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
Dates13 – 30 September
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runner-up Nigeria
Third place Burkina Faso
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Argentina.svg 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 playerFrance Florent Sinama Pongolle
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2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship was the ninth edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. It held in Trinidad and Tobago from 13 to 30 September 2001. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this tournament.

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 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
OFC (Oceania) 2001 OFC U-17 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship  Spain
 France
 Croatia

Results

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Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Brazil.svg 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

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

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Argentina.svg 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

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
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 3 2 0 1 5 6 -1 6
 Iran 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4 0

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
       
 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil  1
  France  2  
  France  2
   File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina  1  
 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina  2
  Mali  1  
  France  3
    Nigeria  0
  Nigeria  5
  Australia  1  
  Nigeria  1 Third place
    Burkina Faso  0  
  Costa Rica  0  File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina  0
  Burkina Faso  2     Burkina Faso  2

References