2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Pre-season, Match Details, Amsterdam Tournament
Arsenal joined Barcelona and Lazio taking part in the annual Amsterdam tournament, hosted by Ajax at their home stadium. Within this tournament, each team plays two games where 3 points is given for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 for a loss. However an additional point is also granted for every goal scored.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Pre-season, Match Details, Amsterdam Tournament
With 2 losses and just 1 goal scored, Arsenal finished bottom of the table. Barcelona and Ajax finished with a draw and a win each, but with Barcelona storming the top of the table with 5 goals, they won the overall competition.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, August–October
Arsenal opened the league season away to Sunderland on 18 August 2000. A second-half header from Niall Quinn was enough to earn the home team victory, in a match where Arsenal wasted numerous chances to equalise. Patrick Vieira was sent off for swiping his forearm at defender Darren Williams in injury time and Wenger was involved in an altercation with fourth official Paul Taylor in the stadium tunnel. He was later charged with "alleged threatening behaviour and physical intimidation" and found guilty by a FA disciplinary commission.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, August–October
Right back Lauren scored on his debut for Arsenal against Liverpool two days after; Vieira was dismissed off the pitch for the second successive game, with Liverpool being reduced to nine men when midfielders Gary McAllister and Dietmar Hamann were also shown red cards. In Vieira's final match before his five-match suspension, he scored two goals against Charlton Athletic at Highbury in a 5–3 win. Arsenal earned a point away to Chelsea in the first week of September and drew 1–1 against Bradford City. Although the team beat Coventry City 2–1, they needed a late goal scored by Dennis Bergkamp to draw away against promoted Ipswich Town.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, August–October
A "spectacular" goal by Henry against Manchester United on 1 October 2000 inflicted the champions their first league defeat of the season. The Frenchman scored after receiving a pass from Gilles Grimandi in the 30th minute; with his back to goal he flicked the ball up before pivoting to strike the ball over goalkeeper Fabian Barthez. Henry scored the winning goal against Aston Villa the following week and a further league victory, away at West Ham United moved Arsenal level on points with Manchester United. The month ended with a 5–0 win against Manchester City.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November–February
A penalty scored by Henry against Middlesbrough ensured a fifth successive league win for Arsenal. They were held to a stalemate against Derby County; this was followed by defeat at Goodison Park away to Everton in which Wenger called the team performance as "not acceptable". Arsenal lost their second consecutive league match against Leeds United when a deflected Olivier Dacourt free-kick went past goalkeeper Alex Manninger and into his net. A win against Southampton came before a 5–0 victory at home to Newcastle United where Ray Parlour scored a hat-trick.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November–February
"We are not in March yet and the season is already over. I cannot be very proud of that. This hurts."


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November–February
Arsène Wenger after Arsenal's defeat to Manchester United, February 2001


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November–February
The Christmas period began with a 1–1 draw against local rivals Tottenham Hotspur. A 4–0 defeat away to Liverpool concerned Wenger, who noted a lack of goals being problematic: "It has been our problem all season. We so very rarely score two in a match, and that makes life very difficult." Henry scored a hat-trick in a 6–1 win at home to Leicester City on Boxing Day. A draw against Sunderland, having been 2–0 up at half time meant Arsenal ended the calendar year in second place, eight points behind Manchester United.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November–February
Charlton Athletic recorded their first victory over Arsenal in 44 years, on New Year's Day; Jonatan Johansson scored the winning goal in the first half. Back-to-back draws, first at Chelsea and then Leicester City, preceded a 2–0 win against Bradford City. Bergkamp scored the winning goal at Coventry City; it was the club's first away win since November. A 1–0 victory at home to Ipswich Town on 10 February 2001 moved the club five points clear of Liverpool.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, November–February
Arsenal faced Manchester United at Old Trafford, needing a win to realistically have a chance of winning the league. Striker Dwight Yorke scored in the second minute for the home team, before Henry equalised. They conceded within 60 seconds, when Igors Stepanovs played Yorke onside to put the ball past Seaman. He completed his hat-trick, before Roy Keane, Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Teddy Sheringham each scored to compound a 6–1 loss – Arsenal's biggest defeat in the Premier League. Wenger rued the performance, saying "...we were very naive and gave too much freedom to United. No one communicated."


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, March–May
Wiltord scored a hat-trick in Arsenal's 3–0 win over West Ham United on 3 March 2001. A scoreless draw at Aston Villa was followed with a 2–0 win against Tottenham Hotspur; both clubs observed a minute's silence before the game, in honour of former Arsenal midfielder David Rocastle, who died at age 33. Arsenal rested several first-teamers for the trip to Manchester City and won the match 4–0. However, defeat to Middlesbrough three days after handed the league championship to Manchester United, for the third consecutive season. Wenger refuted criticism over the team's league performance, and said, "It's not just Arsenal's responsibility to push Manchester United. There are 10 to 15 teams with the potential quality of Arsenal."


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Premier League, March–May
Following their exit in the Champions League in midweek, Arsenal beat Everton 4–1 on 21 April 2001. They moved four points clear in second with a further win, this time away at Derby County. Wiltord scored the winning goal against Leeds United to secure a Champions League place for Arsenal; a draw against Newcastle United confirmed the club as runners-up for the third season running. Arsenal ended their league campaign against Southampton, in the final match played at The Dell. With the score 2–2 in the 89th minute, striker Matthew Le Tissier volleyed the ball from inside the penalty box and over goalkeeper Alex Manninger, to win the match for the home team.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, FA Cup
Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round, receiving a bye as a Premier League club. Their opening match was a 1–0 victory against Carlisle United; Wiltord scored the winning goal in the 22nd minute. At Loftus Road, a 6–0 away win at Queens Park Rangers in the fourth round represented Wenger's "best win as Arsenal manager" and the club's best away win in the FA Cup for 64 years.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, FA Cup
Wiltord, who started the match against Chelsea as a substitute, came off the bench to score twice in the second half and sent Arsenal into the quarter-finals, where they enjoyed a comfortable win against Blackburn Rovers of the First Division. Arsenal was drawn against Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-final and it was their rivals who had taken the lead in the 14th minute. Vieira equalised before several players – "Pires, Parlour and Wiltord continued to squander chances". With 17 minutes remaining in the match, Pires scored via a tap-in to secure Arsenal's passage into the final.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, FA Cup, Final
In the final against Liverpool, played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Arsenal began the brighter of the two teams, before being denied two penalty shouts – one involving Stéphane Henchoz, who cleared Henry's shot with his hand. In the 72nd minute, Arsenal took a "deserved" lead, when Pires played Ljungberg clean through to round goalkeeper Sander Westerveld and shoot. Liverpool equalised nine minutes after, through a Gary McAllister free-kick, which was not cleared properly by Arsenal; Michael Owen "waited for the loose ball to come down before drilling a rebound into Seaman's bottom right corner". Owen scored in the 88th minute, outpacing both Adams and Dixon to shoot the ball into the bottom right corner of the goalnet. The defeat prompted Wenger to admit new players would be brought in during the transfer window.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Football League Cup
Together, with the other clubs playing in European football, Arsenal entered the Football League Cup in the third round, where they were drawn at home to fellow Premier League club Ipswich Town. Despite dominating territorial advantage, the Arsenal team were beaten 2–1 – the winning goal scored late by substitute James Scowcroft.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, First group stage
Arsenal won their first three matches in Group B, against Sparta Prague, Shakhtar Donetsk and Lazio. The club secured qualification into the second group stage with a 1–1 draw away at Lazio, before a win against Sparta Prague and defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk to end the first group stage with 13 points. Arsenal finished top of Group B due to a better head-to-head record.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Second group stage
Arsenal succumbed to a 4–1 defeat in their opening match against Spartak Moscow, which was the biggest loss inflicted on the club in 18 years. The team let slip a two-goal lead against Bayern Munich at Highbury on 5 December 2000, before winning 1–0 at Olympique Lyonnais to keep their aspirations of qualifying for the quarter-finals attainable. In the reverse fixture, an equaliser scored by Edmílson in the last minute of normal time prompted Wenger to rue fatigue and the absence of captain Adams. Arsenal defeated Spartak Moscow by a solitary goal and in spite of losing to Bayern Munich on 14 March 2001, Lyon's draw with Spartak Moscow meant Arsenal qualified for the quarter-finals by the head-to-head rule.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
Arsenal faced Spanish club Valencia and won 2–1 at Highbury in the first leg, with goals scored by Henry and Parlour. The team however were beaten 1–0 at the Estadio Mestalla, thus being knocked-out on away goals.


2000–01 Asian Club Championship
The 2000–01 Asian Club Championship was the 20th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.


2000–01 Asian Club Championship
Suwon Samsung Bluewings of South Korea won the final and became Asian champions for the first time, beating 1-0 Júbilo Iwata who were playing in their third consecutive final.


