2001 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
The Cubs led the eventual Wild Card winning Cardinals by 2.5 games in early September, but Preston Wilson's walk-off homer off of closer Tom "Flash" Gordon took the wind out of the team's sails, failing to make another serious charge. The Cubs did manage to finish 88–74, only 5 games behind both St. Louis and Houston, who tied for first. One of the season's most memorable moments came on September 27, when Sammy Sosa carried an American flag around the bases after hitting a home run in the Cubs first home game since the September 11 attacks.


2001 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


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


2001 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2001 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2001 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2001 Chicago Marathon
The 2001 Chicago Marathon was the 24th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 7. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Ben Kimondiu in a time of 2:08:52 hours and the women's race was won by Catherine Ndereba, also of Kenya, in 2:18:47. Ndereba's time was a new marathon world record, improving 59 seconds on the time of Naoko Takahashi, set only one week earlier at the 2001 Berlin Marathon. Ndereba's record lasted until the 2002 Chicago Marathon, where Paula Radcliffe set a world record on the Chicago course for a second year running.


2001 Chicago White Sox season
The 2001 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 102nd season, and their 101st in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record 83-79, good enough for 3rd place in the American League Central, 8 games behind the champion Cleveland Indians.


2001 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2001 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2001 Chilean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Chile on 16 December 2001. The Concert of Parties for Democracy alliance remained the largest faction in the Chamber of Deputies, but saw its majority in the Chamber reduced to just two seats.


2001 Chinese FA Cup
The Mexin Doors 2001 Chinese FA Cup (Chinese: 2001年美心门中国足球协会杯) was the 7th edition of Chinese FA Cup. The matches of the first round were kicked off on 29 April 2001. The cup title sponsor was Mexin Doors, which was the second title sponsor of the Chinese FA Cup.


2001 Chinese Football Super Cup
The 2001 LG Chinese Football Super Cup (Chinese: LG杯2001年度中国足球超霸杯赛) was the 7th Chinese Football Super Cup, contested by Chinese Jia-A League 2001 and 2001 Chinese FA Cup double winners Dalian Shide and Chinese Jia-A League 2001 runners-up Shanghai Shenhua. Shanghai Shenhua won their 3rd title after winning 3–1 on aggregate.


2001 Chinese Jia-A League
The 2001 Chinese Jia-A League season is the eighth season of professional association football and the 40th top-tier overall league season in China. The league started on March 11 and ended on December 16, 2001 with Dalian Shide retaining the championship.


2001 Chinese Jia-A League, Overview
The season would see Dalian Shide continue their dominance within the league and saw them win their sixth league title. On the other end of the table Shenyang Ginde would gain the fewest points in Chinese league history, although because it was an expansion season they avoided relegation. Also the Asian Club Championship was rebranded as the AFC Champions League and would now allow two Chinese teams to enter the competition.


2001 Chinese football match-fixing scandal
The 2001 China Jia B League Match Fixing, also called the Five Jia B Rats incident (甲B五鼠事件) in China, was a series of match fixing that involved five football teams – Chengdu Wuniu, Jiangsu Sainty, Changchun Yatai, Zhejiang Greentown and Sichuan Mianyang – in the final rounds of the 2001 second-tier Jia B League (present day China League One).


2001 Chinese football match-fixing scandal
Referee Gong Jianping was the sole individual punished for the scandal, he served 18 months in prison before dying of leukemia. Some sport insiders described him as a "scapegoat" and thought the scandal ended up with no real punishment to other individuals and clubs, which might have led to bigger scandals in top-tier league in 2003.


2001 Chinese football match-fixing scandal, Background
Before the final round of the Jia B league that year, Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili had already secured its promotion to the Jia A League. There were three teams fighting for the runner up position. Both Chengdu Wuniu and Changchun Yatai had 39 points, with Jiangsu Sainty was one point behind. The last available promotion place was expected to be decided by net goal difference.


2001 Chinese football match-fixing scandal, Background
There was already public outrage at the result of previous round, where Chengdu Wuniu beat Sichuan Mianyang, a team in the same province, with a score of 11–2, a new Chinese record. Chengdu thus gained advantage on a goal difference of +21, overtaking Changchun's +18. In another match, Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili beat competitor Guangzhou Geely 3–2 with an offside goal in the injury time of second half and won promotion to the first tier.


2001 Chinese football match-fixing scandal, Background
Players of Guangzhou Geely refused to return to the field after Shanghai Zhongyuan Huili scored the winning goal and their striker Bertin Tomou waved money towards the referee. Under public pressure, the Chinese Football Association decided to kick off the final round at the same time in all stadiums, hoping teams would have less time to consider the need of match fixing based on the results of other teams.


2001 Chinese football match-fixing scandal, Final round
While Chengdu Wuniu fell behind Jiangsu Shuntian with a 0–2 record, Changchun Yatai seemed to have a foot into the Jia A League with a comfortable 2–0 lead over Zhejiang Greentown, whose members mostly consisted of players from the B team of the Yanbian FC, which is in the same province of Changchun. After the second goal, the Changchun-Zhejiang match was interrupted by protests from Zhejiang players.


2001 Chinese football match-fixing scandal, Final round
However, Chengdu went on a 4-goal shooting spree in the last 15 minutes, which not only bypassed Changchun in the standing but also held a +3 goal difference advantage over Changchun. After the Chengdu-Jiangsu game was decided, Changchun had only a few minutes to overcome the goal difference and it did just that with the help of an early game interruption, scoring 4 goals in the last 8 minutes.


2001 Chinese football match-fixing scandal, Outcome
With the result having obviously been tampered with, the Chinese Football Association handed down its harshest punishment to date. The number of team promoted to Jia A was reduced from two to one. Coaches and players involved with the questionable matches were banned for a year. Despite no relegation having been planned, Sichuan Mianyang was demoted to division 2.


2001 Chinese football match-fixing scandal, Outcome
With the exposure of the corruption, five Jia A teams, including the champions Dalian Wanda, as well as the Jia B team Guangzhou Geely had name changes when naming-sponsors ended sponsorship. Li Shufu, chief of Geely Group, was quoted as saying, "We won't come back until Chinese soccer environment turns better."


2001 Chinese football match-fixing scandal, Outcome
Unsatisfied with the punishment made by the CFA, Song Weiping, the president of Zhejiang Greetown, submitted a list of referees allegedly taking bribes to CFA, seeking to have names removed from future matches. Gong Jianping, the referee of the Changchun-Zhejiang match, was arrested for bribery charges unrelated to the final round, and sentenced to 10 years in prison.


2001 Christchurch mayoral election
The 2001 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the 2001 New Zealand local elections. Incumbent Garry Moore beat talk back radio and television host George Balani.


2001 Christchurch mayoral election, Background
On 13 October of that year, elections were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government roles. Despite predictions for a close race, incumbent Moore successfully contested a second term in office with a decisive majority. The second-placed candidate, Balani, was 17,000 votes (15%) behind Moore. Two former Christchurch City Councillors, Gordon Freeman and Robin Booth, came third and fourth.


2001 Christchurch mayoral election, Background
Moore's main challenger, Balani, had a high profile as a talk back radio and television host; for many years, Balani had a show on Canterbury Television (CTV). A total of 14 candidates contested the 2001 mayoralty in Christchurch. Freeman was a city councillor for 15 years until he stood for mayor only in the 1998 mayoralty. Booth went into the election as a sitting member of Christchurch City Council.


2001 Christchurch mayoral election, Results
Moore, Balani and Freeman stood for mayor only. Robin Booth also stood for city councillor in the two-representative Shirley Ward, but came third and was thus defeated. Aaron Keown, who came fifth in the election, was later a Christchurch City Councillor from 2010 for one three-year term. Moore remained mayor until the 2007 election, when he decided not to stand again.


2001 Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party leadership election
A leadership election for Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) was held on 27 May 2001. The incumbent leader Jan Kasal was defeated by Cyril Svoboda.


2001 Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party leadership election, Voting
159 votes were required to win the election. No candidate received enough votes and second round was held. Svoboda received 162 votes and became the new leader.


2001 Chrono des Herbiers
The 2001 Chrono des Herbiers was the 20th edition of the Chrono des Nations cycle race and was held on 21 October 2001. The race started and finished in Les Herbiers. The race was won by Jean Nuttli.


2001 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 2001 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team, coached by Rick Minter, played its home games in Nippert Stadium, as it has since 1924.


