2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship

2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad & Tobago 2001

Trinidad & Tobago 2001 official logo
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)
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) Florent Sinama-Pongolle
(9 goals)
Best player Florent Sinama-Pongolle
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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

Port of Spain Bacolet Couva
Hasely Crawford Stadium
Capacity: 27,000		 Dwight Yorke Stadium
Capacity: 7,500		 Ato Boldon Stadium
Capacity: 10,000
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:

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: Giménez Daniel (Argentina)
Blackman  57' Report Kranjčar  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)
Report Anderson  76'
2001-09-16
13:00
 Trinidad and Tobago  0 – 1  Australia Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Report Agius  55'
2001-09-16
15:30
 Croatia  1 – 3  Brazil Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: Sibrian Rodolfo (Slovenia)
Prijić  6' Report 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.)
Júnior  88'		 Report Forbes  61'
2001-09-19
19:30
 Croatia  0 – 4  Australia Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 20,228
Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)
Report Smith  37'
Danze  40', 46', 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)
Report 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' Report 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)
Report Shaibu  35'
Opabunmi  39'
Brown  83'
Temile  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  19'
Colombo  28' (o.g.)
Johnson  75'		 Report Sinama-Pongolle  4', 60', 65'
Pietre  31'
Meghni  48'
2001-09-19
17:00
 Nigeria  2 – 0  United States Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)
Shaibu  32'
Ayuba  58'		 Report
2001-09-19
19:30
 Japan  1 – 5  France Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
Attendance: 7,315
Referee: Gimenez Daniel (Argentina)
Yano  67' Report Pietre  11'
Sinama-Pongolle  13', 54', 57'
Drouin  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  22' Report F. 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'
Maxi López  90+2' (pen.)		 Report 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)
Report Sanou  41' (pen.)
2001-09-17
19:30
 Oman  0 – 3  Argentina Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
Report Maxi López  10'
Tévez  37'
Colace  52' (pen.)
2001-09-20
17:00
 Burkina Faso  1 – 1  Oman Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Nikiema  22' Report Al-Hinai  33'
2001-09-20
19:30
 Spain  2 – 4  Argentina Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Sibrian Rodolfo (Slovenia)
Guillem Bauzà  23'
Senel  30'		 Report Colace  3' (pen.)
Maxi Lopez  57'
Zabaleta  72'
Aguirre  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  76' Report 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)
Report 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)
Report 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' Report
2001-09-20
17:00
 Costa Rica  0 – 2  Mali Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: De Oliveira Paulo (Brazil)
Report 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'		 Report Ahmadzadeh  81', 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  70' Report 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.)
Mohammed  81'
Temile  85'		 Report Engele  86'
2001-09-24
16:30
 Argentina  2 – 1 (aet)  Mali Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cardoso Batista Lucilio (Portugal)
Gonzalo Rodriguez  38'
Fanari  96'		 Report Diarra  35'
2001-09-24
19:30
 Costa Rica  0 – 2  Burkina Faso Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)
Report Gorogo  56'
Sanou  84'

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'		 Report Tévez  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.) Report

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)
Report Gorogo  30'
Conombo  78'

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'		 Report

Winners

 2001 FIFA U-17 World Champions 

France
First title

Awards

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

Top scorers

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

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