2000–01 Asian Club Championship, First round, West Asia
1 Al-Ansar withdrew. 2 FC Dustlik did not show up for the 1st leg in Dushanbe due to the civil war in Tajikistan; they were ejected from the competition and fined $10,000.


2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
The winners of the 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, the association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation, are listed below.


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


2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season
Another season of decent (but rarely exciting) form saw Villa secure another top-10 finish, though this time they dipped slightly into eighth place after occupying sixth place a year earlier. Villa proved themselves as one of the hardest Premiership teams to beat, with only the top three sides suffering fewer defeats than Villa's 10, but a mere 13 wins and a staggering 15 draws ended any hopes of a title bid or even a top-six finish.


2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of Season
9 Sep 2000: In a league match against Ipswich Town, Lucky Luc Nilis was involved in a clash with goalkeeper Richard Wright that left him with a double compound fracture of his right shin ending his career. This was only Nilis's third match for Villa, having scored in both previous games.


2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
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2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Left club during season
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2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Reserve squad
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2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Under-19s
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2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Under-17s
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2000–01 Aston Villa F.C. season, Players, Other players
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2000–01 Atalanta B.C. season
Atalanta B.C. returned to Serie A following a two-year absence, and immediately established itself on the top half of the table, finishing in 7th place. Coach Giovanni Vavassori was hailed as the main contributor to the success, having come from the youth side a couple of years before, first promoting the club, and then having such a successful inaugural Serie A campaign. Inter-owned Nicola Ventola scored ten league goals, enough to persuade Inter to take him back, and playmaker Cristiano Doni got his proper breakthrough as well. Experienced Massimo Carrera held the defence together, and was also widely praised, while goalkeeper Ivan Pelizzoli was signed by champions Roma.


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


2000–01 Athletic Bilbao season
The 2000–01 season was the 100th season in Athletic Bilbao's history and their 70th consecutive season in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football.


2000–01 Athletic Bilbao season, Season summary
Athletic Bilbao began their centenary season with a new head coach following the departure of Frenchman Luis Fernández. Fernández had been in charge for four years, becoming Athletic's most successful coach for a generation by leading them to the runners-up spot in La Liga in 1997–98. To replace him, Bilbao legend Txetxu Rojo was tempted away from Real Zaragoza, who he had just guided to an exceptional 5th place in the league, six places higher than his new club. This would be Rojo's second spell at San Mamés, having previously led the team briefly during the 1989–90 season.


2000–01 Athletic Bilbao season, Season summary
Rojo could not replicate his La Liga success with Athletic, as they slipped yet further to 12th place, their worst performance for five years. They fared little better in the Copa del Rey, being eliminated at the last 16 stage by Racing Santander.


2000–01 Athletic Bilbao season, Season summary
Rojo departed at the end of the season, returning to Zaragoza, and was replaced by another returning former coach, German Jupp Heynckes, who had most recently been manager of Benfica in Portugal.


2000–01 Atlanta Hawks season
The 2000–01 NBA season was the Hawks' 52nd season in the National Basketball Association, and 33rd season in Atlanta. The Hawks received the sixth pick in the 2000 NBA draft, and selected DerMarr Johnson from the University of Cincinnati. In the off-season, the team signed free agent Matt Maloney, and re-signed Anthony Johnson after a brief stint with the Orlando Magic. Under new head coach Lon Kruger, the Hawks got off to a bad start losing their first seven games, but then posted a 7–7 record in December.


2000–01 Atlanta Hawks season
In January, the team traded Johnson and Jim Jackson to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Brevin Knight. At midseason, Dikembe Mutombo, who was selected for the 2001 NBA All-Star Game, was traded along with Roshown McLeod to the Philadelphia 76ers for Theo Ratliff, Toni Kukoč and Nazr Mohammed. However, Ratliff injured his shooting hand prior to the trade, and was out for the remainder of the season. Mutombo would later on be named Defensive Player of the Year with the Sixers, who went on to lose in five games to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals.


2000–01 Atlanta Hawks season
The Hawks continued to struggle losing ten straight games between February and March, as they finished seventh in the Central Division with a 25–57 record. Second-year star Jason Terry showed improvement leading the team in scoring averaging 19.7 points per game, while Lorenzen Wright also showed improvement averaging 12.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Following the season, Knight and Wright were both traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.


2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers season
The 2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers season was the team's second season of competition in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Thrashers finished fourth in the Southeast Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.


2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers season, Regular season
The Thrashers struggled on the penalty kill during the regular season, allowing a league-high 90 power-play goals, and finishing 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.94%.


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


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


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


2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers season, Player statistics, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;


2000–01 Atlanta Thrashers season, Transactions
The Thrashers were involved in the following transactions during the 2000–01 season.


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


2000–01 Atlético Madrid season
The 2000–01 campaign was the 95th season in Atlético Madrid's history and their 1st season in Segunda Division of Spanish football. Also the club competed in Copa del Rey.


2000–01 Atlético Madrid season, Summary
For the first time ever, Atletico competes in a Segunda Division tournament since 1929 when Primera División was registered as the top league. Owing to a chaotic environment outside the field in spite of President Gil appointing club legend Paulo Futre as Manager on 3 November 2000 and three coaches fired, the team never reached the 3rd position on the table and classifying to La Liga finishing tied in points along CD Tenerife but lost the goal average.


2000–01 Atlético Madrid season, Squad
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2000–01 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team
The 2000–01 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represented Auburn University in the 2000–01 college basketball season. The team's head coach was Cliff Ellis, who was in his seventh season at Auburn. The team played their home games at Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum in Auburn, Alabama. They finished the season 18–14, 7–9 in SEC play. They lost to Tennessee in the first round of the SEC Tournament. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Miami to advance to the second round where they lost to Purdue.


2000–01 Australia Tri-Nation Series
The 2000–01 Australia Tri-Nation Series (more commonly known as the 2000–01 Carlton Series) was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to West Indies and Zimbabwe. Australia and West Indies reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–0.


2000–01 Australia Tri-Nation Series, Final series
Australia won the best of three final series against West Indies 2–0. This was the first time Australia had won the best of 3 finals against West Indies. And this was the second time, the first since the 1996/97 season, that West Indies had lost the best of 3 finals 2-0.


2000–01 Australian Athletics Championships
The 2000–01 Australian Athletics Championships was the 79th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Australia. It was held from 23–25 March 2001 at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane. It served as a selection meeting for Australia at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.


2000–01 Australian Athletics Championships
Long-distance events took place separately: the 10,000 metres event took place at the Zatopek 10K on 4 December 2000 at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne and the 5000 metres events were held at the Hobart Grand Prix on 11 March 2001 in Hobart.


