2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA Argentina 2001

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	June 17 – July 8
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (4th title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	149 (2.87 per match)
Attendance	506,320 (9,737 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Javier Saviola (11 goals)
Best player	Javier Saviola
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The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between June 17 and July 8, 2001. The 2001 championship was the 13th contested. The tournament took part in six cities, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, and Mar del Plata. The Golden Boot was won by Javier Saviola of Argentina who scored 11 goals.

Qualification

The following 24 teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. Argentina qualified automatically as host.

Confederation	Qualifying Tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	AFC Youth Championship 2000	Iraq Japan China PR Iran
CAF (Africa)	2001 African Youth Championship	Angola¹ Ghana Egypt Ethiopia¹
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2001 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Costa Rica United States Canada Jamaica¹
CONMEBOL (South America)	2001 South American Youth Championship	Brazil Paraguay Chile Ecuador¹
OFC (Oceania)	2001 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	2000 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship	Finland¹ Germany Czech Republic² Ukraine¹ Netherlands France
Host nation		Argentina

1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

2.^ Czech Republic made their debut as independent nation. The now-defunct Czechoslovakia qualified for their twice appearances in 1983 and 1989.

Squads

Main article: 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up, and best four third-placed teams advance to the Round of 16

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	9	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12
Egypt	4	3	1	1	1	3	8	−5
Finland	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
Jamaica	1	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5

June 17, 2001 14:00	Argentina	2 – 0	Finland	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
	Rodríguez 38' D'Alessandro 67'	(Report)

June 17, 2001 16:45	Egypt	0 – 0	Jamaica	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)
		(Report)

June 20, 2001 14:00	Jamaica	0 – 1	Finland	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
		(Report)	Väyrynen 87'

June 20, 2001 16:45	Egypt	1 – 7	Argentina	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	El Yamani 5'	(Report)	Saviola 7', 15', 44' (pen.) Coloccini 20' Romagnoli 55' Rodríguez 64' Amin 67' (o.g.)

June 23, 2001 14:00	Argentina	5 – 1	Jamaica	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Naser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)
	Coloccini 3' Saviola 7', 86' (pen.) Herrera 14', 38'	(Report)	Dawkins 78'

June 23, 2001 16:45	Finland	1 – 2	Egypt	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)
	Sjölund 74'	(Report)	Hamza 10' Riad 62'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	9	3	3	0	10	1	+9
Germany	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4
Iraq	3	3	1	2	5	9	−4
Canada	0	3	0	3	0	9	−9

June 17, 2001 14:00	Brazil	2 – 0	Germany	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)
	Robert 9', 11'	(Report)

June 17, 2001 16:45	Iraq	3 – 0	Canada	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Mohammed 21' Siamand 33' Hanoosh 43'	(Report)

June 20, 2001 14:00	Canada	0 – 4	Germany	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)
		(Report)	Auer 18', 67', 70' Preuss 83'

June 20, 2001 16:45	Iraq	1 – 6	Brazil	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
	Mohammed 82'	(Report)	Fernando 8' (pen.) Pinga 13' Robert 27', 72' Adriano 29', 45'

June 23, 2001 14:00	Brazil	2 – 0	Canada	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Adriano 21' Robert 65'	(Report)

June 23, 2001 16:45	Germany	3 – 1	Iraq	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
	Preuss 40' Munaim 60' (o.g.) Auer 65'	(Report)	Lapaczinksi 37' (o.g.)

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ukraine	5	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2
United States	4	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2
China PR	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
Chile	3	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4

June 17, 2001 14:00	United States	0 – 1	China PR	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
		(Report)	Qu Bo 50'

June 17, 2001 16:45	Chile	2 – 4	Ukraine	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Naser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)
	Millar 38' Pardo 90+2'	(Report)	Byelik 14', 50' Oyarzun 36' (o.g.) Valeyev 78'

June 20, 2001 14:00	Ukraine	0 – 0	China PR	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)
		(Report)

June 20, 2001 16:45	Chile	1 – 4	United States	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)
	Valdés 28'	(Report)	Beasley 6', 40' Davis 69' Buddle 75'

June 23, 2001 14:00	United States	1 – 1	Ukraine	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
	Arena 39'	(Report)	Stoyan 89'

June 23, 2001 16:45	China PR	0 – 1	Chile	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
		(Report)	Berrios 87'

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Angola	5	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
Czech Republic	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Australia	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Japan	3	3	1	0	2	4	4	0

June 18, 2001 14:00	Angola	0 – 0	Czech Republic	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 1,500 Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
		(Report)

June 18, 2001 16:45	Japan	0 – 2	Australia	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey)
		(Report)	Haneda 59' (o.g.) Owens 69'

June 21, 2001 14:00	Australia	0 – 3	Czech Republic	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
		(Report)	Musil 27' Jun 30' Macek 47'

June 21, 2001 16:45	Japan	1 – 2	Angola	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Yamase 61'	(Report)	Mendonça 9' Rascas 81'

June 24, 2001 14:00	Angola	1 – 1	Australia	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Mantorras 12'	(Report)	Owens 82' (pen.)

