Millennium_Super_Soccer_Cup
Millennium Super Soccer Cup
International football competition
The Millennium Super Soccer Cup, known as the Sahara Cup for sponsorship reasons, was an international football tournament held in India from 10 January to 25 January 2001.[1] Yugoslavia were the eventual champions after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final.[2][3]
Quick Facts Sahara Cup, Tournament details ...
| Sahara Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | India |
| Dates | 10–25 January 2001 |
| Teams | 13 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Yugoslavia |
| Runners-up |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 58 (2.64 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Tryggvi Guðmundsson Keisuke Ota Saša Ilić(3 goals each) |
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More information Kolkata, Kochi ...
| Kolkata | Kochi | Goa |
|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake Stadium | Nehru Stadium | Fatorda Stadium |
| Capacity: 120,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 35,000 |
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Group stage
Group I
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Yugoslavia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Bangladesh |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 0 | |
| 4 |  Iraq |
Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons[4] | ||||||||
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More information Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2–0 ...
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–0 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
Hota  55', 58' |
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More information Yugoslavia, 1–1 ...
| Yugoslavia | 1–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|
| Petković 86' |
Report | Bešlija 75' |
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Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
More information Yugoslavia, 4–1 ...
| Yugoslavia | 4–1 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
| Ilić 19', 38' Rašović 80'Trobok 89' |
Report | Firoj Mahmud 6' |
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Group II
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Uruguay B |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Iceland |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 |  India |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | –6 | 0 | |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
Withdrew on 10 January | ||||||||
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More information Uruguay B, 2–1 ...
| Uruguay B | 2–1 | Iceland |
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| Alexandro Umpiérrez 26' (pen.) Ricardo Varela 29' |
Report | Þórhallur Hinriksson 32' |
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More information India, 0–3 ...
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Referee: G. C. Deshapriya (Sri Lanka)
Group III
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Jordan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Romania XI |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Hong Kong |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 0 | |
| 4 |  Cameroon |
Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons[4] | ||||||||
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Referee: Bala Sundaraj (India)
More information Romania XI, 4–2 ...
| Romania XI | 4–2 | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| Liviu Zahariuc 4' Sasu 23'Sânmărtean 59'Ioan Luca 63' |
Report | Kwok Yue Hung 22', 45' |
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Referee: A. M. Yapa (Sri Lanka)
Group IV
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Chile |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan University XI |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Uzbekistan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Bahrain |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | –9 | 0 |
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More information Uzbekistan, 0–2 ...
| Uzbekistan | 0–2 | Japan University XI |
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| Report | Ota 44' Horinouchi 87' |
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More information Uzbekistan, 5–0 ...
| Uzbekistan | 5–0 | Bahrain |
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| Bahadir Annamotov 15', 66' Aleksei Zhdanov 26' (pen.)Oybek Usmankhodjaev 53', 90' |
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Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
Referee: P. K. Bose (India)
The match was originally scheduled for 10 January, but was later postponed as the Chilean team had trouble with its equipment, which was kept at Johannesburg at the day of the match.[5]
Referee: S. Saleerajan (Malaysia)
More information Bahrain, 0–2 ...
| Bahrain | 0–2 | Japan University XI |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ota 39' Hideki Sekine 79' |
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Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 18 January – Kochi | ||||||||||
| Uruguay B | 2 | |||||||||
| 22 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (golden goal) | 3 | |||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | |||||||||
| 20 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Chile | 0 | |||||||||
| Chile | 2 | |||||||||
| 25 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Iceland | 0 | |||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 January – Goa | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 2 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 2 | |||||||||
| 23 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Romania XI | 0 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 1 | |||||||||
| 21 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Japan University XI | 0 | |||||||||
| Jordan | 0 | |||||||||
| Japan University XI | 4 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
More information Uruguay B, 2–3 (a.e.t.) ...
| Uruguay B | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Pereira 12' Juan Segales 59' |
Report | Kavazović 40' Muharemović 83'Bešlija  97' |
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Referee: Balu Sundarraj (India)
Referee: Hassan Marshoud (Jordan)
More information Jordan, 0–4 ...
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Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
Semi-finals
More information Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1–0 ...
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | Chile |
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| Muharemović 75' |
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Referee: Rungkly Mangkol (Thailand)
Referee: S. Salerajan (Malaysia)
Final
More information Bosnia and Herzegovina, 0–2 ...
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0–2 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Duljaj 6' Bogdanović 45' |
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Goalscorers
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Mirsad Bešlija- Almedin Hota
- Dželaludin Muharemović
Sebastián González- Héctor Tapia
Kwok Yue Hung
Hideki Sekine
Juan Selages- Ricardo Varela
Bahadir Annamotov- Oybek Usmankhodjaev
Igor Bogdanović- Igor Duljaj
- 1 goal
Firoj Mahmud Titu- Zehrudin Kavazović
- Fernando Martel
- Rodrigo Meléndez
- Marco Villaseca
Þórhallur Hinriksson- Yoshimasa Fujita
- Satoshi Horinouchi
- Keiji Yoshimura
Badran Al-Shaqran- Haitham Al-Shboul
- Faisal Ibrahim
Ioan Luca- Lucian Sânmărtean
- Marius Sasu
- Liviu Zahariuc
- Wilson Martirena
- Daniel Pereira
- Alexandro Umpiérrez
- Aleksei Zhdanov
- Dušan Petković
- Vuk Rašović
- Goran Trobok
- Sengupta, Somnath (10 May 2011). "India National Football Team: The Tactical Dilemma". thehardtackle.com. The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- "Yugoslavia romp to glory". telegraphindia.com. 25 January 2001. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- "Mirna Bosna" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 25 January 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- Retamal, Rodrigo (16 January 2017). "La inolvidable desventura chilena de la Copa Millenium" [The unforgettable misadventures of Chile at the Millennium Cup]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 December 2020.