2000–01 Australian Figure Skating Championships
The 2000–01 Australian Figure Skating Championships was held in Bibra Lake from 29 July through 5 August 2000. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing across many levels, including senior, junior, novice, adult, and the pre-novice disciplines of primary and intermediate.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season
The 2000–01 Australian region cyclone season was a below average tropical cyclone season. It began on 1 November 2000 and ended on 30 April 2001. The regional tropical cyclone operational plan also defines a tropical cyclone year separately from a tropical cyclone season, which runs from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season
Tropical cyclones in this area are monitored by four Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs): the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in Perth, Darwin, and Brisbane; and TCWC Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Sam
Sam originated from a tropical low that formed in the Arafura Sea on 28 November. Tracking generally westward, the initial low-pressure area remained generally weak until it entered the Timor Sea, by which time it had strengthened into a tropical cyclone on 5 December. Though a subtropical ridge was forcing the cyclone westward at the time, an approaching shortwave trough caused Sam to track southward the following day, towards the Australian coast. During its southward progression, Sam rapidly intensified, and reached its peak intensity on 7 December. The next day, the storm made landfall near Lagrange, Western Australia at the same intensity. Once inland, Sam was slow to weaken as it recurved eastward, and persisted for nearly a week inland before dissipating on 14 December.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Sam
Throughout its existence, Cyclone Sam brought heavy rainfall to a wide swath of northern Australia. Rainfall peaked at520 mm (20 in) in Shelamar over a 48-hour period ending on 11 December. Upon making landfall, damage was considerable, albeit localized. Most of the destruction wrought by Sam occurred near the coast, particularly in Bidyadanga and Anna Springs Station. Some buildings sustained considerable damage, and trees and power lines were felled, resulting in some power outages. Offshore, 163 illegal immigrants aboard two vessels were feared to have drowned, which would make Sam one of the deadliest cyclones in Australian history. However, these people were later accounted for.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Terri
Terri formed on 27 January 2001 near the northern Kimberley coast. The storm paralleled the coast, reaching Category 2 strength before making landfall near Pardoo early on 31 January. The storm dissipated Late on the same day.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Vincent
Cyclone Vincent formed on 7 February 2001, 900 km northwest of Onslow, Western Australia from an active monsoonal trough. Wind shear prevented the tropical low from intensifying for a few days, but once the storm formed it began to move southeast and intensify. Due to wind shear, Vincent peaked with sustained winds of 85 km/h (50 mph), and did not reach Category 2 intensity. Cyclone Vincent crossed the Western Australia coast as a tropical low, a few kilometres south of Broome, Western Australia.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Winsome
Winsome was a weak system that developed from a low in the Gulf of Carpentaria on 8 February.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Winsome
Torrential rains produced by the storm in the Northern Territory resulted in severe flooding which killed two people.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Wylva
Wylva formed from a low in the Gulf of Carpentaria on 15 February. Wylva briefly became a Category 1 tropical cyclone before making landfall near Booroloola in the morning of 16 February. Even though the system made landfall in a remote area, the remnants of the system caused $13 million in damage and around 700 people had to be evacuated. The remnants of Wylva dissipated on 22 February near Nanutarra.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Low 10P (07F)
This storm moved from Brisbane's area of responsibility into Fiji's on 16 February. It dissipated on the 18th.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Abigail
On 24 February 2001, Cyclone Abigail formed about 80 km northeast of Cairns, Australia. It then made landfall in Queensland as a Category 1 storm.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Walter
Walter was a storm that formed east of Christmas Island and tracked westward at a low latitude.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Walter
On 3 April, Cocos Island was placed under a cyclone watch as Walter approached the island. Throughout 5 April, heavy rains and high winds, estimated up to 90 km/h (56 mph) battered the area as Walter bypassed the island.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Alistair
The second most damaging cyclone of the 2000–01 cyclone season, Alistair made landfall close to Carnarvon on 24 April 2001 as a poorly organized cyclone. The centre passed just to the north of town with a wind gust to 67 kilometres per hour from the northeast recorded at 4:11 am. Minimum pressure of 1002.9 hPa was recorded at 5 am, followed by the peak recorded wind gust of 90 kilometres per hour from the southeast at 6 am. A total of 24 mm of rainfall was reported in Carnarvon. Plantations to the north of Carnarvon reported 30-40% crop losses, with wind estimates of 100 to 110 kilometres per hour.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
On 28 November, a tropical low formed near Christmas Island. Moving southeastward, the low was last noted to the south-southwest of Jakarta on 30 November.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
On 4 December, the TCWC Brisbane reported that a tropical low formed near the tip of the Cape York Peninsula. Moving southwestward, the primary responsibility of the tropical low was passed to the TCWC Darwin from TCWC Brisbane as the low made landfall near Alyangula. It was last noted on 6 December.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
On 7 January, the TCWC Darwin reported that a tropical low developed to the north-northwest of Tiwi Islands. The low slowly moved to the south-southwest, before it was last noted while inland, near Katherine.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
Another tropical low formed on 16 March near Christmas Island. Wind shear prevented further intensification, and it dissipated the next day.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
On 4 April, a weak tropical low formed to the north of Nhulunbuy. It was last seen the next day.


2000–01 Australian region cyclone season, Season effects
This is a table of all of the storms that have formed in the 2000–01 Australian region cyclone season. It includes their duration, names, landfall(s)–denoted by bold location names – damages, and death totals. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 2001 AUD and USD.


2000–01 Austrian Cup
The 2000–2001 Austrian Cup (German: ÖFB-Cup) was the 67th season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. It commenced with the matches of the First Round in August 2000 and concluded with the Final on 27 May 2001. The competition was won by FC Kärnten after beating Tirol Innsbruck 2–1 after extra time and hence qualifying for the 2001-02 UEFA Cup.


2000–01 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and FC Tirol Innsbruck won the championship.


2000–01 Austrian Hockey League season
The 2000–01 Austrian Hockey League season was the 71st season of the Austrian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Austria. 10 teams participated in the league, and EC KAC won the championship.


2000–01 Ayr United F.C. season
The 2000–01 season is the 91st season of competitive football by Ayr United.


2000–01 Azadegan League
The 2000–01 Azadegan League was the 10th and last season of the Azadegan League as first tier of Iran Football league that was won by Esteghlal. The following is the final results of the Azadegan League's 2000–01 football season.


2000–01 Azerbaijan Cup
The Azerbaijan Cup 2000–01 was the 10th season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan with the final taking place on 25 May 2001. Twenty four teams competed in this year's competition. Kapaz were the defending champions.


2000–01 Azerbaijan Cup, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on December 16, 2000 and the second legs on December 23, 2000.


2000–01 Azerbaijan Cup, Semifinals
The first legs were played on May 18, 2001 and the second legs on May 22, 2001.


2000–01 Azerbaijan Cup, Final
The match was moved from Baku to Sumqayit 2 hours before kick off following a row between stadium officials and the FA concerning gate receipts.


2000–01 Azerbaijan Top League
The 2000-01 Azerbaijan Top League was contested by 11 clubs and won by FK Shamkir.


2000–01 B Group
The 2000–01 B Group was the 46th season of the Bulgarian B Football Group, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system. A total of 18 teams contested the league, but three of them stopped participating during the season due to financial reasons.


2000–01 B Group, Team changes
The following teams had changed division after the 1999–2000 season.


2000–01 BYU Cougars men's basketball team
The 2000–01 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2000–01 season. Led by head coach Steve Cleveland, the Cougars earned their first Mountain West Conference championship. This was also their first of three eventual NCAA Tournament appearances under Cleveland. This was also the Cougars' first tournament appearance since 1995.


2000–01 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Tournament schedule
Mountain West TournamentFirst round Vs. Air Force, Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV - W, 69-54Semifinal Vs. Wyoming, Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV - W, 77-66Final Vs. New Mexico, Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV - W, 69-65NCAA TournamentFirst Round Vs. Cincinnati, Cox Arena, San Diego, CA - L, 59-84


2000–01 Bahraini Premier League, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Muharraq Club won the championship.


2000–01 Bangladeshi cricket season
The 2000–01 Bangladeshi cricket season marked the beginning of first-class domestic competition in Bangladesh, although the country had already staged first-class matches against touring teams in the previous year. The Green Delta National Cricket League was constituted as the first-class championship.


2000–01 Bangladeshi cricket season, International tours, Indian cricket team in Bangladesh
India's national team visited Bangladesh in 2000–01 to take part in the inaugural Test match played by the Bangladesh national cricket team. The tour consisted of a one off test match.


2000–01 Bangladeshi cricket season, International tours, Bangladeshi cricket team in Zimbabwe
The Bangladesh national team also toured Zimbabwe and played 2 Test matches and 3 One Day Internationals in April 2001. Bangladesh lost all 5 matches.


2000–01 Bangladeshi cricket season, Domestic competitions, Honours
The National Cricket League champions were Biman Bangladesh Airlines. The most first-class runs were scored by Imran Farhat (Biman) with 735 and the most wickets taken being 57 by Enamul Haque (Chittagong).


2000–01 Bangladeshi cricket season, Domestic competitions, National Cricket League
Although separate first-class and limited overs matches were contested by domestic teams in the 2000-01 season, results from both formats were combined to form a common points table. In the first round teams were placed in two groups of four. Each team played a 3-day first-class match and a 50 overs limited overs match against the other teams in its group, home and away. The top two teams from each group progressed to the final round where teams played a 4-day first-class and a 50 overs limited match against the qualifiers from the other group, home and away.


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


2000–01 Barnsley F.C. season, Season summary
With Craig Hignett and Nicky Eaden departing, manager Dave Bassett brought in inexperienced Carl Regan and Lee Jones to bolster the squad in the hopes that Barnsley would finally return to the Premiership. However, Barnsley's increasingly rapid turnover of managers was to continue during the season with Bassett leaving in December, a surprise decision to most. Nigel Spackman was brought in to replace Bassett, and the team eventually finished in sixteenth position, above Sheffield Wednesday by virtue of goal difference.


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


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


2000–01 Barys Astana season
The 2000–01 Barys Astana season was the 2nd season of the franchise.


2000–01 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
Bayer Leverkusen had a solid season, where it managed to qualify for another Champions League campaign, following a 4th-place finish. Unlike the previous season, it failed to actively challenge for the Bundesliga title for the second year running, also going out of the Champions League already in the group stage.


2000–01 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
The most important players of the season included Oliver Neuville, who scored 15 goals, plus attacking midfielder Michael Ballack, who cemented his position as Germany's new dominant playmaker.


2000–01 Belarusian Cup
2000–01 Belarusian Cup was the tenth season of the Belarusian annual football cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. The first games were played on 14 June 2000.


2000–01 Belarusian Cup, First round
The games were played on 14 June 2000. Khimik Svetlogorsk advanced to the next round by a drawing of lots.


