2001 WGC-World Cup, Qualification and format
18 teams qualified based on the Official World Golf Ranking and were six teams via qualifiers.


2001 WGC-World Cup, Qualification and format
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days were fourball play and the second and final days were foursomes play.


2001 WNBA All-Star Game
The 2001 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 16, 2001, at TD Waterhouse Centre in Orlando, Florida. This was the 3rd annual WNBA All-Star Game.


2001 WNBA All-Star Game, The All-Star Game, Coaches
The coach for the Western Conference was Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor. The coach for the Eastern Conference was New York Liberty coach Richie Adubato.


2001 WNBA Championship
The 2001 WNBA Championship was the championship series of the 2001 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Los Angeles Sparks, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the Charlotte Sting, fourth-seeded champions of the Eastern Conference, two games to none in a best-of-three series. This was Los Angeles' first title.


2001 WNBA Championship
The Sparks made their first appearance in the Finals in franchise history. The Sting also made their first Finals appearance.


2001 WNBA Championship
Going into the series, no other team except the Houston Comets had ever won a WNBA championship (1997-2000).


2001 WNBA Championship
The Sparks had a 28–4 record (.875), good enough to receive home-court advantage over the Sting (18–14). It did not matter, however, as the Sparks swept the Sting.


2001 WNBA Playoffs
The 2001 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 2001 season which ended with the  Western Conference champion Los Angeles Sparks beating the Eastern Conference champion Charlotte Sting, 2–0. Lisa Leslie was named the MVP of the Finals.


2001 WNBA season
The 2001 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's fifth season. The season ended with the Los Angeles Sparks winning their first WNBA championship.


2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2001 was the 12th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 14 to 22, 2001 in Cardiff, Wales.


2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Mika Immonen won the event, defeating German Ralf Souquet in the final, winning 17–10.


2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Format
The 128 participating players were divided into 16 groups, in which they competed in round robin mode against each other. The top four players in each group qualified for the final round played in the knockout system.


2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Format, Prize money
The event's prize money stayed similar to that of the previous years, with winner Mika Immonen winning $65,000.


2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, Preliminary round
The following 64 players dropped out in the group stage:


2001 WPSL Draft
Before the Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL) decided to suspend play for the 2001 season, it held its regularly scheduled 2001 WPSL Senior Draft on December 2, 2000 at Adam's Mark Hotel San Antonio Riverwalk in conjunction with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Convention. As the league did not resume play until 2004, many draftees never played in the league. However, some did, even making an All-Star team.


2001 WPSL Draft
Following are the 24 selections from the 2001 WPSL draft, along with their playing experience, if any (and recorded on the NPF's historical rosters.


2001 WPSL Draft
Position key: C = Catcher; UT = Utility infielder; INF = Infielder; 1B = First base; 2B =Second base SS = Shortstop; 3B = Third base; OF = Outfielder; RF = Right field; CF = Center field; LF = Left field;  P = Pitcher; RHP = right-handed Pitcher; LHP = left-handed Pitcher; DP =Designated playerPositions are listed as combined for those who can play multiple positions.


2001 WTA Tier I Series
The table below shows the 2001 WTA Tier I Series schedule.


2001 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
The year-end number one in 2000 and thus the No. 1 player as 2001 begun, Martina Hingis started the new season off well by winning the title at the Adidas International over nemesis Lindsay Davenport. The two looked like they might meet again in the Australian Open final: Hingis beat Venus Williams in her semifinal, but Davenport was then surprised by a resurgent Jennifer Capriati, who was enjoying a dream run to her first Grand Slam final. Going against the odds, Capriati also scalped Hingis to win her first ever Slam title and re-entered the top 10 in the rankings after a near-eight year absence, a record gap.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
Despite neither claiming the Australian Open, Hingis and Davenport continued to dominate proceedings for the rest of January and February. The two met again at the Toray Pan Pacific Open, with Davenport triumphing this time to win the title. Hingis won the inaugural events in the Middle East, the Qatar Total FinaElf Open and the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open, while Davenport was also victorious at the State Farm Classic. Meanwhile, Amélie Mauresmo claimed both titles in her home country of France, winning at the Open Gaz de France and the Internationaux de Tennis Feminin Nice; and Monica Seles provided a notable victory over in-form Capriati in the IGA US Indoors final.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
The Pacific Life Open saw an all-teen battle commence in its championship match, with 19-year-old Serena Williams reclaiming the title she first won in 1999 by beating 17-year-old Kim Clijsters in the final. Serena's older sister, Venus, responded by winning March's other big title, the Ericsson Open, surviving a nail-biter against Australian Open champion Capriati.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
As the clay court season begun in April, Mauresmo continued to enjoy a strong run of form to win her third straight title on the green clay courts of the Bausch & Lomb Championships. Her 16-match win streak, however, was stopped by Hingis in the quarterfinals of the Family Circle Cup—a tournament that saw Capriati win her first Tier I title since the Canadian Open in 1991, defeating Hingis in three sets.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
Moving on to the red clay courts, Venus Williams showed devastating form at the Betty Barclay Cup, losing just 12 games en route to the title. Mauresmo once again posted impressive results, taking down Hingis and Capriati to win the Eurocard German Open, and making the final at the Italian Open—only being stopped by Yugoslav teenager Jelena Dokić who was enjoying a career best week to win her first ever singles title.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
The French Open provided shocks from early on, with clay court standouts and favourites Mauresmo and Venus Williams both crashing out in the first round. The two upsets blew the bottom half of the draw wide open, allowing Kim Clijsters to reach her first major final, knocking out compatriot Justine Henin in the first all-Belgian semifinal in Grand Slam history. Over on the top half, things went more to plan, with Capriati and Hingis setting up a rematch of that year's Australian Open final. Capriati eased through that, but the final proved to be the bigger challenge. After being two points from defeat on numerous occasions, she eventually triumphed over Clijsters in a 12–10 third set to continue her faultless 14–0 record in Grand Slam play that year.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
Wimbledon also opened with an upset: World No. 1 Hingis crashed out in straight sets against Virginia Ruano Pascual, repeating her first round exit of 1999. Lindsay Davenport had returned to action on the grass after missing the entire clay season due to a right knee bone bruise, and instantly established herself as a threat with a title run at the Britannic Asset Championships. She easily advanced to the semifinals, before losing in a rematch of the 2000 final to Venus Williams.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
On the other side of the draw, Henin snapped Capriati's Grand Slam win streak to become the second straight Belgian player to compete in a major final. However, like Clijsters before her, she went down to the favourite, Williams, who became only the fourth woman in the Open era to win consecutive Wimbledon titles whilst winning her third Grand Slam overall.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
Americans players dominated their home turf during the summer hard court swing, with Venus Williams proving to be the standout player for the second straight year. Despite losing to Meghann Shaughnessy at the Bank of the West Classic, she won two events: the Acura Classic and Pilot Pen Tennis, allowing her to head into her US Open title defence on a 9-match winning streak. Davenport also stamped herself as a major contender with a 13–3 win-loss record during the American hard court tournaments, including a title at the estyle.com Classic. Meanwhile, Serena Williams won the other big US Open warm-up tournament, the Rogers AT&T Cup.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
That year's US Open provided the first ever all-Williams final between sisters Venus and Serena, after both upset the world's top two players in their respective semifinals, Hingis and Capriati. In a historic final that was the first woman's final to be played in prime time, Venus beat her little sister to defend her title and repeat the Wimbledon-US Open double she also did the previous year. It was the first all-sister final at a Grand Slam event since the 1884 Wimbledon Championships, between the Watson sisters, Maud and Lilian.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
Davenport proved to be the standout player during the indoor season, winning three tournaments in consecutive weeks: the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, the Swisscom Challenge and the Generali Ladies Linz, repeating the achievement she also did in 1998. Also performing well were Dokić, who won two titles at the AIG Japan Open and the Kremlin Cup, just two results that capped off her breakthrough season with a rise into the top 10 in the world; and Seles, who finished her season with a 13-match winning streak. Meanwhile, World No. 579 Angelique Widjaja became the lowest-ranked player ever to win a Tour title at the place of her home tournament, the Wismilak International. Off-court, tour stalwarts Nathalie Tauziat and Anke Huber both announced their retirements from singles play.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
Elsewhere, Capriati ascended to the No. 1 ranking for the first time in her career on October 15 after an injury caused Hingis to be unable to defend her points from the previous year. Hingis, who had held the No. 1 ranking for the entire season to that point, was also forced to withdraw from the Sanex Championships.


2001 WTA Tour, Season summary, Singles
That year's Sanex Championships was also missing Venus Williams, who had to withdraw with a wrist injury. In her absence, sister Serena won the title despite not playing since her U.S. Open final loss to Venus, becoming the first player to win the year-ending championship in their debut appearance. Davenport made the final, but had to default to Williams due to a bone bruise. Nevertheless, with Capriati's quarterfinal loss to Sandrine Testud, Davenport's final appearance was enough for her to gain the No. 1 ranking by just 10 points, her second time in the year-end No. 1 position following 1998.


2001 WTA Tour, Rankings
Below are the 2001 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:


2001 WTA Tour Championships
The 2001 WTA Tour Championships, also known by its sponsored name Sanex Championships, was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany. It was the 31st edition of the year-end singles championships, the 26th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 2001 WTA Tour. The tournament was held between 30 October and 4 November 2001. Seventh-seeded Serena Williams won the singles event after Lindsay Davenport defaulted the final due to a knee injury she sustained in her semifinal match. Davenport's semifinal win ensured her the No.1 year-end ranking. Williams earned $500,000 first-prize money as well as 390 ranking points.


2001 WTA Tour Championships
Venus Williams and Martina Hingis had qualified for the tournament but withdrew due to injuries while Monica Seles refused to play in Germany, the country where she was stabbed in 1993.


2001 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs defeated  Cara Black /  Elena Likhovtseva, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3.


2001 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova were the defending champions, but didn't participate in this year's event.


2001 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Martina Hingis was the defending champion, but pulled out due to ankle surgery.


2001 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Serena Williams won the championship by default after Lindsay Davenport withdrew from the final.


2001 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
This was the last professional tournament in former world No. 4 Anke Huber's career.


2001 WUSA Founders Cup
The 2001 WUSA Founders Cup, also known as Founders Cup I, was the first championship match in Women's United Soccer Association history, played between Bay Area CyberRays and the Atlanta Beat to decide the champion of the league's inaugural season. The game was played in bright sunshine at Foxboro Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on August 25, 2001. Bay Area CyberRays defeated the Beat 4–2 on a penalty shootout when the match finished 3–3 after sudden death extra time.


2001 WUSA Founders Cup, Pre-match
Ticket prices for the final started at $15 and were also available at $28 and $45, with a discount for group purchases.


2001 WUSA Founders Cup, Pre-match
Atlanta's star player Sun Wen had been afflicted by injuries to her left knee and ankle and was only fit enough to be a substitute. She had entered the semi final victory over Philadelphia Charge to decisive effect, scoring a goal and assisting another for Cindy Parlow as Atlanta recovered from 2–0 down to win 3–2.


2001 WUSA Supplemental Draft
The WUSA Supplemental Player Draft, held before Women's United Soccer Association's initial 2001 season, distributed college players to the league's eight inaugural teams. The draft occurred on February 4, 2001. This took place after each team had already been allocated three national team players, two foreign players and had each made 15 selections from the main draft held on December 10 and 11, 2000.


2001 WUSA Supplemental Draft, Draft notes
The supplemental draft was preceded by a two-day tournament at Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, sponsored by Umbro and intended to bring together the best seniors in college soccer.


2001 WUSA Supplemental Draft, Draft notes
It was intended that the supplemental draft would facilitate: "selection of players who just completed their college eligibility or who recently submitted their names into the draft pool". After it had taken place, each team had four additional players on a provisional roster of 24. This would be cut down to 20 before the season began.


2001 WUSA Supplemental Draft, Draft notes
Draft host Tony DiCicco reminded disappointed candidates who were not selected that each team would still hold open try-outs before their rosters were finalized: "the process is not over". He said that an agreement on WUSA's formal affiliation with the USL W-League and Women's Premier Soccer League was close.


2001 Wagner Seahawks football team
The 2001 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Seahawks were led by 21st-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner finished the season 3–6 overall and 3–5 in NEC play to tie for fourth place. Wagner's September 15 game at Georgetown was canceled due to college football's collective decision to postpone games following the September 11 attacks.


2001 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 2001 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Jim Grobe, the Demon Deacons compiled a 6–5 record and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Notably, the team ended a 17 game losing streak against conference opponent Virginia.


2001 Wales rugby union tour of Japan
The 2001 Wales rugby union tour of Japan was a series of matches played in June 2001 in Japan by Wales national rugby union team. The team had an experimental line-up because their best players were involved in the 2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia.


2001 Walker Cup
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2001 Walker Cup
The 2001 Walker Cup, the 38th Walker Cup Match, was played on August 11 and 12, 2001, at Ocean Forest Golf Club in Sea Island, Georgia. The event was won by Great Britain and Ireland 15 to 9, marking the first time that Great Britain & Ireland retained the Cup (i.e., had two consecutive wins).


2001 Walker Cup, Format
The format for play on Saturday and Sunday was the same. There were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. In all, 24 matches were played.


2001 Walker Cup, Format
Each of the 24 matches is worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match is all square after the 18th hole extra holes are not played. Rather, each side earns ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulates at least 12½ points wins the competition. If the two teams are tied, the previous winner retains the trophy.


2001 Walker Cup, Teams
Ten players for the USA and Great Britain & Ireland participate in the event plus one non-playing captain for each team.


2001 Warragamba bushfires
The 2001 Warragamba bushfires occurred Christmas Day, 25 December 2001 in the small New South Wales town of Warragamba, leaving 30 homes and businesses destroyed.


2001 Warragamba bushfires
The bushfires in Warragamba were part of the longest official continuous bushfire emergency in NSW taking place between 21 December 2001 and 13 January 2002 and spreading across the state. Most of these fires were caused by lightning or arsonists. The fire behaviour was unusual in many areas due to extreme dryness of fuel and variable winds. The initial destruction in Warragamba and the Hawkesbury River area prompted a natural disaster declaration by the State Government.


2001 Warragamba bushfires
On Christmas Day of 2001 over four thousand firefighters were battling over one hundred blazes across the state. A band of fire running from Campbelltown, New South Wales east to the coast was the firefighters main concern. This was the firefront that caused the damage to Warragamba and neighbouring town Silverdale, New South Wales as the fire sped sixty kilometres in six hours from the Lower Blue Mountains to the coast around Helensburgh, New South Wales. Areas further south, such as the area around St. George's Basin and Jervis Bay were heavily affected by fires caused by stray embers from the main front, with many homes in the area being destroyed.


2001 Warragamba bushfires
Many local residents of the townships under threat battled the fires with garden hoses, as there were not enough fire-fighters. One resident, Father John Evans battled to save the local parish church, only to see his own house burn down.


2001 Warragamba bushfires
Hundreds of people were forced into an emergency evacuation from Warragamba.


2001 Warragamba bushfires
The initial loss of electricity affected 4,500 homes in Warragamba and surrounding areas. The local electricity supplier, Integral Energy estimated the cost in the Warragamba and surrounding areas at 3 million dollars.


2001 Warragamba bushfires
On 26 December 2001, the day after the fires swept through the town, Prime Minister John Howard visited the town and praised the work of volunteer firefighters.


2001 Washington Huskies football team
The 2001 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third season under head coach Rick Neuheisel, the team compiled an 8-4 record, finished in a three-way tie for second place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and was outscored 370 to 353.


