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 |
 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 |
The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001, the ninth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Port of Spain, Malabar, Marabella, Couva, and Bacolet in 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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 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 |
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Blackman  57' |
Report | Kranjčar 43' (pen.), 67' (pen.) |
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' |
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 |
16 September 2001 16:00 |
| Japan |
0 – 4 | Nigeria |
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| Report | Shaibu 35' Opabunmi 39' Brown 83' Temile 90+1' (pen.) |
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' |
19 September 2001 19:30 |
| Japan |
1 – 5 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Yano 67' |
Report | Piètre 11' Sinama Pongolle 13', 54', 57' Drouin 15' |
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 18:30 |
| Argentina |
2 – 2 | Burkina Faso |
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| Correa 2' López 90+2' (pen.) |
Report | Sanou 22' Conombo 79' |
20 September 2001 19:30 |
| Spain |
2 – 4 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Bauzà 23' Senel 30' |
Report | Colace 3' (pen.) López 57' Zabaleta 72' Aguirre 83' |
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 |
20 September 2001 19:30 |
| Paraguay |
3 – 2 | Iran |
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| Pérez Matto 19', 42' Jara 66' |
Report | Ahmadzadeh 81', 90+3' |
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 | Third place | ||||||||
| 24 September - Marabella | ||||||||||
| Burkina Faso |
0 | |||||||||
| Costa Rica |
0 | Argentina |
0 | |||||||
| Burkina Faso |
2 | Burkina Faso |
2 | |||||||
| 30 September - Port of Spain | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
23 September 2001 19:30 |
| Nigeria |
5 – 1 | Australia |
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| Opabunmi 24' (pen.), 69', 79' Mohammed 81' Temile 85' |
Report | Engele 86' |
Semi-finals
Third place match
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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| Florent Sinama Pongolle |
Nigeria | |
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
- Maxi López
- Anthony Danze
- Wilfried Sanou
- Armando Alonso
- Anthony Le Tallec
- Samuel Piètre
- Karimu Shaibu
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Own goal
- Julio Colombo (playing against United States)
- Julius James (playing against Brazil)
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 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 | –8 | 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)