CONCACAF Giants Cup

2001 CONCACAF Giants Cup

Copa de Gigantes
Tournament details
Dates	4 March – 5 August 2001
Teams	12 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
Champions	América (1st title)
Runners-up	D.C. United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	54 (2 per match)
← 1998

The CONCACAF Giants Cup was an international association football club competition held in 2001 to replace CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup. The cup was for CONCACAF teams with the highest attendance in their national league, and was won by Mexico's Club América. The winner and runner up was supposed to qualify for the CONCACAF Clubs Cup, a tournament of eight teams from the CONCACAF Champions Cup and Giants Cup that would compete each January for the FIFA Club World Championship. In October 2001, the Clubs Cup became the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002 and Club América and D.C. United were added to the competition.

First round[]

Transvaal v Arnett Gardens

4 March 2001 1st leg	Transvaal	1–1	Arnett Gardens	Paramaribo, Suriname
15:00	31'		63' Neil	Stadium: André Kamperveen Stadion Referee: (ANT)

Arnett Gardens v Transvaal

11 March 2001 2nd leg	Arnett Gardens	5–1	Transvaal	Kingston, Jamaica
15:00	15' 77' Neil 60' 88' Chin-Sue 90'		32'	Stadium: Referee: (ATG)

• Arnett Gardens won 6–2 on aggregate.

Alianza v Saprissa

7 March 2001 1st leg	Alianza	1–5	Saprissa	San Salvador, El Salvador
12:00	Larrea 45'		33' Campos 58' 83' Fonseca 67' 87' Centeno	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Referee: (GUA)

Saprissa v Alianza

9 March 2001 2nd leg	Saprissa	0–0	Alianza	San José, Costa Rica
20:00				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Referee: (HON)

• Saprissa won 5–1 on aggregate.

Águila v Municipal

7 March 2001 1st leg	Águila	1–3	Municipal	San Miguel, El Salvador
15:00	72'		11' 69' Acevedo 64' Pérez	Stadium: Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)

Municipal v Águila

14 March 2001 2nd leg	Municipal	1–1	Águila	Guatemala City, Guatemala
20:00	Martins 19'		74'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Referee: (HON)

• Municipal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Comunicaciones v Motagua

7 March 2001 1st leg	Comunicaciones	4–0	Motagua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
20:00	15' 31' 39' Machón 44'			Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Referee: (CRC)

Motagua v Comunicaciones

14 March 2001 2nd leg	Motagua	1–1	Comunicaciones	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
19:30	42'		15' Machón	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: (SLV)

• Comunicaciones won 5–1 on aggregate.

Bracket[]

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Arnett Gardens	0	1	1
		D.C. United	3	2	5
									D.C. United	2
									Comunicaciones	1
		Comunicaciones	3	1	4
		Guadalajara	1	1	2
																D.C. United	0
																América	2
		CSD Municipal	0	1	1
		América	1	2	3
									América	2
									Deportivo Saprissa	1
		Deportivo Saprissa	2	1	3
		Columbus Crew	0	1	1

Champion[]

CONCACAF Giants Cup 2001 Winners
América First title

Topscorers[]

• Jorge Toledano (América) 3 goals
• Martín Machón (Comunicaciones) 3 goals
• Walter Centeno (Saprissa) 2 goals
• Rolando Fonseca (Saprissa) 2 goals
• Raúl Díaz Arce (D.C. United) 2 goals

External links[]

• RSSSF: FC Giants' Cup