2001 Canada Masters – Doubles
The 2001 Canada Masters – Doubles was the men's doubles event of the one hundred and twelfth edition of the Canada Masters; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious men's tennis tournament held in Canada. Sébastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Lareau with Justin Gimelstob and Nestor with Sandon Stolle. Gimelstob and Lareau lost in the first round to Mark Knowles and Brian MacPhie, as did Nestor and Stolle to Jan-Michael Gambill and Simon Larose. Jiří Novák and David Rikl won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 against Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer.


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


2001 Canada Masters – Singles
The 2001 Canada Masters – Singles was the men's singles event of the one hundred and twelfth edition of the Canada Masters; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Canada. Marat Safin was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Nicolas Escudé. Andrei Pavel won in the final 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–3 against Patrick Rafter.


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


2001 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
The 2001 Canadian Figure Skating Championships were held on January 16–21, 2001 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They were the figure skating national championship which determines the national champions of Canada. The event was organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. Skaters competed at the senior and junior levels in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Due to the large number of competitors, the senior men's and senior ladies' qualifying rounds were split into two groups. The results of this competition were used to pick the Canadian teams to the 2001 World Championships, the 2001 Four Continents Championships, and the 2001 World Junior Championships.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix
The 2001 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Grand Prix Air Canada 2001) was a Formula One motor race held on 10 June 2001 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec in front of a crowd of 111,000 people. It was the eighth round of the 2001 Formula One season and the 33rd Canadian Grand Prix as part of the Formula One World Championship. The 69-lap race was won by Williams driver Ralf Schumacher after starting from the second position. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari and McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen came third.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher won the thirty-eighth pole position of his career by posting the fastest lap in qualifying and he maintained his lead going into the first corner. He opened up his lead to 1.1 seconds until Ralf Schumacher's tyres reached their optimum operating temperatures and he lowered his advantage to four-tenths of a second until a safety car was required on lap twenty for separate accidents for Rubens Barrichello and Juan Pablo Montoya.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix
It was on track for the next three laps although Michael Schumacher extended his lead once again at the restart, Ralf Schumacher again reduced it as he sought his way past on the track but he did so after the pit stop cycle on lap fifty-one. Ralf Schumacher held the lead for the last eighteen laps to claim his second victory of the season and it marked the first time siblings had finished first and second in Formula One.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix
The result of the race meant Michael Schumacher increased his lead at the top of the Drivers' Championship to eighteen points ahead of David Coulthard who retired due to an engine failure in the final fifteen laps of the race. Barrichello maintained third position despite his crash, Ralf Schumacher stayed in fourth and Häkkinen rounded out the top five. Ferrari increased their advantage over McLaren in the Constructors' Championship to 38 points and Williams retained third with nine rounds left in the season.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Background
The 2001 Canadian Grand Prix was the eighth of seventeen scheduled races of the 2001 Formula One World Championship and the thirty-third edition of the event as part of the Formula One World Championship. It was held on 10 June at the 4.421 km (2.747 mi) thirteen-turn Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec. Going into the eighth round of the season, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 52 points, ahead of his nearest championship rival David Coulthard of McLaren (40) and Rubens Barrichello in the second Ferrari (24).


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Background
Williams' Ralf Schumacher was in fourth on twelve points and Nick Heidfeld of Sauber was fifth with eight points. Ferrari led the Constructors' Championship with 76 points; McLaren and Williams were second and third with 44 and 18 points respectively. Jordan with 13 points and Sauber with twelve contended for fourth place in the standings.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Background
Michael Schumacher had won the Canadian Grand Prix four times in his career up until the 2001 race and spoke of his confidence that he could win at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the fifth time despite his dislike of the track due to his preference of high-speed corners, "The records I have in Montreal are good but that means nothing now as it is a new challenge. We need to be prepared to do a good job. It will be a tight competition between us and probably McLaren and Williams, and anyone else who has improved a lot."


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Background
His brother Ralf Schumacher stated that he hoped to extend his points tally after a poor performance at the preceding Monaco Grand Prix, "I think the Circuit Giles Villeneuve could be pretty favourable to our car as we have a powerful engine, which is essential there. It's not particularly demanding on the drivers, as it is basically a "stop-and-go" track. I like Montreal and I am looking forward to being there, hoping this time I will be able to finish my race and be in the points."


