The 2001–02 UEFA Cup qualifying round was played from 9 to 23 August 2001.
The round consisted of 41 ties, with the winners advancing to join 55 other teams in the first round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.
[1] The draw was held on 22 June 2001, 12:30 CEST, at the Noga Hilton Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland.
Teams were divided into geographical groups, each with seeded and unseeded pots.
[2] As Hungary's 2000–01 Nemzeti Bajnokság I was not completed at the time of the draw, the second-placed team from Hungary (later confirmed to be Dunaferr) was represented by a placeholder and treated as unseeded.
Rapid Wien won 3–0 on aggregate.
Olimpija Ljubljana won 7–0 on aggregate.
Hapoel Tel Aviv won 5–0 on aggregate.
Maccabi Tel Aviv won 7–0 on aggregate.