2001 Iraqi Elite Cup

The Eleventh Mother of all Battles Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك الحادية عشرة‎), commonly referred to as the 2001 Iraqi Elite Cup (Arabic: كأس النخبة العراقي 2001‎), was the eleventh occurrence of the Iraqi Elite Cup. The competition was organised by the Iraq Football Association and the top eight teams of the 2000–01 Iraqi Elite League competed in the tournament. Despite being the 2001 edition, the competition was held in 2002, from 1 February to 10 February. In the final, held at Al-Shaab Stadium, Al-Shorta defeated Al-Talaba 1–0 to win the cup for the second time in a row.[1][2]

2001 Iraqi Elite Cup
CountryIraq
Dates1–10 February 2002
Teams8
ChampionsAl-Shorta
Runners-upAl-Talaba
Third placeAl-Karkh
Fourth placeAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Top goal scorer(s)Younis Mahmoud
(4 goals)
Best playerZiyad Tariq
← 2000
2002 →

Group stage

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Al-Shorta 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9 Advanced to semifinals
Al-Karkh 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
Al-Zawraa 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
Duhok 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source: RSSSF.com
Al-Karkh1–0Al-Zawraa
Salam  10'
Farah 		Obeid
Referee: Shaker Mahmoud
Al-Shorta3–2Duhok
Mnajed  15'
Ogla  30'
Mushraf  45'		 Abdullah  60'
J. Mohammed  72'
Referee: Mohamad Sahib
Al-Shorta3–0Al-Karkh
Mnajed  9', 51'
Tariq  25'
Rahim  26'
Referee: Najim Aboud
Al-Zawraa3–0Duhok
E. Mohammed  23', 84', 90+1'
Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir
Al-Karkh1–1Duhok
Raja  90' Abdullah  30'
Referee: Mahdi Faliyh
Al-Shorta3–2Al-Zawraa
Mnajed  5'
Rahim  24'
Ridha  48' (pen.)
Qassim 		Hussein  2' (pen.), 60' (pen.), 62'
Abdul-Jabar
Referee: Mahmoud Nouraldeen

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Al-Talaba 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advanced to semifinals
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
Al-Najaf 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: RSSSF.com
Al-Najaf2–1Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Jalout  72', 78' Swadi  86'
Referee: Sabah Qasim
Al-Talaba4–2Al-Difaa Al-Jawi
Mahmoud  50', 77', 90'
Abbas  75'		 Khudhair  83'
Nafaa  87'
Referee: Hazim Hussein
Al-Difaa Al-Jawi2–0Al-Najaf
Ashour  10'
Zaki  70'
Referee: Mohamad Sahib
Al-Talaba0–0Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Referee: Abdulhali Khudhair
Al-Talaba1–0Al-Najaf
Mahmoud  22'
Referee: Najim Aboud
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya3–1Al-Difaa Al-Jawi
Khudhair  22', 66' (pen.)
Abbas  69'		 Ali  77' (pen.)
Abdul-Latif
Referee: Mahmoud Nouraldeen

Semifinals
Al-Shorta1–0Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Mushraf  63'
Referee: Hazim Hussein
Al-Talaba1–0Al-Karkh
Kadhim  70'
Referee: Mohamad Sahib

Third place match
Al-Karkh2–1Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Hassan  59', 87' Saddam  65'
Referee: Alaa Abdul-Qadir

Final
Al-Shorta1–0 (a.e.t.)Al-Talaba
Habib  112'
Referee: Mahmoud Nouraldeen

Assistant referees:
Aziz Karim
Samir Mahna
Sabah Qasim

Match rules

Awards
Top Goalscorer[1] Best Player[1] Best Goalkeeper[1] Fair Play Award[1]
Younis Mahmoud
(Al-Talaba)		 Ziyad Tariq
(Al-Shorta)		 Wissam Gassid
(Al-Karkh)		 Al-Najaf

References
  1. Mubarak, Hassanin (October 17, 2006). "Iraq 2001/02". RSSSF.
  2. "2001 Elite Cup". NIIIIS.com.
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