2001 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 2001 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise’s 34th year in professional football and its 32nd with the National Football League. In the first full season with Dick LeBeau as head coach, the Bengals abandoned their plans for developing quarterback Akili Smith as their starter by acquiring Jon Kitna from the Seattle Seahawks. The Bengals would win their first two games with Kitna behind center, and sat at 4–3 through the first seven games of the season.


2001 Cincinnati Bengals season
However, the Bengals would struggle again, losing their next seven games as Kitna struggled with inconsistency, throwing 22 interceptions while throwing only 12 touchdown passes. The Bengals would win their final two games to close the season with a 6–10 record, their eleventh consecutive season without a winning record. Despite the team’s struggles, All-Pro running back Corey Dillon had another stellar year, rushing for 1,315 yards.


2001 Cincinnati Bengals season
2001 would turn out to be an important year for the team, as players such as Justin Smith, Chad Johnson, Rudi Johnson, and T. J. Houshmandzadeh were drafted, all those players would be important to Cincinnati in later years.


2001 Cincinnati Masters
The 2001 Cincinnati Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 100th edition of the Cincinnati Masters and was part of the Tennis Masters Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It took place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio in the United States from August 5 through August 12, 2001.


2001 Cincinnati Masters
The tournament had previously appeared as part of Tier III of the WTA Tour but no event was held from 1989 to 2003.


2001 Cincinnati Masters, Finals, Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi /  Leander Paes defeated  Martin Damm /  David Prinosil 7–6(7–3), 6–3


2001 Cincinnati Masters – Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but only Woodbridge competed that year with Jonas Björkman.


2001 Cincinnati Masters – Doubles
Björkman and Woodbridge lost in the semifinals to Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.


2001 Cincinnati Masters – Doubles
Bhupathi and Paes won in the final 7–6(7–3), 6–3 against Martin Damm and David Prinosil.


2001 Cincinnati Masters – Singles
Thomas Enqvist was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Nicolas Kiefer.


2001 Cincinnati Masters – Singles
Gustavo Kuerten won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Patrick Rafter.


2001 Cincinnati Reds season
The Cincinnati Reds' 2001 season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central. The Reds were managed by Bob Boone.


2001 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


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


2001 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2001 Cincinnati mayoral election
The 2001 Cincinnati mayoral election took place on November 6, 2001, to elect the Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the primary election advancing to the general election, regardless of party.


2001 Cincinnati mayoral election
While the election was nonpartisan, Luken was associated with the Democratic Party and Fuller was affiliated with the Charter Party.


2001 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
A leadership election was held for the Civic Democratic Party in the Czech Republic prior to the 2002 parliamentary elections. The election was considered a part of preparations for the parliamentary elections and saw incumbent leader Václav Klaus run unopposed. Klaus was re-elected with 242 of the 263 votes, after which he promised that he would resign if the ODS failed to win the parliamentary elections. The party was subsequently defeated by the Czech Social Democratic Party in the elections and Klaus resigned, leading to another leadership election in 2002.


2001 Clarion Sandown 500
The 2001 Clarion Sandown 500 was an Australian motor race for Sports and Production Cars which drew its entries from those competing in the Australian Nations Cup Championship and Australian GT Production Car Championship. It was the first Sandown 500 held since the former touring car endurance race was revived for production cars.


2001 Clarion Sandown 500
The race, which was the 34th Sandown 500 endurance race was held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia over the weekend of 15 September 2001.


2001 Clarion Sandown 500, Budweiser Top Gun Challenge
After qualifying was completed the fastest ten cars competed in a one-lap runoff for the top ten grid positions. Runoff results as follows:


2001 Clarion Sandown 500, Official results
Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Race results as follows:


2001 Clemson Tigers football team
The 2001 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University in NCAA Division I-A college football during the 2001 season. Clemson competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).


2001 Clemson Tigers football team
The team was led by head coach Tommy Bowden. Brad Scott served as the offensive coordinator, and Reggie Herring served as the defensive coordinator.


2001 Clemson Tigers football team
The Tigers finished the season 7–5, 4–4 in ACC play and won the Humanitarian Bowl 49–24 against Louisiana Tech.


2001 Cleveland Browns season
The 2001 season was the Cleveland Browns' 53rd as a professional sports franchise, their 49th as a member of the National Football League, and the first season under head coach Butch Davis.


2001 Cleveland Browns season, Bottlegate incident
The most notable game from the 2001 Cleveland Browns season came on a December 16 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in what became known as "Bottlegate". The Browns were driving toward the east end zone for what would have been the winning score. A controversial call on fourth down gave the Jaguars the ball. Browns' receiver Quincy Morgan had caught a pass for a first down on 4th and 1. After Tim Couch spiked the ball on the next play, referee Terry McAulay reviewed Morgan's catch, claiming that the replay officials had buzzed him before Couch spiked the ball.


2001 Cleveland Browns season, Bottlegate incident
(NFL Rules state that once the next play is started, the officials cannot under any circumstances review any previous plays.) Upon reviewing the play, McAulay determined that Morgan never had control of the ball, thus the pass was incomplete, and the Jaguars were awarded the ball. Fans in the Dawg Pound began throwing plastic beer bottles and other objects on the field. McAulay declared the game over and sent the teams to the locker rooms. NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue then called to override the referee's decision, sending the players back onto the field, where the Jaguars ran out the last seconds under a hail of debris.


2001 Cleveland Browns season, Bottlegate incident
After the game, McAulay clarified that they first reviewed whether or not the electronic pager had buzzed before Couch had spiked the ball. In a discussion with the Replay Official, Bill Reynolds, it was determined that Reynolds buzzed down before the spike. After the game was called, Tagliabue called NFL Supervisor Dick McKenzie and informed him that the game had to be finished to completion. Neither McAulay nor Reynolds suggested to Tagliabue that the game should be called, which was within the power of the Commissioner's Office.


2001 Cleveland Browns season, Bottlegate incident
Davis would later comment that he was told that the buzzer went off at the same time as the snap. Couch had initially believed that the officials were going to penalize the Browns for intentional grounding for Couch faking a spike before spiking it, but was then told that the spike was legal. The referees then began discussing the play prior to the spike. President and Chief Executive Officer Carmen Policy refused to criticize the actions of the fans and the decisions of the officiating crew.


2001 Cleveland Browns season, Awards and records, Milestones
2001 was the first of two seasons since the Browns were reactivated in 1999 in which the same quarterback (Tim Couch) started all 16 games. The second was (Baker Mayfield) in 2019.


2001 Cleveland Browns season, Awards and records, Milestones
Rookie Cornerback Anthony Henry had 10 interceptions including one ran back 97 yards for a touchdown.


2001 Cleveland Indians season
The 2001 Cleveland Indians season was the 101st season for the franchise.


2001 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season
The number 455 was honored after the Indians sold out 455 consecutive games between 1995 and 2001, an MLB record at the time, subsequently broken by the Boston Red Sox on September 8, 2008.


2001 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2001 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


2001 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2001 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2001 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2001 Cleveland Rockers season
The 2001 WNBA season was the 5th season for the Cleveland Rockers. The Rockers topped the Eastern Conference with the best record in franchise history, but their season ended shortly in the playoffs, losing in the first round to eventual conference champion Charlotte Sting.


2001 Cleveland mayoral election
The 2001 Cleveland mayoral election took place on November 6, 2001, to elect the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the October 2 primary advancing to the general election, regardless of party.


2001 Cleveland mayoral election
Incumbent mayor Michael R. White decided not to run for re-election to a fourth term in office.


2001 Clipsal 500
The 2001 Clipsal 500 was the third running of the Adelaide 500 race. Racing was held form Friday 6 April until Sunday 8 April 2001. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was Round 2 of the 2001 Shell Championship Series.


2001 Clipsal 500, Format
The format, unique to V8 Supercar and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, splits the 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometres races each held on a different day. Points were assigned separately to the races, with more points allocated for Race 2 over Race 1, and they combined to award a round result.


2001 Clásica de Almería
The 2001 Clásica de Almería was the 16th edition of the Clásica de Almería cycle race and was held on 4 March 2001. The race started in Vícar and finished in Vera. The race was won by Tayeb Braikia.


2001 Clásica de San Sebastián
The 2001 Clásica de San Sebastián was the 21st edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián cycle race and was held on 11 August 2001. The race started and finished in San Sebastián. The race was won by Laurent Jalabert of the CSC team.