2000–01 Belarusian Cup, Round of 32
The games were played in July 2000. Winners of the previous round were drawn against Premier League clubs. Two Premier League clubs (Gomel and Shakhtyor Soligorsk) advanced to the next round by a drawing of lots.


2000–01 Belarusian Cup, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 20 April 2001. The second legs were played on 2 May 2001.


2000–01 Belarusian Cup, Semifinals
The first legs were played on 10 May 2001. The second legs were played on 18 May 2001.


2000–01 Belarusian Extraliga season
The 2000–01 Belarusian Extraliga season was the ninth season of the Belarusian Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Belarus. Seven teams participated in the league, and HK Neman Grodno won the championship.


2000–01 Belfast Giants season
The 2000-01 season, was the Belfast Giants first season of Ice Hockey. They competed in the Sekonda Superleague and played home games at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.


2000–01 Belfast Giants season
The Giants first took to the ice in the league in a game with the Nottingham Panthers, which they lost, 5-1, on 16 September 2000. Kory Karlander scored the Giants' first Superleague goal. The following evening the club secured its first-ever league win when they defeated the Bracknell Bees 6-5 in a penalty shoot-out. Not only did it turn out to be their only shoot-out success of the season but it was also their only win in Bracknell. The club would play the first 15 games of the season on the road before they finally had their opening home game on Saturday 2 December 2000 in front of a sell-out Odyssey Arena. The evening ended in a 2-1 victory for the visiting Ayr Scottish Eagles.


2000–01 Belfast Giants season
President Bill Clinton was the reason for Belfast's home game against Newcastle Jesters on 13 December 2000 being cancelled. It was postponed to accommodate the President who used the new Odyssey Arena, the largest public building in Belfast, to address the local citizenry.


2000–01 Belgian Cup
The 2000–01 Belgian Cup was the 46th season of the main knockout competition in Belgian association football, the Belgian Cup.


2000–01 Belgian Cup, Final rounds
The final phase started in the round of 32 when all clubs from the first division entered the competition (18 clubs plus 14 clubs from the qualifications). All rounds were played in one leg except for the semifinals (in two legs) and the quarter-finals (in one leg with replay). The final game was played at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, in which Westerlo won 1-0 against Lommel.


2000–01 Belgian First Division
The 2000–01 season of the Jupiler League began on August 12, 2000 and ended on May 20, 2001. Anderlecht became champions.


2000–01 Belgian First Division, Promoted teams
These teams were promoted from the second division at the start of the season:


2000–01 Belgian First Division, Relegated teams
These teams were relegated to the second division at the end of the season:


2000–01 Belgian Hockey League season
The 2000–01 Belgian Hockey League season was the 81st season of the Belgian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Belgium. Six teams participated in the league, and Phantoms Deurne won the championship.


2000–01 Biathlon World Cup
The 2000–01 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2000 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, and ended on 18 March 2001 in Holmenkollen, Norway. It was the twenty-fourth season of the Biathlon World Cup.


2000–01 Biathlon World Cup, Calendar
Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2000–01 season.


2000–01 Biathlon World Cup, Retirements
Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2000–01 season:


2000–01 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 2000–01 season was Birmingham City Football Club's 98th season in the English football league system. It ran from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001.


2000–01 Birmingham City F.C. season
Led by manager Trevor Francis, the team repeated the previous season's fifth-place finish in the Football League First Division to qualify for the play-offs for a second consecutive season, but suffered another semi-final defeat, this time to Preston North End, losing 4–2 on penalties after drawing 2–2 over two legs. They were eliminated in the third round of the FA Cup, and reached the Football League Cup final for the first time since 1963, facing Liverpool.


2000–01 Birmingham City F.C. season
Liverpool took the lead in the 30th minute through Robbie Fowler, but Birmingham equalised in the last minute of normal time with a Darren Purse penalty. No further goals were scored in extra time, so the match was settled in a penalty shoot-out; Martin Grainger's and Andrew Johnson's penalties were saved, and Liverpool won 5–4 on penalties.


2000–01 Birmingham City F.C. season
The top scorer for the season was Geoff Horsfield, with twelve goals in all competitions, of which seven were in the League; Marcelo also scored seven league goals.


2000–01 Birmingham City F.C. season, Kit
French apparel manufacturers Le Coq Sportif remained Birmingham's kit suppliers for the third season in a row, and introduced a new kit for the season. Auto Windscreens remained the kit sponsors, also for the third consecutive season.


2000–01 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season
During the 2000–01 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division (known as the Nationwide Division One for sponsorship reasons).


2000–01 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season, Season summary
Rovers returned to the top flight of English football, thanks to a second-place finish in Division One which came two seasons after relegation. Rovers looked intent on returning to the top flight in style fulfilling the wishes of late owner Jack Walker who died shortly after the season began. Striker Matt Jansen, signed during the relegation campaign, was the club's top scorer with 23 Division One goals. Rovers also re-signed Henning Berg just after the start of the season, three years after they sold him to Manchester United. Berg was one of the club's last remaining links with the 1995 title winning side.


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


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


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


2000–01 Blackpool F.C. season
The 2000–01 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 93rd season (90th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the bottom tier of English league football, finishing seventh. They won the end-of-season play-offs and were promoted back to Division Two after a season's absence.


2000–01 Blackpool F.C. season
John Murphy was the club's top scorer for the second consecutive season, with 23 goals (eighteen in the league, one in the FA Cup and four in the League Cup).


2000–01 Boavista F.C. season
The 2000–01 season was the 98th season in the existence of Boavista F.C. and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Boavista won its first, and to date only, league championship.


2000–01 Boavista F.C. season
In addition to the domestic league, Boavista participated in this season's editions of the Taça de Portugal and the UEFA Cup.


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


2000–01 Boavista F.C. season, Statistics, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2000–01 Boavista F.C. season, Statistics, Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.


2000–01 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season
The 2000–01 season was the 122nd season in Bolton Wanderers Football Club's existence, and their third successive season in the Football League First Division. It covers the period from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001.


2000–01 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Season summary
Bolton finished third, qualifying for the play-offs. Two late goals gave the Wanderers a 3–0 win over local rivals Preston North End, thus allowing Bolton return to the Premiership after an absence of three seasons.


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


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


2000–01 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season, Appearances
Bolton used a total of 35 players during the season.


2000–01 Borussia Dortmund season
The 2000–01 season Borussia Dortmund began on 11 August 2000 with a Fußball-Bundesliga match against Hansa Rostock, and ended on 19 May 2001, last matchday of the Bundesliga, with a match against 1. FC Köln. In that season Borussia Dortmund became the first—and so far the only—publicly traded club on the German stock market.


2000–01 Borussia Dortmund season, Results, Bundesliga
Note: Results are given with Borussia Dortmund score listed first.


2000–01 Borussia Dortmund season, Results, DFB-Pokal
Note: Results are given with Borussia Dortmund score listed first.


2000–01 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup
2000–01 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup was the seventh season of the Bosnia and Herzegovina's annual football cup, and a first season of the unified competition. The competition started on 2 December 2000 with the First Round and concluded on 15 June 2001 with the Final.


2000–01 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, First round
Thirty-two teams entered in the First Round. The matches were played on 2 December 2000.


2000–01 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Second round
The 16 winners from the prior round enter this round. The first legs were played on 6 December and the second legs were played on 9 December 2000.


2000–01 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Intermediate round
On January 31, it was announced that 4 clubs from Srpska will join 8 clubs from the NSBIH to play off for a unified cup.


2000–01 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Intermediate round
The first legs were played on 14 March and the second legs were played on 28 March 2001.


2000–01 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Quarterfinals
The eight winners from the prior round enter this round. The first legs were played on 4 April and the second legs were played on 25 April 2001.


2000–01 Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup, Semifinals
The four winners from the prior round enter this round. The first legs will be played on 9 May and the second legs were played on 25 May 2001.


2000–01 Boston Bruins season
The 2000–01 Boston Bruins season was the club's 78th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team finished ninth in the Eastern Conference that year, failing to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive year, which was also the first time the team missed out on the playoffs in consecutive years since the 1960s. It was also the first full season the Bruins were without longtime team captain Ray Bourque since the 1979–80 season, who would win the Stanley Cup as a member of the Colorado Avalanche at season's end and subsequently retire from the NHL.


2000–01 Boston Bruins season
The Bruins tied the Carolina Hurricanes in points for the regular season at 88. However, Carolina had two more wins than the Bruins, leaving the Bruins in the ninth position in the conference, narrowly missing the playoffs. Boston was without starting goaltender Byron Dafoe for much of the season, and the Bruins had to use five goaltenders throughout the season. The good news is that the Bruins saw some of their young core mature further, as Joe Thornton set a then-career high in goals with 37, and Jason Allison once again broke the 30-goal plateau.


