2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad & Tobago 2001
2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.png
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 FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001, the ninth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Port of Spain, Malabar in Arima, Marabella in San Fernando, Couva, and Bacolet in Scarborough at Trinidad and Tobago between 13 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.

Venues[]

Port of Spain Bacolet Couva
Hasely Crawford Stadium
Capacity: 27,000 		Dwight Yorke Stadium
Capacity: 7,500 		Ato Boldon Stadium
Capacity: 10,000
Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad.jpg TnT Ato Boldon Stadium.jpg
Malabar Marabella
Larry Gomes Stadium
Capacity: 10,000 		Manny Ramjohn Stadium
Capacity: 10,000

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
Goal 57' Report Kranjčar Goal 43' (pen.), 67' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: (Argentina)
Australia 0 – 1 Brazil
Report Anderson Goal 76'
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: (Czech Republic)
Trinidad and Tobago 0 – 1 Australia
Report Agius Goal 55'
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Croatia 1 – 3 Brazil
Prijić Goal 6' Report Bruno Goal 7'
Bonfim Goal 57'
Caetano Goal 77'
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: (Slovenia)
Brazil 6 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago
Goal 7'
Caetano Goal 16', 41', 59'
James Goal 36' (o.g.)
Júnior Goal 88'		 Report Goal 61'
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: (Iraq)
Croatia 0 – 4 Australia
Report Goal 37'
Danze Goal 40', 46', 66'
Attendance: 20,228
Referee: (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 Goal 43'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: (Brazil)
France 1 – 2 Nigeria
Sinama Pongolle Goal 87' Report Goal 24'
Brown Goal 75'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: (Trinidad & Tobago)
Japan 0 – 4 Nigeria
Report Goal 35'
Opabunmi Goal 39'
Brown Goal 83'
Temile Goal 90+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: (Portugal)
United States 3 – 5 France
Magee Goal 19'
Colombo Goal 28' (o.g.)
Johnson Goal 75'		 Report Sinama Pongolle Goal 4', 60', 65'
Pietre Goal 31'
Meghni Goal 48'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Im Eun Ju (Korea Republic)
Nigeria 2 – 0 United States
Goal 32'
Goal 58'		 Report
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: (Vanuatu)
Japan 1 – 5 France
Yano Goal 67' Report Piètre Goal 11'
Sinama Pongolle Goal 13', 54', 57'
Drouin Goal 15'
Attendance: 7,315
Referee: (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 Goal 22' Report F. Torres Goal 50'
Melli Goal 90+2'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: (Dominican Republic)
Argentina 2 – 2 Burkina Faso
Correa Goal 2'
López Goal 90+2' (pen.)		 Report Sanou Goal 22'
Conombo Goal 79'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: (Vanuatu)
Spain 0 – 1 Burkina Faso
Report Sanou Goal 41' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: (Iceland)
Oman 0 – 3 Argentina
Report López Goal 10'
Tevez Goal 37'
Colace Goal 52' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: (Cameroon)
Burkina Faso 1 – 1 Oman
Nikiema Goal 22' Report Al-Hinai Goal 33'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Spain 2 – 4 Argentina
Bauzà Goal 23'
Senel Goal 30'		 Report Colace Goal 3' (pen.)
López Goal 57'
Zabaleta Goal 72'
Aguirre Goal 83'
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: (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
Goal 76' Report López Goal 52'
Jara Goal 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: (Iraq)
Iran 0 – 2 Costa Rica
Report Alonso Goal 51'
Azofeifa Goal 76'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: (Nigeria)
Paraguay 0 – 3 Costa Rica
Report Alonso Goal 75', 84'
Azofeifa Goal 82'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: (Czech Republic)
Mali 1 – 0 Iran
Coulibaly Goal 38' Report
Attendance: 3,270
Referee: (Trinidad & Tobago)
Costa Rica 0 – 2 Mali
Report Coulibaly Goal 20'
Diarra Goal 33'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (Brazil)
Paraguay 3 – 2 Iran
Goal 19', 42'
Jara Goal 66'		 Report Goal 81', 90+3'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (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
 
 Nigeria5
 
27 September - 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 Goal 70' Report Sinama Pongolle Goal 38'
Le Tallec Goal 40'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: (Trinidad & Tobago)
Nigeria 5 – 1 Australia
Opabunmi Goal 24' (pen.), 69', 79'
Goal 81'
Temile Goal 85'		 Report Goal 86'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (Iceland)
Argentina 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Mali
Rodríguez Goal 38'
Goal 96'		 Report Diarra Goal 35'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: (Portugal)
Costa Rica 0 – 2 Burkina Faso
Report Goal 56'
Sanou Goal 84'
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: (Vanuatu)

Semi-finals[]

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

Third place match[]

Argentina 0 – 2 Burkina Faso
Report Goal 30'
Conombo Goal 78'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (Iraq)

Final[]

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

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
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

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