2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad & Tobago 2001
Tournament details
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  France (1 st 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) Flag of France Florent Sinama-Pongolle
(9 goals)
Best player Flag of France Florent Sinama-Pongolle

The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001 was held in the cities of Port of Spain, Malabar, Marabella, Couva, and Bacolet in Trinidad and Tobago between 13 September and 30 September 2001. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this tournament. Although France had only appeared once before at the FIFA U-17 World Championship, in Canada back in 1987 when they finished sixth, the current crop of French youngsters arrived in the Caribbean determined to emulate their illustrious elders' winning ways at France '98 and Euro 2000. And so it was, Jean-François Jodar's side showing maturity beyond their years. Aggressive in the tackle and tactically very organised, they oscillated between a 3-5-2 and 3-6-1 and were able to rely on two extremely gifted individuals from Le Havre: Anthony Le Tallec and Florent Sinama-Pongolle, who won both the top scorer, with 9 goals scored, and Player of the Tournament awards. The young "Blues" won five of their six games, losing to Nigeria in the first round but getting their revenge in the Final. They hit five in a game on two occasions, against the USA (5-3) and Japan (5-1) in group matches, before brushing past two footballing giants, Brazil and Argentina (2-1 in both games) at the knockout stage and overcoming Nigeria 3-0 in the final to win their first ever FIFA U-17 World title.

Contents

Venues

The matches were played in:

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.

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the tournament:




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


2001-09-13
13:00		 Trinidad and Tobago  1 – 2  Croatia Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Gimenez Daniel (Argentina)
Blackman Scored in the 57th minute 57' Kranjčar Scored in the 43rd minute 43' (pen.) Scored in the 67th minute 67' (pen.)
2001-09-14
18:00		 Australia  0 – 1  Brazil Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Benes Michal (Czech Republic)
Anderson Scored in the 76th minute 76'
2001-09-16
13:00		 Trinidad and Tobago  0 – 1  Australia Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: Tudor Alexandru (Romania)
Agius Scored in the 55th minute 55'
2001-09-16
15:30		 Croatia  1 – 3  Brazil Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: Sibrian Rodolfo (Slovenia)
Prijic Scored in the 6th minute 6' Bruno Scored in the 7th minute 7'
Leandro Bomfim Scored in the 57th minute 57'
Caetano Scored in the 77th minute 77'
2001-09-19
17:00		 Brazil  6 – 1  Trinidad and Tobago Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Issa Hussein (Iraq)
Malzoni Scored in the 7th minute 7'
Caetano Scored in the 16th minute 16' Scored in the 41st minute 41' Scored in the 59th minute 59'
James Scored in the 36th minute 36' (o.g.)
Junior Scored in the 88th minute 88'		 Forbes Scored in the 61st minute 61'
2001-09-19
19:30		 Croatia  0 – 4  Australia Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 20,228
Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)
Smith Scored in the 37th minute 37'
Danze Scored in the 40th minute 40' Scored in the 46th minute 46' Scored in the 66th minute 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


2001-09-14
17:00		 United States  0 – 1  Japan Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: De Oliveira Paulo (Brazil)
Abe Scored in the 43rd minute 43'
2001-09-14
19:30		 France  1 – 2  Nigeria Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)
Sinama-Pongolle Scored in the 87th minute 87' Shaibu Scored in the 24th minute 24'
Brown Scored in the 75th minute 75'
2001-09-16
16:00		 Japan  0 – 4  Nigeria Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Cardoso Batista Lucilio (Portugal)
Shaibu Scored in the 35th minute 35'
Opabunmi Scored in the 39th minute 39'
Brown Scored in the 83rd minute 83'
Temile Scored in the 90+1th minute 90+1' (pen.)
2001-09-16
18:30		 United States  3 – 5  France Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Im Eun Ju (Korea Republic)
Magee Scored in the 19th minute 19'
Colombo Scored in the 28th minute 28' (o.g.)
Johnson Scored in the 75th minute 75'		 Sinama-Pongolle Scored in the 4th minute 4' Scored in the 60th minute 60' Scored in the 65th minute 65'
Pietre Scored in the 31st minute 31'
Meghni Scored in the 48th minute 48'
2001-09-19
17:00		 Nigeria  2 – 0  United States Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)
Shaibu Scored in the 32nd minute 32'
Ayuba Scored in the 58th minute 58'
2001-09-19
19:30		 Japan  1 – 5  France Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 7,315
Referee: Gimenez Daniel (Argentina)
Yano Scored in the 67th minute 67' Pietre Scored in the 11th minute 11'
Sinama-Pongolle Scored in the 13th minute 13' Scored in the 54th minute 54' Scored in the 57th minute 57'
Drouin Scored in the 15th minute 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


2001-09-15
16:00		 Oman  1 – 2  Spain Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Richard Contreras Samuel (Dominican Republic)
Al Hinai Scored in the 22nd minute 22' Torres Scored in the 50th minute 50'
Melli Scored in the 90+2th minute 90+2'
2001-09-15
18:30		 Argentina  2 – 2  Burkina Faso Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)
Correa Scored in the 2nd minute 2'
Lopez Scored in the 90+2th minute 90+2' (pen.)		 Sanou Scored in the 22nd minute 22'
Conombo Scored in the 79th minute 79'
2001-09-17
17:00		 Spain  0 – 1  Burkina Faso Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)
Sanou Scored in the 41st minute 41' (pen.)
2001-09-17
19:30		 Oman  0 – 3  Argentina Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
Lopez Scored in the 10th minute 10'
Tevez Scored in the 37th minute 37'
Colace Scored in the 52nd minute 52' (pen.)
2001-09-20
17:00		 Burkina Faso  1 – 1  Oman Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Tudor Alexandru (Romania)
Nikiema Scored in the 22nd minute 22' Al Hinai Scored in the 33rd minute 33'
2001-09-20
19:30		 Spain  2 – 4  Argentina Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Sibrian Rodolfo (Slovenia)
Guillermo Scored in the 23rd minute 23'
Senel Scored in the 30th minute 30'		 Colace Scored in the 3rd minute 3' (pen.)
Lopez Scored in the 57th minute 57'
Zabaleta Scored in the 72nd minute 72'
Aguirre Scored in the 83rd minute 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


2001-09-15
16:00		 Mali  1 – 2  Paraguay Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Issa Hussein (Iraq)
Traore Scored in the 76th minute 76' Lopez Scored in the 52nd minute 52'
Jara Scored in the 86th minute 86' (pen.)
2001-09-15
18:30		 Iran  0 – 2  Costa Rica Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)
Alonso Scored in the 51st minute 51'
Azofeifa Scored in the 76th minute 76'
2001-09-17
17:00		 Paraguay  0 – 3  Costa Rica Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Benes Michal (Czech Republic)
Alonso Scored in the 75th minute 75' Scored in the 84th minute 84'
Azofeifa Scored in the 82nd minute 82'
2001-09-17
19:30		 Mali  1 – 0  Iran Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar
Attendance: 3,270
Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)
Coulibaly Scored in the 38th minute 38'
2001-09-20
17:00		 Costa Rica  0 – 2  Mali Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: De Oliveira Paulo (Brazil)
Coulibaly Scored in the 20th minute 20'
Diarra Scored in the 33rd minute 33'
2001-09-20
19:30		 Paraguay  3 – 2  Iran Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)
Perez Matto Scored in the 19th minute 19' Scored in the 42nd minute 42'
Jara Scored in the 66th minute 66'		 Ahmadzadeh Scored in the 81st minute 81' Scored in the 90+3th minute 90+3'

Knockout stages

Quarter finals Semi finals Final
                   
September 23 - Port of Spain        
  Brazil  1
September 27 - Port of Spain
  France  2  
  France  2
September 24 - Marabella
    Argentina  1  
  Argentina (aet)  2
September 30 - Port of Spain
  Mali  1  
  France  3
September 23 - Port of Spain
    Nigeria  0
  Nigeria  5
September 27 - Malabar
  Australia  1  
  Nigeria  1 Third place
September 24 - Marabella
    Burkina Faso  0  
  Costa Rica  0   Argentina  0
  Burkina Faso  2     Burkina Faso  2
September 30 - Port of Spain


Quarter-finals

2001-09-23
16:30		 Brazil  1 – 2  France Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)
Alberoni Scored in the 70th minute 70' Sinama-Pongolle Scored in the 38th minute 38'
Le Tallec Scored in the 40th minute 40'
2001-09-23
19:30		 Nigeria  5 – 1  Australia Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)
Opabunmi Scored in the 24th minute 24' (pen.) Scored in the 69th minute 69' Scored in the 79th minute 79'
Mohammed Scored in the 81st minute 81'
Temile Scored in the 85th minute 85'		 Engele Scored in the 86th minute 86'
2001-09-24
16:30		 Argentina  2 – 1 (aet)  Mali Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cardoso Batista Lucilio (Portugal)
Rodriguez Scored in the 38th minute 38'
Fanari Scored in the 96th minute 96'		 Diarra Scored in the 35th minute 35'
2001-09-24
19:30		 Costa Rica  0 – 2