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


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


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


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


2000–01 Boston Celtics season
The 2000–01 NBA season was the 55th season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. During the offseason, the Celtics acquired Bryant Stith from the Denver Nuggets, and signed free agents Randy Brown and rookie center Mark Blount. The Celtics played around .500 in November, but then struggled as Kenny Anderson played just 33 games due to an ankle injury and broken jaw, and Tony Battie played just 40 games due to an ankle injury. With a 12–22 start to the season, a frustrated Rick Pitino resigned as head coach after three years with the Celtics.


2000–01 Boston Celtics season
Under replacement Jim O'Brien, they played around .500 for the remainder of the season posting a six-game winning streak between January and February, but later lost six of their final eight games, finishing fifth in the Atlantic Division with a 36–46 record, missing the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. In the 39 years before the current streak, they had missed the playoffs only five times.


2000–01 Boston Celtics season
Paul Pierce averaged 25.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game, while Antoine Walker averaged 23.4 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, and led the league with 221 three-point field goals. Following the season, Stith signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and second-year guard Adrian Griffin signed with the Dallas Mavericks.


2000–01 Botola
The 2000–01 Botola is the 45th season of the Moroccan Premier League. Raja Casablanca are the holders of the title.


2000–01 Bradford City A.F.C. season
During the 2000–01 English football season, Bradford City competed in the Premier League. It was their second consecutive season in England's top flight, having retained their Premiership status on the last day of the previous season.


2000–01 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Season summary
The Bantams produced a promising start to the new season with a narrow 1–0 defeat at Anfield to Liverpool followed by a brilliant 2–0 home win over Chelsea in the first two games. However, that was as good as it got for the club and an overall-terrible start to the season saw inexperienced young manager Chris Hutchings dismissed after 12 games at the helm. In came Jim Jefferies as his successor, but Jefferies could do little to alter Bradford's dismal fortunes and they went down in bottom place with just five Premiership wins all season.


2000–01 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Season summary
Bradford City made their first ever foray into European competition, competing in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. They reached the semi-finals before being knocked out by Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.


2000–01 Bradford City A.F.C. season, Kit
Bradford City retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by Japanese company ASICS and sponsored by Bradford-based car dealership JCT600.


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


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


2000–01 Brentford F.C. season
During the 2000–01 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Second Division. Despite a mid-table season in the league, the club reached the 2001 Football League Trophy Final, which was lost 2–1 to Port Vale.


2000–01 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
After a 1999–2000 season of consolidation back in the Second Division, Brentford chairman-manager Ron Noades spent conservatively in the off-season, acquiring only forward Mark McCammon, midfielder Eddie Hutchinson and defender Jay Lovett for monetary fees. Long-term injuries to full backs Ijah Anderson and Danny Boxall led Noades to sign Paul Gibbs on a free transfer from Plymouth Argyle and a number of loanees to provide cover in defence. There was also change in the goalkeeping department, with Ólafur Gottskálksson and youngster Paul Smith coming in to replace out-of-favour Andy Woodman and the soon-to-retire Jason Pearcey.


2000–01 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Continuing injuries as the season began prevented a solid starting lineup from being established, with Brentford winning only two of the first 12 matches in all competitions and languishing in lower-mid table. After being knocked out of the League Cup by Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, the Bees' league form turned around, with Andy Scott moving from the wing back to his natural forward position and scoring seven goals in the following 9 league matches, though a failure to convert draws into wins led the club to tread water in the league placings. An FA Cup first round home defeat to Conference club Kingstonian in mid-November led Noades to relinquish his position as manager (while remaining as chairman) and hand the reins to his assistant, Ray Lewington, on a caretaker basis. Lewington would later become the permanent manager in March 2001.


2000–01 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
Despite the beginnings of a run in the Football League Trophy under Lewington, chairman Noades angered supporters in January 2001 by selling top-scorer Andy Scott and utility man Rob Quinn to divisional rivals Oxford United for a combined £150,000 fee, in a bid to balance the club's books. Despite the sales, Brentford's league position improved and despite just three wins from a 9-match spell in January and February, the club rose to 10th-place in the table.


2000–01 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
With the Bees seemingly safe from relegation from the Second Division, the attention turned to the Football League Trophy and four wins in a row led to a matchup with Port Vale in the final at the Millennium Stadium on 22 April. Despite taking an early lead through youth prospect Michael Dobson, Brentford were pegged back and defeated 2–1.


2000–01 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The fixture pileup caused by postponements and international call-ups took its toll on the team and just one of the final eight league matches of the season yielded a victory, which included a spell of four matches in eight days to close out the campaign. The Bees finished in 14th-place in the Second Division.


2000–01 Brescia Calcio season
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2000–01 Brescia Calcio season
During the 2000–01 season Brescia Calcio competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia.


2000–01 Brescia Calcio season, Summary
The club disputed its 17th campaign in Serie A after suffered relegation in 1997-98 Serie A season, finishing this time on a decent 8th spot, its best ever in the history of the franchise and clinches the classification to 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup.


2000–01 Brescia Calcio season, Summary
The team reaches the Coppa Italia Quarterfinals stage defeating Alzano Virescit, Brescello and Treviso in the first round, Vicenza in Second round and Juventus in Eightfinals, being eliminated by future Champion of the tournament Fiorentina. The season is best remembered by the transfer of 1993 European Footballer of the Year Roberto Baggio from Inter scoring 10 goals in League, and the loan in of young midfielder Andrea Pirlo which Mazzone deploys as Deep- lying playmaker resulting in his career breakthrough. Forward Dario Hübner scored 24 goals prompting his transfer out to Piacenza Calcio at the end of the season.


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


2000–01 Bristol City F.C. season
The 2000–01 season saw Bristol City compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 9th position with 68 points.


2000–01 British Basketball League season
The 2000-01 BBL season, the 14th since its establishment of the British Basketball League, commenced on 30 September 2000 and ended on 7 April 2001, with a total of 13 teams competing. The regular season saw teams split into two geographically divided Conferences, seven in the North and six in the South, with northern teams playing 36 games and southern teams playing 34 games each. Sheffield Sharks were crowned winners of the North, while London Towers dominated the South, both teams tallying 27 wins in the regular season.


2000–01 British Basketball League season
Played in parallel with the regular season, the BBL’s peripheral competition the uni-ball Trophy was conquered by Chester Jets, after a 92-81 win against Newcastle Eagles. Teams also contested the NTL National Cup with clubs from the lower placed National Basketball League, with Leicester Riders prevailing in a close Final against Greater London Leopards.


2000–01 British Basketball League season
Following the regular season, the top-four teams from each Conference progressed to the Play-offs which ran from 14 April to 5 May, climaxing with the Play-off Final at Wembley Arena. Leicester Riders shocked bookmakers and fans alike, taking the Championship title with an 84-75 victory over Sheffield, adding to their National Cup success.


2000–01 British Basketball League season
London Towers was the league’s sole representative in European competition, appearing in the Euroleague. They failed to make the Round of 16, finishing 5th in the 6-team Group D with a 1-9 record.


2000–01 British Basketball League season, National League Conference (Tier 2), Final standings
+ one point deductedPlay Off Final - Plymouth 83 Worthing 77


2000–01 British Basketball League season, National League Division 3 (Tier 5), Final standings
Play Off Final - Bristol v Barking & Dagenham Erkenwald 89-67


2000–01 British Collegiate American Football League
The 2000–01 British Collegiate American Football League season was the 16th full season of the BCAFL, organised by the British Students American Football Association (BSAFA, now the BAFA).


2000–01 British Collegiate American Football League, Changes from last season
This meant the number of teams in BCAFL stayed at 27.


2000–01 British National League season
The 2000–01 British National League season was the fifth season of the British National League, the second level of ice hockey in Great Britain. 10 teams participated in the league, and the Guildford Flames won the championship.


2000–01 Brown Bears women's ice hockey season
The 2000-01 Brown Bears women's ice hockey team represented Brown University.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season
The 2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season was the 31st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sabres finished with a 46–30–5–1 record in the regular season, and won the Conference Quarterfinals (4–2) over the Philadelphia Flyers, but lost the Conference Semi-finals (4–3) to the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was also the final time they made the playoffs before the 2004–05 NHL Lockout.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season
The Sabres allowed the fewest goals (184), had the most shutouts (13), allowed the fewest power-play goals (40) and had the best penalty-kill percentage (88.02%).


