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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 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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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.

Venues

Port of Spain	Arima/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
Port of SpainArima / MalabarCouva    Marabella 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

• 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship 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.)

Australia	0 – 1	Brazil
	Report	Anderson 76'

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 1	Australia
	Report	Agius 55'

Croatia	1 – 3	Brazil
Prijić 6'	Report	Bruno 7' Bonfim 57' Caetano 77'

Brazil	6 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago
Malzoni 7' Caetano 16', 41', 59' James 36' (o.g.) Júnior 88'	Report	Forbes 61'

Croatia	0 – 4	Australia
	Report	Smith 37' Danze 40', 46', 66'

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'

France	1 – 2	Nigeria
Sinama Pongolle 87'	Report	Shaibu 24' Brown 75'

Japan	0 – 4	Nigeria
	Report	Shaibu 35' Opabunmi 39' Brown 83' Temile 90+1' (pen.)

United States	3 – 5	France
Magee 19' Colombo 28' (o.g.) Johnson 75'	Report	Sinama Pongolle 4', 60', 65' Pietre 31' Meghni 48'

Nigeria	2 – 0	United States
Shaibu 32' Ayuba 58'	Report

Japan	1 – 5	France
Yano 67'	Report	Piètre 11' Sinama Pongolle 13', 54', 57' Drouin 15'

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'

Argentina	2 – 2	Burkina Faso
Correa 2' López 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Sanou 22' Conombo 79'

Spain	0 – 1	Burkina Faso
	Report	Sanou 41' (pen.)

Oman	0 – 3	Argentina
	Report	López 10' Tevez 37' Colace 52' (pen.)

Burkina Faso	1 – 1	Oman
Nikiema 22'	Report	Al-Hinai 33'

Spain	2 – 4	Argentina
Bauzà 23' Senel 30'	Report	Colace 3' (pen.) López 57' Zabaleta 72' Aguirre 83'

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.)

Iran	0 – 2	Costa Rica
	Report	Alonso 51' Azofeifa 76'

Paraguay	0 – 3	Costa Rica
	Report	Alonso 75', 84' Azofeifa 82'

Mali	1 – 0	Iran
Coulibaly 38'	Report

Costa Rica	0 – 2	Mali
	Report	Coulibaly 20' Diarra 33'

Paraguay	3 – 2	Iran
Pérez Matto 19', 42' Jara 66'	Report	Ahmadzadeh 81', 90+3'

Knockout stages

	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

Brazil	1 – 2	France
Alberoni 70'	Report	Sinama Pongolle 38' Le Tallec 40'

Nigeria	5 – 1	Australia
Opabunmi 24' (pen.), 69', 79' Mohammed 81' Temile 85'	Report	Engele 86'

Argentina	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Mali
Rodríguez 38' Fanari 96'	Report	Diarra 35'

Costa Rica	0 – 2	Burkina Faso
	Report	Gorogo 56' Sanou 84'

Semi-finals

France	2 – 1	Argentina
Le Tallec 56' Berthod 58'	Report	Tevez 49'

Nigeria	1 – 0	Burkina Faso
Opabunmi 4' (pen.)	Report

Third place match

Argentina	0 – 2	Burkina Faso
	Report	Gorogo 30' Conombo 78'

Final

France	3 – 0	Nigeria
Sinama Pongolle 34' Le Tallec 53' Piètre 81'	Report

Winners

2001 FIFA U-17 World champions
France First title

Awards

FIFA Golden Shoe	FIFA Golden Ball	FIFA Fair Play Award
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

• Florent Sinama Pongolle

5 goals

• Femi Opabunmi

4 goals

• Caetano

3 goals

• Maxi López
• Anthony Danze
• Wilfried Sanou
• Armando Alonso
• Anthony Le Tallec
• Samuel Piètre
• Karimu Shaibu

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)

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
6	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

• FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad and Tobago 2001, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)

• 2001 in youth association football
• 2001 in Trinidad and Tobago football
• International association football competitions hosted by Trinidad and Tobago
• FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments