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2003 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Jalkapallon alle 17-vuotiaiden maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 2003 U17-världsmästerskapet i fotboll 2003
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	13–30 August
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	117 (3.66 per match)
Attendance	183,616 (5,738 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Hidalgo Manuel Curto Cesc Fàbregas (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Cesc Fàbregas
Fair play award	Costa Rica
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The 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, was the tenth edition of FIFA U-17 World Championship. It was held in the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, Lahti and Turku in Finland from 13 to 30 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 1986 could participate in this tournament. Some controversy followed the tournament after a number of players from the Sierra Leone squad defected to Finland.

Teams

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	2002 AFC U-17 Championship	South Korea  Yemen  China
CAF (Africa)	2003 African U-17 Championship	Cameroon  Sierra Leone  Nigeria
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2003 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament	United States  Costa Rica  Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America)	2003 South American U-17 Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Colombia
OFC (Oceania)	2003 OFC U-17 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	Host nation	Finland
	2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship	Portugal  Spain

Venues

The tournament was played in four cities in Finland: Helsinki, Turku, Tampere and Lahti.

HelsinkiLahtiTampereTurku2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship (Finland)
	Helsinki	Turku	Tampere	Lahti
	Finnair Stadium	Veritas Stadion	Tampere Stadium	Lahti Stadium
	Töölö Stadium	Turku Stadium	Ratina Stadium (Tampere Stadium)	Lahti Stadium

Squads

For a list of the squads see 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

Group stage

All times are local (EEST/UTC+3)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7
Mexico	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Finland	3	1	0	2	3	12	–9	3
China	3	0	1	2	5	7	–2	1

Finland	2–1	China
Parikka 6' Petrescu 64'	Report	Jiang Chen 4'

Mexico	0–0	Colombia
	Report

China	1–2	Colombia
Wang Yongpo 67'	Report	Guarín 73' (pen.) Hernández 80'

Finland	0–2	Mexico
	Report	Ceja 39' Herrera 51'

China	3–3	Mexico
Wang Yongpo 35' Jiang Chen 61', 81'	Report	Flores 51' Mariaca 73' Murguía 78'

Colombia	9–1	Finland
Hidalgo 16', 32' (pen.), 50', 61' Ramos 36', 68', 71' Guarín 63' Núñez 74'	Report	Petrescu 41'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Australia	3	0	0	3	1	6	–5	0

Note: Second place was determined by drawing of lots

Argentina	2–0	Australia
Garay 6' Cólzera 69'	Report

Costa Rica	1–1	Nigeria
Arias 83'	Report	Bala 9'

Australia	1–2	Nigeria
Giraldi 2'	Report	Mikel 73' Bala 84'

Argentina	2–0	Costa Rica
Peirone 84', 90'	Report

Nigeria	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Faurlín 59'

Australia	0–2	Costa Rica
	Report	Rodríguez 62' (pen.) Salazar 75'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7
Portugal	3	1	1	1	9	13	–4	4
Cameroon	3	0	3	0	7	7	0	3
Yemen	3	0	1	2	4	8	–4	1

Yemen	3–4	Portugal
Al-Badani 31' Sharyan 45+2' Sousa 77' (o.g.)	Report	Sousa 56' Curto 68' M. Fernandes 80' Al-Safi 82' (o.g.)

Cameroon	1–1	Brazil
Joseph Mawaye 5'	Report	Abuda 38'

Portugal	0–5	Brazil
	Report	Léo 20' Abuda 52' Ederson 68' (pen.) Evandro 77' Thyago 86'

Yemen	1–1	Cameroon
Juaim 90+2'	Report	Mawaye 74'

Brazil	3–0	Yemen
Evandro 28', 32' Arouca 86'	Report

Portugal	5–5	Cameroon
Vieirinha 21' Curto 36', 43', 44' Gama 52'	Report	T. Costa 70' (o.g.) N'Gal 74', 76' N'Guémo 88' Mbia 90+4'

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
United States	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
South Korea	3	1	0	2	6	11	–5	3
Sierra Leone	3	0	1	2	6	8	–2	1

South Korea	1–6	United States
Owens 11' (o.g.)	Report	Adu 16', 89', 90+2' (pen.) Owens 26' Watson 54' Curfman 75'

Spain	3–3	Sierra Leone
Rodríguez 8' Sisi 15' Nadal 90+6'	Report	Barlay 34', 73' Ruz 36' (o.g.)