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Practice
Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday, and two on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour. The third and final practice sessions were held on Saturday morning and lasted 45 minutes. Conditions were dry and sunny for the Friday practice sessions. Coulthard was fastest in the first practice session with a time of one minute and 18.763 seconds, almost four-tenths of a second faster than Barrichello in second. His teammate Michael Schumacher was third and was fastest before Coulthard's and Barrichello's late session laps.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Practice
Mika Häkkinen, Olivier Panis, Heidfeld, Jarno Trulli, Kimi Räikkönen, Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya rounded out the session's top ten drivers. Jacques Villeneuve lost the rear of his BAR leaving turn five and struck the barriers lining the circuit at the next corner, heavily damaging his car which rested upon a tyre wall. Villeneuve was unhurt but he was forced to miss the remainder of the session. This came after Villeneuve drove behind Montoya and overtook him before stopping in front of him heading into the L'Epingle hairpin.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Practice
Montoya spoke of his feeling that Villeneuve had "brake-tested" him but Villeneuve blamed Montoya. In the second practice session, Häkkinen set the fastest lap of the day with the only time under the one minute and 18 seconds range at one minute and 17.692 seconds, followed by his teammate Coulthard, Eddie Irvine, Barrichello, Montoya, Ralf Schumacher, Heidfeld, Trulli, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Panis.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Practice
At the drivers' briefing later on Friday, Montoya reportedly threatened to place Villeneuve in the wall and Villeneuve responded by saying he would put Montoya in a tree. Montoya then told Villeneuve that he "killed" marshal Graham Beveridge in a crash at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix three months earlier. His remark prompted Villeneuve to grab Montoya by the collar on his racing overalls in an attempt to choke him, causing Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) race director Charlie Whiting to intervene to stop the altercation.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Practice
Both drivers were later summoned into a meeting where Whiting warned them that they would face a ban of two races in the event of future altercations. After a heavy accident with the tyre barrier at turn three in the second practice session that measured at 19 g, Frentzen complained of double vision and headaches and he withdrew from the race to travel to a clinic in Nice for tests to his vision and balance. His car was taken over by Jordan test and reserve driver Ricardo Zonta for the remainder of the weekend after the stewards granted Jordan's request under the Formula One Sporting Code.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Practice
Weather conditions remained dry and clear for the Saturday practice sessions. Häkkinen paced the third practice session with a time of one minute and 16.628 seconds. His teammate Coulthard was 0.047 seconds slower in second and Michael Schumacher was third. Barrichello in the second Ferrari car was fourth, Ralf Schumacher placed fifth and Irvine sixth. Heidfeld, Pedro de la Rosa, Räikkönen and Panis filled positions seven through ten. In the final practice session, Michael Schumacher was fastest with a one-minute and 16.200 seconds lap. Coulthard in the faster of the two McLarens came second and his teammate Häkkinen was third.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Practice
Fourth place went to Barrichello while the Sauber duo of Heidfeld and Räikkönen placed fifth and sixth. Panis was seventh-fastest, Ralf Schumacher eighth, Trulli and de la Rosa completed the top ten ahead of qualifying. Zonta's brakes snatched away and he ran into the gravel trap beside the circuit sixteen minutes into practice and Jean Alesi spun and stalled his car twenty minutes later.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Saturday's afternoon one hour qualifying session saw each driver was limited to twelve laps, with the grid order decided by their fastest laps. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver to set a time within 107 per cent of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. Conditions were warm and clear for qualifying. Michael Schumacher took his sixth pole position in Montréal and the thirty-eighth of his career with a one-minute and 15.782 seconds lap that he set with twelve minutes remaining.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Qualifying
He was joined on the grid's front row by Ralf Schumacher who set a time 0.515 seconds slower than his brother after heavily altering his car's set-up. Coulthard ran wide at the final chicane during his first timed lap but improved in the final sector on his last try for third. Fourth-placed Trulli was ordered to parc fermé at the entry of the pit lane and he felt it prevented him from bettering his time due to the long amount of time he was kept there by marshals.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Barrichello qualified fifth but he was the cause of the first red flag when he launched over the kerbing at the final chicane and hit the Wall of Champions sideways with the right-hand side of his vehicle. He was unhurt and he drove the spare Ferrari F2001 optimised for his teammate Michael Schumacher. Panis took sixth and Räikkönen understeered on the run into the L'Epingle hairpin and narrowly avoided the Wall of Champions after going airborne over the kerbs at the final turn. Häkkinen switched to the spare McLaren MP4-16 optimised for his teammate Coulthard after damaging his main car's right-hand side radiator and undertray by launching over the high kerb at the final corner but a misfiring engine restricted him to eighth. Villeneuve and Montoya rounded out the top ten qualifiers.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Qualifying
Heidfeld was the fastest competitor not to qualify in the top ten because his best lap time was 1.383 seconds slower than Michael Schumacher's pole lap and Heidfeld triggered the second stoppage with two minutes to go when he crashed heavily at the final chicane and his car's monocoque was rebuilt for the race. Zonta achieved his team principal Eddie Jordan's prediction qualifying twelfth and made a driving error on the approach to the first corner. Jos Verstappen begun from thirteenth.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Qualifying
The Jaguar pair of de la Rosa and Irvine placed fourteenth and fifteenth and the former slowed and he was almost hit by Irvine leaving the final chicane. Alesi had brake instability and a lack of traction en route to sixteenth and his Prost teammate Luciano Burti could not optimise his car's handling for nineteenth.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Qualifying
On his maiden appearance at the circuit, Enrique Bernoldi qualified seventeenth and Giancarlo Fisichella took eighteenth in the faster of the two Benettons as he picked up a large amount of understeer due to changes in the track surface and changed his car's downforce for better straightline speed. Jenson Button had an excessive amount of understeer and he took twentieth. The Minardis of Fernando Alonso and Tarso Marques occupied the final row of the grid in twenty-first and twenty-second. After qualifying, Alonso had all of his qualifying times disallowed because the front wing on his car was found by scrutineers to be less than 100 mm (3.9 in) above the regulation reference plate.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Warm-up
The drivers took to the track on Sunday morning for a half an hour warm-up session to fine tune their cars in warm and clear conditions. Panis ran faster than he had done during the weekend with the session's fastest lap of one minute and 18.512 seconds. Coulthard was the faster of the two McLarens in second and his teammate Häkkinen set the fifth fastest-time after the team rebuilt his car overnight. They were separated by Zonta and Irvine in third and fourth places. Schumacher was the sixth-fastest driver in the time sheets and concentrated on assessing two versions of front wings for his vehicle and car set-up for the race.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
The race began at 13:00 Eastern Standard Time (UTC+05:00). Weather conditions at the start were clear and dry. The air temperature ranged from 25 to 26 °C (77 to 79 °F) and the track temperature was between 27 to 32 °C (81 to 90 °F); forecasts predicted no rainfall during the Grand Prix. A record crowd of 111,000 spectators attended the event. Engine stress and fuel consumption were the two main factors for the Grand Prix as the optimum strategy was one of a solitary pit stop.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
However, a driver in a lightly fuelled car could have an advantage over his rivals and this often resulted in less stress being put on the brakes. Michael Schumacher made a good start to hold the first position from Ralf Schumacher on the inside line going into the first corner. Coulthard in third place was heavily fuelled for a one-stop strategy and he led a close pack of cars. Verstappen was lightly fuelled and he gained seven places to move into seventh, while Zonta moved from twelfth to ninth. Barrichello overtook Trulli for fourth later in the lap.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Further back in the field, Fisichella ran into the rear of Bernoldi's slower car at the L'Epingle hairpin and damaged the front wing on his car. Then, on the back straight, Button steered to the left to avoid striking Bernoldi but doing this meant his teammate Fisichella drove into the rear of his car.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
At the end of the first lap, Michael Schumacher led Ralf Schumacher by three-tenths of a second. Following another six-tenths of a second in arrears was Coulthard and the rest of the order was Barrichello, Trulli, Panis, Verstappen, Räikkönen, Zonta, Häkkinen, Montoya, Heidfeld, Irvine, de la Rosa, Villeneuve, Bernoldi, Marques, Button, Alesi, Alonso and Burti. Fisichella's right-front suspension was broken and he drove into the pit lane to retire. On lap two, Irvine made contact with one of Heidfeld's rear tyres going into turn three and both drivers spun into the grass.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Both drivers retired from the race because of the amount of damage to their cars. Marques was passed by Button for fifteenth on the same lap. Barrichello slipstreamed Coulthard and he overtook him around the inside for third at the end of the third lap. That same lap, Ralf Schumacher set the fastest lap of the race at that point at one minute and 20.797 seconds, until Barrichello bettered it by eight-tenths of a second on lap four to draw closer to him. In the meantime, Marques fell behind Alesi and Alonso. By the start of lap five, Michael Schumacher established a lead of a 1.1 seconds over Ralf Schumacher who was still being put under pressure by Barrichello.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Barrichello switched off his traction control system two laps earlier because it caused his engine to misfire. On the sixth lap, the lack of traction control caused Barrichello to lose control of his car and spin leaving the L'Epingle chicane. He fell to fourteenth and his spin Coulthard returned to third place. Burti got ahead of Marques for nineteenth on that lap. Button was issued a ten-second stop-and-go penalty on lap seven because he was adjudged to have jumped the start. He took the penalty on the next lap.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Alonso pulled off to the side of the circuit in the third sector with a broken driveshaft CV joint on lap eight. Bernoldi made the first pit stop of the Grand Prix on the ninth lap per the instruction of his team to remove a paper bag from his radiator to stop his engine from overheating. On the eleventh and twelve laps, Barrichello got past Villeneuve and de la Rosa to move into eleventh.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
At the front of the field, Ralf Schumacher lowered Michael Schumacher's advantage to less than a second when his tyres reached their optimum operating temperatures and he further reduced his brother's lead to four-tenths of a second on lap fifteen. He continued to push hard to remain close by Michael Schumacher, hoping the latter would make a driver error. Button retired in the pit lane with an oil leak on lap 18.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
The safety car was deployed on lap twenty when Montoya lost control of the rear of his car over a kerb and crashed into the wall at turn four alongside the circuit. Barrichello was close behind Montoya and his attempt to swerve to avoid hitting his car caused him to oversteer into the inside barrier after appearing to lock his brakes heavily. The safety car was withdrawn at the end of lap 23 and Michael Schumacher maintained his lead over Ralf Schumacher at the rolling restart.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Michael Schumacher opened out a lead of 2.6 seconds over Ralf Schumacher who could not match his pace due to extra tyre rubber he picked up under the safety car. Bernoldi retired on lap 25 because of an overheating engine. The following lap, Verstappen passed Marques for thirteenth. De La Rosa attempted to overtake Häkkinen for eighth on the approach to the final corner on lap 27 but Häkkinen repelled the manoeuvre. Ralf Schumacher reduced Michael Schumacher's lead to one-and-a-half seconds by lap thirty and he further lowered it to 0.521 seconds two laps later. Further back on lap 34, Zonta and Räikkönen made contact on the back straight but both drivers continued without major damage to their cars. That same lap, Villeneuve retired with a broken driveshaft after having earlier problems with his brakes.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
On lap 35 Ralf Schumacher tried to overtake Michael Schumacher on the inside line but he backed out of the manoeuvre at the chicane. Häkkinen overtook Zonta for seventh on the same lap. The following lap, Ralf Schumacher again tried to pass Michael Schumacher but this time by going around the outside of him and was unsuccessful. Häkkinen gained another position when he overtook his fellow Finnish driver Räikkönen entering turn ten for sixth. Panis retired on lap 38 from a long brake pedal that prevented him from stopping his car.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Green flag pit stops for tyres and fuel began that lap when Trulli entered the pit lane. Räikkönen and Alesi made pit stops over laps thirty-nine and forty-one. In the meantime, Ralf Schumacher twice tried to overtake Michael Schumacher but he was unsuccessful on both attempts. Just as his teammate Häkkinen was about to pass, Coulthard made his pit stop from third on lap 42.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Michael Schumacher made his pit stop four laps later, handing the lead to Ralf Schumacher who increased his pace in his attempt to get ahead of his brother after his own stop by lowering the race track lap record three times. He entered the pit lane at the end of lap fifty-one and emerged 6.4 seconds in front of Michael Schumacher.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Four laps later, Coulthard's engine failed on the back straight because of rising water temperatures, curtailing his race. Trulli was afflicted by a brake hydraulic problem which caused his pace to lower and he was overtaken by Räikkönen, Alesi and Verstappen between laps 62 and 63. He drove into the pit lane on lap 64 to retire. Two laps later, Verstappen spun into the barrier due to a failure of his front brakes and was the final retirement of the Grand Prix.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race
Unhindered in the final 15 laps, Ralf Schumacher increased his lead to more than twenty seconds and he crossed the start/finish line after 69 laps to claim the second victory of the season and of his career after his maiden win at the San Marino Grand Prix two months earlier. Michael Schumacher finished in second, achieving the first one-two finish for siblings in the history of Formula One. Häkkinen completed the podium in third. Off the podium, Räikkönen took fourth, Alesi fifth and de la Rosa completed the point-scoring finishers. in sixth. The Brazilian trio of Zonta, Burti and Marques were the final finishers.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. Ralf Schumacher said that he and his brother had not competed against each other competitively in go-kart racing and that the Montréal was the first time of doing so, "It was obviously a great race today. The whole time the two of us together I was waiting for him to make a mistake. Obviously he didn't.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
I tried it a couple of times at the end of the straight but then it was difficult, so I waited for the pit strategy when I thought that we would go longer anyway and it worked out that way."


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Michael Schumacher spoke of a "happy family day" and stated that he was aware his brother was experienced enough not to make a driving error, "He obviously was close to overtaking but when you're inside, basically you have to brake a little bit earlier to make the corner and I was braking very late to try the maximum and as he said, he was going longer than I was, so I understand that he didn't take the maximum risk for either of us. It worked out for him." Häkkinen revealed that McLaren's objective was to finish in the top three but lamented that he could not get into the slipstream of the cars ahead of him due to the lack of acceleration from his car leaving the L'Epingle hairpin.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Frank Williams, owner of the Williams team, commented that he felt Ralf Schumacher's victory demonstrated that the driver as much as skill as his brother and Häkkinen, "Ralf is a natural winner who is going to get better and better and he gets older and more experienced. I remember telling people in the middle of 1999 that if Ralf was in a winning car, a Ferrari or a McLaren, he would already have won races. His manner of winning was exemplary."