2001 Clásico RCN
The 41st edition of the annual Clásico RCN was held from August 12 to August 19, 2001 in Colombia. The stage race with a UCI rate of 2.4 started in Medellín and finished in Parque Nacional Circuito. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional" one of the oldest and largest radio networks in the nation.


2001 Coca-Cola 600
The 2001 Coca-Cola 600, the 42nd running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on May 27, 2001 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. Contested at 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the twelfth race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Burton of Roush Racing won the race.


2001 Coca-Cola 600, Background
Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and The Winston, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Humpy Wheeler as track president.


2001 Coca-Cola 600, Summary
Tony Stewart successfully performed the "Double Duty", also running the Indianapolis 500 the same day; Joe Gibbs Racing had Mike McLaughlin on standby if he did not arrive on time. After finishing sixth at Indy, Stewart arrived less than half an hour before the start of the race. If Stewart did not arrive for the start of the Coca-Cola 600, McLaughlin would have been given credit for the start under NASCAR rules. He had to start at the end of the field (43rd place) due to missing the mandatory drivers' meeting that is held two hours before any race. Stewart eventually finished this race in third. This was his second Double Duty after 1999, where he finished ninth at Indy and fourth at Charlotte.


2001 Coca-Cola 600, Summary
Jeff Burton won the race driving for Roush Racing as the team became the first to win three races in a row.


2001 Coca-Cola 600, Summary
Failed to qualify: John Andretti (No. 43), Kyle Petty (No. 45), Derrike Cope (No. 37), Mike Wallace (No. 7), Jeff Fultz (No. 54), Carl Long (No. 85)


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


2001 Coleraine Borough Council election, Districts results, Bann
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP1997-2001 Change: No change


2001 Coleraine Borough Council election, Districts results, Coleraine Central
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance


2001 Coleraine Borough Council election, Districts results, Coleraine East
1997: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance


2001 Coleraine Borough Council election, Districts results, The Skerries
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance


2001 Colgate Raiders football team
The 2001 Colgate Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Colgate finished second in the Patriot League.


2001 Colgate Raiders football team
In its sixth season under head coach Dick Biddle, the team compiled a 7–3 record. Ken Kubec and Ron Hampton were the team captains.


2001 Colgate Raiders football team
The Raiders outscored opponents 247 to 189. Colgate's 5–1 conference record placed second in the Patriot League standings, edging 5–2 Fordham by a margin of half a game. Colgate was not able to schedule a matchup with the league's newest member, Georgetown University, accounting for the difference in the number of league games played.


2001 Colgate Raiders football team
Just before the start of the season, in mid-August, the university trustees announced that Colgate would shorten its athletics nickname to simply "Raiders". Though the longstanding "Red Raiders" name was not originally a reference to Native Americans, such imagery had built up over the years, and the students and faculty who had asked for the change cited increasing sensitivity to racial stereotypes as their reason.


2001 Colgate Raiders football team
Like most of the Patriot League, Colgate played just 10 of its 11 scheduled games, after its September 15 matchup, against Ivy League opponent Dartmouth, was canceled following the September 11 attacks.


2001 Colgate Raiders football team
Colgate played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York.


2001 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


2001 College Baseball All-America Team
The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2001 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).


2001 College Football All-America Team
The 2001 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following All-American Teams: Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly, Football News and CNN-Sports Illustrated.


2001 College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to such a list selected by football pioneer Walter Camp in the 1890s. For 2001 the NCAA officially recognized All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, CNNSI, FN, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus All-Americans.


2001 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
The 2001 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Coy Tillett, Sr., Memorial Field in Manteo, North Carolina from May 15 through May 19. The event determined the champion of the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2001 season. Second-seeded William & Mary won the tournament for the first time and earned the CAA's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2001 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
Entering the event, East Carolina had won the most championships, with seven. Old Dominion and Richmond had each won three, while George Mason had won twice.


2001 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The CAA's eligible teams were seeded one to six based on winning percentage from the conference's round robin regular season. They played a double-elimination tournament. East Carolina and Richmond were ineligible for the Conference Tournament as they prepared to leave the CAA.


2001 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Most Valuable Player
Mike O'Kelly was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. O'Kelly was a first baseman for William & Mary.


2001 Colonial Classic – Draw
Andre Agassi was the defending champion, and won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, against Yevgeny Kafelnikov.


2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett. Colorado played in the Big 12 Championship Game for the first time and secured its first BCS bowl berth.


2001 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Schedule
Note: Colorado was scheduled to play at Washington State on September 15 but the game was canceled due to the September 11 attacks.


2001 Colorado Rockies season
The Colorado Rockies' 2001 season was the ninth for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Buddy Bell was their manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 73–89, last in the NL West.


2001 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


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


2001 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2001 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2001 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2001 Colorado State Rams football team
The 2001 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by ninth-year head coach Sonny Lubick and played its home games at Hughes Stadium. It finished the regular season with a 6–5 record overall and a 5–2 record in Mountain West Conference games. The team was selected to play in the New Orleans Bowl, in which it defeated North Texas.


2001 Colortex Budapest Grand Prix
The 2001 Colortex Budapest Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Budapest, Hungary and was part of Tier V of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and ran from 16 April until 22 April 2001. First-seeded Magdalena Maleeva won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.


2001 Colortex Budapest Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Tathiana Garbin /  Janette Husárová defeated  Zsófia Gubacsi /  Dragana Zarić 6–1, 6–3


2001 Colortex Budapest Grand Prix – Doubles
Lubomira Bacheva and Cristina Torrens Valero were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Laurence Courtois and Elena Tatarkova.


2001 Colortex Budapest Grand Prix – Doubles
Tathiana Garbin and Janette Husárová won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Zsófia Gubacsi and Dragana Zarić.


2001 Colortex Budapest Grand Prix – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Colortex Budapest Grand Prix – Singles
Tathiana Garbin was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Émilie Loit.


2001 Colortex Budapest Grand Prix – Singles
Top-seeded Magdalena Maleeva won in the final 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 against Anne Kremer.


2001 Colortex Budapest Grand Prix – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2001 Columbia Lions football team
The 2001 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia tied for fourth in the Ivy League.


2001 Columbia Lions football team
In their 13th season under head coach Ray Tellier, the Lions compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored 326 to 206. Sloane Joseph, Brian Lysiak, Jeff McCall and Johnathan Reese were the team captains.


2001 Columbia Lions football team
The Lions' 3–4 conference record tied for fourth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 231 to 162 by Ivy opponents.


2001 Columbia Lions football team
When the September 11 attacks disrupted the opening weekend of Ivy League football, Columbia was the last league member to cancel its scheduled game, making the announcement on Friday afternoon just 24 hours before kickoff. The Lions and crosstown rival Fordham Rams had initially hoped to play the game as a sign of New York City resiliency.


2001 Columbia Lions football team
Unlike the other Ivy League teams, which played a nine-game schedule in 2001, Columbia chose to reschedule its canceled game and add it to the end of the year, on Thursday, November 22. This was the first time in nearly 40 years that Columbia had played an opponent other than Brown University in its season-ender, and played a game on Thanksgiving Day; it did both in 1963, when the final game of the season was rescheduled following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.


2001 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


2001 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
The 2001 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the ninth edition of the competition between the champions of former republics of Soviet Union. It was won by Spartak Moscow for the sixth time overall and third in a row. For the third and final time the competition was played in a two-division format (first introduced in 1999). The next year the format was changed, mostly due to relegation of Ukraine from the top division.


2001 Comorian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in the Comoros on 23 December 2001. The proposed amendments to the constitution were approved by 77% of voters, with a turnout of 75.4%.


2001 Comorian constitutional referendum, Background
The amendments to the constitution provided for a federal state, with a large degree of autonomy for the three islands Anjouan, Grande Comore and Mohéli, each of which would have their own president and legislature. The national presidency would rotate between the three islands.


2001 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2001 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 2001 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Zephyr Field in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 16–20. Tulane defeated South Florida in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2001 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 7–10 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.


2001 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Charlotte defeated Cincinnati in the championship game, 80–72, to clinch their second Conference USA men's tournament championship.


2001 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 49ers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA member Cincinnati, who earned an at-large bid.


2001 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
There were no new changes to the tournament format. The top four teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round while the remaining eight teams were placed into the first round. All seeds were determined by overall regular season conference records.


2001 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
UNC Charlotte rebranded itself as Charlotte prior to the season.


2001 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2001 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the seventh edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by the University of South Florida and the games were played at the USF Soccer Stadium.


