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
Host country	Trinidad and Tobago
Dates	September 13 - September 30
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Second place	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	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.

1 Venues
2 Mascot
3 Qualification
4 Group stages
5 Knockout stages
6 Winners
7 Awards
8 Top scorers
9 External links

[edit] Venues

The matches were played in:

[edit] Mascot

The official mascot of this FIFA U-17 Wolrd 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.

[edit] Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the tournament:

Africa (CAF)

Asia (AFC)
- Oman
- Iran
- Japan

North and Central America (CONCACAF)
- USA
- Costa Rica

South America (CONMEBOL)

Europe (UEFA)
- Spain
- France
- Croatia

Oceania (OFC)
- Australia

Hosting nation
- Trinidad and Tobago

[edit] Group stages

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	10	2	+8	9
Australia	3	2	1	5	1	+4	6
Croatia	3	1	2	3	8	-5	3
Trinidad and Tobago	3	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 57'		Kranjcar 43' (pen.) 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 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 55'

2001-09-16 15:30	Croatia	1 – 3	Brazil	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Sibrian Rodolfo (Slovenia)
	Prijic 6'		Bruno 7' Leandro Bomfim 57' Caetano 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 7' Caetano 16' 41' 59' James 36' (o.g.) Junior 88'		Forbes 61'

2001-09-19 19:30	Croatia	0 – 4	Australia	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain Attendance: 20,228 Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)
			Smith 37' Danze 40' 46' 66'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nigeria	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9
France	3	2	1	11	6	+5	6
Japan	3	1	2	2	9	-7	3
USA	3	0	3	3	8	-5	0

2001-09-14 17:00	USA	0 – 1	Japan	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet Attendance: 7,500 Referee: De Oliveira Paulo (Brazil)
			Abe 43'

2001-09-14 19:30	France	1 – 2	Nigeria	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)
	Sinama-Pongolle 87'		Shaibu 24' Brown 75'

2001-09-16 16:00	Japan	0 – 4	Nigeria	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Cardoso Batista Lucilio (Portugal)
			Shaibu 35' Opabunmi 39' Brown 83' Temile 90+1' (pen.)

2001-09-16 18:30	USA	3 – 5	France	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Im Eun Ju (Korea Republic)
	Magee 19' Colombo 28' (o.g.) Johnson 75'		Sinama-Pongolle 4' 60' 65' Pietre 31' Meghni 48'

2001-09-19 17:00	Nigeria	2 – 0	USA	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)
	Shaibu 32' Ayuba 58'

2001-09-19 19:30	Japan	1 – 5	France	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet Attendance: 7,315 Referee: Gimenez Daniel (Argentina)
	Yano 67'		Pietre 11' Sinama-Pongolle 13' 54' 57' Drouin 15'

[edit] 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 22'		Torres 50' Melli 90+2'

2001-09-15 18:30	Argentina	2 – 2	Burkina Faso	Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)
	Correa 2' Lopez 90+2' (pen.)		Sanou 22' Conombo 79'

2001-09-17 17:00	Spain	0 – 1	Burkina Faso	Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)
			Sanou 41' (pen.)

2001-09-17 19:30	Oman	0 – 3	Argentina	Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
			Lopez 10' Tevez 37' Colace 52' (pen.)

2001-09-20 17:00	Burkina Faso	1 – 1	Oman	Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Tudor Alexandru (Romania)
	Nikiema 22'		Al Hinai 33'

2001-09-20 19:30	Spain	2 – 4	Argentina	Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Sibrian Rodolfo (Slovenia)
	Guillermo 23' Senel 30'		Colace 3' (pen.) Lopez 57' Zabaleta 72' Aguirre 83'

[edit] Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	2	1	5	2	+3	6
Mali	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6
Paraguay	3	2	1	5	6	-1	6
Iran	3	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 76'		Lopez 52' Jara 86' (pen.)

2001-09-15 18:30	Iran	0 – 2	Costa Rica	Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)
			Alonso 51' Azofeifa 76'

2001-09-17 17:00	Paraguay	0 – 3	Costa Rica	Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Benes Michal (Czech Republic)
			Alonso 75' 84' Azofeifa 82'

2001-09-17 19:30	Mali	1 – 0	Iran	Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar Attendance: 3,270 Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)
	Coulibaly 38'

2001-09-20 17:00	Costa Rica	0 – 2	Mali	Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar Attendance: 4,000 Referee: De Oliveira Paulo (Brazil)
			Coulibaly 20' Diarra 33'

2001-09-20 19:30	Paraguay	3 – 2	Iran	Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)
	Perez Matto 19' 42' Jara 66'		Ahmadzadeh 81' 90+3'

[edit] Knockout stages

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

September 23 - Port of Spain

Brazil

September 27 - Port of Spain

France

September 24 - Marabella

Argentina

Argentina (aet)

September 30 - Port of Spain

Mali

France

September 23 - Port of Spain

Nigeria

Nigeria

September 27 - Malabar

Australia

Nigeria

Third place

September 24 - Marabella

Burkina Faso

Costa Rica

Argentina

Burkina Faso

September 30 - Port of Spain

[edit] Quarter-finals

2001-09-23 16:30	Brazil	1 – 2	France	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)
	Alberoni 70'		Sinama-Pongolle 38' Le Tallec 40'

2001-09-23 19:30	Nigeria	5 – 1	Australia	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)
	Opabunmi 24' (pen.) 69' 79' Mohammed 81' Temile 85'		Engele 86'

2001-09-24 16:30	Argentina	2 – 1 (aet)	Mali	Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Cardoso Batista Lucilio (Portugal)
	Rodriguez 38' Fanari 96'		Diarra 35'

2001-09-24 19:30	Costa Rica	0 – 2	Burkina Faso	Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)
			Gorogo 56' Sanou 84'

[edit] Semi-finals

2001-09-27 16:30	France	2 – 1	Argentina	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
	Le Tallec 56' Berthod 58'		Tevez 49'

2001-09-27 19:30	Nigeria	1 – 0	Burkina Faso	Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Richard Contreras Samuel (Dominican Republic)
	Opabunmi 4' (pen.)

[edit] Third place match

2001-09-30 15:30	Argentina	0 – 2	Burkina Faso	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Issa Hussein (Iraq)
			Gorogo 30' Conombo 78'

[edit] Final

2001-09-30 18:00	France	3 – 0	Nigeria	Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain Attendance: 20,790 Referee: Cardoso Batista Lucilio (Portugal)
	Sinama-Pongolle 34' Le Tallec 53' Pietre 81'

[edit] Winners

2001 FIFA U-17 World Champions
France First title

[edit] Awards

FIFA Golden Shoe:	FIFA Golden Ball:	FIFA Fair Play Award:
Florent Sinama-Pongolle	Florent Sinama-Pongolle	Nigeria

[edit] Top scorers

Team	Players	Goals
	Florent Sinama-Pongolle	9
	Femi Opabunmi	5
	Caetano	4

[edit] External links

FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad and Tobago 2001

FIFA U-17 World Cup/World Championship

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