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


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


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


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (4) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) Buffalo Sabres
The Flyers were entering this year's playoffs still trying to forget the Eastern Conference finals the previous year. In 2000, they had a 3–1 series lead against the eventual Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils, but lost the next three. Head coach Craig Ramsay was fired in the middle of the season, with general manager Bobby Clarke explaining his decision was based on the fact his Flyers were not "tough enough". As Ramsay's replacement, Clarke hired ex-Flyer tough guy and former teammate Bill Barber.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (4) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) Buffalo Sabres
The Sabres season was not as complicated, as head coach Lindy Ruff led his Sabres to one of their best regular seasons in recent history. In the playoffs, the two teams had met three times in four years, with the most recent series ending in with a Flyers win. The Sabres would look for revenge in the city of brotherly love.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (4) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) Buffalo Sabres
After Philadelphia was stopped by Dominik Hasek and the Sabres in the first two games, one of which was ended by a Jay McKee overtime goal, the Flyers came out in Game 3 determined to win a game before losing the first three, and they did by one goal, but they lost again to the Sabres in Game 4 in overtime after Curtis Brown beat goaltender Roman Cechmanek.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (4) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) Buffalo Sabres
The Flyers won in Game 5 by a two-goal margin, but were hammered by the Sabres in Game 6: they gave up a total of eight goals, five of which were surrendered by Cechmanek, who was replaced early by Brian Boucher, who himself conceded three goals. Hasek recorded another shutout in Game 6 as the Sabres progressed to the conference semi-finals.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
Entering the series, Buffalo held the best penalty killing (PK) squad which killed 88%, and Pittsburgh entered the series with the fifth best powerplay (PP) squad, which scored on 20% of its opportunities. However, the Buffalo PK and the Pittsburgh PP would underachieve during the series: Pittsburgh only scored 4 times on 27 opportunities (14%), so, consequently, Buffalo's PK percent dropped to 86. Buffalo also scored four power play goals, but on 33 chances (12%).


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
The Sabres and Penguins had evenly matched goaltending: Pittsburgh goaltenders saved 155 shots out of 172 (90.2%), and Buffalo's saved 166 shots out of 183 (90.8%). Both teams scored 17 goals during the series, and they also scored the same number of power play goals, four.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
The Sabres just could not put the puck past Johan Hedberg in Game 1, with the Penguins needing only star center Mario Lemieux's first-period goal to finish off Buffalo and take an early series lead. Dominik Hasek gave up three goals, the other two of which came courtesy of centers Wayne Primeau and Jan Hrdina in the second half of the third period. Penguins winger Jaromir Jagr, who assisted on the Lemieux goal in the first period, injured his leg in the third period and would miss Game 2. Both teams were rather inept on the powerplay, wasting five conversion opportunities each.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
In Game 2, the first period had no scoring, despite five different powerplays for the two teams. Then, about halfway through the second period, Penguins center Robert Lang scored a goal to give the Penguins a 1–0. Three minutes later, Sabres center Stu Barnes tied the game with the game's only powerplay goal. In the third period, Pittsburgh would score two more goals through defenceman Andrew Ference and an empty-netter by Alexei Kovalev.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
For the second consecutive game, there were no goals scored in the first period of Game 3, despite a combined 17 shots on goal. The Penguins scored on the power play in the second period to take the lead, but Sabres center Curtis Brown would tie the game through an even-strength goal as the period would end at 1–1. Johan Hedberg had been solid in the net for the Penguins, but conceded 3 goals from just 11 shots in the third period.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
At about the halfway point in the third period, Sabres defenseman Jason Woolley scored the go-ahead goal, and three minutes later, Miroslav Satan would score another goal to give Buffalo a two-goal lead. Defenseman James Patrick finished off the game with an empty-net goal to send the Sabres to a 4–1 victory in Game 3.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
Building off the road win in Game 3, Buffalo scored the first goal in Game 4 very early in the first period by center Jean-Pierre Dumont, but the Penguins would respond with a powerplay goal by center Martin Straka. Sabres center Curtis Brown scored a short-handed goal late in the first period to give Buffalo the edge heading into the locker rooms. The second period featured only one goal by Janne Laukkanen, set up by Jagr and Lemieux, and the game was tied up going into the third.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
Stu Barnes scored twice in the third period, and the Sabres went on to win the game by three, five goals to two. Both teams were effective on the powerplay, each scoring one goal on two chances. Coming off two straight home losses, Buffalo works hard on the road to swipe the two home games back, swinging the series back to Buffalo's advantage.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
Penguins wingman Jaromir Jagr initiated the scoring in game five with a powerplay goal, the only goal in the first period. Pittsburgh would tack on another goal early on in the second period by winger Aleksey Morozov, but Sabres center Chris Gratton would respond with a powerplay goal, and the Penguins still had the lead until they gave up another short-handed goal to Curtis Brown. Curtis Brown's goal forced overtime, and Stu Barnes would score the game-winning goal to give Buffalo the series lead. The Sabres were down by two goals early but fought back and won the game by scoring three unanswered goals. Game five was the first overtime game in the string of three that would end the series.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
Buffalo's right winger Maxim Afinogenov scored in the first half of the first period of game six to give the Sabres and early lead, a lead the team would need because Pittsburgh's Alexei Kovalev tied the game up early in the second period. Donald Audette would break up the tied game with an even-strength goal late in the second period. Pittsburgh would persevere and score the tying goal with less than a minute to go in the third period courtesy of Mario Lemieux, so this match headed to overtime. Martin Straka was the hero of the Penguins on that night, as he scored the game-winning goal about halfway through the overtime period. Both teams didn't score on any of the combined seven chances they saw, and the fabled game seven was due.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
In game seven, the first period was an uneventful one, featuring no goals and few penalties, but the second period was a different story. Buffalo struck first as Jean-Pierre Dumont scored very early in the period, but that one-goal lead wouldn't last because Andrew Ference scored a powerplay goal to even things up at one goal apiece. Just about 30 seconds into the third period, Buffalo struck again as winger Steve Heinze scored a powerplay goal. Robert Lang would then score to tie the game up at two goals apiece.


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Playoffs, (5) Buffalo Sabres vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins
With a minute remaining in the third period and the Sabres applying pressure in the Penguins zone, Penguins defenceman Darius Kasparaitis grabbed the puck and threw it over the boards into the crowd. No penalty was called on the play and the game went to overtime. Later, Kasparaitis would win the game and the series for the Penguins as he scored off of passes from Jagr and Lang. Pittsburgh went on to face the New Jersey Devils in the conference finals.


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


2000–01 Buffalo Sabres season, Farm teams
They were swept out of the playoffs in the first round.


2000–01 Bulgarian Cup
The 2000–01 Bulgarian Cup was the 61st season of the Bulgarian Cup. Litex Lovech won the competition, beating Velbazhd Kyustendil 1–0 in the final at the Stadion Lokomotiv in Sofia.


2000–01 Bulgarian Cup, First round
In this round entered winners from the preliminary round together with the teams from B Group.


2000–01 Bulgarian Cup, Second round
In this round entered winners from the First Round together with the teams from A Group.


2000–01 Bulgarian Hockey League season
The 2000–01 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the 49th season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria. Six teams participated in the league, and HK Slavia Sofia won the championship.


2000–01 Bundesliga
The 2000–01 Bundesliga was the 38th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 2000 and ended on 19 May 2001. FC Bayern Munich successfully defended their title after a last-minute Patrik Andersson goal denied Schalke 04 their first title.


2000–01 Bundesliga, Competition modus
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received three points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga.


2000–01 Bundesliga, Team changes to 1999–2000
SSV Ulm, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by 1. FC Köln, VfL Bochum and FC Energie Cottbus.


2000–01 Bundesliga, Season overview, Title race
The 2000–01 season was notable for its title race, which literally lasted until the last seconds of the campaign. Before the last round of matches, Bayern Munich lead Schalke 04 by three points, but with an inferior goal difference. Schalke managed to defeat Unterhaching, 5–3. Shortly before this match ended, Bayern gave up a 90th-minute goal against Hamburg. As the news spread quickly at the Parkstadion, most Schalke supporters believed their team had won their first championship since 1958. The pitch had thus already been stormed in celebration although the match in Hamburg was not concluded yet, which could also be seen on stadium television.


2000–01 Bundesliga, Season overview, Title race
In Hamburg, Bayern tried one last attack in injury time when suddenly Hamburg goalkeeper Mathias Schober, who ironically was loaned out from Schalke, stopped a back pass by his teammate Tomáš Ujfaluši with his hands. Referee Markus Merk thus awarded an indirect free kick for Bayern about eight meters from the Hamburg goal. Discussions and protests led to a further delay before Patrik Andersson eventually scored the decisive equaliser, the only goal of his Bayern career, on a Stefan Effenberg tip pass. The match was never resumed afterwards.


2000–01 Bundesliga, Season overview, Title race
In Schalke, the atmosphere immediately turned from joy and celebration to shock, disbelief and mourning. Because of the events, the Schalke 04 team of that season was dubbed "Champion of Hearts" by the German media.


2000–01 Bundesliga, Season overview, Other events
Title combatants Bayern and Schalke both qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League while Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen achieved qualification round spots for the same competition. Hertha BSC and SC Freiburg ended their season with successful qualification for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup. European qualification was rounded out by Werder Bremen, VfL Wolfsburg and 1860 Munich, who entered the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup.