2001 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 2001 Connecticut Huskies football team competed in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season as an independent. This was the program second second season as the NCAA Division I-A and its final as a transitional team. Led by Randy Edsall in his third year as head coach, Connecticut finished with season with a record of 2–9.


2001 Consadole Sapporo season
Consadole Sapporo is a Japanese football club. Its 2011 season results are set out below.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election
The 2001 Conservative Party leadership election was held after the British Conservative Party failed to make inroads into the Labour government's lead in the 2001 general election. Party leader William Hague resigned, and a leadership contest was called under new rules Hague had introduced. Five candidates stepped forward: Michael Ancram, David Davis, Kenneth Clarke, Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Portillo.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Candidates and their platforms
Ancram stood declaring that none of the other candidates were close to his form of Conservatism, as well as arguing that he was best placed to unite the party. As the party chairman for the previous three years, he was widely seen as the candidate who best represented a continuity in the direction of the Hague years.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Candidates and their platforms
Clarke had previously stood in the 1997 leadership election but had otherwise maintained a low profile in the subsequent four years. It was argued that his non-involvement in the party's election campaign meant that he was free from blame. His manifesto involved taking a softer line on the European Union, allowing a free vote on many issues, while concentrating heavily on the economy and public services.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Candidates and their platforms
Davis was very much an outsider candidate, not having served on the front bench under Hague, though he had served as a junior Minister in the government of John Major. As Chairman of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee in the previous Parliament he had gained a good reputation at Westminster, and his relatively unknown profile among the electorate was argued to be an asset.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Candidates and their platforms
Duncan Smith stood as the standard bearer of the Thatcherite wing of the party, arguing the need for the party to stick to its principles and take a hard line on the European Union, while making use of the talents of all sections of the party.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Candidates and their platforms
Portillo ran on a somewhat socially liberal manifesto, calling for the party to reform and reach out to groups not normally associated with the party, calling for greater involvement of women, ethnic minorities and homosexuals. His supporters, and the platform, were dubbed "Portilistas". Portillo was the first candidate to declare, and many commentators saw the contest as coming down to whether or not the party agreed with him as his platform proved deeply controversial in some quarters.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Candidates and their platforms, Prominent Conservatives who did not stand
There were several prominent Conservative politicians who did not stand despite speculation by political commentators preceding the election:


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Contest rules
The election was conducted by the 1922 Committee, with that committee's chairman serving as Returning Officer. As the outgoing Chairman, Sir Archie Hamilton, had stood down from Parliament at the election, no Returning Officer was available for some time until Sir Michael Spicer was elected. This led to calls for the job of Returning Officer to be reallocated in future.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Contest rules
The rules required MPs to vote in a succession of ballots, with the lowest-scoring candidate eliminated each time, until only two candidates remained. MPs could vote for only a single candidate, but could change their vote each time.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, MPs' ballots
The first ballot proved problematic. The party rules made no provision for a tie. As a result, Michael Spicer ordered that a fresh ballot be held the next day and declared that if the tie prevailed then both lowest-scoring candidates would be eliminated. On the second ballot, Ancram was eliminated by virtue of placing last. Davis withdrew as the difference between him and the next candidate was greater than Ancram's votes. Both Davis and Ancram endorsed Duncan Smith. By a single vote Portillo was eliminated from the contest on the third ballot.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, MPs' ballots, Criticisms
The MP-only stage of the contest attracted much criticism. Many questioned the validity of MPs eliminating the candidates, potentially denying the ordinary members the opportunity to vote for a favourite candidate (Ann Widdecombe declined to run because she believed she would not reach the last round).


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, MPs' ballots, Criticisms
Others questioned how it could be claimed that the eventual winner could be assured of support among MPs (the argument often given for previous elections being conducted by MPs only and now for holding these initial rounds) as in the final round each had attracted the support of only a third of the Parliamentary Party. The potential for tactical voting also came in for question. On more technical grounds, the lack of provision of a tie and the delay in appointing a returning officer also sparked concerns, with the former point also leading to ridicule from political opponents.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Membership vote
Duncan Smith and Clarke's names went forward to the full party membership in a three-month contest that was at times acrimonious. Both outgoing leader Hague and Margaret Thatcher endorsed Duncan Smith's candidacy, while John Major endorsed Clarke; Edward Heath, the only other living former Conservative leader did not publicly endorse either of them, but was thought to favour Clarke.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Membership vote
The closing date for ballots was 11 September, but due to the September 11 attacks in the United States, the announcement of the result was delayed until 13 September. Iain Duncan Smith emerged as winner with over 60% of the vote, although without a clear majority among MPs, which many believe hampered the inexperienced leader and led to the events which saw Michael Howard replace him in 2003.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Legacy
In hindsight, Iain Duncan Smith's leadership was widely regarded as a disaster for the Conservatives, with the party's poll ratings declining to under 30% at times. After just two years as leader of the Conservative Party, Duncan Smith lost a confidence vote amongst Conservative MPs and was replaced as leader by Michael Howard. Howard went on to lose the 2005 General Election, improving on William Hague's performance in 2001 but still falling some way short of the 209 MPs Labour picked up in their disastrous 1983 campaign. Howard announced he was to resign the leadership, but first he would attempt to reform the electoral system to reduce the role for the rank-and-file party membership (he failed in this).


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Legacy
In the subsequent leadership election, David Cameron was elected as Conservative Party leader. Although he had failed in his own campaign, commentators have since argued that Portillo's run in 2001 created the conditions under which his reformist agenda was able to succeed four years later. By this point, however, Portillo himself had retired from Parliament, frustrated with party politics.


2001 Conservative Party leadership election, Legacy
Cameron returned the party to government at the 2010 general election as the head of a Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition. In this government, Duncan Smith was appointed Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Clarke was appointed Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. Cameron subsequently won a majority five years later at the 2015 general election.


2001 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 2001 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the twenty eighth recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 and also in 1986 and 1988–1990 currently unknown. Tupapa Maraerenga won the championship, their first recorded championship. Avatiu were runners-up.


2001 Cookstown District Council election
Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.


2001 Cookstown District Council election, Districts results, Ballinderry
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP1997-2001 Change: No change


2001 Cookstown District Council election, Districts results, Cookstown Central
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP


2001 Cookstown District Council election, Districts results, Drum Manor
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent1997-2001 Change: Independent Unionist becomes Independent


2001 Copa AT&T
The 2001 Copa AT&T was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina that was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 19 February through 25 February 2001. First-seeded Gustavo Kuerten won the singles title.


2001 Copa AT&T, Finals, Doubles
Lucas Arnold /  Tomás Carbonell defeated  Mariano Hood /  Sebastián Prieto 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–5)


2001 Copa AT&T – Doubles
Lucas Arnold and Tomás Carbonell won in the final 5–7, 7–5, 7–6(7–5) against Mariano Hood and Sebastián Prieto.


2001 Copa AT&T – Singles
Gustavo Kuerten won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against José Acasuso.


2001 Copa América
The 2001 Copa América was held in Colombia, from 11 to 29 July. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. Colombia won the tournament for the 1st time without conceding a goal.


2001 Copa América
Brazil were the defending champions who were knocked out from the tournament by Honduras after suffering a 0–2 defeat in the quarter-final.


2001 Copa América
There is no qualifying for the final tournament. CONMEBOL's ten South American countries participate, along with two more invited countries, making a total of twelve teams competing in the tournament. Originally, Mexico and CONCACAF Champions Canada were invited.


2001 Copa América
Prior to the tournament, three meetings were held by CONMEBOL authorities who were concerned about potential security issues in Colombia. On 1 July they announced the cancellation of the tournament. Venezuela offered to host the competition, but on 6 July CONMEBOL decided to reinstate the plans for Colombia, and the tournament was held on schedule.


2001 Copa América
When the tournament was originally cancelled, Canada disbanded its training camp and Canadian players returned to their club teams. The Canadian Soccer Association announced they would not be able to participate in the reinstated tournament. With only a few days' notice, Costa Rica (CONCACAF) accepted an invite to take Canada's spot in the tournament. The Costa Ricans advanced to the knockout stage, losing in the quarterfinals.


2001 Copa América
Complaining about the sudden reversal, and claiming that Argentine players had received death threats from terrorist groups, the Argentine Football Association decided to withdraw from the competition on 10 July, in spite of Colombian authorities proposing to implement additional protection measures. With the tournament starting the next day, Honduras (CONCACAF) were invited, arriving with barely enough players on 13 July in an airplane provided by the Colombian Air Force, after the tournament started and just a few hours before its first game. The Hondurans performed well through the tournament, finishing in third place.


