2001 Norwegian First Division
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The <entity_3>, <entity_6> second-tier <entity_7> league, began on 21 <entity_4> and ended on 28 <entity_4>. <entity_0> champions FK Lyn and runners-up Strømsgodset were promoted to the <entity_1>. Due to the enlargement from 14 to <entity_8> teams in <entity_4>, only two teams, Strindheim and Eik-Tønsberg, were relegated to the <entity_2> following the 2000 season. Sogndal successfully promoted to Tippeligaen by beating Tippeligaen side <entity_5> on away goals (3–3 on aggregate) in the Tippeligaen play-off, sending the team from Oslo to the second tier of Norwegian <entity_7>.
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