Millennium Super Soccer Cup
International football competition
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The Millennium Super Soccer Cup, known as the Sahara Cup for sponsorship reasons, was an international football tournament held in India from 10 January to 25 January 2001.[1] The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were the eventual champions after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final.[2][3]
Host countryIndia
Dates10–25 January 2001
Teams13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue3 (in 3 host cities)
| Sahara Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | India |
| Dates | 10–25 January 2001 |
| Teams | 13 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  FR Yugoslavia |
| Runners-up |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 58 (2.64 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Tryggvi Guðmundsson Keisuke Ota Saša Ilić(3 goals each) |
Venues
| Kolkata | Kochi | Goa |
|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake Stadium | Nehru Stadium | Fatorda Stadium |
| Capacity: 120,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 35,000 |
Teams
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Results
Group stage
Group I
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FR Yugoslavia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Bangladesh |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 0 | |
| 4 |  Iraq |
Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons[4] | ||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–0 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
Hota  55', 58' |
Report |
Referee: Vasan Surem (Indonesia)
| FR Yugoslavia | 1–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|
| Petković 86' |
Report | Bešlija 75' |
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
| FR Yugoslavia | 4–1 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
| Ilić 19', 38' Rašović 80'Trobok 89' |
Report | Firoj Mahmud 6' |
Referee: Michael Andrews (India)
Group II
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Uruguay B |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Iceland |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 |  India |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | –6 | 0 | |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
Withdrew on 10 January | ||||||||
| India | 0–3 | Iceland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Guðmundsson 44', 52', 69' |
Group III
Romania XI  | 0–1 |  Jordan |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ibrahim 87' |
Referee: Bala Sundaraj (India)
| Romania XI | 4–2 |  Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| Liviu Zahariuc 4' Sasu 23'Sânmărtean 59'Ioan Luca 63' |
Report | Kwok Yue Hung 22', 45' |
Referee: A. M. Yapa (Sri Lanka)
| Jordan | 2–0 | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Shaqran 49' Al-Shboul 84' |
Report |
Group IV
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chile |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan University XI |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Uzbekistan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Bahrain |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | –9 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 0–2 | Japan University XI |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ota 44' Horinouchi 87' |
| Uzbekistan | 5–0 | Bahrain |
|---|---|---|
| Bahadir Annamotov 15', 66' Aleksei Zhdanov 26' (pen.)Oybek Usmankhodjaev 53', 90' |
Report |
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
The match was originally scheduled for 10 January, but was later postponed as the Chilean team had trouble with its equipment, which was kept at Johannesburg at the day of the match.[5]
| Bahrain | 0–2 | Japan University XI |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ota 39' Hideki Sekine 79' |
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 18 January – Kochi | ||||||||||
| Uruguay B | 2 | |||||||||
| 22 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (golden goal) | 3 | |||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | |||||||||
| 20 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Chile | 0 | |||||||||
| Chile | 2 | |||||||||
| 25 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Iceland | 0 | |||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 January – Goa | ||||||||||
| FR Yugoslavia | 2 | |||||||||
| FR Yugoslavia | 2 | |||||||||
| 23 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Romania XI | 0 | |||||||||
| FR Yugoslavia | 1 | |||||||||
| 21 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
| Japan University XI | 0 | |||||||||
| Jordan | 0 | |||||||||
| Japan University XI | 4 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Uruguay B | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|
| Pereira 12' Juan Segales 59' |
Report | Kavazović 40' Muharemović 83'Bešlija  97' |
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
| FR Yugoslavia | 2–0 | Romania |
|---|---|---|
| Ilić 30' Bogdanović 45' |
Report |
Referee: Balu Sundarraj (India)
Referee: Hassan Marshoud (Jordan)
Semi-finals
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | Chile |
|---|---|---|
| Muharemović 75' |
Report |
Referee: Rungkly Mangkol (Thailand)
| FR Yugoslavia | 1–0 | Japan University XI |
|---|---|---|
| Duljaj 5' |
Report |
Referee: S. Salerajan (Malaysia)
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Mirsad Bešlija- Almedin Hota
- Dželaludin Muharemović
Sebastián González- Héctor Tapia
Kwok Yue Hung
Hideki Sekine
Juan Selages- Ricardo Varela
Bahadir Annamotov- Oybek Usmankhodjaev
Igor Bogdanović- Igor Duljaj
- 1 goal
Firoj Mahmud Titu- Zehrudin Kavazović
- Fernando Martel
- Rodrigo Meléndez
- Marco Villaseca
Þórhallur Hinriksson- Yoshimasa Fujita
- Satoshi Horinouchi
- Keiji Yoshimura
Badran Al-Shaqran- Haitham Al-Shboul
- Faisal Ibrahim
Ioan Luca- Lucian Sânmărtean
- Marius Sasu
- Liviu Zahariuc
- Wilson Martirena
- Daniel Pereira
- Alexandro Umpiérrez
- Aleksei Zhdanov
- Dušan Petković
- Vuk Rašović
- Goran Trobok