2001 Copa América
Despite the pre-tournament concerns, there were no incidents of violence nor acts of assault towards any of the participating nations.


2001 Copa América, Squads
For a complete list of participating squads: 2001 Copa América squads


2001 Copa América, First round
The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. The formation of the groups was made by CONMEBOL, in a public drawing of lots.


2001 Copa América, First round
Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three (3) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat.


2001 Copa América, First round
First- and second-placed teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals. The best third-placed team and the second-best third-placed team also advance to the quarter-finals.


2001 Copa América, First round, Ranking of third-placed teams
At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.


2001 Copa América, Goal scorers
With six goals, Víctor Aristizábal is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 60 goals were scored by 41 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.


2001 Copa América Final
The 2001 Copa América Final was the final match of the 2001 Copa América. It was held on 29 July 2001 in Bogotá. Colombia won the match 1–0 against Mexico, becoming the seventh of sixteen participant countries to win the Copa América.


2001 Copa América de Ciclismo
The first edition of the Copa América de Ciclismo was held on Sunday 7 January 2001 in São Paulo, Brazil. The Copa América opened the Brazilian season and took place on the Formula One-track in the city of São Paulo-Interlagos, a circuit of 4.3 km (2.7 mi).


2001 Copa América squads
Below are the rosters of the teams that participated in the 2001 Copa América.


2001 Copa Bolivia
This is the sixth edition of Copa Bolivia. This season have different format. Defending champions are The Strongest after beating in Montero 3-1 Guabirá. In the 2000 final occurred an incident when Guabira was losing 0-2 La Barra Brava of Guabira throw a lot of firework to The Strongest team and also the referee. Iberoamericana and Real Santa Cruz withdrawn from this tournament.


2001 Copa Colsanitas
The 2001 Copa Colsanitas was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Club Campestre El Rancho in Bogotá, Colombia that was part of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and ran from 19 February through 25 February 2001. First-seeded Paola Suárez won the singles title and earned $27,000.


2001 Copa Colsanitas, Finals, Doubles
Tathiana Garbin /  Janette Husárová defeated  Laura Montalvo /  Paola Suárez 6–4, 2–6, 6–4


2001 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles
Laura Montalvo and Paola Suárez were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 against Tathiana Garbin and Janette Husárová.


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


2001 Copa Colsanitas – Singles
Patricia Wartusch was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Mariana Díaz Oliva.


2001 Copa Colsanitas – Singles
Paola Suárez won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Rita Kuti-Kis.


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


2001 Copa Constitució
The 2001 Copa Constitució was the 10th season of Andorra's national football knockout tournament.


2001 Copa Constitució, Results, First Round
Fifteen teams entered this round, eight from 2000–01 Primera Divisió and seven from 2000–01 Segona Divisió.


2001 Copa Ericsson Chile
The 2001 Copa Ericsson was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. The tournament was part of the 2001 ATP Challenger Series. It took place at the Club de Polo y Equitación San Cristóbal in Santiago, Chile between 29 October and 4 November 2001.


2001 Copa Ericsson Chile
The most notable event in this edition is the participation of former No. 1 Marcelo Ríos in the tournament, after a 5-year absence from the ATP Challenger Series tournaments. Ríos would also try to end his curse of not obtaining a title at his home country, after being runner-up at the Chile Open 3 times in 1995, 1996 and 1997.


2001 Copa Ericsson Chile, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2001 Copa Ericsson Chile, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as Lucky Losers into the singles main draw:


2001 Copa Ericsson Chile, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as a Special Exempt into the singles main draw:


2001 Copa Ericsson Chile, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2001 Copa Ericsson Chile, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received entry as Alternates into the doubles main draw:


2001 Copa Ericsson Chile – Doubles
Irakli Labadze and Dušan Vemić were the defending champions, but Labadze decided to compete in Aachen, Germany at the same week.


2001 Copa Ericsson Chile – Doubles
Vemić teamed up with Daniel Melo and lost in the final to André Sá and Alexandre Simoni. The score was 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3).


2001 Copa Ericsson Chile – Singles
Diego Moyano was the defending champion, but was forced to withdrew due to an injury.


2001 Copa Ericsson Chile – Singles
Marcelo Ríos won the title by defeating Edgardo Massa 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2001 Copa Libertadores
The 2001 Copa Libertadores de América was the 42nd edition of CONMEBOL's premier club football tournament. The winners were Boca Juniors, lifting its fourth Copa Libertadores trophy.


2001 Copa Libertadores, First round
The first round of the Copa Libertadores drew 32 teams into eight groups of four; two of these teams came from a preliminary round involving two Mexican clubs and two Venezuelan clubs. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. Teams receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the ranking:


2001 Copa Libertadores, First round
The top two in each group advanced to the second round.


2001 Copa Libertadores, Knockout phase
In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis. If teams are tied on points and goals after both legs (180 minutes of play), a penalty shootout is carried out.


2001 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 2001 Copa Libertadores Final was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2001 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by Argentine club Boca Juniors and Mexican club Cruz Azul. The first leg of the tie was played on 20 June at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City while the second leg was held in Boca Juniors' venue, La Bombonera, on 28 June.


2001 Copa Libertadores Finals
The competition was won by defending champions Boca Juniors, who beat Cruz Azul 3–1 on penalties after a 1–1 draw on aggregate. It became Boca Juniors' fourth Copa Libertadores title.


2001 Copa Libertadores Finals, Final summary, First leg
Assistant referees: Jorge Paulo Oliveira Aristeu TavaresFourth official: Wagner Tardelli


2001 Copa Merconorte
The Copa Merconorte 2001 was an association football tournament in 2001 and the last Copa Merconorte to be held. Millonarios of Colombia defeated Emelec of Ecuador in the final.


2001 Copa Merconorte, Group stage
Each team played the other teams in the group twice during the group stage. The first place team advanced to the second round.


2001 Copa Merconorte, Semifinals
The semifinals consisted of two games between the Necaxa (winner of Group A) and Millonarios (winner of Group B), and two games between the Santos Laguna (winner of Group C) and Emelec (winner of Group D). Both series were decided in penalty kicks because the net of both games was a draw.


2001 Copa Merconorte, Finals
After tying both matches, Millonarios defeated Emelec in penalty kicks.


2001 Copa Mercosur
The Copa Mercosur 2001 was the 4th and final staging of the international club cup.


2001 Copa Mercosur
The competition started on 21 July 2001 and concluded on 24 January 2002 with San Lorenzo beating Flamengo in the final.


2001 Copa Mercosur, Final, Second leg
Originally scheduled for Dec 19 but postponed to January 24, 2002 due to social unrest in Argentina


2001 Copa Mercosur Finals
The 2001 Copa Mercosur Finals were the two-legged final that decided the winner of the 2001 Copa Mercosur, the fourth (and last) edition of the Copa Mercosur, South America's international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.


2001 Copa Mercosur Finals
The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Argentinian team San Lorenzo de Almagro and Brazilian team Flamengo. The first leg was hosted by Flamengo at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on 22 November 2017, while the second leg was hosted by San Lorenzo at its own venue, Estadio Pedro Bidegain in Buenos Aires on 24 January 2002.


2001 Copa Mercosur Finals
The second leg had originally been scheduled for December 19, but it had to be postponed to January 24, 2002 due to social unrest in Argentina.


2001 Copa Mercosur Finals
After both matches ended tied on 90 minutes (0–0 the first game and 1–1 the second one), the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out, with San Lorenzo winning the series 4–3 and also winning its first international title organised by CONMEBOL (the first international had been in 1927 when San Lorenzo won Copa Aldao, organised by Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together). Goalkeeper Sebastián Saja was one of the keyplayers of the final, after stopping two penalties and converting one himself in the shoot-out, while Diego Capria kicked (and scored) the last penalty to make San Lorenzo win the series.


2001 Copa Mercosur Finals, Format
The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, neither the away goals rule nor 30 minutes of extra time would be used. Instead, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.


2001 Copa Perú
The 2001 Copa Perú season (Spanish: Copa Perú 2001), the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.


2001 Copa Perú
The tournament has 5 stages. The first four stages are played as mini-league round-robin tournaments, except for third stage in region IV, which is played as a knockout stage. The final stage features two knockout rounds and a final four-team group stage to determine the two promoted teams.