2000–01 Bundesliga, Season overview, Other events
The 2000–01 DFB-Pokal was won by Schalke 04. As a consequence to Schalke's Champions League qualification, the UEFA Cup spot reserved for the domestic cup winner was awarded to finalists 1. FC Union Berlin, who played in the third-tier Regionalliga Nordost.


2000–01 Bundesliga, Season overview, Other events
On the bottom end of the table, SpVgg Unterhaching, Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Bochum had to face relegation to the 2. Bundesliga. Promoted for the new season were 2000–01 2. Bundesliga champions 1. FC Nürnberg, runners-up Borussia Mönchengladbach and third-placed FC St. Pauli.


2000–01 Bundesliga, Season overview, Other events
In European competitions, Bayern Munich won the 2000–01 Champions League after beating Spanish sides Valencia CF on penalties. Aside from that, it was a rather meagre year for German teams. Hamburg and Leverkusen both exited Champions League at the first group stage, 1860 Munich even did not make the group stage at all by losing in the third qualifying round against Leeds United. All three teams were eventually moved over to the 2000–01 UEFA Cup, but neither of them advanced past the third round. From the "regular" UEFA Cup participants, Werder Bremen and Hertha BSC also exited in the third round, with Stuttgart following one round later. Only Kaiserslautern made it to the UEFA Cup semi-finals, but had no chance against another Spanish team, Deportivo Alavés.


2000–01 Bundesliga, Champion squad
Defenders: Thomas Linke (27); Willy Sagnol  (27); Samuel Kuffour  (23 / 1); Patrik Andersson  (22 / 1); Bixente Lizarazu  (15). Midfielders: Hasan Salihamidžić  (31 / 4); Mehmet Scholl (29 / 9); Thorsten Fink (24 / 1); Michael Tarnat (23 / 1); Jens Jeremies (21 / 1); Stefan Effenberg (captain; 20 / 4); Ciriaco Sforza  (20); Owen Hargreaves  (14); Michael Wiesinger (6); Thomas Strunz (5). Forwards: Giovane Élber  (27 / 15); Paulo Sérgio  (26 / 5); Carsten Jancker (25 / 12); Alexander Zickler (24 / 3); Roque Santa Cruz  (19 / 5); Antonio Di Salvo  (6); Berkant Göktan  (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


2000–01 Bundesliga, Champion squad
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Sebastian Backer; Andrew Sinkala ; Sławomir Wojciechowski .


2000–01 Burnley F.C. season
The 2000–01 season was Burnley's 1st season in the second tier of English football since 1994/95. They were managed by Stan Ternent in his third full season since he replaced Chris Waddle at the beginning 1998–99 campaign.


2000–01 Busta Cup
The 2000–01 Busta Cup was the 35th edition of what is now the Regional Four Day Competition, the domestic first-class cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). It was played from 4 January to 19 February 2001.


2000–01 Busta Cup
Eight teams contested the competition, which was played as a round-robin. The six regular teams of West Indian domestic cricket (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands) were joined by a development team (West Indies B) and an invited overseas team (England A). Barbados and Guyana finished equal on points, but Barbados topped the table by winning more matches, claiming a 17th domestic first-class title. The Busta Cup was followed by a brief knockout competition called the Busta International Shield. It was played from 23 February to 5 March, featuring the top four teams from the Busta Cup, and was won by Jamaica.


2000–01 Busta Cup
Both the Busta Cup and the Busta International Shield were sponsored by S. M. Jaleel and Company, the manufacturers of the Busta soft drink brand. The tournament featured the largest amount of prize money ever offered for a West Indian regional competition. The overall winners of the Busta Cup and Busta International Shield won US$7,000 and $10,000, respectively, while teams playing England A could win $7,500 for a first innings lead and $15,000 for an outright win. Additionally, $50,000 was on offer to any player who either scored 1,000 runs or took 65 wickets, although that prize was unclaimed.


2000–01 Busta Cup, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run-scorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.


2000–01 Busta Cup, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2000–01 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 2000–01 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Thad Matta, serving in his 1st and only season as head coach at the school. The Bulldogs played their home games at Hinkle Fieldhouse as members of the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. Butler finished first in the MCC season standings and won the MCC Tournament to receive the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament – the school’s fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in five years.


2000–01 Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team
As No. 10 seed in the Midwest region, the Bulldogs took down No. 7 seed Wake Forest, 79–63, in the opening round, before falling to No. 2 seed Arizona in the second round. For the second straight season, Butler lost to the eventual National runner-up. Butler finished the season with a record of 24–8 (11–3 MCC).


2000–01 CERH European League
The 2000–01 CERH European League was the 36th edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held on 28 and 29 April 2001 in Seville, Spain.


2000–01 CERH European League, Group stage
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.


2000–01 CERH European League, Group stage
The two first qualified teams advanced to the Final Four.


2000–01 CERH European League, Final four
The Final Four was played in the Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain.


2000–01 CHL season
The 2000–01 CHL season was the ninth season of the Central Hockey League (CHL).


2000–01 CHL season, Regular season, Division standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SOL = Shootout loss;  Pts = Points; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against


2000–01 CHL season, Regular season, Division standings
y - clinched league title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention


2000–01 CR Belouizdad season
The 2000–01 season is CR Belouizdad's 36th season in the Algerian top flight, They will be competing in National 1, the Algerian Cup and the Champions League.


2000–01 CR Belouizdad season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 2000.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 CR Belouizdad season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2000–01 Calgary Flames season
The 2000–01 Calgary Flames season was the 21st National Hockey League season in Calgary. It was a season for change, as the Flames let longtime general manager Al Coates go shortly before the draft and replaced him with highly touted Craig Button, previously with the Dallas Stars. The team also let head coach Brian Sutter go and replaced him with rookie coach Don Hay. Hay would only last 68 games before being fired and replaced by Greg Gilbert.


2000–01 Calgary Flames season
The off-season also featured a "Save the Flames" ticket drive campaign, as owners warned that the team could be sold in the face of declining attendance and the pressures of doing business in American dollars while earning revenues in Canadian dollars. The threats brought fears of the Flames moving south, as the Quebec Nordiques and Winnipeg Jets had done in previous seasons. The goal was to increase the Flames' season-ticket base from its 1999–00 low of 8,700 to 14,000. The drive was ultimately successful, with the team reaching its ticket goal and acquiring a new title sponsor for their home arena, the Saddledome, as Pengrowth Management took over the naming rights from the defunct Canadian Airlines.


2000–01 Calgary Flames season
On the ice, the Flames continued to struggle, failing to win more than three consecutive games at any point. While their top three forwards, Jarome Iginla, Valeri Bure, and Marc Savard, scored 91 goals between them, only two other players even reached double-digit goals on the season. Calgary finished with a 27–36–15–4 record, fourth in the division and ahead of only the expansion Minnesota Wild. The Flames missed the playoffs for the fifth straight season.


2000–01 Calgary Flames season
The 2000–01 season was also notable in retrospect, as the Flames lost two players who would later go on to stardom for virtually nothing. Ineffective forward Martin St. Louis was released as a free agent, while goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere was dealt to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for a 2nd round draft pick when the Flames found themselves with too many goaltenders heading into the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft.


2000–01 Calgary Flames season
In the expansion draft, which was held in Calgary, the Flames lost defenceman Filip Kuba to the Minnesota Wild, 15th overall, and Sergei Krivokrasov, also to the Wild, 32nd overall. The Columbus Blue Jackets did not select a player off of Calgary's roster.


2000–01 Calgary Flames season, Regular season
The Flames had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 teams, with 435.


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


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


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


2000–01 Calgary Flames season, Playoffs
The Flames finished 11th in the Western Conference with 73 points, 17 behind the 8th place Vancouver Canucks. The Flames missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.


2000–01 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2000–01 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Skaters
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.


2000–01 Calgary Flames season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average


2000–01 Calgary Flames season, Transactions
The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 2000–01 season.


2000–01 Calgary Flames season, Draft picks
Calgary's picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, held in Calgary. The Flames played to the home crowd, selecting Brent Krahn of the Calgary Hitmen with their first pick, 9th overall.


2000–01 Calgary Flames season, Farm teams, Saint John Flames
The 2000–01 AHL season was the eighth season for the Saint John Flames, all affiliated with the Flames. It was a record-setting year, as the Baby Flames ran away with the Canadian Division, finishing third overall in the league with a 44–24–7–5 record, good for 100 points. Saint John swept through the Portland Pirates, Quebec Citadelles and Providence Bruins by a combined 12–2 record. The Flames captured their only Calder Cup by defeating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4 games to 2. Steve Begin won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP.


