2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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.

2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad & Tobago 2001
Trinidad & Tobago 2001 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryTrinidad and Tobago
Dates13–30 September
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored102 (3.19 per match)
Attendance331,198 (10,350 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Florent Sinama Pongolle
(9 goals)
Best player(s)France Florent Sinama Pongolle
Fair play award Nigeria

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

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:

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2000 AFC U-17 Championship  Oman
 Iran
 Japan
CAF (Africa) 2001 African U-17 Championship  Nigeria
 Burkina Faso
 Mali
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)		 Host nation  Trinidad and Tobago
2001 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament  United States
 Costa Rica
CONMEBOL (South America) 2001 South American U-17 Championship  Brazil
 Argentina
 Paraguay
OFC (Oceania) 2001 OFC U-17 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship  Spain
 France
 Croatia

Group stages

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3300102+89
 Australia 320151+46
 Croatia 310238-53
 Trinidad and Tobago 300329-70


Trinidad and Tobago 1 – 2 Croatia
Blackman 57' Report Kranjčar 43' (pen.), 67' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Giménez Daniel (Argentina)
Australia 0 – 1 Brazil
Report Anderson 76'
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Benes Michal (Czech Republic)
Trinidad and Tobago 0 – 1 Australia
Report Agius 55'
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Croatia 1 – 3 Brazil
Prijić 6' Report Bruno 7'
Bonfim 57'
Caetano 77'
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: Sibrian Rodolfo (Slovenia)
Brazil 6 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago
Malzoni 7'
Caetano 16', 41', 59'
James 36' (o.g.)
Júnior 88'		 Report Forbes 61'
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Issa Hussein (Iraq)
Croatia 0 – 4 Australia
Report Smith 37'
Danze 40', 46', 66'
Attendance: 20,228
Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 330081+79
 France 3201116+56
 Japan 310229-73
 United States 300338-50


United States 0 – 1 Japan
Report Abe 43'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: De Oliveira Paulo (Brazil)
France 1 – 2 Nigeria
Sinama Pongolle 87' Report Shaibu 24'
Brown 75'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)
Japan 0 – 4 Nigeria
Report Shaibu 35'
Opabunmi 39'
Brown 83'
Temile 90+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Cardoso Batista Lucilio (Portugal)
United States 3 – 5 France
Magee 19'
Colombo 28' (o.g.)
Johnson 75'		 Report Sinama Pongolle 4', 60', 65'
Pietre 31'
Meghni 48'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Im Eun Ju (Korea Republic)
Nigeria 2 – 0 United States
Shaibu 32'
Ayuba 58'		 Report
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)
Japan 1 – 5 France
Yano 67' Report Piètre 11'
Sinama Pongolle 13', 54', 57'
Drouin 15'
Attendance: 7,315
Referee: Gimenez Daniel (Argentina)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 321094+57
 Burkina Faso 312043+15
 Spain 310246-23
 Oman 301226-41


Oman 1 – 2 Spain
Al-Hinai 22' Report F. Torres 50'
Melli 90+2'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Richard Contreras Samuel (Dominican Republic)
Argentina 2 – 2 Burkina Faso
Correa 2'
López 90+2' (pen.)		 Report Sanou 22'
Conombo 79'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)
Spain 0 – 1 Burkina Faso
Report Sanou 41' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)
Oman 0 – 3 Argentina
Report López 10'
Tevez 37'
Colace 52' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
Burkina Faso 1 – 1 Oman
Nikiema 22' Report Al-Hinai 33'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
Spain 2 – 4 Argentina
Bauzà 23'
Senel 30'		 Report Colace 3' (pen.)
López 57'
Zabaleta 72'
Aguirre 83'
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Sibrian Rodolfo (Slovenia)

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 320152+36
 Mali 320142+26
 Paraguay 320156-16
 Iran 300326-40


Mali 1 – 2 Paraguay
Traoré 76' Report López 52'
Jara 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Issa Hussein (Iraq)
Iran 0 – 2 Costa Rica
Report Alonso 51'
Azofeifa 76'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)
Paraguay 0 – 3 Costa Rica
Report Alonso 75', 84'
Azofeifa 82'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Benes Michal (Czech Republic)
Mali 1 – 0 Iran
Coulibaly 38' Report
Attendance: 3,270
Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)
Costa Rica 0 – 2 Mali
Report Coulibaly 20'
Diarra 33'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: De Oliveira Paulo (Brazil)
Paraguay 3 – 2 Iran
Pérez Matto 19', 42'
Jara 66'		 Report Ahmadzadeh 81', 90+3'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)

Knockout stages
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
23 September - Port of Spain
 
 
 Brazil1
 
27 September - Port of Spain
 
 France2
 
 France2
 
24 September - Marabella
 
 Argentina1
 
 Argentina (aet)2
 
30 September - Port of Spain
 
 Mali1
 
 France3
 
23 September - Port of Spain
 
 Nigeria0
 
 Nigeria5
 
27 September - Malabar
 
 Australia1
 
 Nigeria1
 
24 September - Marabella
 
 Burkina Faso0 Third place
 
 Costa Rica0
 
30 September - Port of Spain
 
 Burkina Faso2
 
 Argentina0
 
 
 Burkina Faso2
 

Quarter-finals
Brazil 1 – 2 France
Alberoni 70' Report Sinama Pongolle 38'
Le Tallec 40'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Ramdhan Ramesh (Trinidad & Tobago)
Nigeria 5 – 1 Australia
Opabunmi 24' (pen.), 69', 79'
Mohammed 81'
Temile 85'		 Report Engele 86'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland)
Argentina 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Mali
Rodríguez 38'
Fanari 96'		 Report Diarra 35'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cardoso Batista Lucilio (Portugal)
Costa Rica 0 – 2 Burkina Faso
Report Gorogo 56'
Sanou 84'
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Attison Harry (Vanuatu)

Semi-finals
France 2 – 1 Argentina
Le Tallec 56'
Berthod 58'		 Report Tevez 49'
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)
Nigeria 1 – 0 Burkina Faso
Opabunmi 4' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Richard Contreras Samuel (Dominican Republic)

Third place match
Argentina 0 – 2 Burkina Faso
Report Gorogo 30'
Conombo 78'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Issa Hussein (Iraq)

Final
France 3 – 0 Nigeria
Sinama Pongolle 34'
Le Tallec 53'
Piètre 81'		 Report
Attendance: 20,790

Winners
 2001 FIFA U-17 World champions 

France
First title

Awards
FIFA Golden Shoe FIFA Golden Ball FIFA Fair Play Award
France 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

1 goal

1 own goal

Final ranking
Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  France 6501188+1015
2  Nigeria 6501145+915
3  Burkina Faso 632184+411
4  Argentina 6312129+310
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Brazil 4301114+79
6  Costa Rica 420254+16
7  Mali 420254+16
8  Australia 42026606
Eliminated at the group stage
9  Paraguay 320156–16
10  Spain 310246–23
11  Croatia 310238–53
12  Japan 310229–73
13  Oman 301226–41
14  Iran 300326–40
15  United States 300338–50
16  Trinidad and Tobago 300329–70
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