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
Although his engine failed, Coulthard was still confident of reducing the lead of Michael Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship over the rest of the season, "It (the title) is still achievable. But I can only do what I can do. Walking on water isn't something I've mastered yet. I think Ferrari still have a bit of a qualifying advantage because they use their tyres better but I still think we have a strong race car. I still believe I can win Grands Prix and be a challenge to Michael." Button and Fischella apologised to each other following their collision on the first lap of the Grand Prix and the technical director of Benetton Mike Gascoyne insisted that neither driver was to blame.


2001 Canadian Grand Prix, Race, Post-race
The result of the race meant Michael Schumacher maintained his lead at the top of the Drivers' Championship with 58 points. Coulthard was still in second but his retirement meant Schumacher increased his lead to eighteen points and Barrichello kept the third position. Ralf Schumacher stayed in the fourth position despite his victory and Häkkinen's podium finish allowed him to advance into fifth place in the standings. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari increased their advantage over McLaren to thirty-six points. Williams maintained third with 28 points. Sauber moved past their rivals Jordan in the battle for fourth place with nine rounds left in the season. At the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony in Monte Carlo on 15 December, the organiser of the Canadian Grand Prix, Normand Legault was awarded the prize of Best Promoter.


2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships
The 2001 Kärcher Canadian Junior Curling Championships were held February 3-11 at the St. Catharines Golf & Country Club in St. Catharines, Ontario. The winning teams represented Canada at the 2001 World Junior Curling Championships.


2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario
The Teranet Ontario Junior Curling Championships were held at the Forest Curling Club in Forest. The finals were on January 7.


2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario
Carrie Lindner of Bradford defeated Julie Reddick of Oakville 7-6 in the women's final. Lindner defeated Lee Merklinger of the Granite Club of Ottawa West in the semifinal, 7-1.


2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, Qualification, Ontario
In the men's final, Bobby Reid of the High Park Club defeated Chris Ciasnocha of the Ottawa Curling Club 5-3. Ciasnocha had defeated Tyler Morgan of Burlington 10-8 in the semifinal.


2001 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
The 2001 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held January 6-14 at The Colosseum in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.


2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials
The 2001 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials were held from December 1 to 9 at the Agridome in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were held to determine the Canadian National men's and women's Teams for the 2002 Winter Olympics.


2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season
The 2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the fourth season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 25, 2001 and concluded on October 14, 2001 with St. Catharines Wolves defeating Toronto Supra by a score of  1-0 to win their second CPSL Championship (known as the Rogers CPSL Cup for sponsorship reasons) . The final was hosted in St. Catharines with Club Roma Stadium as the venue, while the match received coverage from Rogers TV.


2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season
The season saw the league expand to a total of 12 teams, and went beyond the GTA and Ontario border to include a Montreal and Ottawa franchise. Throughout the regular season the Ottawa Wizards became the first club to end the Toronto Olympians league title dynasty. The CPSL also launched the CPSL Soccer Show with Rogers TV providing the broadcasting, and granting Rogers naming rights to the CPSL Championship. Other major sponsors included the Government of Canada, which served as the sole sponsor for the CPSL Rookie of the Year Award.


2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season
The league also announced a working partnership with the Canadian United Soccer League a task force originally started by the Canadian Soccer Association in order forge a unified professional structure with the cooperation of the Canadian franchises in the USL A-League to launch a Canadian first and second division domestic league.


2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season, Changes from 2000 season
All 8 clubs from the previous season returned, and the league expanded to include 4 new entries the Brampton Hitmen, Montreal Dynamites, Ottawa Wizards, and Toronto Supra all began play this year. Oshawa Flames changed their name to the Durham Flames in order to represent the entire Durham Region, and received sponsorship from Danone. Toronto Croatia transferred their home venue from Centennial Park Stadium to Memorial Park in Streetsville, Mississauga. Changes to the CPSL executive management committee saw former Director of Media Relations for the Toronto Lynx Stan Adamson appointed to the position of CPSL Director of Media and Public Relations.


2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season, All-Star game
For the 2001 season the CPSL administration arranged two all-star matches for the league. In order to prepare for the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie the Morocco national under-23 football team expressed a desire to play a solid Canadian team. Subsequently, the Canadian Soccer Association requested the CPSL to arrange a select team for the match. The second match consisted of a CPSL All-Star team against C.S. Marítimo of the Primeira Liga.


2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season, Individual awards
The annual CPSL awards ceremony was held on October 14, 2001 at Club Roma in St. Catharines, Ontario. Expansion franchise Ottawa Wizards received the most awards with 3 wins. Trinidadian journeyman Kevin Nelson went home with both the Golden Boot, and the Rookie of the Year. While his teammate Abraham Osman was given the MVP. George Azcurra shared his second Goalkeeper of the Year award with Luciano Miranda.


2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season, Individual awards
Kurt Ramsey of the North York Astros won the Defender of the Year, and former Montreal Impact manager Zoran Jankovic went home with the Coach of the Year. Amato De Luca who later refereed matches at the international level and Major League Soccer was named the Referee of the Year. Durham Flames received the Fair Play award.


2001 Canadian Senior Curling Championships
The 2001 Canadian Senior Curling Championships were held at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta.


2001 Canadian census
The 2001 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15, 2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of 28,846,761. In contrast, the official Statistics Canada population estimate for 2001 was 31,021,300. This is considered a more accurate population number than the actual count.


2001 Canadian census
The previous census was the 1996 census and the following census was in 2006 census.


2001 Canadian census, Census summary
Canada has experienced one of the smallest census-to-census growth rates in its population. From 1996 to 2001, the nation's population increased only 4.0%. The Census counted 30,007,094 people on May 15, 2001, compared with 28,846,761 on May 14, 1996.


2001 Canadian census, Census summary
Only three provinces and one territory had growth rates above the national average. Alberta's population soared 10.3%, Ontario gained 6.1% and British Columbia, 4.9%. Nunavut's population rose 8.1%. The population of Newfoundland and Labrador declined for the second consecutive census period.


2001 Canadian census, Census summary
Urbanization continued. In 2001, 79.4% of Canadians lived in an urban centre of 10,000 people or more, compared with 78.5% in 1996. Outside the urban centres, the population of rural and small-town areas declined 0.4%.


2001 Canadian census, Census summary
In 2001, just over 64% of the nation's population, or about 19,297,000 people, lived in the 27 census metropolitan areas (CMAs), up slightly from 63% in 1996. Seven of these 27 CMAs saw their populations grow at a rate of at least double the national average. The strongest rise, by far, occurred in Calgary.


2001 Canadian census, Census summary
From 1996 to 2001, the nation's population concentrated further in four broad urban regions: the extended Golden Horseshoe in southern Ontario; Montreal and environs; British Columbia's Lower Mainland and southern Vancouver Island; and the Calgary-Edmonton corridor. In 2001, 51% of Canada's population lived in these regions, compared with 49% in 1996.


2001 Canadian census, Demographics, Ethnic origin
Population by ethnic origin. Only those origins with more than 250,000 respondents are included here. This is based entirely on self reporting.


2001 Canadian census, Demographics, Religion
Population by religion. Only those religions with more than 250,000 respondents are included here. The census question was partly aided—that is, the questionnaire form gave examples of some of the denominations but not others. The actual question asked is noted below.


2001 Canadian census, Demographics, Religion
The actual question asked:  "What is this person's religion? Indicate a specific denomination or religion even if this person is not currently a practising member of that group.


2001 Canadian census, Demographics, Religion
For example, Roman Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, United Church, Anglican, Lutheran, Baptist, Coptic Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Islam, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, etc."


2001 Canadian census, Methodology
Every person was legally required to return the census questionnaire that required answering basic demographic information. In addition randomly selected people were legally required to complete a much more detailed questionnaire.


2001 Canadian census, Methodology
On May 15, 2001, Statistics Canada had thousands of canvassers who went around to try to ensure that the entire population was counted. For the first time, this included canvassers who went to homeless shelters to ensure that the homeless were included in the census.


2001 Canadian census, Methodology
In addition to a small number of individuals who refused to participate, some first nation communities refused to participate en masse and therefore some of the statistics are inaccurate. This is noted as footnotes in many of the affected results.


2001 Canadian census, Effects of Census
The census numbers are the basis of the federal governments transfer payments to the provinces and therefore when a province loses population, its transfer payments are decreased.


2001 Canadian census, Effects of Census
In addition, the census numbers are one of the elements that Elections Canada uses to create the boundaries of federal ridings.


2001 Canadian electoral calendar
This is list of elections in Canada in 2001. Included are provincial, municipal and  federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level.


2001 Canadian federal budget
The Canadian federal budget for the fiscal year 2002-2003 was presented by Minister of Finance Paul Martin in the House of Commons of Canada on December 10, 2001. It was known as the "Security Budget" for its focus on security after the September 11 attacks in the United States.


2001 Canadian federal budget
This was the last budget presented by Paul Martin as Minister of Finance. It was marked by the poor Canadian economy of the previous year that saw very slow growth. In order to keep the budget balanced, Martin proposed only limited new spending. The largest outlay was $7.7 billion over five years to improve security.


2001 Canadian federal budget, Background
This budget was unusually presented in December 2001, as federal budgets are normally released in February or March. However, the election in November 2000 had been preceded by a detailed "budget update" for which covered most of the fiscal year 2001-2002.


2001 Canadian federal budget, Background
The November 2000 Speech from the throne had announced it would attempt to improve the living conditions of indigenous communities, and so the 2001 budget was expected to include large investments in these communities. However, the September 11 attacks cause the government's priorities to change toward national security, which was reflected in the budget.


