2001 Belgian Cup final

2001 Belgian Cup final
Event	2000–01 Belgian Cup
Date	27 May 2001
Venue	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Referee	Eric Romain
Attendance	20 000
Weather	clear

The 2001 Belgian Cup final, took place on 27 May 2001 between Westerlo and second division champions Lommel. It was the 46th Belgian Cup final and was won by Westerlo. This was the first time since Tongeren in 1974 that a team from outside the top division had made it into the final.

Route to the final

Westerlo				Lommel
Opponent	Result	Legs	Round	Opponent	Result	Legs
Denderleeuw (II)	1–0	1–0 home	Sixth round	Aalst	2–0	2–0 away
Beveren	3–1 (a.e.t.)	3–1 home (a.e.t.)	Seventh round	La Louvière	3–0	3–0 home
Sint-Truiden	1–0	1–0 home	Quarter-finals	Lokeren	3–1	3–1 home
Germinal Beerschot	4–2	2–1 away, 2–1 home	Semi-finals	Genk	3–2	2–1 home; 1–1 away

Match

Details

27 May 2001

16:15 CEST

Westerlo	1–0	Lommel
Delen 22'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Referee: Eric Romain

Westerlo

Lommel


GK	1	Bart Deelkens
RB	6	Sidney Lammens
CB	15	Sadio Ba
CB	16	Frank Machiels
LB	8	Björn De Coninck
RM	3	Marc Schaessens	66'
CM	7	Rudy Janssens (c)
CM	20	Bart Willemsen	74'
CM	11	Lukáš Zelenka
LM	18	Jef Delen
CF	9	Vedran Pelić	85'
Substitutes:
CM	12	Dirk Thoelen	74'
CF	5	Ives Serneels	85'
CM	23	Dalibor Mitrović	66'
Manager:
Jan Ceulemans


GK	1	Gert Davidts
RB	15	Kris Vincken
CB	2	Daniël Nassen
CB	4	Michel Noben
LB	5	Didier Segers	71'
RM	7	Richard Culek
CM	14	Wim Mennes
CM	22	Zsolt Bárányos
LM	11	Dieter Dekelver
CF	10	Twan Scheepers
CF	9	Mirosław Waligóra
Substitutes:
CB	6	Daniël Scavone	71'
Manager:
Harm van Veldhoven

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

External links

Official website (in French and Dutch)

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