United States	2–1	Sierra Leone
González 45' (pen.) Adu 89'	Report	Sesay 32'

South Korea	2–3	Spain
Yang Dong-hyun 45' Sánchez 59' (o.g.)	Report	Silva 65', 73', 76'

Sierra Leone	2–3	South Korea
Metzger 36', 51'	Report	Han Dong-won 28' Yang Dong-hyun 74' Lee Yong-rae 78'

United States	0–2	Spain
	Report	Jurado 11' Fàbregas 70'

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 August – Helsinki
	Colombia	2
					27 August – Tampere
	Costa Rica	0
					Colombia	0
	24 August – Turku
					Brazil	2
	Brazil	3
									30 August – Helsinki
	United States	0
									Brazil	1
	23 August – Lahti
									Spain	0
	Argentina	2
					27 August – Helsinki
	Mexico	0
					Argentina	2
	24 August – Tampere
					Spain (a.e.t.)	3			Third place
	Spain	5
									30 August – Helsinki
	Portugal	2
									Colombia	1 (4)
									Argentina (p)	1 (5)

Quarter-finals

Colombia	2–0	Costa Rica
Otalvaro 25', 43'	Report

Argentina	2–0	Mexico
Cardozo 34' Peirone 45'	Report

Brazil	3–0	United States
Leonardo 18' Ederson 61' Evandro 64'	Report

Spain	5–2	Portugal
Sánchez 28' Fàbregas 42', 78' Nadal 50' Jurado 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Curto 3' Vieirinha 87'

Semi-finals

Colombia	0–2	Brazil
	Report	Abuda 16', 72'

Argentina	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Biglia 11' Garay 31'	Report	Fàbregas 48', 119' Jurado 53'

Playoff for third place

Colombia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Hidalgo 53' (pen.)	Report	Lagos 4'
Penalties
Hidalgo Otalvaro Guarín Núñez Movil Vargas	4–5	Garay Formica Faurlín Cólzera Díaz Hassell

Final

Brazil	1–0	Spain
Leonardo 7'	Report

2003 FIFA Under-17 World champions
Brazil Third title

Goalscorers

There were 117 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.66 goals per match.

5 goals

• Cesc Fàbregas
• Carlos Hidalgo
• Manuel Curto

4 goals

• Abuda
• Evandro
• Freddy Adu

3 goals

• Hernán Peirone
• Jiang Chen
• Adrián Ramos
• José Manuel Jurado
• David Silva

2 goals

• Ezequiel Garay
• Ederson
• Leonardo
• Joseph Mawaye
• Serge N'Gal
• Wang Yongpo
• Fredy Guarín
• Harrison Otalvaro
• Tomi Petrescu
• Ezekiel Bala
• Vieirinha
• Samuel Barlay
• Obi Metzger
• Yang Dong-Hyun
• Xisco Nadal

1 goal

• Lucas Biglia
• Neri Cardozo
• Ariel Cólzera
• Alejandro Faurlín
• Diego Lagos
• Dez Giraldi
• Arouca
• Léo Matos
• Thyago
• Stéphane Mbia
• Landry N'Guémo
• Sebastián Hernández
• Juan Gilberto Núñez
• Yosimar Arias
• Pablo Rodríguez
• Alonso Salazar
• Jarno Parikka
• Julio Ceja
• Gerardo Flores Zúñiga
• Oscar Herrera
• Manuel Mariaca
• Rafael Murguía
• Mikel John Obi
• Bruno Gama
• Manuel Fernandes
• Márcio Sousa
• Alimamy Sesay
• Han Dong-won
• Lee Yong-rae
• David Rodríguez
• Sergio Sánchez
• Sisi
• Steven Curfman
• Guillermo González
• Dwight Owens
• Jamie Watson
• Yasser Al-Badani
• Sami Juaim
• Abdulelah Sharyan

1 own goal

• Márcio Sousa (against Yemen)
• Tiago Costa (against Cameroon)
• Ruz (against Sierra Leone)
• Sergio Sánchez (against South Korea)
• Dwight Owens (against South Korea)
• Abdullah Al-Safi (against Portugal)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	6	5	1	0	15	1	+14	16
2	Spain	6	4	1	1	16	10	+6	13
3	Argentina	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13
4	Colombia	6	3	2	1	14	5	+9	11
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	United States	4	2	0	2	8	7	+1	6
6	Mexico	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
7	Costa Rica	4	1	1	2	3	5	–2	4
8	Portugal	4	1	1	2	11	18	–7	4
Eliminated at the group stage
9	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
10	Cameroon	3	0	3	0	7	7	0	3
11	South Korea	3	1	0	2	6	11	–5	3
12	Finland	3	1	0	2	3	12	–9	3
13	Sierra Leone	3	0	1	2	6	8	–2	1
14	China	3	0	1	2	5	7	–2	1
15	Yemen	3	0	1	2	4	8	–4	1
16	Australia	3	0	0	3	1	6	–5	0

References

1. UEFA World Cup U-17, at Uefa.com
2. "Sierra Leone players disappear". BBC Sport. 22 August 2003.

External links

• FIFA U-17 World Championship Finland 2003, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)

• 2003 in youth association football
• International association football competitions hosted by Finland
• 2003 in Finnish football
• FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments
• August 2003 sports events in Europe