2001 Canadian federal budget, Key elements
The main elements of this budget are linked to national security. An additional $1.2 billion was allocated to the Department of National Defence. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian Security Intelligence Service also received budget increases, and sums were also allocated to expand the screening of migrants coming to Canada.


2001 Canadian federal budget, Key elements
The Budget also allocated funds for greater airport security, including the instauration of sky Marshals for selected flights. The creation of a new agency responsible for airport protection and passenger safety was announced. This agency would become the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, and would be funded by a special tax on air travel.


2001 Canadian federal budget, Key elements
646 million dollars was also announced for reinforce border security, including $58 million to enhance the NEXUS program, $107 million to purchase better bomb detection equipment, $135 million to increase government agencies' presence at the border, and $67 million to invest in new technologies for border agents in airports and border crossings.


2001 Canadian federal budget, Key elements
The Budget allocated $2 billion for the creation of the Strategic Infrastructure Fund. It was announced that an independent committee would review grant applications for this fund. 236 million dollars was allocated to the maintenance of veterans' hospitals, and the budget for ecological municipal projects was increased from 125 million to 250 million dollars.


2001 Canadian federal budget, Reactions, Opposition parties
The Bloc Québécois and the New Democratic Party did not criticize the increase in security spendings, considering these sums necessary. They, however, criticize the lack of spending in Social Security, and the low level of investment in economic development.


2001 Canadian federal budget, Reactions, Opposition parties
The Canadian Alliance, on the other hand, critiqued the lack of tax cuts in the budget, something they considered was needed to boost the economy. The Canadian Alliance also stated that the budget did not spend enough on security, when compared to the other NATO countries' response to the September 11 attacks. Stockwell Day also came out against the increases in the CBC budget, Foreign Aid, and cultural fundings.


2001 Canadian federal budget, Reactions, Opposition parties
Joe Clark, leader of the PC-DR coalition, criticized the lack of a long-term vision in the budget, considering it sacrificed the country's long-term prosperity while doing very little to increase national security.


2001 Canadian federal budget, Reactions, Municipalities
Yves Ducharme, mayor of Hull and vice-president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, expressed support for the Strategic Infrastructure Fund, but made known he was disappointed by the lack of funds for public transportation in the budget. Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay and Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt both expressed support for the budget and the Strategic Infrastructure Fund as well.


2001 Canadian federal budget, Reactions, Provinces
Most provinces lamented the lack of increase in health transfers, as the premiers had called for in their last conference in August 2001. Alberta and Ontario claimed that without these transfers, they would be forced to privatise some hospital services traditionally part of Medicare. Ontario premier Mike Harris claimed that, without these health transfers, the federal government forces 8 provinces to run a deficit in their next budget. Manitoba premier Gary Doer said that the government's decision to prioritize security over health care was error of judgment.


2001 Canberra International
The 2001 Canberra International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the National Sports Club in Canberra, Australia and was part of the Tier III category of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 7 through 13 January 2001. Unseeded Justine Henin won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


2001 Canberra International, Finals, Doubles
Nicole Arendt /  Ai Sugiyama defeated  Nannie de Villiers /  Annabel Ellwood 6–4, 7–6(7–2)


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


2001 Canberra International – Doubles
Nicole Arendt and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 6–4, 7–6 (7–2) against Nannie de Villiers and Annabel Ellwood.


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


2001 Canberra International – Singles
Justine Henin won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Sandrine Testud.


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


2001 Canisius Golden Griffins football team
The 2001 Canisius Golden Griffins football team represented Canisius College in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Golden Griffins offense scored 175 points while the defense allowed 404 points.


2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 54th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti.


2001 Cannes Film Festival
The festival opened with Moulin Rouge!, directed by Baz Luhrmann and closed with Les âmes fortes, directed by Raúl Ruiz. The Un Certain Regard section opened with 'R Xmas directed by Abel Ferrara and closed with The Words of My Father (Le parole di mio padre) directed by Francesca Comencini.


2001 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 2001 Official Selection:


2001 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Un Certain Regard
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2001 Un Certain Regard:


2001 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Cinéfondation and short films
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the Cinéfondation and short films competition:


2001 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 2001 Camera d'Or:


2001 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:


2001 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:


2001 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Cinéfondation
The following films were selected for the competition of Cinéfondation:


2001 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


2001 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 40th International Critics' Week (40e Semaine de la Critique):


2001 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 2001 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


2001 Cannes Film Festival, Awards, Official awards
The following films and people received the 2001 Official selection awards:


2001 Canoe Slalom World Cup
The 2001 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of six races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 14th edition. The series consisted of 5 regular world cup races and the world cup final.


2001 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Final standings
The winner of each world cup race was awarded 30 points. The world cup final points scale was multiplied by a factor of 1.5. That meant the winner of the world cup final earned 45 points. The points scale reached down to 1 point for 20th place in the men's K1, while in the other three categories only the top 15 received points (with 6 points for 15th place). Only the best three results of each athlete counted for the final world cup standings.


2001 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 1
The first world cup race of the season took place in Goumois, France from 26 to 27 May.


2001 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 2
The second world cup race of the season took place in Merano, Italy from 2 to 3 June.


2001 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 3
The third world cup race of the season took place at the Tacen Whitewater Course, Slovenia from 9 to 10 June.


2001 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 4
The fourth world cup race of the season took place at the Augsburg Eiskanal, Germany from 27 to 29 July.


2001 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Race 5
The fifth world cup race of the season took place at the Prague-Troja Canoeing Centre, Czech Republic from 3 to 5 August.


2001 Canoe Slalom World Cup, Results, World Cup Final
The final world cup race of the season took place in Wausau, Wisconsin from 8 to 9 September.


2001 Canoe Sprint European Championships
The 2001 Canoe Sprint European Championships were held in Milan, Italy.


2001 Cape Verdean Football Championships
The 2001 Cape Verdean Football Championship season was the 22nd of the competition of the first-tier football in Cape Verde. The competition started on 7 April and finished on 6 June, 2001. The tournament was organized by the Cape Verdean Football Federation. Onze Unidos won their first and only title. No club participated in the 2001 CAF Champions League and the 2001 CAF Winners Cup.


2001 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview
FC Derby was the defending team of the title. A total of 7 clubs. It was one of the few seasons that the total number of points would be the champion, it had fewer games compared to other football leagues. No club came from Boa Vista and Santiago islands as the championship were cancelled.


2001 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview
The league was contested by 7 teams with Onze Unidos winning the championship. 21 matches were played and a total of 55 goals were scored.


2001 Cape Verdean Football Championships, Overview
Onze Unidos finished with 14 points which became the highest number of points in the national championships with the extension of the matches from five to eight overall. The point record lasted only a year when Sporting and Batuque took the record in the following season.


2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Cape Verde on 14 January 2001. The result was a victory for the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde run by José Maria Neves, which won 40 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly, defeating the ruling Movement for Democracy led by Carlos Veiga. Third was the Democratic Alliance for Change (ADM) led by José dos Santos Luís with 6.12% of the votes.


2001 Cape Verdean presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Cape Verde on 11 February 2001, with a second round on 25 February after no candidate achieved outright victory in the first round. The result was a victory for Pedro Pires of the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde, who defeated Carlos Veiga of the Movement for Democracy by just twelve votes. Pires, a former Prime Minister, took office on 22 March 2001, replacing António Mascarenhas Monteiro, who stood down after completing two terms in office.


2001 Cardiff Sevens
The 2001 Cardiff Sevens was an rugby sevens tournament that took place at the Rodney Parade with the finals being held at the Millennium Stadium. It was took place between 2–3 June 2001 and was the first edition of the Cardiff Sevens and the final round of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series.


2001 Cardiff Sevens
Heading into the tournament, New Zealand held an eight point lead over Australia  with a semi-final placing in the cup being enough to give New Zealand the title. After both teams qualified through to the cup knockout stage with them only conceding ten points between the two, they would meet in the cup final with New Zealand taking out not only the Cardiff Sevens but the World Series with a 31–5 win over Australia. In the minor placings, Fiji took out the plate final defeating Wales while England won the bowl over Portugal.


2001 Cardiff Sevens, Teams
16 teams participated in the final round of the World Sevens Series:


2001 Cardiff Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played the other teams in their pool once, with 3 points awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 1 point for a loss (no points awarded for a forfeit). The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each pool went on to the Bowl bracket.


2001 Cardiff Sevens, Summary
The opening day of the 2001 Cardiff Sevens saw the leading two nations (Australia and New Zealand) each finished top of their pool group while only conceding five points in their pool stage. The Northern hemisphere teams though had a day that they rather forget with only Wales qualifying through to the quarter-finals of the major European teams with France and Scotland not recording a single win while England only recorded 19-all draw with Spain before losing to the qualifiers of Pool C in Fiji in Georgia. Samoa finished ahead of South Africa in Pool D with the Samoans getting a 28–10 win.


2001 Cardiff Sevens, Summary
In the cup quarter-finals, New Zealand would take the World Sevens title defeating Wales 29-0 to claim their second World Sevens title. They would also go on to win the Cup final over Australia with tries from Chris Masoe and Damien Karauna securing a 31-5 victory. In the plate-final, Fiji took home the plate defeating host nation Wales who came back from 19-0 down against Georgia in the plate semi-final to win 26-19. England got the remaining two points as they home took the bowl final over Portugal.


2001 Cardiff Sevens, Pool stage
The pool stage was played on the first day of the tournament. The 16 teams were separated into four pools of four teams and teams in the same pool played each other once. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the Cup quarterfinals to compete for the 2001 Cardiff Sevens title.


