2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
| FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad & Tobago 2001 | |
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 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 |
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| Runners-up |
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| Third place |
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| Fourth place |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 102 (3.19 per match) |
| Attendance | 331,198 (10,350 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
(9 goals) |
| Best player |
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| Fair play award |
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The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001, the ninth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Port of Spain, Malabar in Arima, Marabella in San Fernando, Couva, and Bacolet in Scarborough at Trinidad and Tobago between 13 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.
Venues
| Port of Spain | Bacolet | Couva |
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| Hasely Crawford Stadium Capacity: 27,000 |
Dwight Yorke Stadium Capacity: 7,500 |
Ato Boldon Stadium Capacity: 10,000 |
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
0 – 1 | |
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| Report | Agius  |
| Brazil |
6 – 1 | |
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| Malzoni Caetano James Júnior |
Report | Forbes |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
| United States |
0 – 1 | |
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| Report | Abe |
| France |
1 – 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sinama Pongolle |
Report | Shaibu Brown |
| United States |
3 – 5 | |
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| Magee Colombo Johnson |
Report | Sinama Pongolle Pietre Meghni |
| Nigeria |
2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Shaibu Ayuba |
Report |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| Spain |
0 – 1 | |
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| Report | Sanou |
| Burkina Faso |
1 – 1 | |
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| Nikiema |
Report | Al-Hinai |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| Iran |
0 – 2 | |
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| Report | Alonso Azofeifa |
| Paraguay |
0 – 3 | |
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| Report | Alonso Azofeifa |
| Costa Rica |
0 – 2 | |
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| Report | Coulibaly Diarra |
Knockout stages
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 23 September - Port of Spain | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 27 September - Port of Spain | ||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| 24 September - Marabella | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| 30 September - Port of Spain | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||
| 23 September - Port of Spain | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| 27 September - Malabar | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 24 September - Marabella | ||||||||||
| 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 30 September - Port of Spain | ||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Costa Rica |
0 – 2 | |
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| Report | Gorogo Sanou |
Semi-finals
| Nigeria |
1 – 0 | |
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| Opabunmi |
Report |
Third place match
| Argentina |
0 – 2 | |
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| Report | Gorogo Conombo |
Final
Winners
| 2001 FIFA U-17 World Champions |
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France First title |
Awards
| FIFA Golden Shoe: | FIFA Golden Ball: | FIFA Fair Play Award: |
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Goalscorers
Florent Sinama-Pongolle of France won the Golden Shoe award for scoring nine goals. In total, 102 goals were scored by 59 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
- 9 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Own goal
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 15 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 | |
| 3 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | |
| 4 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | |
| 6 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 6 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 8 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 6 | |
| 10 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 | |
| 11 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 3 | |
| 12 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 3 | |
| 13 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –8 | 1 | |
| 14 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 0 | |
| 15 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 0 | |
| 16 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 0 | |