Denver Nuggets season
The 2000–01 NBA season was the Nuggets' 25th season in the National Basketball Association, and 34th season as a franchise. During the offseason, the Nuggets acquired Calbert Cheaney and former Nuggets guard Robert Pack from the Boston Celtics, while acquiring Voshon Lenard from the Miami Heat, and signed free agent Tracy Murray while re-signing Anthony Goldwire. However, Cheaney only played just nine games due to a strained left hamstring. At midseason, the Nuggets traded Murray and Keon Clark to the Toronto Raptors for Kevin Willis.


2000–01 Denver Nuggets season
Antonio McDyess finally realized his potential averaging 20.8 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, while being selected for the 2001 NBA All-Star Game. The Nuggets got off to a 10–8 start, then lost five straight games, but then won 14 of their next 17 games, and were a playoff contender posting a record of 26–18 as of January 27. However, they lost 24 of their final 38 games as they missed the playoffs with a 40–42 record, sixth in the Midwest Division.


2000–01 Denver Nuggets season
Nick Van Exel provided the team with 17.7 points and 8.5 assists per game, while Raef LaFrentz led them with 2.6 blocks per game. Following the season, Willis was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks, who then sent him back to the Houston Rockets, and Pack and Goldwire were both released to free agency.


2000–01 Deportivo Alavés season
During the 2000–01 season, the Spanish football club Deportivo Alavés was placed 10th in the La Liga. The team reached the final round of the UEFA Cup.


2000–01 Deportivo Alavés season, Season summary
Deportivo Alavés enjoyed one of the greatest seasons in their history. Although they were unable to improve on the previous season's sixth-placed finish, they reached the final of the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history, facing English giants Liverpool. Alavés fought bravely and finished normal time level with Liverpool 4-4; the game went to extra time, where Alavés narrowly lost to a golden own goal.


2000–01 Deportivo Alavés season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Deportivo Alavés season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Deportivo de La Coruña season
The 2000–01 season was Deportivo de La Coruña's 30th season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. They also competed in the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Champions League and the Supercopa de España.


2000–01 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Season review
Deportivo, in their third season under coach Javier Irureta, began 2000–01 as defending La Liga champions, having won their first ever top flight title the previous year. This achievement qualified them for the 2000 Supercopa de España, where the faced 1999–2000 Copa del Rey winners Espanyol. After a goalless first leg at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Depor scored twice in three minutes through Djalminha and Diego Tristán at Estadio Riazor to claim the trophy with a 2–0 win. This was their second Supercopa title, having also won the competition in 1995.


2000–01 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Season review
Deportivo's league title also qualified them for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League, the first time in their history they had entered Europe's elite competition. Their debut began well, as they went undefeated in their six first group stage matches to progress as group winners, ahead of Hamburg, Juventus and Panathinaikos. In the second group stage, they were drawn against Galatasaray, Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, and once again progressed as group winners. They came up against English side Leeds United in the quarter-finals, and gave themselves an uphill task by losing the first leg 3–0 at Elland Road. Despite a 2–0 victory in the second leg, Depor were eliminated 3–2 on aggregate.


2000–01 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Season review
The champions couldn't quite match their previous performance in La Liga, although they were still able to finish as runners-up, seven points behind Real Madrid. The real disappointment of the season was saved for the Copa del Rey, where Deportivo were beaten 3–2 by Segunda División side Tenerife in the round of 32, marking their earliest exit from the competition since 1992–93.


2000–01 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Players, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Deportivo de La Coruña season, Players, Squad, Out on loan for the full season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Derby County F.C. season
During the 2000–01 English football season, Derby County competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).


2000–01 Derby County F.C. season, Season summary
Derby's season started with one defeat and four draws in their first five games during which they scored 11 goals. However, the goals soon dried up and overall, another season of struggle plagued Pride Park, but Jim Smith's men were saved with one week of the season left after a shock 1–0 win over champions Manchester United at Old Trafford as well as Manchester City losing their penultimate game of the season at Ipswich Town. The attention was then quickly focused on improving the squad for 2001–02 in a bid to prevent another relegation battle.


2000–01 Derby County F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Derby County F.C. season, Players, Left the club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Derby County F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Detroit Pistons season
The 2000–01 NBA season was the Pistons' 60th season as a franchise, the 53rd in the National Basketball Association, and the 44th in the Detroit area. Just a little over a year after his retirement, Pistons legend Joe Dumars was hired as General Manager. During the offseason, the Pistons signed free agent Joe Smith, and acquired Ben Wallace and second-year guard Chucky Atkins from the Orlando Magic. Other acquisitions included Cedric Ceballos, Dana Barros and John Wallace from the Dallas Mavericks, and Billy Owens from the Milwaukee Bucks. However, Ceballos was traded to the Miami Heat later on during the season, as the Pistons acquired Corliss Williamson in exchange for Jerome Williams and Eric Montross in a midseason trade with the Toronto Raptors.


2000–01 Detroit Pistons season
However, the Pistons struggled losing four of their first five games, then after a 13–15 start, they lost 13 of their next 15 games, finishing fifth in the Central Division with a 32–50 record. One key piece to the team's future appeared to be Jerry Stackhouse, who had a stellar season averaging 29.8 points per game while being selected for the 2001 NBA All-Star Game. Following the season, Smith re-signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves, head coach George Irvine was fired, rookie Mateen Cleaves was traded to the Sacramento Kings, John Wallace was dealt along with Jud Buechler to the Phoenix Suns, and Owens retired.


2000–01 Detroit Pistons season, Player statistics
NOTE: Please write the players statistics in alphabetical order by last name.


2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season
The 2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season was the 75th season of the Detroit franchise in the National Hockey League. The Red Wings qualified for the playoffs by finishing first in the Central Division, and were second overall in the Western Conference. The team was upset in the first round of the playoffs by the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Kings.


2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season
The Red Wings scored the most power-play goals in the NHL during the regular season, with 85.


2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season
On April 1, 2001, Steve Yzerman scored just 11 seconds into the overtime period to give the Wings a 2–1 home win over the Washington Capitals. It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 2000–01 regular season.


2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season, Final standings
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest


2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season, Final standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division


2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season, Playoffs
The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2000–01 regular season as the Western Conference's second seed and played the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Kings in the Conference Quarterfinals. Detroit was defeated 4 games to 2, despite winning the first two games at home.


2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Goaltending
† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.


2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Goaltending
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty minutes;      GS = Games Started; TOI = Time on Ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals-against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV% = Save Percentage;


2000–01 Detroit Red Wings season, Draft picks
Detroit's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.


2000–01 Division 1 (Senegal)
The 2000-01 Division 1 season was the 36th of the competition of the first-tier football in Senegal. The tournament was organized by the Senegalese Football Federation. The season began on 11 November and finished on 24 June 2000. ASC Jeanne d'Arc won the eighth title and participated in the 2002 CAF Champions League the following year. ASEC Ndiambour participated in the 2002 CAF Cup of Cups and SONACOS in the 2002 CAF Winners' Cup.


2000–01 Division 1 (Senegal)
ASC Diaraf was the defending team of the title. The season featured 182 matches and scored 221 goals, more than last season.


2000–01 Division 1 (Senegal), Overview
The league was contested by 14 teams with ASC Jeanne d'Arc winning the championship.


2000–01 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)
2000–01 was the second season that Division 1 functioned as the third-level of ice hockey in Sweden, below the second-level Allsvenskan and the top-level Elitserien (now the SHL).


2000–01 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey), Format
The league was divided into four regional groups. In each region, the top teams qualified for the Kvalserien till Allsvenskan, for the opportunity to be promoted to the Allsvenskan. The bottom teams in each group were forced to play in a relegation round against the top teams from Division 2 in order to retain their spot in Division 1 for the following season. These were also conducted within each region.


2000–01 División de Honor de Futsal
The 2000–01 season of the División de Honor de Futsal is the 12th season of top-tier futsal in Spain.


2000–01 Divizia A
The 2000–01 Divizia A was the eighty-third season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2000 and ended in May 2001. Steaua București was crowned as champion for the 21st time.


2000–01 Divizia A, Team changes, Relegated
The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season:


2000–01 Divizia A, Team changes, Promoted
The teams that were promoted from Divizia B at the start of the season:


2000–01 Divizia A, Promotion / Relegation Play-off
Note: FC Baia Mare sold their 2001–02 Divizia A place to FCM Bacău.


2000–01 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Martin Tudor (30 / 0); Tiberiu Lung (1 / 0); Eugen Nae (1 / 0). Defenders: Marius Baciu (23 / 1); Daniel Bălan (9 / 0); Miodrag Belodedici (14 / 1); Valeriu Bordeanu (5 / 0); Florentin Dumitru (28 / 1); Albert Duro  (3 / 0); Dumitru Mitriță (14 / 0); Iulian Miu (16 / 0); Mirel Rădoi (25 / 1); Pompiliu Stoica (29 / 1); Marius Vintilă (1 / 0).