2001 Caribbean Cup
The Caribbean Cup was the championship tournament for national association football teams that are members of the Caribbean Football Union.


2001 Caribbean Cup, Qualifying tournament, Qualifying round
Top team in each group and best runner up qualified for finals


2001 Caribbean Cup, Qualifying tournament, Qualifying round, Group 4
Played in Antigua and Barbuda ( Bermuda were scheduled to be hosts but they withdrew)


2001 Caribbean Cup, Final tournament, Final
Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti and Martinique qualified automatically for 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Fourth-placed team qualified for home and away playoff against fourth-placed team in UNCAF Nations Cup 2001.


2001 Caribbean Series
The forty-third edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was held from February 1 through February 6 of 2001 with the champion baseball teams of the Dominican Republic, Águilas Cibaeñas; Mexico, Naranjeros de Hermosillo; Puerto Rico, Cangrejeros de Santurce, and Venezuela, Cardenales de Lara. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at Estadio General Ángel Flores in Culiacán, Mexico.


2001 Caribbean Series, Final standings
* Had to attend family issues and was replaced by coach José López.


2001 Carolina Panthers season
The 2001 Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's 7th season in the National Football League and the 3rd and final under head coach George Seifert. They tried to improve upon their 7–9 record in 2000, and make it to the playoffs for the second time in franchise history; however, the season was a wreck. Not only were the Panthers unable to improve over their previous season, but they deteriorated even further, dropping to 1–15.


2001 Carolina Panthers season
The Panthers defeated the Minnesota Vikings in their opening game of the season, and then became the first team in the Super Bowl era to lose fifteen consecutive games afterwards. The Panthers were the only team to have won their opener and lose the remainder of the season. The 2020 Jacksonville Jaguars became the second team to accomplish this feat.


2001 Carolina Panthers season
The Panthers consequently beat the record for most consecutive losses during a single NFL season that had been shared by the 1976 Buccaneers, 1980 Saints, 1981 Colts and 1990 Patriots. This record has since been broken by two winless teams: the 2008 Detroit Lions and 2017 Cleveland Browns. The 2001 Panthers also became the seventh team to finish 1–15 .


2001 Carolina Panthers season
By the end of the season, the Panthers had become so incapacitated that only about 16,000 fans showed up to see them play in their finale against the New England Patriots, who eventually went on to win Super Bowl XXXVI. Coincidentally, the Panthers would face the Patriots two seasons later in Super Bowl XXXVIII. Following their terrible season, head coach George Seifert was fired and replaced by New York Giants defensive coordinator John Fox.


2001 Carolina Panthers season
Despite having the worst record in the league, the Panthers did not earn a number-one overall draft pick in the 2002 NFL Draft due to the debut season of the expansion Houston Texans.


2001 Carolina Panthers season
In 2015, the Panthers went 15-1, becoming the first team in NFL history to have both a 1-15 season and a 15-1 season. With the NFL going to a 17-game format in the 2021 season, they are also the only team to accomplish this.


2001 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
Elections to Carrickfergus Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 councillors.


2001 Carrickfergus Borough Council election, Districts results, Carrick Castle
1997: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent


2001 Carrickfergus Borough Council election, Districts results, Kilroot
1997: 2 x Alliance, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP2001: 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist, Independent Unionist becomes Independent


2001 Carrickfergus Borough Council election, Districts results, Knockagh Monument
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist


2001 Casino Magic 500
The 2001 Casino Magic 500 was the 5th round of the 2001 Indy Racing League season. It took place on June 9, 2001 at Texas Motor Speedway.


2001 Casino Magic 500, Qualifying
Mark Dismore, for the 4th time in his Indy Racing League career, qualified on pole with a speed of 215.508 mph. His teammate Scott Sharp started alongside him on the first row.


2001 Casino Magic 500, Race, Lap 1 - Lap 78
At the end of lap 1, Mark Dismore was the leader, Eddie Cheever was in second and Sam Hornish, Jr. was in third. After 3 laps, Cheever, Jr. took the lead from Dismore. The top 12 after 10 laps was the following: Eddie Cheever, Jr., Sam Hornish, Jr., Scott Sharp, Mark Dismore, Shigeaki Hattori, Robbie Buhl, Billy Boat, Donnie Beechler, Buddy Lazier, Airton Daré, Greg Ray and Jeff Ward. Caution waved for the first time on lap 25, when debris landed on the back stretch.


2001 Casino Magic 500, Race, Lap 1 - Lap 78
The leaders used this as an opportunity to pit, though some elected to stay out, which promoted Jaques Lazier to the lead. The restart came at lap 32. On lap 72, a major crash, involving Sarah Fisher, Davey Hamilton and Jeret Schroeder, occurred. Schroeder suffered an engine failure, which sent him into a spin and into the path of Hamilton. Hamilton made heavy contact with the wall and almost flipped in the incident. Fisher suffered suspension damage when a tire impacted her car as she drove by the scene of the incident.


2001 Casino Magic 500, Race, Lap 1 - Lap 78
Hamilton suffered severe injuries to his feet and lower legs, which caused doctors to seriously consider amputation in order for his survival. While amputation was unnecessary, Hamilton would undergo 23 surgeries and spend a year in a wheelchair in the aftermath of the accident. It would be his last race until 2007. The incident brought out the race's second caution, which allowed for another opportunity for pitstops. After the stops, the top 10 after 78 laps was: Greg Ray, Eddie Cheever, Jr., Felipe Giaffone, Scott Sharp, Sam Hornish, Jr., Jeff Ward, Airton Daré, Billy Boat, Didier Andre and Eliseo Salazar.


2001 Casino Magic 500, Race, Lap 89 - Lap 116
The restart came at lap 89. Some laps later, Airton Daré suffered an engine problem, bring out the race's third caution. Daré would spend considerable amount of time behind the wall, but would rejoin the race some 55 laps behind the leader. Racing resumed on lap 116.


2001 Casino Magic 500, Race, Closing Stages: Last 44 laps
With 44 laps to go, caution once again came out for debris. The restart came with 40 laps to go, with Scott Sharp leading the field. With 27 laps to go, Eddie Cheever tried a three-wide pass with Greg Ray and Sharp, but ran out of room and was forced to back out, allowing  Jeff Ward to take third. Bearing issues brought an end to Ward's run, though, and brought out another caution. The restart came with 12 laps to go with Scott Sharp still leading the field.


2001 Casino Magic 500, Race, Closing Stages: Last 44 laps
With 11 laps to go, Cheever, Sharp and Ray battled for the lead, with Ray emerging the leader. However,  with 5 laps to go, the leaders came up on Robby McGehee on the back stretch. Ray attempted to dive to the inside of McGehee to lap him, but made contact, causing both cars to spin and sending McGehee into the path of Cheever. All three cars retired and Sharp inherited the lead. With the track unable to be cleared for a green flag finish, Scott Sharp took victory under caution conditions.


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


2001 Castlereagh Borough Council election, Districts results, Castlereagh Central
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKUP2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP1997-2001 Change: PUP gain from UKUP


2001 Castlereagh Borough Council election, Districts results, Castlereagh East
1997: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from Independent Unionist


2001 Castlereagh Borough Council election, Districts results, Castlereagh South
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance1997-2001 Change: No change


2001 Castlereagh Borough Council election, Districts results, Castlereagh West
1997: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance1997-2001 Change: No change


2001 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2001 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 June 2001 at the Circuit de Catalunya. 84,000 people attended the race.


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


2001 Categoría Primera A season
The 2001 Categoría Primera A season, named Copa Mustang 2001 for sponsoring purposes, was the 54th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. América de Cali were the defending champions and won their eleventh title and second in a row by beating Independiente Medellín in the finals.


2001 Categoría Primera A season, Format
The season was split into four stages: the first two stages were the Apertura and Finalización tournaments, in which the 16 teams were first divided into two groups of eight teams, playing seven games, and then all teams in the league played each other once for a total of 22 matches. The winners of each tournament earned a berth into the 2002 Copa Libertadores.


2001 Categoría Primera A season, Format
The third stage was the semifinal round, which was played by the best eight teams of the aggregate table of both tournaments, who were divided into two groups of four according to their position in the aggregate table: odd-ranked teams made up Group A, while even-ranked ones made up Group B. The winners of each group played the double-legged finals to decide the champions of the season, who also qualified for the Copa Libertadores.


2001 Categoría Primera A season, Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura (also known as Copa Mustang I) began on 11 February and ended on 1 July.


2001 Categoría Primera A season, Torneo Finalización
The Torneo Finalización (also known as Copa Mustang II) began on 5 August and ended on 11 November.


2001 Categoría Primera A season, Aggregate table
An aggregate table known as Reclasificación including the games of both tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) was used to determine the eight teams that would advance to the next stage of the tournament. The top eight teams in this table at the end of the Torneo Finalización advanced to the semifinals.


2001 Categoría Primera A season, Semifinals
The third stage of the tournament consisted of two groups of four teams, with Group A including teams in odd-numbered positions and Group B including teams in even-numbered positions. The winners of each group qualified for the Finals.


2001 Categoría Primera A season, Relegation, Relegation table
Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th number of goals scored; 5th away goals scored.


2001 Categoría Primera A season, Relegation, Promotion triangular
With the General Assembly of DIMAYOR having approved an expansion of the tournament from 16 to 18 teams starting from the 2002 season, a special promotion tournament was played at the end of the 2001 season. The two DIMAYOR affiliates that were taking part in Categoría Primera B at the time and failed to earn promotion (Cúcuta Deportivo and Unión Magdalena) were invited to compete, as well as Atlético Bucaramanga as the team that was relegated from Primera A at the end of the season. The top two teams of the triangular tournament were promoted. All matches were played at Estadio Pedro de Heredia in Cartagena.


