Geneva, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise). Qualifying rounds First qualifying round |} Second qualifying round |} Third qualifying round |} First group stage 16 winners from the third qualifying round, 10 champions from countries ranked 1–10, and six second-placed teams from countries ranked 1–6 were drawn into eight groups of four teams each. The top two teams in each group advanced to the second group stage, and the third placed team in each group advanced to round 3 of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup. Deportivo La Coruña, Hamburg, Heerenveen, Helsingborg, Leeds United, Lyon and Shakhtar Donetsk made their debut in the group stage. Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Second group stage Eight winners and eight runners-up from the first group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams each, each containing two group winners and two runners-up. Teams from the same country or from the same first-round group could not be drawn together. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals. Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Bracket Quarter-finals |} Semi-finals |} Final Statistics Statistics exclude qualifying rounds. Top goalscorers Top assists See also 2000–01 UEFA Cup 2001 UEFA Super Cup 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup References External links 2000–2001 All matches – season at UEFA website 2000–01 season at UEFA website European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation All scorers 2000–01 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round 2000/01 UEFA Champions League – results and line-ups (archive) 1 UEFA Champions League seasons