2001 Washington Huskies football team
Running back Willie Hurst and linebacker Ben Mahdavi were selected as the team's most valuable players on offense and defense, respectively.


2001 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft
Three Huskies were selected in the 2002 NFL Draft, which lasted seven rounds (261 selections).


2001 Washington Mystics season
The 2001 WNBA season was the fourth season for the Washington Mystics. The Mystics finished with the worst record in the Eastern Conference.


2001 Washington Redskins season
The 2001 season was the Washington Redskins' 70th in the National Football League, their 65th representing Washington, D.C. and the only season under head coach Marty Schottenheimer. Despite an ugly start to the season at 0–5, the Redskins began a 5-game winning streak, and by week 14 were 6–6 and in the midst in the NFC playoff hunt. However, despite outplaying their next two opponents, the Redskins dropped two critical games to the Eagles and Bears, eliminating them from playoff contention, though they would finish the season on a high note at 8–8.


2001 Washington Redskins season
This was also the season the Redskins debut the stitch up authentic name and numbers on the jerseys.


2001 Washington State Cougars football team
The 2001 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by thirteenth-year head coach Mike Price and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.


2001 Washington State Cougars football team
Opening with seven straight wins, WSU was 9–2 in the regular season and 6–2 in the Pac-10, tied for second. Invited to the Sun Bowl on New Year's Eve, the Cougars defeated Purdue for their tenth win, and were tenth in the final rankings.


2001 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 2001 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 101st staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 5 February 2001. The championship began on 27 April 2001 and ended on 17 September 2001.


2001 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
Mount Sion were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Lismore in a semi-final replay.


2001 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 17 September 2001, Ballygunner won the championship after a 4-12 to 1-16 defeat of Lismore in the final at Walsh Park. It was their 9th championship title overall and their first title since 1999.


2001 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
Lismore's Dave Bennett was the championship's top scorer with 1-45.


2001 Webby Awards
The 2001 Webby Awards were held in San Francisco at the War Memorial Opera House on July 18, 2001, hosted by Alan Cumming. The Lifetime Achievement Award, which debuted this year, went to Ray Tomlinson and Douglas Engelbart. It was the first awards held after the dot-com crash; as a result, they were smaller and quieter than in years past. The organization hired agency Diesel Design to create three ancillary sites to their main one for the 2001 ceremony, one site dedicated to award nominees, an RSVP site for guests, and a site for the winners. The agency also created print and online ads for the awards show, as well as interior signage, posters, and invitations.


2001 Webby Awards, Nominees and winners
Winners and nominees are generally named according to the organization or website winning the award, although the recipient is, technically, the web design firm or internal department that created the winning site and in the case of corporate websites, the designer's client. Web links are provided for informational purposes, both in the most recently available archive.org version before the awards ceremony and, where available, the current website. Many older websites no longer exist, are redirected, or have been substantially redesigned.


2001 Wellington City mayoral election
The 2001 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the 2001 New Zealand local elections held at that time. Elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Kerry Prendergast, the former deputy mayor, was elected as mayor of Wellington replacing Mark Blumsky who had retired. This was the last Wellington mayoral election that used the First past the post method.


2001 Wellington City mayoral election, Ward results
Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council.


2001 Wellington Sevens
The 2001 Wellington Sevens, also known as the 2001 New Zealand Sevens, was an international rugby sevens tournament that was held in Wellington, New Zealand as the third leg of the 2000–01 World Sevens Series. The tournament took place at the Westpac Stadium on 9–10 February 2001.


2001 Wellington Sevens
The hosts, New Zealand, lost their first match of the season as they were defeated 19–17 by defending Wellington Sevens champions Fiji in the Cup quarterfinals. This was only the second time that a New Zealand sevens side had failed to reach the Cup final of World Sevens Series event. This was also the first event to hold a Shield competition which was won by Japan who defeated Papua New Guinea 27-19 in the final.


2001 Wellington Sevens
Australia became only the third nation to win a World Sevens Series title as they defeated Fiji 19–17 in the Cup final.


2001 Wellington 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 group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.


2001 Wellington local elections
The 2001 Wellington local elections were part of the 2001 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts.


2001 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council
The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and nineteen councillors elected from six wards (Northern, Onslow, Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern) using the First-past-the-post voting system.


2001 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Eastern ward
The Eastern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


2001 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Lambton ward
The Lambton ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


2001 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Northern ward
The Northern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


2001 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Onslow ward
The Onslow ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


2001 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Southern ward
The Southern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


2001 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Western ward
The Western ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


2001 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2001 Regal Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 28 January 2001 at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales.


2001 Welsh Open (snooker)
John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost his quarter-final match against Stephen Lee.


2001 Welsh Open (snooker)
Ken Doherty defeated Paul Hunter 9–2 in the final to win his fourth ranking title.


2001 Welsh Open (snooker), Tournament summary
Defending champion John Higgins was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.


2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2001 was held in Indian state of West Bengal to elect 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.


2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Results
Left Front led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 196 seats, a majority. Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was reelected as Chief Minister. Pankaj Kumar Banerjee of All India Trinamool Congress, took charge as Leader of the Opposition.


2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Results
Hashim Abdul Halim was nominated as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, while Anil Kumar Mukherjee was nominated as Deputy Speaker.


2001 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series
The 2001 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series was held on May 18–20, 2001 at Pepperdine's home field, Eddy D. Field Stadium in Malibu, California, and pitted the winners of the conference's two four-team divisions. The event determined the champion of the West Coast Conference for the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball season. Pepperdine won the series two games to one over Gonzaga and earned the league's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2001 West Coast Conference Baseball Championship Series, Seeding
Gonzaga claimed the berth for the Coast Division by winning the season series over Santa Clara two games to one.


2001 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2001 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 3–5, 2001. All rounds were held in San Diego, California at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2. The West Coast Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN.


2001 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Gonzaga Bulldogs earned their third straight WCC Tournament title and an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament. Dan Dickau of Gonzaga was named Tournament MVP.


2001 West Sussex County Council election
Elections to West Sussex County Council were held on 7 June 2001, alongside a parliamentary general election. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservative Party remained in control of the council. Turnout across the county ranged from 42.7% in Broadfield to 69.6% in Midhurst, with the county average standing at 60.8%.


2001 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 2001 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under new head coach Rich Rodriguez the Mountaineers football suffered their worst season since 1978, finishing with a mark of 3–8. The season's lowest point was a home loss to Temple, the school's first loss to the Owls since 1984 and first home loss to the school since 1979.


2001 Western Australian state election
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 10 February 2001 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The two-term Liberal–National coalition government, led by Premier Richard Court, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Dr Geoff Gallop.


2001 Western Australian state election
The election produced the biggest change of seats at any election since 1911, with Labor winning 14 seats from the Coalition as well as an Independent-held seat, while losing the seat of Kalgoorlie for the first time since 1923 to Liberal candidate Matt Birney. Meanwhile, a minister in the outgoing Government, Doug Shave, lost his seat of Alfred Cove to Independent candidate Dr Janet Woollard, who was also a member of the Liberals for Forests party.


2001 Western Australian state election
This was the first election in Western Australian history where the Australian Greens Party overtook the National Party in its share of the state vote.


2001 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly
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2001 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
The 2001 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were coached by Jack Harbaugh. This was the school's first season as a member of the Gateway Football Conference, having won the Ohio Valley Conference championship the previous year. The Hilltoppers were the preseason favorites to win the conference but finished tied for 2nd. They qualified for the NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs where they were defeated by eventual runner-up, Furman. The team was originally scheduled to play Wisconsin on September 14, however, due to the September 11 attacks, all college football games were suspended the following weekend, and the game was played on the 29th.