2001 Cebu City local elections
Local elections were held in Cebu City on May 14, 2001 within the Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, district representative, and eight councilors at-large for each district. There are two legislative districts in the city.


2001 Census of India
The 2001 Census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.


2001 Census of India
The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. Total population increased by 182,310,397, 21.5% more than the 846,427,039 people counted during the 1991 census.


2001 Census of India, Religious demographics
Hindus comprise 82.75 crore (80.45%) and Muslims were 13.8 crore (13.4%) in 2001 census. Census 2001 showed 108 faiths under the head "Other Religions and Persuasion" (ORP) in India. 700,000 people did not state their religion.


2001 Census of India, Language demographics
Hindi is the most widely spoken language in northern parts of India. The Indian census takes the widest possible definition of "Hindi" as a broad variety of "Hindi languages". According to 2001 Census, 53.6% of Indian population know Hindi, in which 41% of them have declared Hindi as their native language or mother tongue. English is known to 12.18% Indians in the 2001 census. The number of bilingual speakers in India is 25.50 crore, which is 24.8% of the population in 2001. India (780) has the world's second highest number of languages, after Papua New Guinea (839).


2001 Census of India, Graphical summaries
Overview of 2001 population, separated by gender and age bracket.


2001 Central African Republic coup d'état attempt
On the night of 27–28 May 2001 a coup attempt was carried out by commandos of the Central African Armed Forces who attempted to overthrow Ange-Félix Patassé. The coup attempt failed, but violence continued in the capital over the following days.


2001 Central African Republic coup d'état attempt
The coup was sponsored by André Kolingba and had the effect of dividing the country's armed forces into two opposing camps: one that supported Patassé and the other that supported François Bozizé.


2001 Central American Games
The VII Central American Games (Spanish: VII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos) was a multi-sport event that took place between 22 November and 3 December 2001.


2001 Central American Games
The games were opened by Harris Whitbeck as adelegate for Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo. Torch lighter wasTaekwondo fighter Euda Carías.


2001 Central American Games, Participation
A total of 2,182 athletes from 7 countries were reported to participate:


2001 Central American Games, Sports
The competition featured 363 events (215 men, 135 women, 13 mixed) in 37 disciplines from 29 official sports (plus roller speed skating as exhibition event).


2001 Central American Games, Medal table
The table below is taken from Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, Nicaraguan medals are from  El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua.


2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
The 2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala between 20–22 July.


2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results
These are the results of the 2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics which took place on July 20–22, 2001 in Guatemala City, Guatemala.


2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results
Estadio Mateo Flores, the host venue, is located at an altitude which is believed to affect the performance in some of the events.


2001 Central Government Reform
The 2001 Central Government Reform (中央省庁再編, Chūō Shōchō Saihen) by the Japanese government involved the establishment of a new ministry, the merging of existing ministries and the abolition of others. This resulted in little more than a change of ministry names (with the exception of the Environment Agency which gained ministry status — a longtime goal).


2001 Central Government Reform, Restructuring of National Administrative Organs
The administrative reform has reorganized the Ministries according to their main "purposes" in a way that they can perform as synthetic and coherent a function as possible. In order to prevent sectionalism, which has been pointed out for its detrimental effects and respond to issues flexibly and cohesively, systems of policy coordination have been constructed so that related administrative organs, in light of their purposes, hold deliberations on their inter-Ministerial measures. A system of policy evaluation has been introduced for the government itself to evaluate the effects of its policies before and after implementation, and to utilize the result of evaluation in the planning and drafting of policies.


2001 Central Government Reform, More Transparent Administration
Introduction of the new system of Independent Administrative Institutions is one of the core items of the administrative reform.


2001 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The 2001 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Mike DeBord, the Chippewas compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 against MAC opponents), finished in fifth place in the MAC's West Division, and were outscored by their opponents, 346 to 251. The team played its home games in Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with attendance of 89,303 in five home games.


2001 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The team's statistical leaders included Derrick Vickers with 1,156 passing yards, Terrence Jackson with 1,194 rushing yards, and Rob Turner with 668 receiving yards. Halfback Terrence Jackson was also selected at the end of the 2001 season as the team's most valuable player. Cornerback Tedaro France was selected as a first-team All-MAC player.


2001 Central Tibetan Administration general election
General elections for Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) of the Central Tibetan Administration (the Tibetan government in exile) and members of the organization's Parliament were held on July 29, 2001 and were the first time the office of Prime Minister was up to democratic election for the Tibetans, as it was traditionally appointed by the Dalai Lama under the Parliament's ratification. The election of Kalon Tripa was part of a series of reforms encouraged by the Dalai Lama for the democratization of the exile Tibetan community. Lobsang Tenzin, the 5th Samdhong Rinpoche won the election with more than 80% of the votes.


2001 Central Tibetan Administration general election
As is traditional in this process, preliminary or sometimes called primary elections were held months before, on May 12, 2001 with the following results:


2001 Centrobasket
This page shows the results of the 2001 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as the 2001 Centrobasket, which was held in the city of Toluca, Mexico from July 11 to July 15, 2001. The top four teams qualified for the 2001 Pan American Tournament, scheduled for August 16 to August 27 in Neuquén, Argentina.


2001 Centrobasket, Final ranking
1. Puerto Rico2. Mexico3. Panama4. Virgin Islands5. Dominican Republic6. Cuba7. Barbados8. Honduras


2001 Cerveza Club Colombia Open
The 2001 Cerveza Club Colombia Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Club Campestre El Rancho in Bogotá in Colombia and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and ran from January 28 through February 3, 2001. Fernando Vicente won the singles title.


2001 Cerveza Club Colombia Open, Finals, Doubles
Mariano Hood /  Sebastián Prieto defeated  Martín Rodríguez /  André Sá 6–2, 6–4


2001 Cerveza Club Colombia Open – Doubles
Pablo Albano and Lucas Arnold were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Albano with Alexandre Simoni and Arnold with Gastón Etlis.


2001 Cerveza Club Colombia Open – Doubles
Albano and Simoni lost in the quarterfinals to Mariano Hood and Sebastián Prieto.


2001 Cerveza Club Colombia Open – Doubles
Arnold and Etlis lost in the semifinals to Martín Rodríguez and André Sá.


2001 Cerveza Club Colombia Open – Doubles
Hood and Prieto won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Rodríguez and Sá.


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


2001 Cerveza Club Colombia Open – Singles
Mariano Puerta was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2001 Cerveza Club Colombia Open – Singles
Fernando Vicente won in the final 6–4, 7–6 (8–6) against Juan Ignacio Chela.


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


2001 Chadian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Chad on 20 May 2001. Incumbent President Idriss Déby of the Patriotic Salvation Movement was re-elected with 63% of the vote.


2001 Chadian presidential election, Candidates
Déby stood as a candidate for a second term, and was supported by former opponent, Lol Mahamat Choua, leader of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP).


2001 Chadian presidential election, Aftermath
The election results, showing a first-round majority for Déby, were contested by all of the opposition candidates. On 28 May the six opposition candidates were briefly arrested after meeting at the home of one of them, Saleh Kebzabo, and four opposition activists were killed in the action. They were released half-an-hour later.


2001 Chadian presidential election, Aftermath
Two days later, the six candidates and as many as 40 activists were once again arrested as the opposition prepared to lead a funeral procession for one of those killed two days earlier. They were all released after a direct phone call to Déby from the World Bank's President James Wolfensohn.


2001 Chadian presidential election, Aftermath
Déby was sworn in for another term on 8 August.


2001 Challenge Bell
The 2001 Challenge Bell was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Club Avantage Multi-Sports in Quebec City in Canada that was part of Tier III of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the 9th edition of the Challenge Bell, and was held from September 17 through September 23, 2001. Meghann Shaughnessy won the singles title.


2001 Challenge Bell, Champions, Doubles
Samantha Reeves /  Adriana Serra Zanetti def. Klára Koukalová /  Alena Vašková, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3


2001 Challenge Bell – Doubles
Nicole Pratt and Meghann Shaughnessy were the defending champions, but decided not to participate this year.


2001 Challenge Bell – Doubles
Samantha Reeves and Adriana Serra Zanetti won the title, defeating Klára Koukalová and Alena Vašková 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 in the final.


2001 Challenge Bell – Singles
Chanda Rubin was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.


2001 Challenge Bell – Singles
Meghann Shaughnessy won the title, defeating Iva Majoli 6–1, 6–3 in the final.


2001 Challenge Cup
The 2001 Challenge Cup (officially known as the 2001 Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby league football tournament which began its preliminary stages in December 2000 and ended with the final on 28 April 2001.


2001 Challenge Cup
Bradford Bulls were the reigning champions, following their 24–18 victory over Leeds Rhinos in the 2000 Challenge Cup at Murrayfield Stadium.


2001 Challenge Cup, Round 1
Ties were scheduled to be played over the weekend of 2–3 December 2000, although two matches did not take place until 9 and 16 December.


2001 Challenge Cup, Round 2
Ties were due to be played over the weekend of 16–17 December 2000 but the round was not completed until 13 January 2001.