2000–01 Divizia A, Champion squad
Midfielders: Sorin Paraschiv (23 / 2); Eugen Trică (26 / 7); Stelian Carabaș (11 / 0); Nana Falemi  (25 / 3); Ovidiu Iacov (2 / 1); Erik Lincar (21 / 1); Cătălin Liță (14 / 1). Forwards: Cristian Ciocoiu (24 / 3); Ionel Dănciulescu (27 / 6); Radu Niculescu (10 / 3); Claudiu Răducanu (24 / 12); Ion Vlădoiu (13 / 10); Alexandru Pițurcă (1 / 1); Daniel Oprița (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


2000–01 Divizia B
The 2000–01 Divizia B was the 61st season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.


2000–01 Divizia B
The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 18 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last six places from both series relegated to Divizia C. Two more teams relegated this season due to the reduction of team in the next season, from 36 (2x18) to 32 (2x16). A promotion play-off was played between the 13th and 14th-placed in the Divizia A and the runners-up of the Divizia B series.


2000–01 Divizia B, Team changes, Note (**)
Hondor Agigea promoted but due to financial problems sell its place to Metalul Plopeni.


2000–01 Divizia B, Team changes, Renamed teams
Poiana Câmpina was renamed as Dinamo Poiana Câmpina and started to be the second squad of Dinamo București.


2000–01 Divizia B, Divizia A play-off
The 13th and 14th-placed teams of the Divizia A faced the 2nd-placed teams of the Divizia B.


2000–01 Divizia B, Divizia A play-off
Note: FC Baia Mare sold their 2001–02 Divizia A place to FCM Bacău.


2000–01 Divizia D
The 2000–01 Divizia D was the 59th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a play-off match played on a neutral venue. The winners of the play-off matches promoted to Divizia C.


2000–01 Divizia D, 2000–2001 Promotion Play-Off
The matches was scheduled to be played on 20 June 2001.


2000–01 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season
The 2000–01 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season was the season when Djurgården lost several key players to the NHL, but with new players like slovak Vladimir Orszagh from New York Islanders and Andreas Salomonsson from Modo, Djurgården defended the championship from last season. Djurgården took their 16th title.


2000–01 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season, Player stats, Regular season, Skaters Top-10
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes;


2000–01 Djurgårdens IF Hockey season, Player stats, Playoffs, Skaters Top-10
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes;


2000–01 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 2000–01 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University  during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 2nd-year head coach Steve Seymour, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and were members of the America East Conference (AEC).


2000–01 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The team finished the season 15–12 and finished in 3rd place in the AEC in the regular season.


2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season,  and were coached by 21st-year head coach Mike Krzyzewski.


2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
They won the 2001 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament and defeated Monmouth, Missouri, UCLA, USC, Maryland, and Arizona to win their third national championship in program history, under the leadership of All-American duo Shane Battier and Jason "Jay" Williams.


2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, Expectations
Shane Battier entered his senior season as the remaining member of Duke's heralded recruiting class of 1997 which included Elton Brand and William Avery and had nearly led Duke to a championship two years earlier. (Brand and Avery, along with Corey Maggette would become the first Duke underclassmen to leave early for the draft that year.) Despite losing the reigning ACC Player of the Year Chris Carrawell to graduation, the Blue Devils still retained sophomores Jason Williams, Mike Dunleavy, Jr., and Carlos Boozer and welcomed the addition of freshman Chris Duhon to their lineup.


2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, Regular season
On January 27, 2001, the second-ranked Blue Devils played at eighth-ranked Maryland Terrapins in what would become the first of four contests between these two ACC powerhouses that year. With Duke trailing by 10 points with 54 seconds left in regulation, Williams scored eight points, including two three-pointers, in a 13-second span and James hit two free throws to send this game into overtime. In overtime Battier blocked a layup by Juan Dixon at the baseline with 4 seconds left to preserve a 98–96 victory.


2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, Regular season
However, the Blue Devils stumbled in the next game at home against their archrival, fourth-ranked North Carolina by a score of 85–83. A month later, Maryland would avenge their previous home loss to Duke when the No. 16 Terrapins defeated the No. 2 Blue Devils 91–80 on Shane Battier's Senior Night in Cameron Indoor Stadium. After center Carlos Boozer had to leave with a foot injury in that game, coach Krzyzewski decided to change his game strategy, favoring a smaller, quicker lineup by having Duhon start at point guard and moving Williams over to shooting guard.


