2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
International football competition
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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.
Host countryTrinidad and Tobago
Dates13–30 September
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue5 (in 5 host cities)
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
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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 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 – 1 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Agius  55' |
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 |
| United States | 0 – 1 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Abe 43' |
| France | 1 – 2 | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| Sinama Pongolle 87' |
Report | Shaibu 24' Brown 75' |
| United States | 3 – 5 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Magee 19' Colombo 28' (o.g.) Johnson 75' |
Report | Sinama Pongolle 4', 60', 65' Pietre 31' Meghni 48' |
| Nigeria | 2 – 0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Shaibu 32' Ayuba 58' |
Report |
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 |
| Spain | 0 – 1 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sanou 41' (pen.) |
| Burkina Faso | 1 – 1 | Oman |
|---|---|---|
| Nikiema 22' |
Report | Al-Hinai 33' |
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 |
| Iran | 0 – 2 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Alonso 51' Azofeifa 76' |
| Paraguay | 0 – 3 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Alonso 75', 84' Azofeifa 82' |
| Costa Rica | 0 – 2 | Mali |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Coulibaly 20' Diarra 33' |
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
| Costa Rica | 0 – 2 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Gorogo 56' Sanou 84' |
Semi-finals
| Nigeria | 1 – 0 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
| Opabunmi 4' (pen.) |
Report |
Third place match
| Argentina | 0 – 2 | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Gorogo 30' Conombo 78' |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
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 | |