2001 Challenge Cup, Round 3
Ties were played over the weekend of 26–28 January 2001.


2001 Challenge Cup, Round 5
The fifth round fixtures were played over the weekend of 24–25 February 2001.


2001 Challenge Cup, Quarter finals
The quarter finals was played over the weekend of 9–11 March 2001


2001 Challenge Cup, Semi finals
The ties were played on 31 March and 1 April 2001.


2001 Challenge Cup, Final
The 100th Challenge Cup final was played on 28 April 2001 and was the first to be played at Twickenham Stadium. Hear'Say performed before the match. St Helen's stand off Sean Long was the winner of the Lance Todd Trophy.


2001 Challenge Cup, Final, Teams
St Helens: Paul Wellens, Sean Hoppe, Kevin Iro, Paul Newlove, Anthony Sullivan; Tommy Martyn, Sean Long, David Fairleigh, Keiron Cunningham, Sonny Nickle, Chris Joynt (c), Peter Shiels, Paul Sculthorpe Subs: Steve Hall, Anthony Stewart, Vila Matautia, Tim Jonkers Coach: Ian Millward


2001 Challenge Cup, Final, Teams
Bradford: Michael Withers, Tevita Vaikona, Scott Naylor, Shane Rigon, Leon Pryce, Henry Paul, Robbie Paul (c), Joe Vagana, James Lowes, Brian McDermott, Jamie Peacock, Daniel Gartner, Mike ForshawSubs: Paul Deacon, Paul Anderson, Lee Gilmour, Stuart Fielden  Coach: Brian Noble


2001 Challenge Cup, UK Broadcasting rights
The tournament was screened in the United Kingdom by the BBC.


2001 Challenge Tour
The 2001 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season.


2001 Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour Rankings was won by England's Mark Foster.


2001 Challenge Tour, Rankings
The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2002 season.


2001 Champions Cup
The 2001 Champions Cup was a professional invitational snooker tournament held at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, from 11 to 19 August. It was the seventh and final edition of the eight-player Champions Cup, and was the first of four World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) invitational events of the 2001–02 season following the 2001 World Snooker Championship. It preceded the season's second invitational tournament, the 2001 Scottish Masters.


2001 Champions Cup
John Higgins, the world number three, won the tournament, defeating two-time Champions Cup runner-up Mark Williams seven frames to four (7–4) in the final. It was the first and only Champions Cup success in the career of Higgins. In the semi-finals, Higgins defeated Ken Doherty, the 1997 world champion, 5–2 and Williams won against the 2001 Scottish Open victor Peter Ebdon by the same scoreline. Ebdon made the highest break of 130 in the third frame of his group match over Ronnie O'Sullivan, the 2001 world champion.


2001 Champions Cup, Background
The tournament was created as the Charity Challenge in 1995 in which players competed for charity and prize monies donated to their respective causes. The charity aspect was discarded after five years and the tournament was re-branded the Champions Cup with a new "winner takes all" format of players who had won major tournaments from the season prior invited to compete. The 2001 Champions Cup was the first of four World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) invitational events of the 2001–02 season and was held at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, from 11 to 19 August 2001. The tournament preceded the 2001 Scottish Masters. This was the final year the tournament was played due to a lack of sponsorship and television coverage. The Champions Cup had a prize fund of £200,000, with £100,000 going to the winner, and was broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV.


2001 Champions Cup, Background, Rules
A total of eight players competed in the Champions Cup: five ranking competition winners from the 2000–01 season and three wildcards. The group stage matches played between 11 and 16 August were part of a round-robin format and were best-of-nine frames. They were drawn into two groups of four with a match played against the other three in their group. The winner of both groups was determined by the number of matches won. In the event of a draw, the number of frames won decided the group winner.


2001 Champions Cup, Background, Rules
If this method was ineffective in determining the group winner, a match between the tied players would occur. The winner of each group was drawn to play the runner-up of the opposite group in the semi-finals from 17 to 18 August. The final on 19 August was played to the best-of-13 frames.


2001 Champions Cup, Group stages, Group A
The opening match of the tournament saw Ronnie O'Sullivan, the 2001 world champion, play the world number 11 Jimmy White. O'Sullivan took a 3–0 lead in 53 minutes before White won the fourth frame with a clearance to the pink ball when O'Sullivan failed to pot the yellow ball into the bottom right-hand pocket. White came from 56–0 behind in frame five to win it with a 66 clearance and then breaks of 38 and 47 equalled the score at 3–3. The match ended 5–3 for O'Sullivan with a break of 93 in frame eight.


2001 Champions Cup, Group stages, Group A
Ken Doherty, the 1997 world champion and two-time ranking winner in the 2000–01 season, compiled breaks of 84 and 50 to defeat the 2001 Scottish Open champion Peter Ebdon, who made a 100 clearance and a 78 break, 5–2. He later took the group lead when he compiled a 45 clearance and 30 and 59 breaks in a 5–4 win over O'Sullivan after trailing 3–1 and 4–3. It was O'Sullivan's first defeat since he lost to Mark Davis five months prior.


2001 Champions Cup, Group stages, Group A
Ebdon beat White 5–3 to eliminate the latter from the competition. Breaks of 112 and 93 and a fluke on the pink in frame three provided White with a 3–2 advantage. Ebdon took the lead from a 70 break. He won the eighth on the pink and claimed victory on the blue after White made an error. Ebdon made a total clearance of 130 and obtained two snookers to defeat O'Sullivan and eliminate his opponent from the tournament, saying afterwards: "On a number of occasions fortune smiled on me, and that's something you need against a top player like Ronnie." Breaks of 70, 118, 70 and 74 in 64 minutes allowed Doherty to maintain his 100 per cent win record at the event with a 5–1 victory against White.


2001 Champions Cup, Group stages, Group B
World number three John Higgins won 5–4 over two-time Champions Cup runner-up Mark Williams. Higgins led 3–0 until Williams tied him 3–3; the former missed a straightforward black for a 5–3 victory. Williams won frame eight on the pink but was unable to convert a 36–0 score into a win. Higgins said the result was possibly due to nervousness. Tournament debutant Paul Hunter won 5–4 over the 1999 Champions Cup winner Stephen Hendry to requite a loss to Hendry at the 2001 world championship.


2001 Champions Cup, Group stages, Group B
Hendry failed to take a 3–2 lead because he missed the black while 66–0 in front and Hunter took frame five with a 70 clearance. Hunter claimed two of the next three frames to win. After breaks of 53, 52 and 72, Hendry lost for the second time in a row when match-long leader Williams defeated him 5–3 from two half-centuries. The result required Hendry to win his game against fellow Scot Higgins to qualify for the semi-finals.


2001 Champions Cup, Group stages, Group B
Higgins qualified for the semi-finals with a 5–3 win over Hunter. A 97 break won Hunter frame one before Higgins took the next two with breaks of 68 and 71 to accumulate 189 points without reply. Higgins took a 4–2 lead from breaks of 64 and 50, to which Hunter made a 95 break before Higgins sealed the win on a 74–43 scoreline. Williams defeated Hunter for the sixth straight time by 5–2. The first two frames were shared before Williams took the next two.


2001 Champions Cup, Group stages, Group B
Hunter took frame six with a 33 clearance and Williams the next two to advance to the semi-finals. Breaks of 92, 79, 98 and 56 allowed Hendry to defeat Higgins 5–4 and avoid finishing last in Group B. Higgins said he would attempt to play "110 per cent harder next time out" and was relieved to play Doherty the following day.


2001 Champions Cup, Knockout stages, Semi-finals
Both of the semi-finals were held to the best-of-nine frames on 17 to 18 August. The first semi-final saw Higgins play Doherty. Higgins won the first frame with an 80 break; he was unable to complete a maximum break after he failed to pot the black into a centre pocket. A reply break of 54 from Doherty in frame two was followed by breaks of 56 and 57 from Higgins in the next frame. Higgins won the fourth frame with a 59 clearance after coming from a 32–9 deficit.


2001 Champions Cup, Knockout stages, Semi-finals
He opened up a 4–1 advantage without making any major errors, before Doherty took frame six after Higgins missed the pink into the top left-hand pocket. Doherty made a 43 break in the eighth frame before he potted an incorrect ball and allowed Higgins to produce a 48 clearance to the brown ball for a 5–2 win. Higgins said he was happy to reach the final; Doherty said he was not too unsatisfied in defeat because of his form during the competition.


2001 Champions Cup, Knockout stages, Semi-finals
The other semi-final was between Williams and Ebdon. Breaks of 61 and 104 in 43 minutes gave Williams a 3–0 lead; Ebdon was required to concede the third frame with one red on the table. Ebdon avoided a whitewash by winning the fourth frame on a re-spotted black to the top right-hand pocket. Two breaks of 30 won Ebdon frame five before Williams took a 5–2 victory from breaks of 52 and 63. It was the third consecutive year that Williams had made the final of the Champions Cup and his 14th in any tournament in the last 25 months.


2001 Champions Cup, Knockout stages, Semi-finals
Williams said he would like to win the tournament and was aware of his record in the finals: "I'm a bit cheesed off by it all. However as long as I play OK, I’m happy with that." Ebdon praised Williams' form and said he had not taken chances: "Winning the fourth frame on the black gave me a chance but it proved academic in the end."


2001 Champions Cup, Knockout stages, Final
The best-of-13 frames final between Higgins and Williams was played on 19 August. A century break of 100 and a clearance of 41 to the blue gave Williams a 2–0 lead after Higgins missed a safety shot. After Williams missed the black in frame three, Higgins made a 75 break and won the fourth when Williams went in-off on the last red and the yellow while on a break of 56. Williams then restored a two-frame lead in the sixth after breaks of 124 and 34.


