CH.CUP FORMAT

    - First Round
    - Quaterfinals
    - Semifinals
    Final
 
PRE-HISTORY
Teams left in the abandoned Champions' Cup 2001 were invited as well as Giants Cup 2001 finalists America and DC United (as teams from that tournament were promised a shot at the World Championships) and Comunicaciones, Tauro and Alajuelense (presumably to get 16 participants; elected as the top Central American non-qualifiers for the Champions' Cup 2001 finals) and finally the USA 2001 champions and the Mexican Invierno 2001 Champions.

Originally, 4 groups of 4 teams each, to be drawn in December or January, were planned, but at the end of November, the Football Confederation changed plans once again and decided to play the tournament in a two-legs knock-out format, without a group stage.

Because of this, the tournament's name was changed from Champions' League back to Champions' Cup.

The two finalists will advance to the 2003 World Club Championship.

 
FIRST ROUND

FORMAT: 32 teams are divided into 16 pairs. Teams play direct knockout with home and away legs. The winners go through to the Quaterfinals.

LD Alajuelense (CRC) 1 - 0 2 - 0 America Mexico City (MEX)
1st leg: 13.02.2002, Estadio Alejandro M. Soto, Alajuela agg 3 - 0 2nd leg: 6.03.2002, Estadio Plan, San Luis Potosi
Luis Marin 67 Wilmer Lopez 56
Rolando Fonseca 65

Comunicaciones (GUA) 4 - 0 1 - 2 DC United (USA)
1st leg: 6.03.2002, Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala C. agg 5 - 2 2nd leg: 13.03.2002, RFK Stadium, Washington
Milton Nunez 44
Oscar Torlacoff 69
Milton Nunez 79
Milton Nunez 85
Rigoberto Gomez 13 Mark Lisi 65
Eddie Pope 88
 
Defence Force (TRI) 1 - 0 0 - 4 Pachuca (MEX)
1st leg: 13.03.2002, Hasely Crawford St., Port-of-Spain agg 1 - 4 2nd leg: 27.03.2002, Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
Kwesi Smith 76 Ricardo Esqueda 10
Juan Arango 31
Juan Arango 88
Juan Arango 89

Olimpia (HON) 0 - 1 1 - 3 San Jose Earthquakes (USA)
1st leg: 13.03.2002, Orange Bow St., Miami (USA) agg 1 - 4 2nd leg: 16.03.2002, Sheldon Florin C. St., Sacramento
Richard Mulrooney 74 Denilson Costa 86 Landon Donovan 32
Ian Russell 40
Jeff Agoos 67
 
CA Monarcas Morelia (MEX) 2 - 0 1 - 1 Saprissa (CRC)
1st leg: 6.03.2002, Estadio Morelos, Morelia agg 3 - 1 2nd leg: 20.03.2002, Estadio Saprissa, San Jose
Franz Torres 17
Franz Torres 33
Antonio Gonzalez 79 Jeaustin Campos 45 pen

Municipal (GUA) 0 - 1 0 - 2 Chicago Fire (USA)
1st leg: 16.03.2002, Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala agg 0 - 3 2nd leg: 20.03.2002, Cardinal Stadium, Naperville
Dema Kovalenko 55 Ante Razov 27
Carlos Bocanegra 82
 
Tauro FC (PAN) 1 - 1 2 - 4 Santos Laguna Torreon (MEX)
1st leg: 14.03.2002, Est. Rommel Fernandez, Panama agg 3 - 5 2nd leg: 27.03.2002, Estadio Corona, Torreon
Luis Tejada 84 Hector Altamirano 7 Anel Wiltshire 43
Mario Mendez 82
Pedro Jimenez 9
Eduardo Lillingston 42
Pedro Jimenez 69
David Costilla 75

W Connection (TRI) 0 - 1 0 - 2 Kansas City Wizards (USA)
1st leg: 3.03.2002, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella agg 0 - 3 2nd leg: 16.03.2002, Arrowhard Stadium, Kansas City
Francisco Gomez 81 Mike Burns 50
Preki Radosavljevic 53
 
QUATERFINALS

Comunicaciones (GUA) 2 - 3 0 - 3 LD Alajuelense (CRC)
1st leg: 14.04.2002, Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala C. agg 2 - 6 2nd leg: 24.04.2002, Estadio Alejandro M. Soto, Alajuela
Fredy Thompson 31
Fredy Garcia 77
Erick Jimenez 36
Erick Jimenez 64
Sandro Alfaro 86
Pablo Chinchilla 4
Steven Bryce 38
Josef Miso 70

Pachuca (MEX) 3 - 0 0 - 1 San Jose Earthquakes (USA)
1st leg: 17.04.2002, Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca agg 3 - 1 2nd leg: 24.04.2002, Spartan Stadium, San Jose
Marco Garces 11
Sergio Santana 54
Juan Arango 81
Ramiro Corrales 60
 
CA Monarcas Morelia (MEX) 2 - 0 1 - 2 Chicago Fire (USA)
1st leg: 30.06.2002, Estadio Morelos Michoacan, Mexico agg 2 - 0 2nd leg: 10.07.2002, Cardinal Stadium, Naperville
Carlos Morales 54
Alex Fernandes 63
Antonio Gonzalez 41 Dema Kovalenko 61
Dema Kovalenko 66

Santos Laguna Torreon (MEX) 2 - 1 0 - 2 Kansas City Wizards (USA)
1st leg: 10.04.2002, Estadio Corona, Torreon agg 2 - 3 2nd leg: 24.04.2002, Arrowhard Stadium, Kansas City
Eduardo Lillingston 2
Eduardo Lillingston 35
Gary Glasgow 81 Carey Talley 33
Chris Brown 71
 
SEMIFINALS

LD Alajuelense (CRC) 2 - 1 0 - 2 Pachuca (MEX)
1st leg: 7.08.2002, Estadio Marrero Soto, Alajuela agg 2 - 3 2nd leg: 28.08.2002, Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca
Sandro Alfaro 23
Wilmer Lopez 48
Andres Chitiva 3

CA Monarcas Morelia (MEX) 6 - 1 1 - 1 Kansas City Wizards (USA)
1st leg: 7.08.2002, Estadio Morelos agg 7 - 2 2nd leg: 28.08.2002
Alex Fernandes 50
Hernán Bujan 57
Adolfo Bautista 62
Javier Saavedra 73
Alex Fernandes 75
Alex Fernandes  83 pen
Dario Fabbro 85 Jose Noriega 36 pen Chris Brown 68
 
FINAL

CA Monarcas Morelia (MEX) 0 - 1 Pachuca (MEX)
1st leg: 18.09.2002, Estadio Azul, Mexico City (MEX)
Walter Silvani 48

Last updated: 19-09-2002
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