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) Florent Sinama Pongolle
(9 goals)
Best player(s) Florent Sinama Pongolle
Fair play award Nigeria

Venues
Port of Spain Bacolet Couva
Hasely Crawford Stadium
Capacity: 27,000		 Dwight Yorke Stadium
Capacity: 7,500		 Ato Boldon Stadium
Capacity: 10,000
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:

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
Traore  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
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
6  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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