2003 U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-16 World Cup 2003
FIFA U-16 World Championship 2003
Number of nations	16  (of 180 applicants)
World Champion	Brazil (3rd title)
venue	Finland
Opening game	August 13, 2003
Endgame	August 30, 2003
Games	32
Gates	117  (⌀: 3.66 per game)
spectator	183,616  (⌀: 5,738 per game)
Top scorer	Cesc Fàbregas Carlos Hidalgo Manuel Curto (5 each)
Best player	Cesc Fabregas
yellow cards	107  (⌀: 3.34 per game)
Yellow-red cards	9  (⌀: 0.28 per game)
Red cards	7  (⌀: 0.22 per game)

The 10th FIFA U-17 World Cup was held from the 13th to the 30th August 2003 in Finland instead. The defending champion was the national team of France , which could not qualify for this tournament. The new title holder was the national team of Brazil .

Venues

Helsinki Lahti Tampere Turku

Venues 2003 in Finland

• Helsinki , Töölö Stadium : all group A preliminary round matches, 1 quarter-finals, 1 semi-finals, third place match and final
• Tampere , Ratina Stadium : all group C preliminary round matches, 1 quarter-finals, 1 semi-finals
• Lahti , Lahti Stadium : all group D preliminary round matches, 1 quarter-finals
• Turku , Veritas Stadium : all group B preliminary round matches, 1 quarter-finals

Attendees

3 from Europe	Finland	Portugal	Spain
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Colombia
3 from North and Central America	Costa Rica	Mexico	United States
3 from Africa	Cameroon	Nigeria	Sierra Leone
3 from Asia	China	Yemen	South Korea
1 from Oceania	Australia

mode

• The preliminary round was played in four groups of four teams each.
• The first two in each group reached the quarter-finals.
• From the quarterfinals onwards, the knockout system continued.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Colombia	3	2	1	0	011: 200	+9	07th
2.	Mexico	3	1	2	0	005: 300	+2	05
3.	Finland	3	1	0	2	003:120	−9	03
4th	People's Republic of China	3	0	1	2	005: 700	−2	01

08/13/2003
Finland	-	China	2: 1
Mexico	-	Colombia	0-0
08/16/2003
China	-	Colombia	1: 2
Finland	-	Mexico	0: 2
08/19/2003
China	-	Mexico	3: 3
Colombia	-	Finland	9: 1

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Argentina	3	3	0	0	005-000	+5	09
2.	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Australia	3	0	0	3	001: 600	−5	00
Costa Rica runner-up in group by drawing of lots

08/13/2003
Argentina	-	Australia	2-0
Costa Rica	-	Nigeria	1: 1
08/16/2003
Australia	-	Nigeria	1: 2
Argentina	-	Costa Rica	2-0
08/19/2003
Nigeria	-	Argentina	0: 1
Australia	-	Costa Rica	0: 2

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	009: 100	+8	07th
2.	Portugal	3	1	1	1	009:130	−4	04th
3.	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	007: 700	± 0	03
4th	Yemen	3	0	1	2	004: 800	−4	01

08/14/2003
Yemen	-	Portugal	3: 4
Cameroon	-	Brazil	1: 1
08/17/2003
Portugal	-	Brazil	0: 5
Yemen	-	Cameroon	1: 1
08/20/2003
Brazil	-	Yemen	3-0
Portugal	-	Cameroon	5: 5

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	0	008: 500	+3	07th
2.	United States	3	2	0	1	008: 400	+4	06th
3.	South Korea	3	1	0	2	006:110	−5	03
4th	Sierra Leone	3	0	1	2	006: 800	−2	01

08/14/2003
South Korea	-	United States	1: 6
Spain	-	Sierra Leone	3: 3
08/17/2003
United States	-	Sierra Leone	2: 1
South Korea	-	Spain	2: 3
08/20/2003
Sierra Leone	-	South Korea	2: 3
United States	-	Spain	0: 2

Final round

Quarter finals

08/23/2003
Colombia	-	Costa Rica	2-0
Argentina	-	Mexico	2-0
08/24/2003
Brazil	-	United States	3-0
Spain	-	Portugal	5: 2

Semifinals

08/27/2003
Colombia	-	Brazil	0: 2
Argentina	-	Spain	2: 3 a.d.

3rd place match

08/30/2003
Colombia	-	Argentina	1: 1 n.V. ,  4: 5 in E.

final

08/30/2003
Brazil	-	Spain	1-0

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers from the 2003 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	Manuel Curto	5
	Cesc Fàbregas	5
	Carlos Hidalgo	5
4th	Abuda	4th
	Freddy Adu	4th
	Evandro	4th
7th	Jiang Chen	3
	José Manuel Jurado	3
	Hernán Peirone	3
	Adrian Ramos	3
	David Silva	3

Web links

• Official website of the FIFA competition