2001 Champions Cup, Knockout stages, Final
Midway in frame seven, Williams failed to pot the black from its position and Higgins was able to claim the frame. Clearances of 109 in frame eight and a 67 to the pink in the ninth gave Higgins the lead. In the tenth frame, a 69 break from Williams ended with five reds left on the table. Higgins required a snooker and obtained it to achieve a 35 clearance from the final red to the pink to go two frames ahead. Williams could not get out of a snooker from behind the yellow during frame 11. This allowed Higgins to make a clearance from the yellow to the pink and claim a 7–4 victory for the tournament.


2001 Champions Cup, Knockout stages, Final
It was Higgins' first Champions Cup title, and his 21st in professional play. The result meant Williams had lost in the final of the tournament for the third year in a row; he had lost 7–5 to Hendry in the 1999 final and 7–4 to O'Sullivan one year later. Higgins earned £100,000 for winning the tournament. He said of his victory: "It was a cracking match and it's a great way to start the season. I'm delighted with the way I played and even when I was bang under pressure I managed to hold myself together really well."


2001 Champions Cup, Knockout stages, Final
He added that he was able to win due to his clearance, and had the opinion there were several high-quality players who could challenge over time. Williams said he was disappointed with the result: "I tried my guts out to win and blew it. This is the most sick I've felt after losing a match for five or six years." He noted that he had a potential 5–2 lead and praised Higgins' play: "It was meant to be his day."


2001 Champions Cup, Results
The players highlighted in bold text in the table indicate who progressed to the semi-finals. Players in bold to the right of the tables denote match winners.


2001 Champions Cup, Results, Knockout draw
Numbers to the left of the players' name are the tournament seedings. Players in bold indicate match winners.


2001 Champions Cup, Results, Final
Scores in bold denote each of the winning frame scores and the winning player. Breaks over 50 are displayed in brackets.


2001 Champions Cup, Century breaks
The 2001 Champions Cup featured a total of eight century breaks. The highest break of 130 was recorded by Peter Ebdon in the third frame of his Group A match against Ronnie O'Sullivan, which earned him £5,000 prize money.


2001 Charlotte Sting season
The 2001 WNBA season was the fifth season for the franchise. The team saw themselves in the WNBA Finals for the only time in their history. They lost the finals to the Los Angeles Sparks in a sweep.


2001 Charlotte mayoral election
The Charlotte mayoral election of 2001 was held in tuesday November 6, 2001 to elect a Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. It was won by Republican incumbent Pat McCrory, who won a fourth consecutive term by defeating Democratic nominee  Ella Scarborough in the general election.


2001 Chatham Cup
The 2001 Chatham Cup was the 74th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.


2001 Chatham Cup
Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with central and southern regions combining at the fourth round and an open draw from the quarter-finals on. National League teams received a bye until the Fourth Round. In all, 136 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition. Some record five rounds prior to the quarter-finals; others note a preliminary round followed by four full rounds. The former system is used in this article.


2001 Chatham Cup
Tied matches were decided by golden goal extra time and penalty shoot-outs.


2001 Chatham Cup, The 2001 final
University-Mount Wellington and Central United played out a six-goal draw before the match went to penalties. This came down to the tenth kick, with University-Mount Wellington winning 5–4.


2001 Chatham Cup, The 2001 final
The Jack Batty Memorial Cup is awarded to the player adjudged to have made to most positive impact in the Chatham Cup final. The winner of the 2001 Jack Batty Memorial Cup was Paul Bunbury of University-Mount Wellington.


2001 Chattanooga Mocs football team
The 2001 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by second-year head coach Donnie Kirkpatrick and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 1–7 in SoConConference play to tie for eighth place.


2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
The 2001 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 1 May and 1 September 2001. It was the first Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy following its change of name from the NatWest Trophy, with new sponsors Cheltenham & Gloucester plc. The tournament was won by Somerset who defeated Leicesterhire by 41 runs in the final at Lord's.


2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Format
The 18 first-class counties, were joined by all twenty Minor Counties, plus Huntingdonshire. They were also joined by the cricket boards of Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Yorkshire. Unlike previous years, the national teams of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland were unable to take part due to international commitments in the 2001 ICC Trophy.


2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Format
The tournament was a knockout with four rounds before the quarter-final and semi-final stages. The winners of the semi-finals went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 1 September 2001.


2001 Chevrolet Cup
The 2001 Chevrolet Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Viña del Mar in Chile and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and ran from February 12 through February 18, 2001. Guillermo Coria won the singles title.


2001 Chevrolet Cup, Finals, Doubles
Lucas Arnold /  Tomás Carbonell defeated  Mariano Hood /  Sebastián Prieto 6–4, 2–6, 6–3


2001 Chevrolet Cup – Doubles
Gustavo Kuerten and Antonio Prieto were the defending champions but only Prieto competed that year with Álex Calatrava.


2001 Chevrolet Cup – Doubles
Calatrava and Prieto lost in the first round to Sergio Roitman and Andrés Schneiter.


2001 Chevrolet Cup – Doubles
Lucas Arnold and Tomás Carbonell won in the final 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 against Mariano Hood and Sebastián Prieto.


2001 Chevrolet Cup – Singles
Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2001 Chevrolet Cup – Singles
Guillermo Coria won in the final 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 against Gastón Gaudio.


2001 Chicago Bears season
The 2001 Chicago Bears season was their 82nd regular season and 23rd postseason completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 13–3 record under head coach Dick Jauron en route to an NFC Central title and the number two seed in the NFC. With former 1st round pick Cade McNown being traded during training camp, the Bears were led by Jim Miller. The team had five comeback wins during the season, including two straight improbable wins where safety Mike Brown returned an interception for the game-winning touchdown in overtime. However, the Bears were upset at home by the Philadelphia Eagles 33–19 in the NFC Divisional playoffs.


2001 Chicago Bears season, Season narrative
The Bears surprised most with a breakout campaign in 2001. After losing the opening game of the season to the Super Bowl XXXV Champion Baltimore Ravens 17–6 on the road, the Bears won their next six games, starting with a 17–10 victory against their division rival, the Minnesota Vikings in the Bears’ home-opener. They carried their momentum through the Week 3 Bye and won on the road against the Atlanta Falcons (31–3).


2001 Chicago Bears season, Season narrative
The Bears returned home and won against the Arizona Cardinals 20–13. After a road shutout of the Cincinnati Bengals 24–0 the Bears played three home games. The first two games of this stretch were back-to-back overtime wins, first against the San Francisco 49ers (37–31), then against the Cleveland Browns (27–21). Both times safety Mike Brown capped remarkable comebacks (the Bears trailed 28–9 in the third quarter against San Francisco, and 21–7 with seconds remaining against Cleveland) by returning an interception in overtime for a touchdown.


2001 Chicago Bears season, Season narrative
Unfortunately the Green Bay Packers (their historic rival) buried the Bears’ win streak at home, 20–12. The Bears rebounded, winning their next three games. They first defeated then-division rival Tampa Bay 27–24. A season sweep of the Vikings (13–6) followed, then the Bears defended their turf against the Detroit Lions 13–10.


2001 Chicago Bears season, Season narrative
The Bears then traveled to Lambeau Field and were swept by the Packers 17–7. Once again the Bears rebounded, winning their last four games, against the Buccaneers at home (27–3), the Redskins (20–15), the Lions on the road (24–0), and then their season-finale against the Jacksonville Jaguars (33–13). The Bears ended the regular season with a 13–3 record.


2001 Chicago Bears season, Season narrative
The Bears entered the playoffs with the league's top defense (allowing a league-low 203 points), an offense ranked 11th in points scored (338 points), and a plus-13 turnover differential (4th in the league), but their magical season ended on a sour note, losing 33–19 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs at Soldier Field.


2001 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 12
After the winless Lions control play for most of the first half, Detroit kicker Jason Hanson misses three relatively easy field goals and the Bears recover their offense for a come-behind victory. The win moves the Bears to 9–2 but leave the Lions at 0–11 and looking down the barrel of the first 0–16 season in NFL history.


2001 Chicago Bears season, Game summaries, Week 16
Quarterback Miller controls play, and the Bear defence dominates Lion QB Ty Detmer, so that the Lions suffer a second home shutout for the first time since 1942. The Bears’ first playoff berth in eight seasons becomes settled and the team gains an opportunity to win the NFC Central – in the last year under that banner – for the first time since 1990.


2001 Chicago Cubs season
The 2001 Chicago Cubs season was the 130th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 126th in the National League and the 86th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League Central with a record of 88–74.


2001 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
During a forgettable 2000 season, Jim Hendry sent pitcher Scott Downs to Montreal and acquired Rondell White. This laid the groundwork for the 2001 season, which saw the North Siders make another drive for the playoffs. Mack Newton was brought in by the club to preach "positive mental thought",  and it paid off.


2001 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
Matt Stairs started the season at first base, but ultimately the Cubs made a mid-June trade to acquire All-Star 1B Fred McGriff, though McGriff took over a month debating whether or not to approve the deal and leave his hometown Tampa Bay Devil Rays, ultimately waiving his no-trade clause and allow himself to be dealt to Chicago on July 27.


2001 Chicago Cubs season, Regular season
"The Crime Dog" hit a respectable .282 with 12 homers in 49 games with the Cubs, hitting cleanup behind Sammy Sosa, who had perhaps his best season, hitting 64 homers with career highs in batting average (.328) and RBI (160) for Don Baylor's club. Jon Lieber had a 20 win season, and along with Kevin Tapani and Kerry Wood made up a solid rotation.