2000–01 California electricity crisis
The 2000–01 California electricity crisis, also known as the Western U.S. energy crisis of 2000 and 2001, was a situation in which the U.S. state of California had a shortage of electricity supply caused by market manipulations and capped retail electricity prices. The state suffered from multiple large-scale blackouts, one of the state's largest energy companies collapsed, and the economic fall-out greatly harmed Governor Gray Davis's standing.


2000–01 California electricity crisis
Drought, delays in approval of new power plants, and market manipulation decreased supply. This caused an 800% increase in wholesale prices from April 2000 to December 2000. In addition, rolling blackouts adversely affected many businesses dependent upon a reliable supply of electricity, and inconvenienced many retail consumers.


2000–01 California electricity crisis
California had an installed generating capacity of 45 GW. At the time of the blackouts, demand was 28 GW. A demand-supply gap was created by energy companies, mainly Enron, to create an artificial shortage. Energy traders took power plants offline for maintenance in days of peak demand to increase the price. Traders were thus able to sell power at premium prices, sometimes up to a factor of 20 times its normal value. Because the state government had a cap on retail electricity charges, this market manipulation squeezed the industry's revenue margins, causing the bankruptcy of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and near bankruptcy of Southern California Edison in early 2001.


2000–01 California electricity crisis
According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the financial crisis was possible because of legislation instituted in 1996 by the California Legislature (AB 1890) and Governor Pete Wilson that deregulated some aspects of the energy industry. Enron took advantage of this partial deregulation and was involved in economic withholding and inflated price bidding in California's spot markets.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Market manipulation
As the FERC report concluded, market manipulation was only possible as a result of the complex market design produced by the process of partial deregulation. Manipulation strategies were known to energy traders under names such as "Fat Boy", "Death Star", "Forney Perpetual Loop", "Ricochet", "Ping Pong", "Black Widow", "Big Foot", "Red Congo", "Cong Catcher" and "Get Shorty". Some of these have been extensively investigated and described in reports.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Market manipulation
Megawatt laundering is the term, analogous to money laundering, coined to describe the process of obscuring the true origins of specific quantities of electricity being sold on the energy market. The California energy market allowed for energy companies to charge higher prices for electricity produced out-of-state. It was therefore advantageous to make it appear that electricity was being generated somewhere other than California.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Market manipulation
Overscheduling is a term used in describing the manipulation of capacity available for the transportation of electricity along power lines. Power lines have a defined maximum load. Lines must be booked (or scheduled) in advance for transporting bought-and-sold quantities of electricity. "Overscheduling" means a deliberate reservation of more line usage than is actually required and can create the appearance that the power lines are congested. Overscheduling was one of the building blocks of a number of scams.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Market manipulation
For example, the Death Star group of scams played on the market rules which required the state to pay "congestion fees" to alleviate congestion on major power lines. "Congestion fees" were a variety of financial incentives aimed at ensuring power providers solved the congestion problem. But in the Death Star scenario, the congestion was entirely illusory and the congestion fees would therefore simply increase profits.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Market manipulation
In a letter sent from David Fabian to Senator Boxer in 2002, it was alleged that:


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Effects of partial deregulation
On a federal level, the Energy Policy Act of 1992, for which Enron had lobbied, opened electrical transmission grids to competition, unbundling generation and transmission of electricity.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Effects of partial deregulation
On the state level, part of California's deregulation process, which was promoted as a means of increasing competition, was also influenced by lobbying from Enron, and began in 1996 when California became the first state to deregulate its electricity market. Eventually a total of 40% of installed capacity – 20 gigawatts – was sold to what were called "independent power producers." These included Mirant, Reliant, Williams, Dynegy, and AES. The utilities were then required to buy their electricity from the newly created day-ahead only market, the California Power Exchange (PX). Utilities were precluded from entering into longer-term agreements that would have allowed them to hedge their energy purchases and mitigate day-to-day swings in prices due to transient supply disruptions and demand spikes from hot weather.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Effects of partial deregulation
Then, in 2000, wholesale prices were deregulated, but retail prices were regulated for the incumbents as part of a deal with the regulator, allowing the incumbent utilities to recover the cost of assets that would be stranded as a result of greater competition, based on the expectation that "frozen" rates would remain higher than wholesale prices. This assumption remained true from April 1998 through May 2000.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Effects of partial deregulation
Energy deregulation put the three companies that distribute electricity into a tough situation. Energy deregulation policy froze or capped the existing price of energy that the three energy distributors could charge. Deregulating the producers of energy did not lower the cost of energy. Deregulation did not encourage new producers to create more power and drive down prices. Instead, with increasing demand for electricity, the producers of energy charged more for electricity. The producers used moments of spike energy production to inflate the price of energy. In January 2001, energy producers began shutting down plants to increase prices.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Effects of partial deregulation
When electricity wholesale prices exceeded retail prices, end user demand was unaffected, but the incumbent utility companies still had to purchase power, albeit at a loss. This allowed independent producers to manipulate prices in the electricity market by withholding electricity generation, arbitraging the price between internal generation and imported (interstate) power, and causing artificial transmission constraints. This was a procedure referred to as "gaming the market." In economic terms, the incumbents who were still subject to retail price caps were faced with inelastic demand (see also: Demand response).


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Effects of partial deregulation
They were unable to pass the higher prices on to consumers without approval from the public utilities commission. The affected incumbents were Southern California Edison (SCE) and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Pro -privatization advocates insist the cause of the problem was that the regulator still held too much control over the market, and true market processes were stymied, whereas opponents of deregulation assert that the fully regulated system had worked for 40 years without blackouts.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Government price caps
By keeping the consumer price of electricity artificially low, the California government discouraged citizens from practicing conservation. In February 2001, California governor Gray Davis stated, "Believe me, if I wanted to raise rates I could have solved this problem in 20 minutes."


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Government price caps
Energy price regulation incentivized suppliers to ration their electricity supply rather than expand production. The resulting scarcity created opportunities for market manipulation by energy speculators.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Government price caps
State lawmakers expected the price of electricity to decrease due to the resulting competition; hence they capped the price of electricity at the pre-deregulation level. Since they also saw it as imperative that the supply of electricity remain uninterrupted, utility companies were required by law to buy electricity from spot markets at uncapped prices when faced with imminent power shortages.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Government price caps
When the electricity demand in California rose, utilities had no financial incentive to expand production, as long term prices were capped. Instead, wholesalers such as Enron manipulated the market to force utility companies into daily spot markets for short term gain. For example, in a market technique known as megawatt laundering, wholesalers bought up electricity in California at below cap price to sell out of state, creating shortages. In some instances, wholesalers scheduled power transmission to create congestion and drive up prices.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Government price caps
After extensive investigation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) substantially agreed in 2003:


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Government price caps
The major flaw of the deregulation scheme was that it was an incomplete deregulation – that is, "middleman" utility distributors continued to be regulated and forced to charge fixed prices, and continued to have limited choice in terms of electricity providers. Other, less catastrophic energy deregulation schemes, such as Pennsylvania's, have generally deregulated utilities but kept the providers regulated, or deregulated both.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, New regulations
In the mid-1990s, under Republican Governor Pete Wilson, California began changing the electricity industry. Democratic State Senator Steve Peace was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy at the time and is often credited as "the father of deregulation". The author of the bill was Senator Jim Brulte, a Republican from Rancho Cucamonga. Wilson admitted publicly that defects in the deregulation system would need fixing by "the next governor".


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, New regulations
The new rules called for the Investor Owned Utilities, or IOUs, (primarily Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas and Electric) to sell off a significant part of their electricity generation to wholly private, unregulated companies such as AES, Reliant, and Enron. The buyers of those power plants then became the wholesalers from which the IOUs needed to buy the electricity that they used to own themselves.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, New regulations
While the selling of power plants to private companies was labeled "deregulation", in fact Steve Peace and the California legislature expected that there would be regulation by FERC which would prevent manipulation. FERC's job, in theory, is to regulate and enforce federal law, preventing market manipulation and price manipulation of energy markets. When called upon to regulate the out-of-state privateers which were clearly manipulating the California energy market, FERC hardly reacted at all and did not take serious action against Enron, Reliant, or any other privateers. FERC's resources are in fact quite sparse in comparison to their entrusted task of policing the energy market. Lobbying by private companies may also have slowed down regulation and enforcement.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Supply and demand
California's population increased by 13% during the 1990s. The State did not build any new major power plants during that time, and California's generation capability decreased 2 percent from 1990 through 1999, while retail sales increased by 11 percent.


2000–01 California electricity crisis, Causes, Supply and demand
California's utilities came to depend in part on the import of excess hydroelectricity from the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washington. During that time, California relied upon out-of-state generators to supply 7 to 11 gigawatts of power. California's clean air standards favored in-state electricity generation which burned natural gas because of its lower emissions, as opposed to coal whose emissions are more toxic and contain more pollutants.