Teams left in the abandoned Champions' Cup 2001 were invited as well as Giants Cup 2001 finalists América 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 (San Jose Earthquakes) and the Mexican Invierno 2001 champions (Pachuca).
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 are supposed to qualify for to the 2003 World Club Championship.
First Round (Feb 13 & Mar 6) LD Alajuelense CRi América (Cd. de México) Mex 1-0 2-0 3-0y [Luis Marín 67] [Wilmer López 56, Rolando Fonseca 64] (Mar 6 & 13) Comunicaciones Gua DC United USA 4-0 1-2 5-2 [Milton Núñez 45, 80, 86, Oscar Torlacoff 70] [Mark Lisi 65, Eddie Pope 89; Rigoberto Gómez 13] (Mar 13 & 27) Defence Force Tri Pachuca Mex 1-0 0-4 1-4 [Kwesi Smith 76] [Andres Chitiva 6, Juan Arango 32, 88, 91] (Mar 13 & 16) Olimpia Hon San Jose Earthquakes USA 0-1 1-3 1-4x [Richard Mulrooney 74] [Landon Donovan 32, Ian Russell 40, Jeff Agoos 68; Denilson Costa 87] (Mar 6 & 20) Morelia Mex Saprissa CRi 2-0 1-1 3-1 [Franz Torres 17, 33] [Jeaustin Campos 45pen; Antonio Gonzalez 78] (Mar 16 & 20) Municipal Gua Chicago Fire USA 0-1 0-2 0-3 [Dema Kovalenko 55] [Ante Razov 27, Carlos Bocanegra 82] (Mar 14 & 27) Tauro FC Pan Santos Laguna (Torreón) Mex 1-1 2-4 3-5 [Luis Tejada 82; Hector Altamirano 7] [Pedro Jiménez 9, 69, Eduard Lillingston 21, David Costilla 75; Anel Wiltshire 43, Mario Méndez 83] (Mar 3 & 16) W Connection Tri Kansas City Wizards USA 0-1 0-2 0-3 [Francisco Gomez 85] [Mike Burns 50, Preki Radosavljevic 53] x 1st leg in Miami, 2nd leg in Sacramento y 2nd leg in San Luis Potosí Quarterfinals (Apr 14 & 24) Comunicaciones Gua Alajuelense CRi 2-3 0-3 2-6 [Fredy Thompson 31, Fredy Garcia 77; Erick Jimenez 36, 64, Sandro Alfaro 86] [Pablo Chinchilla 4, Steven Bryce 38, Josef Miso 70] (Apr 17 & 24) Pachuca Mex San Jose Earthquakes USA 3-0 0-1 3-1 [Marco Garces 10, Sergio Santana 54, Juan Arango 81] [Ramiro Corrales 61] (Jun 30 & Jul 10) Morelia Mex Chicago Fire USA 2-0 1-2 3-2 [Carlos Morales 54, Alex Fernandes 63] [Dema Kovalenko 61, 66; Antonio González 41] (Apr 10 & 24) Santos Laguna (Torreón) Mex Kansas City Wizards USA 2-1 0-2 2-3 [Eduardo Lillingston 2, 35; Gary Glasgow 81] [Carey Talley 33, Chris Brown 71] Semifinals (Aug 7 and 28) Alajuelense CRi Pachuca Mex 2-1 0-2 2-3 [Sandro Alfaro 24, Wilmer Lopez 48; Andres Chitiva 3] [Sergio Santana 32, Walter Silvani 76] Morelia Mex Kansas City Wizards USA 6-1 1-1 7-2 [Alex Fernandes 50, 75, 83pen, Hernán Buján 57, Adolfo Bautista 62, Javier Saavedra 73; Dario Fabbro 85] [Chris Brown 68; José Noriega 36pen] Final (Sep 18, Estadio Azul, Ciudad de México) Morelia Mex Pachuca Mex 0-1 [Walter Silvani 48] NB: played in one leg at request of the clubsoverview | 2001 | 2003
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