2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001, the ninth edition of the tournament, was held from 13 to 30 September 2001 in the cities of Trinidad and Tobago; in Port of Spain, Malabar in Arima, Marabella in San Fernando, Couva, and Bacolet in Scarborough. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this tournament.

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	13–30 September
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(s)	Florent Sinama Pongolle
Fair play award	Nigeria
← 1999 2003 →

Venues

Port of Spain	Arima/Malabar	Couva	Marabella	Scarborough
Hasely Crawford Stadium	Larry Gomes Stadium	Ato Boldon Stadium	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	Dwight Yorke Stadium
10°39′41.48″N 61°31′58.92″W	10°36′59.00″N 61°16′57.00″W	10°25′29.00″N 61°25′02.00″W	10°18′12.00″N 61°26′30.00″W	11°10′53.17″N 60°43′00.86″W
Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 7,500
Port of Spain Arima / Malabar Couva     Marabella Scarborough

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

• 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship 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

13 September 2001

13:00

Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 2	Croatia
Blackman 57'	Report	Kranjčar 43' (pen.), 67' (pen.)

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Giménez Daniel (Argentina)

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14 September 2001

18:00

Australia	0 – 1	Brazil
	Report	Anderson 76'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 10,800

Referee: Benes Michal (Czech Republic)

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16 September 2001

13:00

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 1	Australia
	Report	Agius 55'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 25,100

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

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16 September 2001

15:30

Croatia	1 – 3	Brazil
Prijić 6'	Report	Bruno 7' Bonfim 57' Caetano 77'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 25,100

Referee: Sibrian Rodolfo (Slovenia)

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19 September 2001

17:00

Brazil	6 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago
Malzoni 7' Caetano 16', 41', 59' James 36' (o.g.) Júnior 88'	Report	Forbes 61'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Issa Hussein (Iraq)

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19 September 2001

19:30

Croatia	0 – 4	Australia
	Report	Smith 37' Danze 40', 46', 66'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 20,228

Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (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

14 September 2001

17:00

United States	0 – 1	Japan
	Report	Abe 43'

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: De Oliveira Paulo (Brazil)

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14 September 2001

19:30

France	1 – 2	Nigeria
Sinama Pongolle 87'	Report	Shaibu 24' Brown 75'

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)

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16 September 2001

16:00

Japan	0 – 4	Nigeria
	Report	Shaibu 35' Opabunmi 39' Brown 83' Temile 90+1' (pen.)

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Cardoso Batista Lucilio (Portugal)

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16 September 2001

18:30

United States	3 – 5	France
Magee 19' Colombo 28' (o.g.) Johnson 75'	Report	Sinama Pongolle 4', 60', 65' Pietre 31' Meghni 48'

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Im Eun Ju (Korea Republic)

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19 September 2001

17:00

Nigeria	2 – 0	United States
Shaibu 32' Ayuba 58'	Report

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)

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19 September 2001

19:30

Japan	1 – 5	France
Yano 67'	Report	Piètre 11' Sinama Pongolle 13', 54', 57' Drouin 15'

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 7,315

Referee: Gimenez Daniel (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

15 September 2001

16:00

Oman	1 – 2	Spain
Al-Hinai 22'	Report	F. Torres 50' Melli 90+2'

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Richard Contreras Samuel (Dominican Republic)

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15 September 2001

18:30

Argentina	2 – 2	Burkina Faso
Correa 2' López 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Sanou 22' Conombo 79'

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)

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17 September 2001

17:00

Spain	0 – 1	Burkina Faso
	Report	Sanou 41' (pen.)

Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)

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17 September 2001

19:30

Oman	0 – 3	Argentina
	Report	López 10' Tevez 37' Colace 52' (pen.)

Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

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20 September 2001

17:00

Burkina Faso	1 – 1	Oman
Nikiema 22'	Report	Al-Hinai 33'

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

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20 September 2001

19:30

Spain	2 – 4	Argentina
Bauzà 23' Senel 30'	Report	Colace 3' (pen.) López 57' Zabaleta 72' Aguirre 83'

Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

Attendance: 9,300

Referee: Sibrian Rodolfo (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

15 September 2001

16:00

Mali	1 – 2	Paraguay
Traoré 76'	Report	López 52' Jara 86' (pen.)

Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Issa Hussein (Iraq)

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15 September 2001

18:30

Iran	0 – 2	Costa Rica
	Report	Alonso 51' Azofeifa 76'

Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)

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17 September 2001

17:00

Paraguay	0 – 3	Costa Rica
	Report	Alonso 75', 84' Azofeifa 82'

Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Benes Michal (Czech Republic)

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17 September 2001

19:30

Mali	1 – 0	Iran
Coulibaly 38'	Report

Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar

Attendance: 3,270

Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)

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20 September 2001

17:00

Costa Rica	0 – 2	Mali
	Report	Coulibaly 20' Diarra 33'

Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: De Oliveira Paulo (Brazil)

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20 September 2001

19:30

Paraguay	3 – 2	Iran
Pérez Matto 19', 42' Jara 66'	Report	Ahmadzadeh 81', 90+3'

Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)

Knockout stages

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 September - Port of Spain
	Brazil	1
					27 September - Port of Spain
	France	2
					France	2
	24 September - Marabella
					Argentina	1
	Argentina (aet)	2
									30 September - Port of Spain
	Mali	1
									France	3
	23 September - Port of Spain
									Nigeria	0
	Nigeria	5
					27 September - Malabar
	Australia	1
					Nigeria	1
	24 September - Marabella
					Burkina Faso	0			Third place
	Costa Rica	0
									30 September - Port of Spain
	Burkina Faso	2
									Argentina	0
									Burkina Faso	2

Quarter-finals

23 September 2001

16:30

Brazil	1 – 2	France
Alberoni 70'	Report	Sinama Pongolle 38' Le Tallec 40'

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)

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23 September 2001

19:30

Nigeria	5 – 1	Australia
Opabunmi 24' (pen.), 69', 79' Mohammed 81' Temile 85'	Report	Engele 86'

Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)

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24 September 2001

16:30

Argentina	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Mali
Rodríguez 38' Fanari 96'	Report	Diarra 35'

Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Cardoso Batista Lucilio (Portugal)

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24 September 2001

19:30

Costa Rica	0 – 2	Burkina Faso
	Report	Gorogo 56' Sanou 84'

Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella

Attendance: 8,700

Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)

Semi-finals

27 September 2001

16:30

France	2 – 1	Argentina
Le Tallec 56' Berthod 58'	Report	Tevez 49'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 9,200

Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

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27 September 2001

19:30

Nigeria	1 – 0	Burkina Faso
Opabunmi 4' (pen.)	Report

Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Richard Contreras Samuel (Dominican Republic)

Third place match

30 September 2001

15:30

Argentina	0 – 2	Burkina Faso
	Report	Gorogo 30' Conombo 78'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Issa Hussein (Iraq)

Final

30 September 2001

18:00

France	3 – 0	Nigeria
Sinama Pongolle 34' Le Tallec 53' Piètre 81'	Report

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 20,790

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Winners

2001 FIFA U-17 World champions
France First title

Awards

FIFA Golden Shoe	FIFA Golden Ball	FIFA Fair Play Award
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

• Florent Sinama Pongolle

5 goals

• Femi Opabunmi

4 goals

• Caetano

3 goals

• Maxi López
• Anthony Danze
• Wilfried Sanou
• Armando Alonso
• Anthony Le Tallec
• Samuel Piètre
• Karimu Shaibu

2 goals

• Carlos Tevez
• Hugo Colace
• Henoc Conombo
• Paul Gorogo
• Randall Azofeifa
• Niko Kranjčar
• Mansour Ahmadzadeh
• Bakary Coulibaly
• Drissa Diarra
• Omonigho Temile
• Victor Brown
• Mohammed Al-Hinai
• Aldo Jara
• Andrés Pérez Matto

1 goal

• Gonzalo Rodríguez
• Lucas Correa
• Marcos Aguirre
• Mauro Fanari
• Pablo Zabaleta
• Fred Agius
• Matthew Engele
• Terry Smith
• Alberoni
• Anderson Costa
• Bruno
• Júnior
• Leandro Bonfim
• Malzoni
• Abdoul Aziz Nikiema
• Dejan Prijić
• Jérémy Berthod
• Mourad Meghni
• Stephen Drouin
• Kisho Yano
• Yutaro Abe
• Alain Claude Traoré
• Moses Ayuba
• Suleiman Mohammed
• Blas López
• Fernando Torres
• Guillem Bauzà
• Melli
• Senel
• Jerol Forbes
• Nkosi Blackman
• Eddie Johnson
• Mike Magee

1 own goal

• Julio Colombo (against United States)
• Julius James (against Brazil)

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

External links

• FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad and Tobago 2001, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)