The qualifying rounds for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League began on 12 July 2000. In total, there were three qualifying rounds which provided 16 clubs to join the group stage.
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Second leg
KR Reykjavík won 6–2 on aggregate.
Levski Sofia won 6–0 on aggregate.
Haka 2–2 Linfield on aggregate. Haka won on away goals.
Red Star Belgrade won 5–0 on aggregate.
Levadia Tallinn won 6–2 on aggregate.
BATE Borisov won 3–2 on aggregate.
Shamkir won 5–3 on aggregate.
Shelbourne won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zimbru Chişinău won 6–4 on aggregate.
FBK Kaunas won 4–3 on aggregate.
Second leg
Slavia Prague won 5–1 on aggregate.
Rangers won 4–1 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 9–2 on aggregate.
Sturm Graz won 5–1 on aggregate.
Helsingborg won 3–0 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 4–2 on aggregate.
Polonia Warsaw won 7–4 on aggregate.
Inter Bratislava won 1–0 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş won 2–1 on aggregate.
Zimbru Chişinău won 2–1 on aggregate.
Brøndby won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dunaferr won 4–2 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–2 on aggregate.
Third qualifying round
Losing teams advanced to the first round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup.
Second leg
Shakhtar Donetsk won 2–1 on aggregate.
Lyon won 4–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.
Hamburg won 2–0 on aggregate.
Galatasaray won 4–3 on aggregate.
Sparta Prague won 2–0 on aggregate.
Beşiktaş won 6–1 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 4–3 on aggregate.
Sturm Graz won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 Red Star Belgrade on aggregate. Dynamo Kyiv won on away goals.
Leeds United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Rangers won 6–0 on aggregate.
Rosenborg won 4–3 on aggregate.
Helsingborg won 1–0 on aggregate.
Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 1–0 on aggregate.