2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, Regular season
His plan was successful in his next game at North Carolina, when Duke defeated the No. 4 Tar Heels 95–81 to claim a share of the regular season championship. With many pundits having written Duke off after Boozer's injury, the new-look Blue Devils in fact went on to win all 6 of its following games before Boozer rejoined the team in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.


2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, Conference Tournament
Duke finished the regular season with a 26–4 record entering the ACC Tournament as a No. 2 seed. In the tournament semifinals, they met Maryland for the third time this season. In another thrilling contest, after Maryland had rallied from a 14-point, second-half deficit, the Blue Devils defeated the Terrapins 84–82 when Nate James tipped in the game-winner with 1.3 seconds left to advance to the title game against North Carolina. In the third game between Duke and UNC that season, the Blue Devils emerged victorious as ACC Tournament champions by the score of 79–53 and received a No. 1 seed in the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament.


2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, NCAA tournament
The Blue Devils would travel the same path they took nine years ago when they claimed their last championship in 1992, from Greensboro to Philadelphia to Minneapolis, where they met Maryland for the fourth time that season, this time in the Final Four with a berth in the championship game at stake. Finding themselves down 39–17 with 6:57 to play in the first half and down 49–38 at the half, Duke went on to stage a comeback against the Terrapins and win 95–84 to advance to the championship game. Duke's 22-point deficit and 11-point halftime deficit marked the largest comeback in Final Four history.


2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, NCAA tournament
Facing fifth-ranked Arizona led by Gilbert Arenas and Richard Jefferson and coached by Lute Olson, who had lost his wife to cancer earlier during the season, Duke was able to stave off a comeback attempt in the second half and clinch the title by a final score of 82–72. With his third national championship, coach Mike Krzyzewski tied his mentor Bob Knight for third place behind Adolph Rupp (4) and John Wooden (10). Battier was named the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player.


2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll


2000–01 Duleep Trophy
The 2000–01 Duleep Trophy was the 40th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament contested by five zonal teams of India: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone.


2000–01 Duleep Trophy
North Zone won the title by finishing first on the points table.


2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season
Season 2000–01 was the 117th football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 95th time, the Scottish Cup for the 106th time, the Scottish League Cup for the 54th time and the Scottish Challenge Cup for the 10th time.


2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
At the start of season 2000-01 Dumbarton would be without a home until their new stadium was ready - and would play their 'home' games 40 miles away at Coatbridge, the home of Albion Rovers. The spell at Cliftonhill was not successful as only one 'home' game there was won - and by that time any chance of promotion had been lost. At the beginning of November manager Jimmy Brown left the club to be replaced by his assistant Tom Carson.


2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
The big day of the opening of the new home ground was 2 December. A game between two of the bottom clubs in Division 3 would not normally have attracted a large turnout but as it was, an almost capacity crowd watched Dumbarton beat Elgin City 3-0. Results post-move did improve and in the end a mid-table 6th-place finish was achieved.


2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
In the national cup competitions, there was some progress in all. In the Scottish Cup, Dumbarton defeated East Stirling in the first round, after a drawn match, but disappointingly lost in the next round to Stranraer.


2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
In the League Cup, after an exciting penalties win over Ayr United, Dumbarton lost out to Livingston in the second round.


2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
Finally, in the Scottish Challenge Cup, after nine unsuccessful attempts, Dumbarton finally won a first round tie - against Elgin City, but the optimism was short-lived as Arbroath would win the second round match-up.


2000–01 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton won one and lost one of their two group ties, and failed to progress.


2000–01 Dundalk F.C. season
Dundalk entered the 2000–01 League of Ireland First Division season having finished fourth the previous season, thus missing out on a promotion/relegation play-off. Manager Martin Murray was entering his first season in charge, having replaced Terry Eviston during the summer. It was Dundalk's second season in the second tier of Irish football, and their 75th consecutive season in the League of Ireland.


2000–01 Dundalk F.C. season, Season summary
Following the financial difficulties of the mid- and late-1990s, and relegation for the first time at the end of the 1998–99 season, the club had been taken over by the Dundalk F.C. Co-operative in March 2000, returning it to a supporter-owned, membership-based company model. The previous season there had been expectations of an immediate return to the top-flight, but a poor start left them struggling to catch the leaders and, with a play-off spot seemingly secured, the club became embroiled in a losing battle with the league's hierarchy and Kilkenny City. The row, over Kilkenny playing an improperly registered player, reached the High Court, who sided with Kilkenny thus handing them the play-off spot.