2001 Latvian Football Cup

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The 2001 Latvian Football Cup was the 60th edition of the Latvian football knockout tournament contested between 7 April and 23 May 2001. [1]

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Skonto Riga successfully pursued its 2–0 title against Dinaburg Daugavpils, 2-0 in the final.


Preliminary round

Team 1 Score Team 2
April 7, 2001
Bauskas Rajona BJSS0-3JFC Skonto
FK Auda 5-0FK Kvarcs/Madona
Akora5-0RFS Nacionale
Robezsardze3-1Fortuna Ogre
RAF Jelgava 7-1Sakarnieks

First round

Team 1 Score Team 2
April 10, 2001
FK Balvu Vilki Mārupe0-11 Skonto Riga
JFC Skonto0-3 FK Rīga
FK Auda 0-2 FK Liepājas Metalurgs
Robezsardze0-8 Dinaburg Daugavpils
FK Rēzekne 2-3Stalkers/Zemessardze
Akora0-3 PFK Daugava
FK Ventspils 3-0 SFK Varaviksne
RAF Jelgava1-1 (a.e.t.)
3-5 (p.)
Valmieras FK

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Score Team 2
April 16, 2001
FK Liepājas Metalurgs 5-0Stalkers/Zemessardze
Dinaburg Daugavpils 1-0 Valmieras FK
April 22, 2001
PFK Daugava 0-0 (a.e.t.)
3-5 (p.)
FK Ventspils
Skonto Riga 2-0 FK Rīga

Semifinals

First legs were played on May 2, 2001; second legs were played on May 10, 2001.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
FK Liepājas Metalurgs 2–5 Skonto Riga 1–11–4
FK Ventspils 2–3 Dinaburg Daugavpils 0–22–1

Final

Skonto Riga 2–0 Dinaburg Daugavpils
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