2001_FIFA_U-17_World_Championship
2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
International football competition
The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001, the ninth edition of the tournament, was held from 13 to 30 September 2001 in the cities of Trinidad and Tobago; in Port of Spain, Malabar in Arima, Marabella in San Fernando, Couva, and Bacolet in Scarborough. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this tournament.
Quick Facts FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad & Tobago 2001, Tournament details ...
| FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad & Tobago 2001 | |
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Trinidad & Tobago 2001 official logo | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Dates | 13–30 September |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  France (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Nigeria |
| Third place |  Burkina Faso |
| Fourth place |  Argentina |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 102 (3.19 per match) |
| Attendance | 331,198 (10,350 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Florent Sinama Pongolle (9 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Florent Sinama Pongolle |
| Fair play award | Nigeria |
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More information Port of Spain, Arima/Malabar ...
| Port of Spain | Arima/Malabar | Couva | Marabella | Scarborough |
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| Hasely Crawford Stadium | Larry Gomes Stadium | Ato Boldon Stadium | Manny Ramjohn Stadium | Dwight Yorke Stadium |
| 10°39′41.48″N 61°31′58.92″W | 10°36′59.00″N 61°16′57.00″W | 10°25′29.00″N 61°25′02.00″W | 10°18′12.00″N 61°26′30.00″W | 11°10′53.17″N 60°43′00.86″W |
| Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 7,500 |
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The official mascot of this FIFA U-17 World Championship, Trinidad & Tobago 2001, was BEATS, the humming bird. Its outfit is the same as the home national team, red shirt, black short and red socks. It has Trinidad & Tobago 2001 on the chest.
The following 16 teams qualified for the tournament:
More information Confederation, Qualifying Tournament ...
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Group A
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Brazil |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 |
 Australia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
 Croatia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 3 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 0 |
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More information Trinidad and Tobago, 1 – 2 ...
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More information Trinidad and Tobago, 0 – 1 ...
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 – 1 | Australia |
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| Report | Agius  55' |
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More information Croatia, 1 – 3 ...
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More information Brazil, 6 – 1 ...
| Brazil | 6 – 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Malzoni 7' Caetano 16', 41', 59' James 36' (o.g.) Júnior 88' |
Report | Forbes 61' |
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More information Croatia, 0 – 4 ...
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Group B
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Nigeria |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 |
 France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 |
 Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 3 |
 United States |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
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More information France, 1 – 2 ...
| France | 1 – 2 | Nigeria |
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| Sinama Pongolle 87' |
Report | Shaibu 24' Brown 75' |
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More information United States, 3 – 5 ...
| United States | 3 – 5 | France |
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| Magee 19' Colombo 28' (o.g.) Johnson 75' |
Report | Sinama Pongolle 4', 60', 65' Pietre 31' Meghni 48' |
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More information Japan, 1 – 5 ...
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Group C
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Argentina |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| Burkina Faso |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
 Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
 Oman |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
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More information Oman, 1 – 2 ...
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More information Argentina, 2 – 2 ...
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More information Burkina Faso, 1 – 1 ...
| Burkina Faso | 1 – 1 | Oman |
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| Nikiema 22' |
Report | Al-Hinai 33' |
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More information Spain, 2 – 4 ...
| Spain | 2 – 4 | Argentina |
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| Bauzà 23' Senel 30' |
Report | Colace 3' (pen.) López 57' Zabaleta 72' Aguirre 83' |
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Group D
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Costa Rica |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
 Mali |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
 Paraguay |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
 Iran |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
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More information Mali, 1 – 2 ...
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More information Paraguay, 0 – 3 ...
| Paraguay | 0 – 3 | Costa Rica |
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| Report | Alonso 75', 84' Azofeifa 82' |
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| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 23 September - Port of Spain | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
| 27 September - Port of Spain | ||||||||||
| France | 2 | |||||||||
| France | 2 | |||||||||
| 24 September - Marabella | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||||||
| Argentina (aet) | 2 | |||||||||
| 30 September - Port of Spain | ||||||||||
| Mali | 1 | |||||||||
| France | 3 | |||||||||
| 23 September - Port of Spain | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 0 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 5 | |||||||||
| 27 September - Malabar | ||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||||||
| 24 September - Marabella | ||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Costa Rica | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 September - Port of Spain | ||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 2 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
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More information Nigeria, 5 – 1 ...
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More information Argentina, 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) ...
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More information Costa Rica, 0 – 2 ...
| Costa Rica | 0 – 2 | Burkina Faso |
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| Report | Gorogo 56' Sanou 84' |
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Semi-finals
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Third place match
More information Argentina, 0 – 2 ...
| Argentina | 0 – 2 | Burkina Faso |
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| Report | Gorogo 30' Conombo 78' |
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Final
More information France, 3 – 0 ...
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| 2001 FIFA U-17 World champions |
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 France First title |
More information FIFA Golden Shoe, FIFA Golden Ball ...
| FIFA Golden Shoe | FIFA Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
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| Florent Sinama Pongolle |
Nigeria | |
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Florent Sinama Pongolle of France won the Golden Shoe award for scoring nine goals.
There were 102 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match.
9 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Carlos Tevez- Hugo Colace
Henoc Conombo- Paul Gorogo
Randall Azofeifa
Niko Kranjčar
Mansour Ahmadzadeh
Bakary Coulibaly- Drissa Diarra
Omonigho Temile- Victor Brown
Mohammed Al-Hinai
Aldo Jara- Andrés Pérez Matto
1 goal
- Gonzalo Rodríguez
- Lucas Correa
- Marcos Aguirre
- Mauro Fanari
- Pablo Zabaleta
Fred Agius- Matthew Engele
- Terry Smith
Alberoni- Anderson Costa
- Bruno
- Júnior
- Leandro Bonfim
- Malzoni
- Abdoul Aziz Nikiema
- Dejan Prijić
Jérémy Berthod- Mourad Meghni
- Stephen Drouin
Kisho Yano- Yutaro Abe
- Alain Claude Traoré
- Moses Ayuba
- Suleiman Mohammed
- Blas López
Fernando Torres- Guillem Bauzà
- Melli
- Senel
Jerol Forbes- Nkosi Blackman
Eddie Johnson- Mike Magee
1 own goal
- Julio Colombo (against United States)
- Julius James (against Brazil)
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | France |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 15 | |
| 2 | Nigeria |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 | |
| 3 | Burkina Faso |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | |
| 4 | Argentina |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Brazil |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | |
| 6 | Costa Rica |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 7 | Mali |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 8 | Australia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | Paraguay |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 6 | |
| 10 | Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 | |
| 11 | Croatia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 3 | |
| 12 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 3 | |
| 13 | Oman |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 | |
| 14 | Iran |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 0 | |
| 15 | United States |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 0 | |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 0 | |
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