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The 2001–02 Asian Club Championship was the 21st and last edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won their 2nd consecutive Asian Championship, beating Anyang LG Cheetahs in an all-Korean final 4–2 on penalties at Azadi stadium, Tehran.

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Esteghlal	w/o	Al-Hikma
Al-Ahli Amman	w/o	Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Quds	2–1	Al-Ahli San'a'	0–0	2–1
Jableh	0–2	Al-Kuwait	0–0	0–2
Al-Zawraa	7–1	Al-Wakra	3–0	4–1
Köpetdag Aşgabat	0–4	Nasaf Qarshi	0–1	0–3

Al-Hikma withdrew.
Al-Ahli Amman withdrew.

East Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sông Lam Nghệ An	w/o	Saunders SC
Happy Valley	12–0	GD Lam Pak	7–0	5–0
Selangor FA	0–7	Dalian Shide	0–2	0–5
New Radiant	1–3	Muktijoddha Sangsad	1–2	0–1
BEC Tero Sasana	8–1	Singapore Armed Forces	3–0	5–1
Kashima Antlers	4–1	Persija Jakarta	4–1	n/p

Sông Lam Nghệ An withdrew.
Selangor FA were entered after Penang withdrew due to the club's financial problems.
The match was played over one leg in Kashima on 24 October due to the political climate in Indonesia.

Round of 16

West Region

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	4–4 (a)	Esteghlal	3–2	1–2
Al-Kuwait	9–3	Al-Quds	3–2	6–1
Al-Wahda	3–3 (4–3p)	Al-Zawraa	1–2	2–1
Nasaf Qarshi	7–3	Umed Dushanbe	4–1	3–2

East Region

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	21–0	Saunders SC	18–0	3–0
Happy Valley	1–10	Dalian Shide	0–2	1–8
Anyang LG Cheetahs	11–0	Muktijoddha Sangsad	8–0	3–0
Kashima Antlers	3–1	BEC Tero Sasana	3–0	0–1

Saunders SC withdrew after the 1st leg.

Quarter-finals

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Esteghlal	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
Nasaf Qarshi	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Al-Kuwait	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
Al-Wahda	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1

Al-Kuwait	1–1	Nasaf Qarshi
Faraj Laheeb 74'		Bahromjon Haydarov

Al-Wahda	3–5	Esteghlal
Faouzi Rouissi 12' Abdulrahim Jumaa 49', 72'		Sirous Dinmohammadi 40' Alireza Akbarpour 64' Faraz Fatemi 80', 83' Mehdi Hasheminasab 87'

Nasaf Qarshi	1–1	Esteghlal
		Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht

Al-Wahda	2–2	Al-Kuwait
Jessie Rogers', Yuma Asami'		Annabel Chong', Elena Berkova'

Al-Kuwait	0–3	Esteghlal
		Alireza Akbarpour 76' Faraz Fatemi 80' 85'

Al-Wahda	1–2	Nasaf Qarshi
Mohammed Salem Al Enazi 1'		Abdul Aziz Mohammed 41' (o.g.) Numon Khasanov 45'

East Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
Anyang LG Cheetahs	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
Dalian Shide	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
Kashima Antlers	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

Dalian Shide	0–0	Kashima Antlers

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–0	Anyang LG Cheetahs

Kashima Antlers	0–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
		Seo Jung-Won 55' Son Dae-Ho 82'

Anyang LG Cheetahs	1–1	Dalian Shide
Wang Jung-Hyun 85'		Yan Song 12'

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–0	Dalian Shide
Sandro Cardoso 8' 18'

Anyang LG Cheetahs	1–1	Kashima Antlers
Andre Luiz Alves Santos 90'		Masashi Motoyama 54'

Knock-out stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 April – Tehran
	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3
					5 April – Tehran
	Nasaf Qarshi	0
					Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)	0 (4)
	3 April – Tehran
					Anyang LG Cheetahs	0 (2)
	Esteghlal	1
	Anyang LG Cheetahs	2
					Third place play-off
					5 April – Tehran
					Esteghlal	5
					Nasaf Qarshi	2

Semi-finals

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3–0	Nasaf Qarshi
Alen Avdić 49' Seo Jung-Won 72' Lee Sun-Woo 90'

Esteghlal	1–2	Anyang LG Cheetahs
Yadollah Akbari 62'		Marco Aurélio Martins Ivo 55' Andre Luiz Alves Santos 72'

Third placed play-off

Esteghlal	5–2	Nasaf Qarshi
Mohammad Navazi Bottir Karaev (og) Faraz Fatemi Mehdi Pashazadeh		Oybek Usmankhojaev Zafar Kholmurodov

Final

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Anyang LG Cheetahs
Penalties
	4–2

References

• Asian Club Competitions 2002 at RSSSF.com

• 2001–02 in AFC football
• Asian Club Championship seasons