2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad & Tobago 2001
Trinidad & Tobago 2001 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryTrinidad and Tobago
Dates13–30 September
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored102 (3.19 per match)
Attendance331,198 (10,350 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Florent Sinama Pongolle
(9 goals)
Best player(s)France Florent Sinama Pongolle
Fair play award Nigeria
← 1999
2003 →

The

Scarborough
. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this tournament.

Venues

Port of Spain
Malabar
 Couva Marabella
Scarborough
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 / 10.6615222°N 61.5330333°W / 10.6615222; -61.5330333 (Hasely Crawford Stadium) 10°36′59.00″N 61°16′57.00″W / 10.6163889°N 61.2825000°W / 10.6163889; -61.2825000 (Larry Gomes Stadium Stadium) 10°25′29.00″N 61°25′02.00″W / 10.4247222°N 61.4172222°W / 10.4247222; -61.4172222 (Ato Boldon Stadium) 10°18′12.00″N 61°26′30.00″W / 10.3033333°N 61.4416667°W / 10.3033333; -61.4416667 (Manny Ramjohn Stadium) 11°10′53.17″N 60°43′00.86″W / 11.1814361°N 60.7169056°W / 11.1814361; -60.7169056 (Ato Boldon Stadium)
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 7,500
Scarborough

Mascot

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.

Squads

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the tournament:

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)
2000 AFC U-17 Championship
  Oman
 Iran
 Japan
CAF (Africa) 2001 African U-17 Championship  Nigeria
 Burkina Faso
 Mali
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		Host nation  Trinidad and Tobago
2001 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament  United States
 Costa Rica
CONMEBOL (South America) 2001 South American U-17 Championship  Brazil
 Argentina
 Paraguay
OFC (Oceania) 2001 OFC U-17 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship  Spain
 France
 Croatia

Group stages

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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


Trinidad and Tobago 1 – 2 Croatia
Blackman 57' Report Kranjčar 43' (pen.), 67' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Giménez Daniel (Argentina)
Australia 0 – 1 Brazil
Report Anderson 76'
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Benes Michal (Czech Republic)
Trinidad and Tobago 0 – 1 Australia
Report Agius 55'
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Croatia 1 – 3 Brazil
Prijić 6' Report Bruno 7'
Bonfim 57'
Caetano 77'
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: Sibrian Rodolfo (Slovenia)
Brazil 6 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago
Júnior
88'		 Report Forbes 61'
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Issa Hussein (Iraq)
Croatia 0 – 4 Australia
Report Smith 37'
Danze 40', 46', 66'
Attendance: 20,228
Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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


United States 0 – 1 Japan
Report Abe 43'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: De Oliveira Paulo (Brazil)
France 1 – 2 Nigeria
Sinama Pongolle 87' Report Shaibu 24'
Brown 75'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)
Japan 0 – 4 Nigeria
Report Shaibu 35'
Opabunmi 39'
Brown 83'
Temile 90+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Cardoso Batista Lucilio (Portugal)
United States 3 – 5 France
Johnson
75'		 Report Sinama Pongolle 4', 60', 65'
Pietre 31'
Meghni 48'
Im Eun Ju
(Korea Republic)
Nigeria 2 – 0 United States
Shaibu 32'
Ayuba 58'		 Report
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)
Japan 1 – 5 France
Yano 67' Report Piètre 11'
Sinama Pongolle 13', 54', 57'
Drouin 15'
Attendance: 7,315
Referee: Gimenez Daniel (Argentina)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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


Oman 1 – 2 Spain
Al-Hinai 22' Report F. Torres 50'
Melli 90+2'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Richard Contreras Samuel (Dominican Republic)
Argentina 2 – 2 Burkina Faso
Correa 2'
López 90+2' (pen.)		 Report
Conombo
79'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)
Spain 0 – 1 Burkina Faso
Report Sanou 41' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)
Oman 0 – 3 Argentina
Report López 10'
Tevez 37'
Colace 52' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
Burkina Faso 1 – 1 Oman
Nikiema
22'		 Report Al-Hinai 33'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Spain 2 – 4 Argentina
Bauzà 23'
Senel 30'		 Report Colace 3' (pen.)
López 57'
Zabaleta 72'
Aguirre 83'
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Sibrian Rodolfo (Slovenia)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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


Mali 1 – 2 Paraguay
Traoré 76' Report López 52'
Jara 86' (pen.)
Malabar
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Issa Hussein
(Iraq)
Iran 0 – 2 Costa Rica
Report Alonso 51'
Azofeifa 76'
Malabar
Attendance: 6,500
(Nigeria)
Paraguay 0 – 3 Costa Rica
Report Alonso 75', 84'
Azofeifa 82'
Malabar
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Benes Michal
(Czech Republic)
Mali 1 – 0 Iran
Coulibaly 38' Report
Costa Rica 0 – 2 Mali
Report Coulibaly 20'
Diarra 33'
Malabar
Attendance: 4,000
(Brazil)
Paraguay 3 – 2 Iran
Pérez Matto 19', 42'
Jara 66'		 Report Ahmadzadeh 81', 90+3'
Malabar
Attendance: 4,000
(Iceland)

Knockout stages

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
23 September - Port of Spain
 
 
 Brazil1
 
27 September - Port of Spain
 
 France2
 
 France2
 
24 September - Marabella
 
 Argentina1
 
 Argentina (aet)2
 
30 September - Port of Spain
 
 Mali1
 
 France3
 
23 September - Port of Spain
 
 Nigeria0
 
 
Malabar
 
 Australia1
 
 Nigeria1
 
24 September - Marabella
 
 Burkina Faso0 Third place
 
 Costa Rica0
 
30 September - Port of Spain
 
 Burkina Faso2
 
 Argentina0
 
 
 Burkina Faso2
 

Quarter-finals

Brazil 1 – 2 France
Alberoni 70' Report Sinama Pongolle 38'
Le Tallec 40'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)
Nigeria 5 – 1 Australia
Opabunmi 24' (pen.), 69', 79'
Mohammed 81'
Temile 85'		 Report Engele 86'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)
Argentina 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Mali
Rodríguez 38'
Fanari
96'		 Report Diarra 35'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cardoso Batista Lucilio (Portugal)
Costa Rica 0 – 2 Burkina Faso
Report Gorogo 56'
Sanou 84'
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)

Semi-finals

France 2 – 1 Argentina
Le Tallec 56'
Berthod 58'		 Report Tevez 49'
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
Nigeria 1 – 0 Burkina Faso
Opabunmi 4' (pen.) Report
Malabar
Attendance: 7,500
(Dominican Republic)

Third place match

Argentina 0 – 2 Burkina Faso
Report
Conombo
78'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Issa Hussein (Iraq)

Final

France 3 – 0 Nigeria
Sinama Pongolle 34'
Le Tallec 53'
Piètre 81'		 Report
Attendance: 20,790

Winners

 2001 FIFA U-17 World champions 

France
First title

Awards

FIFA Golden Shoe FIFA Golden Ball FIFA Fair Play Award
France Florent Sinama Pongolle  Nigeria

Goalscorers

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

  • Caetano

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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

External links

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