The CONCACAF Giants Cup was an international

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club competition held in 2001 to replace the

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. The tournament was organized by

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for the 12 teams with the highest attendance in their respective national leagues. The winners and runners-up would qualify for the new CONCACAF Clubs Cup, which would serve as a qualification tournament for the

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. The Giants Cup was announced in November 2000 and planned to be one of the two primary annual club tournaments for CONCACAF alongside the more traditional Champions' Cup. The tournament's semifinals and final were originally scheduled to take place in late April in

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, but were later postponed to early August to accommodate conflicts with the teams' schedules. The

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for the Giants Cup was set at $50,000 for the winner and $40,000 for the runners-up. Mexico's

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

won 2–0 in the final against

D.C. United D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...

of the United States at the

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, with 3,127 spectators in attendance. Both teams qualified for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002, which replaced the Clubs Cup in October 2001.

First round

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qualified for the quarterfinals. ----

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qualified for the quarterfinals. ----

Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, is a professional association football, football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Liga Nacional, th ...

qualified for the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

''D.C. United won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Comunicaciones won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''América won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Saprissa won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ----

Semifinals

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Final

Champion

Top goalscorers

*Jorge Toledano ( América) – 3 goals *

Martín Machón Martín Alejandro Machón Guerra (born 4 February 1973) is a Guatemalan former professional footballer. He played mostly in the midfield for local club Comunicaciones and Major League Soccer clubs Los Angeles Galaxy and Miami Fusion, and also ...

(

) – 3 goals *

Walter Centeno Wálter Centeno Corea (born 6 October 1974) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and current manager of Santos de Guapiles. He was a regular member of the Costa Rica national team and holds th ...

(

) – 2 goals *

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(

) – 2 goals *

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(

) – 2 goals

References

External links

RSSSF: FC Giants' Cup
{{DEFAULTSORT:Concacaf Giants Cup

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