2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = FIFA U-17 World Championship
year = 2001
other_titles = FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad & Tobago 2001


size = 150px
caption = Trinidad & Tobago 2001 official logo
country = Trinidad and Tobago
dates = September 13 - September 30
num_teams = 16
confederations = 6
venues = 5
cities = 5
champion = FRA
count = 1
second = NGA
third = BFA
fourth = ARG
matches = 32
goals = 102
attendance = 331198
top_scorer = flagicon|FRA Florent Sinama-Pongolle
(9 goals)
player = flagicon|FRA Florent Sinama-Pongolle
update =The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001 was held in the cities of Port of Spain, Malabar, Marabella, Couva, and Bacolet in Trinidad and Tobago between 13 September 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

The matches were played in:

*Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
*Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet
*Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
*Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
*Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar

Mascot

The official mascot of this FIFA U-17 Wolrd 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.

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the tournament:
*Africa (CAF)
**fb|NGA
**fb|BFA
**fb|MLI
*Asia (AFC)
**fb|OMA
**fb|IRN
**fb|JPN
*North and Central America (CONCACAF)
**fb|USA
**fb|CRC
*South America (CONMEBOL)
**fb|BRA
**fb|ARG
**fb|PAR
*Europe (UEFA)
**fb|ESP
**fb|FRA
**fb|CRO
*Oceania (OFC)
**fb|AUS
*Hosting nation
**fb|TRI

Group stages

Group A

footballbox
date = 2001-09-15
time = 16:00
team1 = fb-rt|OMA
score = 1 – 2
&ndash
team2 = fb|ESP
goals1 = Al Hinai goal|22
goals2 = Torres goal|50
Melli goal|90+2
stadium = Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
attendance = 7,500
referee = Richard Contreras Samuel (Dominican Republic) ----footballbox
date = 2001-09-15
time = 18:30
team1 = fb-rt|ARG
score = 2 – 2
&ndash
team2 = fb|BFA
goals1 = Correa goal|2
Lopez goal|90+2|pen.
goals2 = Sanou goal|22
Conombo goal|79
stadium = Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
attendance = 7,500
referee = Attison Harry (Vanuatu) ----footballbox
date = 2001-09-17
time = 17:00
team1 = fb-rt|ESP
score = 0 – 1
&ndash
team2 = fb|BFA
goals1 =
goals2 = Sanou goal|41|pen.
stadium = Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
attendance = 7,500
referee = Jakobsson Kristinn (Iceland) ----footballbox
date = 2001-09-17
time = 19:30
team1 = fb-rt|OMA
score = 0 – 3
&ndash
team2 = fb|ARG
goals1 =
goals2 = Lopez goal|10
Tevez goal|37
Colace goal|52|pen.
stadium = Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
attendance = 7,500
referee = Evehe Divine (Cameroon) ----footballbox
date = 2001-09-20
time = 17:00
team1 = fb-rt|BFA
score = 1 – 1
&ndash
team2 = fb|OMA
goals1 = Nikiema goal|22
goals2 = Al Hinai goal|33
stadium = Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
attendance = 7,000
referee = Tudor Alexandru (Romania) ----footballbox
date = 2001-09-20
time = 19:30
team1 = fb-rt|ESP
score = 2 – 4
&ndash
team2 = fb|ARG
goals1 = Guillermo goal|23
Senel goal|30
goals2 = Colace goal|3|pen.
Lopez goal|57
Zabaleta goal|72
Aguirre goal|83
stadium = Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
attendance = 9,300
referee = Sibrian Rodolfo (Slovenia)

Group D

External links

* [http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=102/edition=4695/index.html FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad and Tobago 2001]