2001 Copa Perú
This year 26 teams qualified for the Etapa Regional (Regional Stage): these are the 26 champions from each department (including 2 from Lima (the capital) - Perú is politically divided in 24 Departments and1 Constitutional Province).


2001 Copa Perú
All these teams are divided into 8 groups by geographical proximity; then each winner qualifies for the Etapa Nacional (National Stage). Those 8 teams will play, again by geographical proximity, home and awaymatches, in a knock-out tournament. The winner of the final will be promoted to the First Division.


2001 Copa Perú, Departmental Stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.


2001 Copa Perú, Regional Stage
The following list shows the teams that qualified for the Regional Stage.


2001 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region I
Region I includes qualified teams from Amazonas, Lambayeque, Piura and Tumbes region.


2001 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region II
Region II includes qualified teams from Ancash, Cajamarca and La Libertad region.


2001 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region III
Region III includes qualified teams from Loreto, San Martín and Ucayali region.


2001 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region IV
Region IV includes qualified teams from Callao, Ica and Lima region.


2001 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region V
Region V includes qualified teams from Huánuco, Junín and Pasco region.


2001 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region VI
Region VI includes qualified teams from Apurímac, Ayacucho and Huancavelica region.


2001 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region VII
Region VII includes qualified teams from Cusco, Madre de Dios and Puno region.


2001 Copa Perú, Regional Stage, Region VIII
Region VIII includes qualified teams from Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna region.


2001 Copa Perú, National Stage
The National Stage started on November. The winner of the National Stage was promoted to the First Division.


2001 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol
The 2001 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol was the 19th edition of the main Spanish women's football cup. It was played between 13 May and 24 June 2001 and Levante won its second title.


2001 Copa del Rey Final
The 2001 Copa del Rey Final took place on 30 June 2001 at the Estadio de La Cartuja, Sevilla. The match was contested by Celta de Vigo and Real Zaragoza, and it was refereed by José María García-Aranda. Real Zaragoza lifted the trophy for the fifth time in their history with a 3-1 victory over Celta de Vigo.


2001 Copa del Rey Juvenil
The 2001 Copa del Rey Juvenil was the 51st staging of the Copa del Rey Juvenil de Fútbol tournament. The competition began on May 13, 2001 and ended on June 24, 2001 with the final.


2001 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
The Copa del Rey 2001 was the 65th edition of the Spanish basketball Cup. It was organized by the ACB and was disputed in Málaga in the Palacio Martín Carpena between days 15 and 18 of March, 2001. The winning team was FC Barcelona.


2001 Copa do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil 2001 was the 13th staging of the Copa do Brasil.


2001 Copa do Brasil
The competition started on March 14, 2001 and concluded on June 13, 2001 with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, in which Grêmio lifted the trophy for the fourth time with a 3-1 victory over Corinthians.


2001 Copa do Brasil
Washington, of Ponte Preta, with 12 goals, was the competition's topscorer.


2001 Copa do Brasil, Format
The competition was disputed by 64 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, but in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.


2001 Copa dos Campeões
The 2001 Copa dos Campeões was the second staging of the Brazilian football competition Copa dos Campeões. The competition began on June 26, 2001 and ended on July 11, 2001 with the final, held at the Almeidão in João Pessoa, in which Flamengo lifted the trophy for the first time in their history with an aggregate 7–6 victory over São Paulo. Palmeiras were the defending champions, but they did not qualify for this edition.


2001 Copa dos Campeões, Qualifying Stage
The qualifying stage was played by Goiás, Sport, and São Raimundo. The three teams played each other once and the best two qualified for the final stage of the competition.


2001 Copa dos Campeões, Qualifying Stage
São Raimundo and Sport qualified for the First Stage of the Copa dos Campeões 2001.


2001 Copa dos Campeões, Semi-finals
The first leg matches were played on 30 June while the second legs were played on 4 July 2001.


2001 Copenhagen Open
The 2001 Copenhagen Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen in Denmark and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 12 February through 18 February 2001.


2001 Copenhagen Open, Finals, Doubles
Wayne Black /  Kevin Ullyett defeated  Jiří Novák /  David Rikl 6–3, 6–3


2001 Copenhagen Open – Doubles
Martin Damm and David Prinosil were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2001 Copenhagen Open – Doubles
Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Jiří Novák and David Rikl.


2001 Copenhagen Open – Singles
Andreas Vinciguerra was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Tim Henman.


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


2001 Coppa Italia Final
The 2001 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 2000–01 Coppa Italia, the 54th season of the top cup competition in Italian football. The match was played over two legs on 24 May and 13 June 2001 between Parma and Fiorentina. This was Parma's fourth Coppa Italia final and Fiorentina's tenth. Parma had previously won the trophy twice and Fiorentina had done so on five occasions. The final was won by Fiorentina, who claimed their sixth Coppa Italia title with a 2–1 aggregate victory.


2001 Coppa Italia Final, First leg, Summary
The first leg was at Parma's home, the Stadio Ennio Tardini. It remained level for the vast majority of the 90 minutes, but it was ex-Tardini regular Paolo Vanoli who got the only goal of the game for Fiorentina with just minutes left on the clock. Two years earlier, the left-back had scored for Parma to help them to victory in the 1999 UEFA Cup Final.


2001 Coppa Italia Final, Second leg, Summary
The second leg was back in Florence, where Fiorentina would be favourites to win and even stronger favourites to take the trophy because only a Parma win could deny them victory. A first-half Savo Milošević strike made the Viola nervous, but Nuno Gomes hit back for the home side half-way through the second half to put Fiorentina back in control of the tie and his side duly saw the game out and lifted the trophy.


2001 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2001 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 92nd staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 10 December 2000. The championship began on 28 April 2001 and ended on 4 November 2001.


2001 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 4 November 2001, Killeagh won the championship after a 3-09 to 2-08 defeat of Mallow in a final replay. It remains their only championship title in the grade.


2001 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Killeagh's Joe Deane was the championship's top scorer with 5-48.


2001 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
The 2001 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 104th staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship began on 30 September 2001 and ended on 11 November 2001.


2001 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
On 11 November 2001, Courcey Rovers won the championship following a 3-9 to 3-7 defeat of Charleville in the final. This was their first championship title in the grade.


2001 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Charleville's John Quinlan was the championship's top scorer with 2-15.


2001 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 2001 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 113th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening fixtures took place on 10 December 2000. The championship began on 14 April 2001 and ended on 30 September 2001.


2001 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 30 September 2001, Nemo Rangers won the championship following a 1-14 to 0-06 defeat of Bantry Blues in the final. This was their 12th championship title overall and their second title in succession.


2001 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 2001 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 113th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2001 opening round fixtures took place in December 2000. The championship ended on 6 October 2001.


2001 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Newtownshandrum entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Imokilly in the semi-final.


2001 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 6 October 2001, Blackrock won the championship following a 4-08 to 2-07 defeat of Imokilly in the final. This was their 31st championship title and their first in two championship seasons.


2001 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Newtownshandrum's Ben O'Connor was the championship's top scorer with 6-29.


2001 Cornell Big Red football team
The 2001 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell finished sixth in the Ivy League.


2001 Cornell Big Red football team
In its first season under head coach Tim Pendergast, the team compiled a 2–7 record and was outscored 292 to 187. Justin Dunleavy, Ricky Rahne and Nate Spitler were the team captains.


2001 Cornell Big Red football team
The Big Red's 2–5 conference record placed sixth in the Ivy League standings. Cornell was outscored 219 to 120 by Ivy opponents.


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


2001 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.


2001 Cornwall County Council election
The 2001 Cornwall County Council election, was an election for all 79 seats on the council. Cornwall County Council was a county council that covered the majority of the ceremonial county of Cornwall, with the exception of the Isles of Scilly which had an independent local authority. The elections took place concurrently with other local elections across England and Wales. The council remained under no overall control, with the Liberal Democrats as the largest party.


2001 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 2001 Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2001, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, USA. The Cotton Bowl was part of the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. The bowl game featured the Tennessee Volunteers from the SEC and the Kansas State Wildcats from the Big 12 and was televised in the United States on Fox.


2001 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
The Kansas State Wildcats became just the second team to win 11 games in four consecutive seasons by defeating The Tennessee Volunteers, 35–21, in the 2001 Cotton Bowl Classic.


2001 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Third-quarter touchdown runs of 12 and six yards by junior Josh Scobey three minutes apart were the difference as Kansas State improved its four-year record to 44–8, including three bowl victories.


