2001 Intercontinental Cup

The 2001 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match played on 27 November 2001 between Bayern Munich, winners of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League, and winners of the 2001 Copa Libertadores, Boca Juniors, which was also the defending champions. The match was played at the neutral venue of the National Stadium in Tokyo in front of 51,360 fans. Samuel Kuffour was named as man of the match.^[2] This was the last Intercontinental Cup played in Tokyo, since International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama was used from 2002 edition.

2001 Intercontinental Cup

Bayern Munich Boca Juniors 1 0
After extra time
Date	27 November 2001
Venue	National Stadium, Tokyo
Man of the Match	Samuel Kuffour (Bayern Munich)
Referee	Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Attendance	51,360
Weather	Wind light 13.3 °C (55.9 °F) 36% humidity[1]
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Venue

Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, hosted the final

Match details

Bayern Munich	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Boca Juniors
Kuffour 109'	Report

27 November 2001 (2001-11-27)

19:20 JST

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 51,360

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)^[3]

Bayern Munich

Boca Juniors

GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) RB 2 Willy Sagnol CB 12 Robert Kovač CB 4 Samuel Kuffour  29' LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu CM 8 Niko Kovač  76' CM 23 Owen Hargreaves  72'  76' CM 17 Thorsten Fink RF 13 Paulo Sérgio CF 14 Claudio Pizarro  118' LF 9 Giovane Élber  106' Substitutes: GK 22 Bernd Dreher GK 33 Stefan Wessels DF 25 Thomas Linke MF 6 Pablo Thiam  118' MF 10 Ciriaco Sforza  76' MF 30 Alou Diarra FW 19 Carsten Jancker  76' Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld

GK 1 Óscar Córdoba  102' CB 13 Cristian Traverso CB 6 Rolando Schiavi  111' CB 2 Nicolás Burdisso RWB 4 Jorge Martínez  18' LWB 14 Clemente Rodríguez  70' DM 5 Mauricio Serna (c)  5' RM 26 Javier Villarreal  100' LM 7 Guillermo Barros Schelotto  83' AM 10 Juan Román Riquelme CF 16 Marcelo Delgado  19'  46' Substitutes: GK 12 Roberto Abbondanzieri DF 20 Joel Barbosa DF 22 José María Calvo  18'  111' MF 21 Christian Giménez MF 28 Gustavo Pinto  100' FW 9 Antonio Barijho FW 18 Ariel Carreño  111' Manager: Carlos Bianchi

Man of the Match: Samuel Kuffour (Bayern Munich)[4] Assistant referees: Jørgen Jepsen (Denmark)[3] Mikael Nilsson (Sweden)[3] Fourth official: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

See also

• 2000–01 UEFA Champions League
• 2001 Copa Libertadores
• FC Bayern Munich in international football competitions

References

1. "Full Time Report – Bayern Munich – Boca Juniors". Japan Football Association. 27 November 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
2. Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (2 January 2009). "Toyota Cup - Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
3. "Kim Milton dømmer Intercontinental Cup-finale". Ekstrabladet (in Danish). 1 November 2001. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
4. Toyota Cup

External links

• FIFA Article
• Match report