2001 U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-16 World Cup 2001
FIFA U-16 World Championship 2001
Number of nations	16
World Champion	France (1st title)
venue	Trinidad and Tobago
Opening game	September 13, 2001
Endgame	September 30, 2001
Games	32
Gates	102  (⌀: 3.19 per game)
spectator	331,198  (⌀: 10,350 per game)
Top scorer	Florent Sinama-Pongolle (9 goals)
Best player	Florent Sinama-Pongolle
yellow cards	80  (⌀: 2.5 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.03 per game)
Red cards	5  (⌀: 0.16 per game)

The ninth FIFA U-17 World Cup was held from the 13th until the thirtieth September 2001 in Trinidad and Tobago instead. The defending champion was the national team of Brazil , the new title holder was the national team of France .

Venues

Bacolet Couva Malabar Marabella Port of Spain

Venues 2001 in Trinidad and Tobago

Venue	Stadion	Spectator seats
Bacolet	Dwight Yorke Stadium	7,500
Couva	Ato Boldon Stadium	10,000
Malabar	Larry Gomes Stadium	10,000
Marabella	Manny Ramjohn Stadium	10,000
Port of Spain	Hasely Crawford Stadium	27,000

Attendees

3 from Europe	France	Croatia	Spain
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay
3 from North and Central America	Costa Rica	Trinidad and Tobago	United States
3 from Africa	Burkina Faso	Mali	Nigeria
3 from Asia	Iran	Japan	Oman
1 from Oceania	Australia

mode

• The preliminary round is played in four groups of four teams each.
• The first two in each group reach the quarter-finals.
• From the quarter-finals onwards, the knockout system will continue.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	010: 200	+8	09
2.	Australia	3	2	0	1	005: 100	+4	06th
3.	Croatia	3	1	0	2	003: 800	−5	03
4th	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	002: 900	−7	00

09/13/2001
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Croatia	1: 2
Australia	-	Brazil	0: 1
09/16/2001
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Australia	0: 1
Croatia	-	Brazil	1: 3
09/19/2001
Brazil	-	Trinidad and Tobago	6: 1
Croatia	-	Australia	0: 4

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Nigeria	3	3	0	0	008: 100	+7	09
2.	France	3	2	0	1	011: 600	+5	06th
3.	Japan	3	1	0	2	002: 900	−7	03
4th	United States	3	0	0	3	003: 800	−5	00

09/14/2001
United States	-	Japan	0: 1
France	-	Nigeria	1: 2
09/16/2001
Japan	-	Nigeria	0: 4
United States	-	France	3: 5
09/19/2001
Nigeria	-	United States	2-0
Japan	-	France	1: 5

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Argentina	3	2	1	0	009: 400	+5	07th
2.	Burkina Faso	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	05
3.	Spain	3	1	0	2	004: 600	−2	03
4th	Oman	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

09/15/2001
Oman	-	Spain	1: 2
Argentina	-	Burkina Faso	2: 2
09/17/2001
Spain	-	Burkina Faso	0: 1
Oman	-	Argentina	0: 3
09/20/2001
Burkina Faso	-	Oman	1: 1
Spain	-	Argentina	2: 4

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	005: 200	+3	06th
2.	Mali	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	06th
3.	Paraguay	3	2	1	0	005: 600	−1	07th
4th	Iran	3	0	0	3	002: 600	−4	00

09/15/2001
Mali	-	Paraguay	1: 2
Iran	-	Costa Rica	0: 2
09/17/2001
Paraguay	-	Costa Rica	0: 3
Mali	-	Iran	1-0
09/20/2001
Costa Rica	-	Mali	0: 2
Paraguay	-	Iran	3: 2

Final round

Quarter finals

09/23/2001
Brazil	-	France	1: 2
Nigeria	-	Australia	5: 1
09/24/2001
Argentina	-	Mali	2: 1 a.d.
Costa Rica	-	Burkina Faso	0: 2

Semifinals

09/27/2001
France	-	Argentina	2: 1
Nigeria	-	Burkina Faso	1-0

3rd place match

09/30/2001
Argentina	-	Burkina Faso	0: 2

final

09/30/2001
France	-	Nigeria	3-0

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the 2001 U-17 World Cup. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same.

space	player	Gates
1	Florent Sinama-Pongolle	9
2	Femi Opabunmi	5
3	Caetano Calil	4th
4th	Armando Alonso	3
	Anthony Danze	3
	Maxi Lopez	3
	Samuel Piètre	3
	Wilfried Sanou	3
	Karimu Shaibu	3
	Anthony Le Tallec	3

Web links

• Official website of the FIFA competition