2001 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
The Wildcats (11–3) joined The Florida State Seminoles as the only teams to reach the 11-win plateau in four consecutive seasons.


2001 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
After losing to #1 Oklahoma in the Big 12 Conference championship game, Wildcats head coach Bill Snyder gave his players the chance to vote on whether or not they wanted to accept a Cotton Bowl Classic bid. The vote was unanimous, and the Wildcats played well in their second trip to Dallas in five years.


2001 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Having lost the 1997 Cotton Bowl Classic to BYU, the Wildcats scored on their second possession and led 21–7 just 19½ minutes into the contest.


2001 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Senior quarterback Jonathan Beasley ran for a 14-yard score and threw TD passes of 56 and 10 yards to Quincy Morgan to give Kansas State the two-touchdown advantage.


2001 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
The Wildcats frustrated Tennessee freshman quarterback Casey Clausen into a miserable 7-of-25, three-interception performance. Clausen did throw a 17-yard TD pass to TE David Martin, forcing a 7–7 tie in the first minute of the second quarter.


2001 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Scobey set a Kansas State bowl record by rushing for 147 yards on 28 carries, breaking the mark of 133 yards set by J.J. Smith in the 1993 Copper Bowl. Beasley added 98 yards on 17 attempts while completing 13-of-27 passes for 210 yards.


2001 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Tennessee's Travis Henry carried 17 times for 180 yards, 81 coming on a late touchdown scamper. The Volunteers (8–4) had their seven-game winning streak halted.


2001 Country Music Association Awards
The 2001 Country Music Association Awards, 35th Ceremony, was held on November 7, 2001 at the Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville, Tennessee, and was hosted by CMA Award Winner, Vince Gill.


2001 Country Music Association Awards
Sara Evans lead the night with 5 nominations, including Female Vocalist of the Year, and Album of the Year.


2001 County Championship
The 2001 County Championship season, known as the CricInfo Championship for sponsorship reasons, was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team plays all the others in their division both home and away. The top three teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for 2002, while the bottom three sides from Division 1 are relegated.


2001 County Championship, Standings
Teams receive 12 points for a win, 6 for a tie and 4 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 130 overs of each team's first innings.


2001 Coupe de France Final
The 2001 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis on 26 May 2001, that saw RC Strasbourg defeat Amiens SC in a penalty shoot out. After normal time and extra-time could not separate the two sides, the match was decided by penalties. Jean-Paul Abalo missed for Amiens, and José Luis Chilavert brought the victory to the Alsatian side.


2001 Coupe de la Ligue Final
The 2001 Coupe de la Ligue Final was a football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, on 5 May 2001 that saw Olympique Lyonnais defeat AS Monaco FC 2-1 thanks to goals by Caçapa and Patrick Müller.


2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500
The 2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500 was the fourth stock car race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. It was held on March 11, 2001 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, in Hampton, Georgia. The 325-lap race was won by Kevin Harvick of the Richard Childress Racing team after starting from fifth position. Jeff Gordon finished second and his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jerry Nadeau came in third.


2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500
Pole position driver Dale Jarrett maintained his lead for the first six laps of the race, but Harvick, who started fifth, passed him on the seventh lap. Gordon soon became the leader and would lead the race high of 118 laps. Five laps from the finish, Harvick took the lead after a five-car battle. On the final lap, Harvick won his first Winston Cup Series race from Gordon by .006 seconds in his third start.


2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500
There were 8 cautions and 25 lead changes among 11 different drivers. The result left Gordon in first position of the Drivers' Championship, thirty-seven ahead of second place driver Sterling Marlin and seventy-three ahead of Johnny Benson. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, fourteen points ahead of Ford and twenty ahead of Pontiac, with thirty-two races remaining in the season.


2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Report, Background
The track, Atlanta Motor Speedway is one of three quad-oval tracks to hold NASCAR races, the others being Charlotte Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway. The standard track at Atlanta Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval that is 1.54 miles (2.48 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the straightaways are banked at five degrees. Atlanta Motor Speedway can seat up to 99,000 people.


2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Report, Background
Before the race, Sterling Marlin was leading the Drivers' Championship with 468 points, and Jeff Gordon stood in second with 433 points. Michael Waltrip was third in the Drivers' Championship with 415 points, Dale Jarrett was fourth with 411 points, and Steve Park was fifth with 401 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet were leading with 27 points, nine points ahead of their rival Ford. Pontiac, with 12 points, were two points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third. Dale Earnhardt was the race's defending champion.


2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Two practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—one on Friday, and one on Saturday. The first session lasted 120 minutes, and the second 60 minutes. During the first practice session, Jarrett was fastest, placing ahead of Jimmy Spencer in second and Gordon in third. Kevin Harvick was scored fourth, and Brett Bodine placed fifth.


2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
During Friday afternoon qualifying, forty-six cars were entered, but only forty-three were able to race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure. Dale Jarrett clinched his second consecutive pole position of 2001 with a time of 28.763 seconds. He was joined on the front row by Jeff Gordon, Todd Bodine and Mark Martin shared the second row in the third and fourth position, while Kevin Harvick, with a time of 28.908, qualified fifth. Jeremy Mayfield, Dave Blaney, Jimmy Spencer, Rusty Wallace and Michael Waltrip rounded out the top ten qualifiers. The three drivers that failed to qualify were Rick Mast, Carl Long and Casey Atwood.


2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Report, Race
The race, the fourth out of a total of thirty-six in the season, began at 1 p.m. EST and was televised live in the United States on FOX. To begin pre-race ceremonies, at 1 p.m EST, Phil Brannon, the Atlanta Motor Speedway Chaplain, gave the invocation. Then, Moby in the Morning, from local radio station WKHX-FM performed the national anthem, and television personality Willard Scott gave the command for drivers to start their engines.


2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Report, Race
Dale Jarrett made a good start, retaining the first position; Jeff Gordon behind him maintained second position. At the end of the first lap, Kevin Harvick passed Gordon. By lap 3, Jerry Nadeau was clipped by Michael Waltrip with Robert Pressley spinning out and nearly being clipped by Nadeau. During the same lap, the grandstands fell silent and spectators held up a three-finger salute in the memory of Dale Earnhardt—who was killed in an accident during the Daytona 500 three weeks previously; and 7,000 balloons were released into the air.


2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Report, Race
The heartbreak of the day was for Dave Blaney. Blaney, driving Bill Davis Racing's #93 Dodge, dominated the middle of the race, leading 70 laps. Blaney was about to make a pit stop with less than 90 laps to go, when a caution came out. Blaney chose to not pit and lead to the caution flag to protect his lead. Two laps later, the wheel came flying off, costing him his first Winston Cup win. Once Blaney was out of the race, this would set up the final shootout between Kevin Harvick and Jeff Gordon.


2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Report, Race
On the final lap (325), Gordon attempted a pass on Harvick the straightway but Harvick won his first Winston Cup Series race by .006 seconds, the second closest finish in a NASCAR-sanctioned race. Nadeau followed in third, ahead of Jarrett in fourth and Terry Labonte in fifth.


2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500, Report, Post-race
Kevin Harvick appeared in victory lane after his victory lap to start celebrating his first win in the Winston Cup Series. Harvick's victory took place in his third start, breaking the record of the fewest starts to first victory previously held by Dale Earnhardt, Jr.


2001 Craigavon Borough Council election
Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 26 councillors.


2001 Craigavon Borough Council election, Districts results, Craigavon Central
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin1997-2001 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Alliance


2001 Craigavon Borough Council election, Districts results, Loughside
1997: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP


2001 Craigavon Borough Council election, Districts results, Lurgan
1997: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP


2001 Craigavon Borough Council election, Districts results, Portadown
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent1997-2001 Change: DUP, Sinn Féin and Independent gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist (two seats)


2001 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
The 2001 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 53rd edition of the cycle race and was held from 10 June to 17 June 2001. The race started in Morzine and finished in Chambéry. The race was won by Christophe Moreau of the Festina team.


2001 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Teams
Thirteen teams, containing a total of 104 riders, participated in the race:


2001 Croatia Open
The 2001 Croatia Open was amen's  tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag in Croatia and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from 16 July through 22 July 2001.


2001 Croatia Open, Finals, Doubles
Sergio Roitman /  Andrés Schneiter defeated  Ivan Ljubičić /  Lovro Zovko 6–2, 7–5


2001 Croatia Open – Doubles
Álex López Morón and Albert Portas were the defending champions but only Portas competed that year with Germán Puentes.