2001 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
This team included future NFL players Joseph Jefferson, Mel Mitchell, Sherrod Coates, and Brian Claybourn. Mitchell, Eric Dandy, and Chris Price were named to the AP All American team and Jefferson was selected to play in the Blue-Gray Football Classic. The All-Conference team included Coates, Dandy, Jefferson, Mitchell, Price, Patrick Reynolds, Buster Ashley, Claybourn, Peter Martinez, Kyle Moffatt, and Daniel Withrow.


2001 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 2001 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth season under head coach Gary Darnell, the Broncos compiled a 5–6 record (4–5 against MAC opponents), finished in fourth place in the MAC's West Division, and outscored their opponents, 277 to 266. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


2001 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Jeff Welsh with 1,702 passing yards, Philip Reed with 539 rushing yards, and Joshua Bush with 617 receiving yards.


2001 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 2001.


2001 Whitbread Awards
2001 was the first year that a book in the children's category was chosen as book of the year.


2001 Wigan Warriors season
This article outlines the 2001 season for the British rugby league club Wigan Warriors. This season saw them compete in the Super League and Challenge Cup.


2001 Wigan Warriors season, League Table
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2001 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 2001 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 22nd year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with an overall record of 8–4 and a mark of 7–2 in A-10 play, sharing the conference title with Hofstra, Maine, and Villanova. The Tribe was ranked No. 17 in the final Sports Network poll. They qualified for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, losing to Appalachian State in the first round.


2001 William Jones Cup
The 2001 William Jones Cup (24th tournament) took place in Taiwan. Chinese Taipei won its first title since the first edition of the tournament 24 years ago.


2001 Wiltshire County Council election
Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 7 June 2001. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives held onto control.


2001 Wiltshire County Council election
As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the 2001 United Kingdom general election.


2001 Wimbledon Championships
The 2001 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom, held from 25 June to 9 July 2001. It was the 115th edition of the Wimbledon Championships, part of the 2001 ATP and WTA Tours, and it was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year.


2001 Wimbledon Championships
The tournament was the first in Wimbledon's 124-year history in which 32 players in the men's and women's draws were seeded, instead of the usual sixteen. This move was made to appease clay court players who were unhappy with the traditional seeding system, which favoured grass court results over those of other surfaces.


2001 Wimbledon Championships
Pete Sampras was unsuccessful in his defence of the men's singles title, losing in the fourth round to 19-year-old Roger Federer, who was then relatively unknown. Goran Ivanišević won the title, defeating 2000 runner-up Pat Rafter in the final in five sets. Ivanišević had previously been runner-up three times (1992, 1994 and 1998), but had fallen to number 125 in the world by 2001 and had only entered the 2001 tournament after being granted a wild card. Venus Williams successfully defended the women's singles title, beating 19-year-old Justine Henin in the final in three sets. Henin became the first Belgian player to reach a Wimbledon final. Top seed Martina Hingis was beaten by Virginia Ruano Pascual in the first round.


2001 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for 2001 championships was £8,525,280. The winner of the men's title earned £500,000 while the women's singles champion earned £462,500.


2001 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Singles
Goran Ivanišević defeated  Pat Rafter, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7


2001 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Donald Johnson /  Jared Palmer defeated  Jiří Novák /  David Rikl, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)


2001 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs defeated  Kim Clijsters /  Ai Sugiyama, 6–4, 6–3


2001 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Leoš Friedl /  Daniela Hantuchová defeated  Mike Bryan /  Liezel Huber, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2


2001 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Frank Dancevic /  Giovanni Lapentti defeated  Bruno Echagaray /  Santiago González, 6–1, 6–4


2001 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Gisela Dulko /  Ashley Harkleroad defeated  Christina Horiatopoulos /  Bethanie Mattek, 6–3, 6–1


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Dominique Coene and Kristof Vliegen were the defending champions, but they did not compete in the Juniors this year.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Frank Dancevic and Giovanni Lapentti defeated Bruno Echagaray and Santiago González in the final, 6–1, 6–4 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Nicolas Mahut was the defending champion, but did not complete in the Juniors this year.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Roman Valent defeated Gilles Müller in the final, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
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2001 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Ioana Gaspar and Tatiana Perebiynis were the defending champions, but they did not compete in the Juniors this year.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Gisela Dulko and Ashley Harkleroad defeated Christina Horiatopoulos and Bethanie Mattek in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
María Emilia Salerni was the defending champion but did not complete in the Juniors this year.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Angelique Widjaja defeated Dinara Safina in the final, 6–4, 0–6, 7–5 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
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2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions, but Woodforde had retired from the tour. Woodbridge partnered with Jonas Björkman but lost in the third round to Bob and Mike Bryan.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer defeated Jiří Novák and David Rikl in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6), to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
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2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Goran Ivanišević defeated Pat Rafter in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. It was his first and only major title. Ivanišević became the first unseeded player to win the title since Boris Becker in 1985, and the first wild card to win a Major. His ranking improved by 109 places following the win, from world No. 125 to world No. 16. Ivanišević had reached the Wimbledon final three times before (in 1992, 1994 and 1998) but lost each time.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Pete Sampras was the four-time defending champion, but he lost in the fourth round to 19-year-old Roger Federer. The Sampras-Federer match was the only time the two ever competed against each other in a professional match. This was the first major tournament at which Federer was seeded. Sampras was attempting to equal Björn Borg's record of five consecutive Wimbledon titles (which Federer would achieve in 2007).


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
This was the year when Wimbledon expanded from 16 to 32 seeds.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
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2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Magnus Norman and Nicolás Lapentti withdrew due to injury. They were replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded players Jonas Björkman and Harel Levy, who became the #33 and #34 seeds respectively.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Donald Johnson and Kimberly Po-Messerli were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Leoš Friedl and Daniela Hantuchová.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Friedl and Hantuchová defeated Mike Bryan and Liezel Huber in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Serena and Venus Williams were the defending champions but withdrew in the third round.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs defeated Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
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2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Venus Williams successfully defended her title, defeating Justine Henin in the final, 6–1, 3–6, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
This tournament saw a second first-round loss for World No. 1 Martina Hingis at Wimbledon, who previously fell in the first round in 1999. This time she fell to World No. 83 Virginia Ruano Pascual. The top seed would not lose in the first round of a Grand Slam again until the 2017 French Open, a span of 62 Grand Slam majors.


2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
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2001 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


2001 Windward Islands Tournament
The 2001 Windward Islands Tournament was an international football tournament hosted in Grenada in April 2001.


2001 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 2001 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 14–4 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup but lost to the Calgary Stampeders.


2001 Winston-Salem mayoral election
The 2001 Winston-Salem mayoral election was held on November 6, 2001 to elect the mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It saw the election of Allen Joines, who defeated incumbent mayor Jack Canvanagh.


2001 Winter Universiade
The 2001 Winter Universiade, the XX Winter Universiade, took place in Zakopane, Poland.


2001 Winton V8 Supercar round
The 2001 Winton V8 Supercar round was the tenth round of the 2001 Shell Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 8 to 9 September at the Winton Motor Raceway in Benalla, Victoria.


2001 Winton V8 Supercar round, Race report
Russell Ingall took his first round win of the season, which would further help his efforts to win the championship.


2001 Winton V8 Supercar round, Race report
The first race was cut short by a few laps after the race was red flagged due to several incidents that warranted the race to be stopped, thereby making Greg Murphy the winner.


2001 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 2001 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season.


2001 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season summary
After an 8–4 regular season and a Sun Bowl win in 2000, the Badgers looked for their third Rose Bowl trip in 4 years. However, Wisconsin would be defeated in Autzen Stadium by Oregon and Camp Randall by Fresno State.


2001 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season summary
After those two losses, the Badgers won their next 2 games. But any dreams of Pasadena were dashed after Wisconsin's first Big Ten home game of the season. The Badgers lost 63–32 to Indiana, one of  the worst losses in school history. While they managed to upset a ranked Ohio State team in Ohio Stadium the next week, the Badgers found themselves unable to pull off a significant win after; losing four of their final five to close out the season. While the Badgers managed to keep it close against both Illinois and Michigan, they were unable to pull off an upset of either team, losing another close game to Michigan, 20–17.


2001 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season summary
Despite a disappointing season, the Badgers had some bright spots. WR Lee Evans had an amazing season, as he would catch 75 passes for 1,545 yards and 9 touchdowns, despite having 3 different QBs during the year (Brooks Bollinger, Jim Sorgi, and Matt Schabert). RB Anthony Davis also turned in an outstanding season, with 1,466 yards rushing Davis would have 10 games of 100 or more yards rushing, including a season high 200 against Penn State.


2001 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Season summary
Despite these great efforts from skill position players, the Badgers had injuries at the QB position, as well as difficulties on defense all season long. The Badgers were 2–3 in games decided by 7 points or less and would lose 7 games on the year, missing the postseason entirely.


2001 Wismilak International
The 2001 Wismilak International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Bali, Indonesia that was part of the Tier III category of the 2001 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 24 September through 30 September 2001. Unseeded Angelique Widjaja, who played her first WTA tour event and entered on a wildcard, won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


2001 Wismilak International, Finals, Doubles
Evie Dominikovic /  Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated  Janet Lee /  Wynne Prakusya, 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–3


2001 Wismilak International – Singles
Henrieta Nagyová was the defending champion, but decided to play in the Sparkassen Cup instead.


2001 Wismilak International – Singles
Angelique Widjaja won the title in her first WTA tournament she was playing in, becoming the lowest ranked player ever to win a WTA title.


2001 Wokingham District Council election
The 2001 Wokingham District Council election took place on 7 June 2001 to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2001 Wokingham District Council election
The previous election in 2000 saw both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats win 27 seats. The Liberal Democrats took control of the administration 2 months later after one of the Conservative councillors, Nigel Rose, abstained enabling the Liberal Democrats to get the mayor's casting vote.


2001 Wokingham District Council election
The results of the 2001 election saw no change with both main parties remaining on the same number of seats. Overall turnout was significantly increased at 63.75% due to the election being held at the same time as the 2001 general election.


2001 Women's British Open
The 2001 Women's British Open was held 2–5 August in England at Sunningdale Golf Club, southwest of London in Sunningdale, Berkshire. It was the 25th edition of the Women's British Open, and the first as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It replaced the du Maurier Classic in Canada as the fourth and final major of the season.


2001 Women's British Open
On Sunningdale's Old Course, Se-ri Pak won the third of her five major titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Mi -Hyun Kim. Four strokes behind leader Catriona Matthew after 54 holes and tied for ninth, Pak eagled the first hole on Sunday and shot a final round 66 (−6) for 277 (−11).


2001 Women's British Open
The event was televised by ESPN and ABC Sports in the United States and BBC Sport in the United Kingdom.


2001 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 2001 Women's Eye Group British Open Squash Championships was held at the Edgbaston Priory Club (qualifying) and the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham from 3–10 June 2001. The event was won by Sarah Fitzgerald who defeated Carol Owens in the final.


2001 Women's County Championship
The 2001 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 5th cricket Women's County Championship season. It took place in July and August and saw 20 county teams compete in a series of divisions. Yorkshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their fourth Championship title in five seasons.


2001 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.


2001 Women's County Championship, Competition format
The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:


2001 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Win: 12 points. Tie:  6 points. Loss : Bonus points. No Result: 11 points. Abandoned: 11 points.


2001 Women's County Championship, Competition format
Up to five batting and five bowling points per side were also available.


2001 Women's County Championship, Teams
The 2001 Championship consisted of 17 teams: the top two divisions with six teams apiece and Division Three with five teams. Teams played each other once. The Emerging Counties competition was also competed in 2001: a tier below the County Championship, consisting of three teams, playing each other once.


2001 Women's County Championship, Emerging Counties
Durham were promoted to join Division Three. Full match results and table are unrecorded.


2001 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Inaugural Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France from April 10 to 14, 2001. This competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. 78 fighters from 14 European countries competed in 11 weight classes.


2001 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships
Russia dominated the competition, winning 6 gold medals; host country France were second in the medals table.


2001 Women's European Cricket Championship
The 2001 Women's European Cricket Championship was an international cricket tournament held in England from 10 to 12 August 2001. It was the sixth edition of the Women's European Championship, and, for the final time, all matches at the tournament held One Day International (ODI) status.


2001 Women's European Cricket Championship
Four teams participated, with the hosts, England, joined by Ireland, the Netherlands, and Scotland. Denmark, which had participated in every prior edition, did not send a team, while Scotland was making both its tournament debut and its ODI debut. England, the winner of the past five editions of the tournament, selected only players under the age of 19 in its squad, although all the team's matches were granted official status. Ireland won all of its round-robin matches to claim its first title.


2001 Women's European Cricket Championship
As at the previous tournament in 1999, no final was played, although both England and Ireland were undefeated going into their final match, making that a de facto final. England's Laura Harper and Ireland's Isobel Joyce led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively. All matches at the tournament were played at Bradfield College, Reading.


2001 Women's European Cricket Championship, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2001 Women's European Cricket Championship, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship
The 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 22nd edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Sofia and Varna, Bulgaria from 22 to 30 September 2001.


2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking.


2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format
The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at 9th place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th).


2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship, held in Sofia and Varna, Bulgaria from September 22 to September 30, 2001.


2001 Women's European Water Polo Championship
The 2001 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the ninth edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in Budapest, Hungary from June 16 to June 23, 2001.


2001 Women's European Water Polo Championship squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2001 Women's European Water Polo Championship.


2001 Women's Five Nations Championship
The 2001 Women's Five Nations Championship was the third and final series of the rugby union Women's Five Nations Championship and was won by England, who achieved the Grand Slam. It should have been a six nations championship, but for the second year running Ireland withdrew from some fixtures.


2001 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2001 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 9th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 18–26 August 2001 in Amstelveen, Netherlands.


2001 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
Argentina won the tournament for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 3–2 in the final.


2001 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Teams
The participating teams were determined by International Hockey Federation (FIH):


2001 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Umpires
Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:


2001 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 57 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.


2001 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
The 2001 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 4th edition of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup. It was held from May 14 to May 26, 2001 in the CeNARD, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.


2001 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
South Korea won the tournament for the first time after defeating Argentina 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 draw in the final. Defending champions the Netherlands lost the third-place match to Australia 2–0.


2001 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, Qualification
Each continental federation received a number of quotas depending on the FIH World Rankings for teams qualified through their junior continental championships. Alongside the host nation, 15 teams competed in the tournament.


2001 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, Statistics, Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2001 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 195 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 3.48 goals per match.


2001 Women's Intercontinental Cup
The 2001 Women's Hockey Intercontinental Cup was the sixth edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The event was held from 17–30 September, across two host cities, Abbeville and Amiens in France.


2001 Women's Intercontinental Cup
England won the tournament for the first time after defeating Russia 4–0 in the final. Ukraine finished in third place, defeating Japan 4–3 in penalties following a 1–1 draw.


2001 Women's Intercontinental Cup
The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2002 FIH World Cup in Perth, with the top six teams qualifying automatically. The seventh placed team qualified to the three–match playoff series held in Cannock, which was to be played against the United States.


2001 Women's Intercontinental Cup, Qualification
All five confederations received quotas for teams to participate allocated by the International Hockey Federation based upon the FIH World Rankings. Those teams participated at their respective continental championships but could not qualify through it, and they received the chance to qualify through this tournament based on the final ranking at each competition.


2001 Women's Intercontinental Cup, Results, Classification round, Fifth to eighth place classification
The match finished 2–2 and Lithuania won the subsequent penalty shoot-out 6–5. However Ireland captain, Rachel Kohler, spotted that the penalty strokes were being taken in the wrong order. She was initially ignored by the match officials, but Ireland appealed and the tournament director ruled the shoot-out should be replayed the next day. However Lithuania refused to take part and withdrew from the tournament.


2001 Women's Intercontinental Cup, Results, Classification round, Fifth to eighth place classification
After Ireland defeated Scotland 2–1 in this match they were initially confirmed as the final qualifier for the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup. Before the match the Lithuania team staged a sit down protest on the pitch. Lithuania lodged a further appeal to the FIH who then ordered that Ireland, Lithuania, India and the United States take part in a second qualification tournament. Lithuania were due to play India in a seventh and eighth place play-off before they withdrew.


2001 Women's Intercontinental Cup, Results, Classification round, Fifth to eighth place classification
The United States had been unable to participate in the original tournament due to the disruption of airline schedules after the 11 September attacks. However Ireland in turn appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport who overruled the FIH decision and finally confirmed Ireland's place in the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup.


2001 Women's Intercontinental Cup, Final standings
As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2001 Women's Intercontinental Cup, Goalscorers
There were 214 goals scored in 55 matches, for an average of 3.89 goals per match.


2001 Women's Islamic Games
The third edition of the Women's Islamic Games took place in Tehran and Rasht, Iran from 2 to 8 November 2001. A total of 23 countries, 84 teams, and 795 athletes competed at the Games, which featured fifteen separate sports. The competition was due to feature 34 countries but due to the September 11 attacks in the United States, and the War in Afghanistan, the original number was reduced, as was the number of international observers. The competition was overseen by 389 referees and 9 international observers. Hosts Iran won the competition with a total of 185 medals; almost half the medals awarded at the Games.


2001 Women's Islamic Games, Sports
The sports competed at the Games were: badminton, basketball, chess, fencing, futsal, gymnastics, handball, karate, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis and volleyball.


2001 Women's Lacrosse World Cup
The 2001 Women's Lacrosse World Cup was the sixth Women's Lacrosse World Cup and was played in High Wycombe, England from July 7–14, 2001. The United States defeated Australia in the final to win the tournament.


2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
The 2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 17th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by six countries from October 10 to October 14, 2001 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The United States won the gold medal over Cuba and qualified for the 2001 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup; the Dominican Republic was third after winning over the Mexican team. Puerto Rico withdrawed and was replaced by Costa Rica; Canada and Jamaica cancelled their participation because of the recent flying problems derived by the September 11 attacks.


2001 Women's Oceania Cup
The 2001 Women's Oceania Cup was the second edition of the women's field hockey tournament. It was held from 26 to 29 July in Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington.


2001 Women's Oceania Cup
The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2002 FIH World Cup.


2001 Women's Oceania Cup
Australia won the tournament for the second time, defeating New Zealand in the three–game series, 3–0. However, as Australia had already qualified for the FIH World Cup as the host nation, the entry quota was awarded to New Zealand.


2001 Women's Oceania Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 15 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.


2001 Women's Pan American Cup
The 2001 Women's Pan American Cup was the 1st edition of the Women's Pan American Cup. It was held between 8 and 18 March 2001 in Kingston, Jamaica. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2002 Hockey World Cup to be held in Perth, Australia. The winner would qualify directly while the teams ranked between 2nd and 4th would have the chance to obtain one of six berths at the World Cup Qualifier in Amiens and Abbeville, France.


2001 Women's Pan American Cup
Argentina won the tournament for the first time after defeating the United States 4–1 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the 2002 Hockey World Cup.


2001 Women's Pan American Cup, Format
Each of the seven teams plays each other once in a round-robin to complete six preliminary-round games. The top two teams at the end of the preliminary round will play the final, the third and fourth-placed teams play for the bronze medal, while the fifth and sixth-placed teams meet in the fifth-place playoff.


2001 Women's Pan American Cup, Umpires
Below are the 9 umpires appointed by the Pan American Hockey Federation:


2001 Women's Pan American Cup, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 125 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.21 goals per match.


2001 Women's Pro Softball League season
The 2001 Women's Professional Softball League season was the first year that the WPSL suspended play before relaunching the league in 2004 under the name National Pro Fastpitch. From 1997, WPSL operated under the names Women's Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women's Pro Softball League (WPSL).


2001 Women's Pro Softball League season, Teams
When the WPSL suspended the 2001 season, there were four teams in the league: Tampa Bay FireStix, Akron Racers, Ohio Pride, and Florida Wahoos. When the league relaunched in 2004 as the NPF, the Racers were the only WPSL team to continue playing.


2001 Women's Pro Softball League season, Milestones and Events
The 2001 year began as normally scheduled for the WPSL. The league had its draft in December 2000 and had a schedule for the upcoming season. However, on February 27, 2001, WPSL announced that the 2001 had been cancelled, and the league would focus on expansion for a league relaunch in 2002. (The relaunch was eventually postponed until 2004.) To maintain public awareness of the league and to test future markets for expansion, in lieu of a WPSL season the league sponsored the  "Tour of Fastpitch Champions"  during the summer, featuring a team of WPSL All-Stars against a team of USA and international Olympians, called WPSL Gold.


2001 Women's Pro Softball League season, Milestones and Events
The WPSL announced a plan to restart play in "six to eight markets in 2002, with growth to 12 markets by 2004." The tour moved through 14 cities, as the two WPSL teams played each other and other international and local all-stars. Ten of these games were televised, eight on ESPN2 and two "live" on ESPN, a first for the WPSL. In 2002, the league continued to explore where its new teams would play, and had a 2003 tour as an opener to the return of league play in 2004.


2001 Women's Pro Softball League season, Milestones and Events, College Draft
Before play was suspended, WPSL held their regularly scheduled 2001 WPSL Senior Draft. Many draftees never played in the league, but some did, even making an All-Star team. These results are indicated below.


2001 Women's Pro Softball League season, Tour Rosters
The rosters of the 2001 WPSL All-Stars and WPSL Gold are listed below:


2001 Women's South American Volleyball Championship
The 2001 Women's South American Volleyball Championship was the 24th edition of the Women's South American Volleyball Championship, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was held in Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina


2001 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, Teams
Due to a conflict between the Peruvian Volleyball Federation and the FIVB, this is the only edition where the red-and-whites have not participated in the South American tournament. So far, the powerful Peruvian women's national volleyball team has won at least a medal in every edition they have participated.


2001 Women's South American Volleyball Championship, Competition System
The competition system for the 2001 Women's South American Championship consisted of three rounds, with Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela automatically playing the second round, the other four teams played a single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 3 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the first round and the top team advanced to second round. The second round saw another Round-Robin pool, points were again accumulated during the second round and the top two team advanced to play for the gold while the bottom two teams played for bronze.


2001 Women's U.S. Cup
The seventh Women's U.S. Cup tournament held in 2001, were joined by four teams: China, Germany, Japan, and the U.S. The tournament was abandoned after three matches were played due to the September 11 attacks.


2001 Women's United Soccer Association season
The 2001 Women's United Soccer Association season served as the inaugural season for WUSA, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. The regular season began on April 14 and ended on August 12, with the postseason games being held on August 18 and August 25.


2001 Women's United Soccer Association season
Attendance figures were high for the first season, particularly early in the season, though not near the levels organizers were expecting based on the attendance for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The league spent its initial $40m budget, intended to last five years, in just this first season.


2001 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2001 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by the United States from October 21 to 27 2001 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was the first championship.


2001 Women's World Floorball Championships
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2001 Women's World Floorball Championships
The 2001 Women's World Floorball Championships was the third world championship in women's floorball. The games were played in Riga, Latvia 20–27 May 2001. Finland ended up as champions, thus they became the first team to win their second title. In the final-game Finland defeated Sweden, 2-0.


2001 Women's World Floorball Championships
Great Britain, Hungary & Poland made their first appearances in the women's floorball world championships.


2001 Women's World Floorball Championships, Division A
The 8 teams of the first division consists of the 7 best placed teams from the highest division the previous tournament plus  Austria, the winner of division B the previous tournament. As with both the earlier world championships, the top four positions were taken by  Finland,  Norway,  Sweden and   Switzerland with Finland as the champions. Austria lost the 7th place match versus  Germany and was then relegated back to division B for the next tournament.


2001 Women's World Floorball Championships, Division A
The two best placed teams in each group advances to the semifinals. The lower placed teams face up against the corresponding team from the other group for placement matches.


2001 Women's World Floorball Championships, Division B
The second division consisted of the 4 bottom placed teams from the last tournament plus three new teams Great Britain, Hungary, Poland and Russia who were relegated from the top division following their withdrawal from the previous tournament. Russia did however get promoted back to the top division for the next tournament after a clean sweep, beating Denmark in the division final with 14-1 and having a total goal difference by +60.


2001 Women's World Floorball Championships, Division B
The two best placed teams from each group advances to B-semifinals. The rest of the teams advances to play the corresponding team from the other group i placement matches.


2001 Women's World Floorball Championships, All-star team
The pick of Latvian Rudīte Danovska as the best goalkeeper in the tournament made her the first player outside of Sweden, Finland, Norway and Switzerland to be included in a world championship all-star team. Birgitte Lersbryggen was included in the all-star team for her second back-to-back tournament.


2001 Women's World Floorball Championships, All-star team
Goalkeeper:  Rudīte Danovska (LAT)Defender:  Paula Jouhten (FIN)Defender:  Jenny Wiklund (SWE)Centre:  Birgitte Lersbryggen (NOR)Forward:  Hermine Dahlerus (SWE)Forward:  Anna Gustafsson (SWE)


2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)
The 2001 IIHF World Women's Championships Division I (formerly Pool 'B') were held between March 20 – March 25, 2001 in the city of Briançon, France. Switzerland won the tournament with a narrow 2–1 victory over Japan in the final.


2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)
For the third consecutive year the number of participants grew, with this year's third tier having ten nations in two groups. The two groups played independent of each other in Bucharest, Romania and Maribor, Slovenia. Initially the two group winners, Slovakia and the Netherlands, were promoted to Division I with Denmark and Norway being relegated to Division I Qualification. However, before the 2003 season was played the formation of the divisions were changed.


2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions)
The women's tiers were reformatted for 2003, so there would be a top level of eight teams, and Divisions I, II, III each with 6 teams. The winner of the  2001 Division I tournament was promoted to the 2003 World Championship, replacing the nation relegated from there. The relegated team and the next five placed nations formed Division I for 2003. The bottom two teams from 2001 Division I along with the top four nations from the two qualifying tournaments formed the 2003 Division II. All remaining participants proceeded to the 2003 Division III.


2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions), World Championship Division I
The eight participating teams were divided up into two seeded groups as below. The teams played each other once in a single round robin format. The top two teams from the group proceeded to the Final Round, while the remaining teams played in the Consolation Round. In the placing rounds, the first place teams played each other for the promotion, while the fourth place teams were relegated.


2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions), 2003 Division I Qualification
At the time these tournaments were played it was understood that the winner of each group would be promoted to Division I for 2003. With the reorganization of the lower tiers into smaller groups the winners and second-place finishers of both tournaments were sent to Division II, with the remaining six nations comprising Division III.


2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions), 2003 Division I Qualification, Group A
Netherlands and Italy qualified in 2003 World Championship Division II


2001 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions), 2003 Division I Qualification, Group B
Slovakia and Great Britain qualified in 2003 World Championship Division II


2001 Women's World Open Squash Championship
The 2001 Women's World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 2001 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Melbourne in Australia from 11 October until 19 October 2001. Sarah Fitzgerald won her fourth World Open title, defeating Leilani Joyce in the final.


2001 Women's World Open Squash Championship, Main draw, Notes
Defending champion Carol Owens represented New Zealand after switching nationality from Australia.


2001 Women's World Snooker Championship
The 2001 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place in April 2001, with early rounds held at Jester's Snooker Club in Swindon, and the semi-finals and final played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The event was the 2001 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976. It was won by England's Lisa Quick, who defeated Scot Lynette Horsburgh 4–2 in the final. The defending champion and top-ranked women's player Kelly Fisher lost 3–4 to Sharon Dickson in the last 16. Fisher, who had won the world championship in each of the three preceding years, made the only century break of the competition, a 119 in her match against Nicola Barker.


2001 Women's World Snooker Championship
Quick, ranked fifth, had previously won only one ranking tournament, the 1999 Regal Welsh, and it was the first time that Horsburgh, ranked second, had reached the world championship final in 16 attempts. It was level at 1–1 after the first two frames. Quick won the third frame on the black ball to lead 2–1, and then took the next frame by fluking the black. Horsburgh won the fifth frame to trail by one frame at 2–3, before Quick won the match by winning the next frame on the pink.


2001 Women's World Snooker Championship
Quick had won the women's 1999 WEPF World Eight-ball championship in blackball and with this victory became the first person in either the women's or the men's game to win world titles in both pool and snooker. She went on to win the WEPF World Eight-ball again in June 2001, to become the first person to hold pool and snooker world titles concurrently. The competition was sponsored by cigarette company Embassy and attracted entrants from fourteen countries including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, England, France, India, Ireland, Japan, Scotland, Singapore, and Wales. The winner of the event won a prize of £5,000.


2001 World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships
The 2001 World Aesthetic Gymnastics Championships, the 2nd edition of the Aesthetic group gymnastics competition, was held in Tallinn, Estonia from June 29 to 30, at the Kalev Sports Hall.


2001 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 2001 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held on the City Park Ice Rink in Budapest, Hungary, on 10–11 February 2001.


2001 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
German Anni Friesinger and Dutchman Rintje Ritsma became the world champions.


2001 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Men's championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 10000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified


2001 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Women's championships, Allround results
NQ = Not qualified for the 5000 m (only the best 12 are qualified)DQ = disqualified


2001 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All 24 participating skaters are allowed to skate the first three distances; 12 skaters may take part on the fourth distance. These 12 skaters are determined by taking the standings on the longest of the first three distances, as well as the samalog standings after three distances, and comparing these lists as follows:


2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from June 3 to June 10. The competition was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing International Boxing Association (AIBA).


2001 World Aquatics Championships
The 2001 World Aquatics Championships or the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan between 16 July and 29 July 2001.


2001 World Aquatics Championships
The opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the swimming and synchronised swimming events, were held at Marine Messe, an indoor multi-purpose facility. The temporary 50-m pool with 10,000 seats on three sidescost US$4 million for the two-week period. The Fukuoka Prefectural Pool hosted the diving events, with open water swimming taking place at Momochi Beach. Water polo was held at two locations: the men's competition took place at Hakata-no-Mori Center Court and the women's event at the Nishi Civic Pool Complex.


2001 World Aquatics Championships, Results, Swimming
1In accordance with the decision of the FINA Bureau (2001, Bangkok): “To avoid any reasonable doubt regarding the result of the Women’s relay 4x200m Freestyle Final of the 9th FINA World Championships in Fukuoka but without unfairly changing the official results of the race, the Bureau decided to grant a second set of gold medals to the USA team." The members of the USA team were: Natalie Coughlin, Diana Munz, Cristina Teuscher, Julie Hardt (7:58.13).


2001 World Archery Championships
The 2001 World Archery Championships was the 41st edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Beijing from 16–23 September 2001 and was organized by World Archery Federation (FITA).


2001 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Compound
The men's individual compound competition at the 2001 World Archery Championships took place in September 2001 in Beijing, China. 88 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying 144 arrow FITA round, the top 64 archers qualified for the 6-round knockout tournament, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 23 September.


2001 World Archery Championships - Men's Individual Recurve
The men's individual recurve competition at the 2001 World Archery Championships took place in September 2001 in Beijing, China. 125 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying 144 arrow FITA round, the top 64 archers qualified for the 6-round knockout tournament, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 23 September.


2001 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Compound
The men's team compound competition at the 2001 World Archery Championships took place in September 2001 in Beijing, China. 88 archers took part in the men's compound qualification round with no more than 4 from each country, and the 16 teams of 3 archers with the highest cumulative totals (out of a possible 19) qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores.


2001 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Compound, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2001 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve
The men's team recurve competition at the 2001 World Archery Championships took place in September 2001 in Beijing, China. 125 archers took part in the men's recurve qualification round with no more than 4 from each country, and the 16 teams of 3 archers with the highest cumulative totals (out of a possible 26) qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores.


2001 World Archery Championships - Men's Team Recurve, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2001 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Compound
The women's individual compound competition at the 2001 World Archery Championships took place in September 2001 in Beijing, China. 57 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying 144 arrow FITA round, the  archers were drawn for the 6-round knockout tournament according to their qualification round scores, with the top 7 archers receiving byes to the second round. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 23 September.


2001 World Archery Championships - Women's Individual Recurve
The women's individual recurve competition at the 2001 World Archery Championships took place in September 2001 in Beijing, China. 95 archers entered the competition. Following a qualifying 144 arrow FITA round, the top 64 archers qualified for the 6-round knockout tournament, drawn according to their qualification round scores. The semi-finals and finals then took place on 23 September.


2001 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Compound
The women's team compound competition at the 2001 World Archery Championships took place in September 2001 in Beijing, China. 57 archers took part in the women's compound qualification round with no more than 4 from each country. All 10 eligible teams of 3 archers qualified for the 4-round knockout round, and were drawn according to their qualification round scores, with the highest 6 qualifiers getting a bye to the quarter finals.


2001 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Compound, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The 10 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2001 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Recurve
The women's team recurve competition at the 2001 World Archery Championships took place in September 2001 in Beijing, China. 95 archers took part in the women's recurve qualification round with no more than 4 from each country, and the 16 teams of 3 archers with the highest cumulative totals (out of a possible 22) qualified for the 4-round knockout round, drawn according to their qualification round scores.


2001 World Archery Championships - Women's Team Recurve, Seeds
Seedings were based on the combined total of the team members' qualification scores in the individual ranking rounds. The top 16 teams were assigned places in the draw depending on their overall ranking.


2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 35th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Ghent, Belgium, in 2001 at the Flanders Sports Arena. This was the first Worlds at which the 6-3-3—six athletes per team, three compete, all three scores count—format was used in team finals. 2001 Worlds was also the last World Championships in which three gymnasts per country were permitted to advance to the all-around finals.


2001 World Championships in Athletics
The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America. The music for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies was composed by Canadian composers Jan Randall and Cassius Khan. The ceremonies also featured a 1000 voice choir, and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.


2001 World Championships in Athletics, Men's Results, Track
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. 1 Ali Saïdi-Sief of Algeria originally finished second in the 5000 m in 13:02.16, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for nandrolone. 2 Tim Montgomery (USA) originally came second in the men's 100 meters in 9.85, but he was disqualified in 2005 after he admitted to drug use as a result of the BALCO scandal.


2001 World Championships in Athletics, Men's Results, Track
3 The USA originally finished first in 37.96 (Mickey Grimes, Bernard Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Tim Montgomery), but they were disqualified in 2005 after Tim Montgomery admitted to drug use as a result of the BALCO scandal. 4 The United States (Leonard Byrd, Antonio Pettigrew, Derrick Brew, Angelo Taylor) originally finished first in 2:57.54, but were disqualified in 2008 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.


2001 World Championships in Athletics, Men's Results, Field
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007


2001 World Championships in Athletics, Women's Results, Track
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. 1 Kelli White originally finished third in the 200 m in 22.56, but she was disqualified in 2004 after she admitted to using steroids as a result of the BALCO doping scandal. 2Marion Jones (USA) finished second in the 100m in 10.85 and first in the 200m in 22.39, but she was disqualified in 2005 after she admitted to using steroids as a result of the BALCO doping scandal. 3 The USA team of Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, and Marion Jones originally finished first in a time of 41.71, but were disqualified in 2004 after Kelli White admitted to using steroids as a result of the BALCO doping scandal.


2001 World Championships in Athletics, Women's Results, Field
1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007


2001 World Championships in Athletics, Women's Results, Field
1Natalya Sadova of Russia originally won the gold medal in discus throw (68.57), but she was later disqualified after she tested positive for caffeine.


2001 World Championships in Athletics, Medal table
Note that the host, Canada, did not win any medals at these championships. This fate Canada shares only with Sweden (1995).


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The Men's 10,000 metres event featured at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with the final being held on 8 August 2001.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 84 participating athletes, with eleven qualifying heats, five quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 5 August 2001 at 17:35h.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
These are the official results of the Men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Thursday August 9, 2001 at 21:15h.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 1500 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 12 August 2001 at 16:00h.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The Men's 20 km Walk at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Saturday August 4, 2001, with the start at 15:50h.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 9 August 2001 at 21:40h.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
These are the official results of the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Wednesday 2001-08-08 at 20:00h.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
These are the official results of the Men's 4×100 metres relay event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Their final was held on Sunday 12 August 2001 at 17:10.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
These are the official results of the Men's 4x400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Their final was held on Sunday 12 August 2001 at 16:20h.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 55 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Monday 6 August 2001 at 18:25h.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Friday August 10, 2001 at 21:05h.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Summary
From the gun, Dai Tamesue was out fast, making up the stagger on Fabrizio Mori to his outside in lane 4 by the third hurdle. By the fifth hurdle, Félix Sánchez in lane 5 managed to catch Tamesue, with Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily not too far behind in lane 1. Tamesue continued the pressure, regaining a slight lead on Sánchez, while Mori maintained the 1 metre gap while running a further distance around the turn. With long strides, Al-Somaily managed to virtually triple jump 13 strides into the eighth hurdle, seizing the lead from Tamesue.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Summary
Both Tamesue and Al-Somaily began to struggle, their cadence was no longer what it had been. Sánchez maintained his cadence and cruised past, with Mori less than a metre behind. Mori challenged Sánchez to the line but couldn't get ahead. Three metres back, Tamesue was able to regain his advantage over Al-Somaily for bronze.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The Men's 50 km Walk event at the 2001 World Championships was held on Saturday August 11, 2001 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 5.000 metres event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with the final held on Friday August 10, 2001.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 7 August 2001 at 19:50h.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
André Bucher came into this race having dominated these same competitors throughout the Golden League season. Bucher started hard but Wilfred Bungei pushed the break to take the lead past the bell in 50.41. As they hit the backstretch, Bucher set Bungei up and passed him with 300 metres to go. From there he just continued to pull away from Bungei, opening up over 5 metres by the finish line. The rest of the field strung out behind William Yiampoy the last pursuer.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
Paweł Czapiewski was dead last, 2 metres behind the back of the pack with 200 metres to go, still at the home straightaway, he had only passed Nils Schumann. Sprinting down the outside of lane 2, Czapiewski ran past the field passing Yiampoy with 12 metres to go, but too much distance to get to Bungei, Czapiewski took home bronze.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
These are the official results of the Men's Decathlon competition at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, including five non-finishers. The competition started on Monday August 6, 2001 and ended on Tuesday August 7, 2001.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday 8 August 2001. The qualification mark was set at 65.50 metres.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The final of the Men's Hammer Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Sunday August 5, 2001. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged on Saturday August 4, with the mark set at 79.50 metres.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
These are the results of the Men's High Jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump, Results, Qualification
Note: Javier Sotomayor had originally qualified for the final with 2.27 m but was later disqualified for doping.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump, Results, Final
Note: Javier Sotomayor had originally finished in the 4th place with 2.33 m but was later disqualified for doping.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 12, 2001. The qualification mark was set at 84.00 metres.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
These are the results of the Men's Long Jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.


2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 8.15 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.