June 24, 2001 16:45	Czech Republic	0 – 3	Japan	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)
		(Report)	Morisaki 74' Yamase 80' Tahara 87'

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Costa Rica	9	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5
Ecuador	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Netherlands	4	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1
Ethiopia	0	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4

June 18, 2001 14:00	Ecuador	2 – 1	Ethiopia	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Miña 25' Guagua 63'	(Report)	Andargachw 4'

June 18, 2001 16:45	Netherlands	1 – 3	Costa Rica	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Abdullhakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Hersi 63'	(Report)	Montero 38' Parks 48', 54'

June 21, 2001 14:00	Costa Rica	3 – 1	Ethiopia	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Thomas McCurry (Scotland)
	Parks 8', 49' Scott 61'	(Report)	Yordanos 90+2'

June 21, 2001 16:45	Ecuador	1 – 1	Netherlands	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
	Vargas 85'	(Report)	Colin 21'

June 24, 2001 14:00	Ecuador	0 – 1	Costa Rica	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
		(Report)	Hernández 85'

June 24, 2001 16:45	Ethiopia	2 – 3	Netherlands	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Abdullhakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Zewdu 52' (pen.) Andargachw 90+2'	(Report)	Kolk 22' Hersi 41' Huntelaar 78'

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ghana	7	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
France	5	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5
Paraguay	4	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
Iran	0	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8

June 18, 2001 14:00	Ghana	2 – 1	Paraguay	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Essien 58' Boateng 63'	(Report)	Guzmán 69'

June 18, 2001 16:45	France	5 – 0	Iran	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)
	Bugnet 59' Mexès 62' Cissé 66', 87', 90'	(Report)

June 21, 2001 14:00	France	2 – 2	Paraguay	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 4,575 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Bugnet 10' Cissé 48'	(Report)	Fretes 53' Devaca 72'

June 21, 2001 16:45	Ghana	1 – 0	Iran	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 3,950 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Boateng 44'	(Report)

June 24, 2001 14:00	Ghana	0 – 0	France	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)
		(Report)

June 24, 2001 16:45	Paraguay	2 – 0	Iran	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	González 72' Giménez 89'	(Report)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Paraguay	4	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
China PR	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
Netherlands	4	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1
Australia	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Finland	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
Iraq	3	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4

Knockout Round

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Argentina	2

China PR	1
		Argentina	3

		France	1
France	3

Germany	2
				Argentina	5

				Paraguay	0
Paraguay	2

Ukraine	1
		Paraguay	1

		Czech Republic	0
Czech Republic	2

Costa Rica	1
						Argentina	3

						Ghana	0
Ghana	1

Ecuador	0
		Ghana	2

		Brazil	1
Brazil	4

Australia	0
				Ghana	2

				Egypt	0	Third place
Egypt	2

United States	0
		Egypt	2			Egypt	1

		Netherlands	1			Paraguay	0
Netherlands	2

Angola	0

Knockout stage

Round of 16

June 27, 2001 14:00	United States	0 – 2	Egypt	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
		(Report)	Riad 76' (pen.) El Yamani 88'

June 27, 2001 17:00	Argentina	2 – 1	China PR	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Thomas McCurry (Scotland)
	Rodríguez 4' Domínguez 79'	(Report)	Qu Bo 55'

June 27, 2001 14:00	France	3 – 2	Germany	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)
	Cissé 34' (pen.), 90+3' Mendy 41'	(Report)	Auer 19' Burkhardt 78'

June 27, 2001 17:00	Brazil	4 – 0	Australia	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 7,895 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
	Adriano 27', 66' Kaká 53' Eduardo Costa 74'	(Report)

June 28, 2001 14:00	Ukraine	1 – 2	Paraguay	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 9,000 Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
	Bielyk 90'	(Report)	Benítez 19' González 43'

June 28, 2001 16:45	Angola	0 – 2	Netherlands	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
		(Report)	Mustapha 52' Huntelaar 86'

June 28, 2001 14:00	Costa Rica	1 – 2	Czech Republic	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)
	Scott 24'	(Report)	Musil 21' Jun 71'

June 28, 2001 16:45	Ghana	1 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Orhan Edemir (Turkey)
	Mensah 37'	(Report)

Quarter-finals

July 1, 2001 14:00	Argentina	3 – 1	France	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Saviola 5', 45+1' (pen.), 83'	(Report)	Mexès 44'

July 1, 2001 16:45	Ghana	2 – 1	Brazil	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Abdul Razak 80' Mensah 90+3'	(Report)	Adriano 44'

July 1, 2001 14:00	Czech Republic	0 – 1	Paraguay	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
		(Report)	Salcedo 31'

July 1, 2001 16:45	Netherlands	1 – 2	Egypt	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)
	Van der Vaart 33'	(Report)	Amin 47' El Yamani 65'

Semi-finals

July 4, 2001 14:00	Egypt	0 – 2	Ghana	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
		(Report)	Inusah 83' El Atrawy 88' (o.g.)

July 4, 2001 16:45	Argentina	5 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)
	Saviola 18', 24' Romagnoli 41' D'Alessandro 52' Herrera 70'	(Report)

Third place play-off

July 8, 2001 13:00	Paraguay	0 – 1	Egypt	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
		(Report)	El Yamani 64'

Final

July 8, 2001 15:45	Argentina	3 – 0	Ghana	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Colotto 6' Saviola 14' Rodríguez 73'	(Report)

Result

FIFA World Youth Championship 2001 Winners
Argentina Fourth title

Goalscorers

11 goals

Javier Saviola

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 goal (cont.)

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	FIFA Fair Play Award
Javier Saviola	Javier Saviola	Argentina

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