2001 Croatia Open – Doubles
Portas and Puentes lost in the first round to Giorgio Galimberti and Ion Moldovan.


2001 Croatia Open – Doubles
Sergio Roitman and Andrés Schneiter won in the final 6–2, 7–5 against Ivan Ljubičić and Lovro Zovko.


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


2001 Croatia Open – Singles
Marcelo Ríos was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2001 Croatia Open – Singles
Carlos Moyá won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 (7–2) against Jérôme Golmard.


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


2001 Croatian Bol Ladies Open
The 2001 Croatian Bol Ladies Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Bol, Croatia and was part of the Tier III category of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 30 April until 6 May 2001. Third-seeded Ángeles Montolio won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


2001 Croatian Bol Ladies Open, Finals, Doubles
María José Martínez /  Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated  Nadia Petrova /  Tina Pisnik 7–5, 6–4


2001 Croatian Bol Ladies Open – Doubles
Julie Halard-Decugis and Corina Morariu were the defending champions but only Morariu competed that year with Ai Sugiyama.


2001 Croatian Bol Ladies Open – Doubles
Morariu and Sugiyama lost in the quarterfinals to Galina Fokina and Stéphanie Foretz.


2001 Croatian Bol Ladies Open – Doubles
María José Martínez and Anabel Medina Garrigues won in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Nadia Petrova and Tina Pisnik.


2001 Croatian Bol Ladies Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2001 Croatian Bol Ladies Open – Singles
Tina Pisnik was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Ángeles Montolio.


2001 Croatian Bol Ladies Open – Singles
Montolio won in the final 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 against Mariana Díaz Oliva.


2001 Croatian Bol Ladies Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.


2001 Croatian Figure Skating Championships
The 2001 Croatian Figure Skating Championships (Croatian: Prvenstvo Hrvatske za 2001) were the National Championships of the 2000–01 figure skating season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and Ice dancing.


2001 Croatian Football Cup Final
The 2001 Croatian Cup Final was a two-legged affair played between Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb. The first leg was played in Split on 9 May 2001, while the second leg on 23 May 2001 in Zagreb.


2001 Croatian Football Cup Final
Dinamo Zagreb won the trophy with an aggregate result of 3–0.


2001 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
The 2001 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 35th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2001 Telstra Premiership.


2001 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Season summary
The Sharks had a fantastic 2001 season which saw them finish in the top four for the third time in five seasons (including the only Super League season). It was in their first qualifying finals match against the defending premiers Brisbane (the third year in succession the Sharks had met the Broncos at this stage) that the new Telstra Premiership logo, to be used until the end of 2006, was first seen on the field.


2001 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Season summary
The Sharks won this match comfortably, followed by a 54-10 thrashing of second-placed Canterbury, which set them up for a second attempt at a Grand Final berth in three years. Despite leading at half-time, the Sharks were run down in the second half by the Andrew Johns-led Newcastle Knights, who ultimately went on to win the premiership. Yet another Sharks season of promise ended in disappointment.


2001 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Season summary
The highlight of the season was Preston Campbell, who later went on to play in Penrith's 2003 premiership, winning the coveted Dally M Medal.


2001 Crystal Skate of Romania
The 2001 Crystal Skate of Romania was the 3rd edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Romania. It was held between November 22 and 25, 2001 in Bucharest. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles.


2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game
The 2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game was a college football game between the Cumberland Bulldogs and the Jacksonville State Gamecocks played on August 30, 2001. The game was played at Burgess-Snow Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama. Jacksonville State won the game by a score of 72 to 10. During the game, Ashley Martin became the first woman to play and score in an NCAA football game and the second woman to play and score in a college game in any division.


2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game, Game play
Jacksonville State led the game beginning with Lorenzo Banks receiving a 33-yard pass from Reggie Stancil for a touchdown. Steven Lee kicked the first extra point to put the score 7–0. Martin would kick two more extra points in the first quarter alone and the first quarter ended with a score of 21–3. Jacksonville led the remainder of the game.


2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game, Game play
The game ended in a final score of Jacksonville State 72, Cumberland 10.


2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game, Aftermath
Prior to this game, female athletes at Duke and Louisville had come close to playing in a game but did not. In 1997, Liz Heaston became the first female athlete to score in a college football game. In 2003, Katie Hnida became the first female athlete to score in a Division I-A bowl game.


2001 Cumberland vs. Jacksonville State football game, Aftermath
Martin's success as a female athlete is considered a major milestone since the 1972 Title IX amendment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the United States.


2001 Cumbria County Council election
Elections to Cumbria County Council were held on 7 June 2001. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections. The Labour Party lost control of the council, which had under no overall control.


2001 Cup of Russia
The 2001 Cup of Russia was the fifth event of six in the 2001–02 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Ice Palace in Saint Petersburg on November 22–25. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2001–02 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Ravensburg Waltz.


2001 Cup of Russia, Results, Men
Plushenko tried to complete a quadruple Lutz but fell in his winning free skating.


2001 Cupa României Final
The 2001 Cupa României Final was the 63rd final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 16 June 2001 and was contested between Divizia A sides Dinamo București and Rocar București. The cup was won by Dinamo.


2001 Currie Cup
The 2001 Currie Cup was the 63rd season of the Currie Cup, South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, since it started in 1889. The competition was known as the Bankfin Currie Cup for sponsorship reasons and was contested from 4 July to 25 October 2001.


2001 Currie Cup
The top eight sides from an initial qualification stage competed for the premier Currie Cup, while the bottom six sides from the qualification stage competed for the secondary Bankfin Cup. The Currie Cup was won by  Western Province for the 31st time in their history; they beat the  Sharks 29–24 in the final played on 25 October 2001. The Bankfin Cup was won by the  Boland Cavaliers for the first time; they beat the  Leopards 41–27 in the final played on 17 October 2001.


2001 Currie Cup
The Currie Cup was broadcast by pay TV channels, SuperSport and M-Net on the DStv satellite TV platform.


2001 Currie Cup, Competition rules and information
There were fourteen participating teams in the 2001 Currie Cup, all of them starting the season in the 2001 Currie Cup qualification stage. At this stage, the teams were divided into two sections (Section X and Section Y) and played all the other teams in their section once, either home or away.


2001 Currie Cup, Competition rules and information
The top four teams from both sections qualified to the 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 stage, carrying forward the results they got against their three fellow qualifiers. In the Top 8, they then faced all the teams from the opposite section once, either home and away.


2001 Currie Cup, Competition rules and information
The bottom three teams from both qualification sections qualified to the 2001 Bankfin Cup stage, carrying forward the results they got against their two fellow qualifiers. In the Bankfin Cup, they then faced all the teams from the opposite section once, either home and away.


2001 Currie Cup, Competition rules and information
In all three stages of the competition, teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2001 Currie Cup, Competition rules and information
At the end of the Top 8 and Bankfin Cup stages, the top four teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals advanced to the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.


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


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


2001 Currie Cup, Top 8
The  Free State Cheetahs,  Golden Lions,  Sharks and  Western Province finished in the top four of the Top 8 stage to qualify for the semi-finals. After winning their respective semi-finals, the Natal Sharks and Western Province played in the final, which Western Province won 29–24 in Cape Town.


2001 Currie Cup, Bankfin Cup
The  Boland Cavaliers,  Border Bulldogs,  Leopards and  Mighty Elephants finished in the top four of the Bankfin Cup stage to qualify for the semi-finals. After winning their respective semi-finals, the Boland Cavaliers and Leopards played in the final, which the Boland Cavaliers won 41–27 in Wellington.


2001 Currie Cup Top 8
The 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 series was the top tier of the final stage of the 63rd season of the Currie Cup, South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, since it started in 1889. The competition was known as the Bankfin Currie Cup for sponsorship reasons and this stage was contested from 20 September to 25 September 2001.


2001 Currie Cup Top 8
The Currie Cup was won by  Western Province for the 31st time in their history; they beat the  Sharks 29–24 in the final played on 25 October 2001.


2001 Currie Cup Top 8, Competition rules and information
There were eight participating teams in the 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 stage. These teams qualified from a qualification series by finishing in the top four teams in one of two sections. The points accumulated against the three other teams that qualified were carried forward to the Top 8 stage. In the Top 8 stage, teams played the four teams from the opposite qualification section once, either at home or away.


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


2001 Currie Cup Top 8, Log
The final log of the 2001 Currie Cup Top 8 series:


2001 Currie Cup Top 8, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2001 Currie Cup Top 8: