2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
International football competition
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The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between 17 June and 8 July 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.
Host countryArgentina
Dates17 June – 8 July
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue6 (in 6 host cities)
| Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA Argentina 2001 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Argentina |
| Dates | 17 June – 8 July |
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 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 | Javier Saviola (11 goals) |
| Best player | Javier Saviola |
| Fair play award | Argentina |
← 1999 2003 → | |
Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. Argentina qualified automatically as host.
Venues
| Buenos Aires | Córdoba | |
|---|---|---|
| José Amalfitani Stadium | Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras | |
| Capacity: 49,540 | Capacity: 57,000 | |
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| Mendoza | Rosario | |
| Estadio Malvinas Argentinas | Estadio Newell's Old Boys | |
| Capacity: 40,268 | Capacity: 42,000 | |
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| Salta | Mar del Plata | |
| Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena | Estadio José María Minella | |
| Capacity: 20,408 | Capacity: 35,354 | |
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Match officials
| Confederation | Referee |
|---|---|
| AFC |  Mark Shield (Australia) |
 Sun Baojie (China) | |
 Toru Kamikawa (Japan) | |
 Naser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia) | |
 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) | |
| CAF |  Coffi Codjia (Benin) |
 Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia) | |
 Abdullhakim Shelmani (Libya) | |
 Hichem Guirat (Tunisia) | |
| CONCACAF | |
 José Pineda (Honduras) | |
 Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago) | |
 Kevin Stott (United States) | |
| CONMEBOL | Claudio Martín (Argentina) |
 Wilson de Souza (Brazil) | |
 Guido Aros (Chile) | |
 Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) | |
| UEFA |  Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) |
 Terje Hauge (Norway) | |
 Sorin Corpodean (Romania) | |
 Mike McCurry (Scotland) | |
 Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) | |
 Orhan Erdemir (Turkey) |
Mascot
The Official Mascot of the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship is a Rhea named Ñandy, he was created by an Argentine Illustrator Conrado Giusti https://tuchogiusti.wordpress.com/ilustracion/
Sponsorship
Squads
Group stage
All times in Argentina Standard Time: (UTC−03:00)
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Egypt |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Finland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Jamaica |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
| Argentina | 2–0 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
Rodríguez  38'D'Alessandro 67' |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Germany |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Iraq |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | China |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Chile |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| United States | 0–1 | China |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Qu Bo 50' |
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)
| United States | 1–1 | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| Arena 39' |
(Report) | Stoyan 89' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Angola |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Czech Republic |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Australia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Costa Rica |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Ecuador |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Netherlands |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Ethiopia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1–3 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Hersi 63' |
(Report) | Montero 38' Parks 48', 54' |
| Ecuador | 1–1 | Netherlands |
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| Vargas 85' |
(Report) | Colin 21' |
| Ecuador | 0–1 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| (Report) | Hernández 85' |
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  France |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | |
| 3 | Paraguay |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Iran |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 27 June – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 July – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||
| China | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 27 June – Córdoba | ||||||||||||||
| France | 1 | |||||||||||||
| France | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 July – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Argentina | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 28 June – Salta | ||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 July – Mendoza | ||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 28 June – Mendoza | ||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 8 July – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 28 June – Rosario | ||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Angola | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 July – Rosario | ||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 27 June – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||||||||||
| United States | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 4 July – Córdoba | ||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Egypt | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 28 June – Mar del Plata | ||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 2 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 July – Córdoba | 8 July – Buenos Aires | |||||||||||||
| Ecuador | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ghana (a.e.t.) | 2 | Paraguay | 0 | |||||||||||
| 27 June – Córdoba | ||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | Egypt | 1 | |||||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
| Costa Rica | 1–2 | Czech Republic |
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| Scott 24' |
(Report) | Musil 21' Jun 71' |
| Angola | 0–2 | Netherlands |
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| (Report) | Mustapha 52' Huntelaar 86' |
Quarter-finals
| Czech Republic | 0–1 | Paraguay |
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| (Report) | Salcedo 31' |
| Netherlands | 1–2 | Egypt |
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| Van der Vaart 33' |
(Report) | Amin 47' El Yamani 65' |
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
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Result
| FIFA World Youth Championship 2001 winners |
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 Argentina Fourth title |
Goalscorers
- 11 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Mantorras- Mendonça
- Rasca
Diego Colotto- Alejandro Domínguez
Eduardo Costa- Fernando
- Kaká
- Pinga
Mario Berrios- Rodrigo Millar
- Sebastián Pardo
- Jaime Valdés
Carlos Hernández- Christian Montero
Michal Macek
Jorge Guagua- Roberto Miña
- Jorge Vargas
Hussein Amin- Gamal Hamza
Abay Yordanos- Bekele Zewdu
Daniel Sjölund- Mika Väyrynen
Bernard Mendy
Thorsten Burkhardt
Ibrahim Abdul Razak- Michael Essien
- Abbas Inusah
Ammar Hanoosh- Salah Al-Deen Siamand
Fabian Dawkins
Koji Morisaki- Yutaka Tahara
Jurgen Colin- Santi Kolk
- Rahamat Mustapha
- Rafael van der Vaart
Pedro Benítez- José Devaca
- Walter Fretes
- Felipe Giménez
- Tomás Guzmán
- Santiago Salcedo
Denis Stoyan- Ruslan Valeyev
Kenny Arena- Edson Buddle
- Brad Davis
Awards
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Javier Saviola |
Javier Saviola |
Argentina |
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina (H) |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 21 | Champions |
| 2 | Ghana |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 16 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Egypt |
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 13 | Third place |
| 4 | Paraguay |
7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 10 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Brazil |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 12 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 |  France |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 | |
| 7 | Netherlands |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |
| 8 | Czech Republic |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| 9 | Costa Rica |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 10 | Germany |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | |
| 11 | Ukraine |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | |
| 12 | Angola |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | |
| 13 | United States |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 14 |  Ecuador |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 15 | China |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 16 | Australia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | |
| 17 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 18 | Finland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 19 | Iraq |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 20 | Chile |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
| 21 | Jamaica |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
| 22 | Ethiopia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | |
| 23 | Iran |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |
| 24 | Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
External links
- FIFA World Youth Championship Argentina 2001 Archived 4 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
- RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2001
- FIFA Technical Report