2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA Argentina 2001 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Argentina |
Dates | 17 June – 8 July |
Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Argentina (4th title) |
Runners-up | Ghana |
Third place | Egypt |
Fourth place | Paraguay |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 52 |
Goals scored | 149 (2.87 per match) |
Attendance | 506,320 (9,737 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Javier Saviola (11 goals) |
Best player(s) | Javier Saviola |
Fair play award | Argentina |
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International football competition
The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between 17 June and 8 July 2001. The 2001 championship was the 13th contested. The tournament took part in six cities, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, and Mar del Plata. The Golden Boot was won by Javier Saviola of Argentina who scored 11 goals.
Qualification
The following 24 teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. Argentina qualified automatically as host.
Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | 2000 AFC Youth Championship | China Iran Iraq Japan |
CAF (Africa) | 2001 African Youth Championship | Angola1 Egypt Ethiopia1 Ghana |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 2001 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | Canada Costa Rica Jamaica1 United States |
CONMEBOL (South America) | Host nation | Argentina |
2001 South American Youth Championship | Brazil Chile Ecuador1 Paraguay | |
OFC (Oceania) | 2001 OFC U-20 Championship | Australia |
UEFA (Europe) | 2000 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | Czech Republic2 Finland1 France Germany Netherlands Ukraine1 |
Venues
Buenos Aires | Córdoba | |
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José Amalfitani Stadium | Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras | |
Capacity: 49,540 | Capacity: 57,000 | |
Mendoza | Rosario | |
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas | Estadio Newell's Old Boys | |
Capacity: 40,268 | Capacity: 42,000 | |
Salta | Mar del Plata | |
Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena | Estadio José María Minella | |
Capacity: 20,408 | Capacity: 35,354 | |
Mascot
The Official Mascot of the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship is a Rhea named Ñandy, he was created by an Argentina Illustrator Conrado Giusti https://tuchogiusti.wordpress.com/ilustracion/
Sponsorship
FIFA partners
National supporters
- FIFA.com
- FIFA Fair Play
Argentinian local partners
- Movicom
- Televisión Cable Color
Squads
Group stage
All times in Argentina Standard Time: (UTC−03:00)
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Argentina (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | |
3 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
(H) Hosts
Argentina | 2–0 | Finland |
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Rodríguez 38' D'Alessandro 67' | (Report) |
Egypt | 1–7 | Argentina |
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El Yamani 5' | (Report) | Saviola 7', 15', 44' (pen.) Coloccini 20' Romagnoli 55' Rodríguez 64' Amin 67' (o.g.) |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | Iraq | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Brazil | 2–0 | Canada |
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Adriano 21' Robert 65' | (Report) |
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
United States | 0–1 | China |
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(Report) | Qu Bo 50' |
Ukraine | 0–0 | China |
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(Report) |
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)
Chile | 1–4 | United States |
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Valdés 28' | (Report) | Beasley 6', 40' Davis 69' Buddle 75' |
United States | 1–1 | Ukraine |
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Arena 39' | (Report) | Stoyan 89' |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
Angola | 0–0 | Czech Republic |
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(Report) |
Australia | 0–3 | Czech Republic |
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(Report) | Musil 27' Jun 30' Macek 47' |
Czech Republic | 0–3 | Japan |
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(Report) | Morisaki 74' Yamase 80' Tahara 87' |
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | Ethiopia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Netherlands | 1–3 | Costa Rica |
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Hersi 63' | (Report) | Montero 38' Parks 48', 54' |
Costa Rica | 3–1 | Ethiopia |
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Parks 8', 49' Scott 61' | (Report) | Yordanos 90+2' |
Ecuador | 1–1 | Netherlands |
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Vargas 85' | (Report) | Colin 21' |
Ecuador | 0–1 | Costa Rica |
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(Report) | Hernández 85' |
Ethiopia | 2–3 | Netherlands |
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Zewdu 52' (pen.) Andargachew 90+2' | (Report) | Kolk 22' Hersi 41' Huntelaar 78' |
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | |
3 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
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1 | F | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | C | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | E | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | D | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
5 | A | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
6 | B | Iraq | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
Source: [citation needed]
Knockout stage
Bracket
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
27 June – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||
Argentina | 2 | |||||||||||||
1 July – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||
China | 1 | |||||||||||||
Argentina | 3 | |||||||||||||
27 June – Córdoba | ||||||||||||||
France | 1 | |||||||||||||
France | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 July – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||
Germany | 2 | |||||||||||||
Argentina | 5 | |||||||||||||
28 June – Salta | ||||||||||||||
Paraguay | 0 | |||||||||||||
Costa Rica | 1 | |||||||||||||
1 July – Mendoza | ||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 2 | |||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 0 | |||||||||||||
28 June – Mendoza | ||||||||||||||
Paraguay | 1 | |||||||||||||
Ukraine | 1 | |||||||||||||
8 July – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||
Paraguay | 2 | |||||||||||||
Argentina | 3 | |||||||||||||
28 June – Rosario | ||||||||||||||
Ghana | 0 | |||||||||||||
Angola | 0 | |||||||||||||
1 July – Rosario | ||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 2 | |||||||||||||
Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||||||
27 June – Buenos Aires | ||||||||||||||
Egypt | 2 | |||||||||||||
United States | 0 | |||||||||||||
4 July – Córdoba | ||||||||||||||
Egypt | 2 | |||||||||||||
Egypt | 0 | |||||||||||||
28 June – Mar del Plata | ||||||||||||||
Ghana | 2 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Ghana | 1 | |||||||||||||
1 July – Córdoba | 8 July – Buenos Aires | |||||||||||||
Ecuador | 0 | |||||||||||||
Ghana (aet) | 2 | Paraguay | 0 | |||||||||||
27 June – Córdoba | ||||||||||||||
Brazil | 1 | Egypt | 1 | |||||||||||
Brazil | 4 | |||||||||||||
Australia | 0 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
United States | 0–2 | Egypt |
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(Report) | Riad 76' (pen.) El Yamani 88' |
Brazil | 4–0 | Australia |
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Adriano 27', 66' Kaká 53' Eduardo Costa 74' | (Report) |
Costa Rica | 1–2 | Czech Republic |
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Scott 24' | (Report) | Musil 21' Jun 71' |
Angola | 0–2 | Netherlands |
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(Report) | Mustapha 52' Huntelaar 86' |
Quarter-finals
Czech Republic | 0–1 | Paraguay |
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(Report) | Salcedo 31' |
Ghana | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
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Abdul Razak 80' Mensah 93' | (Report) | Adriano 44' |
Netherlands | 1–2 | Egypt |
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Van der Vaart 33' | (Report) | Amin 47' El Yamani 65' |
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
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Result
FIFA World Youth Championship 2001 winners |
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Argentina Fourth title |
Goalscorers
- 11 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Mantorras
- Mendonça
- Rasca
- Diego Colotto
- Alejandro Domínguez
- Eduardo Costa
- Fernando
- Kaká
- Pinga
- Mario Berrios
- Rodrigo Millar
- Sebastián Pardo
- Jaime Valdés
- Carlos Hernández
- Christian Montero
- Michal Macek
- Jorge Guagua
- Roberto Miña
- Jorge Vargas
- Hussein Amin
- Gamal Hamza
- Abay Yordanos
- Bekele Zewdu
- Daniel Sjölund
- Mika Väyrynen
- Bernard Mendy
- Thorsten Burkhardt
- Ibrahim Abdul Razak
- Michael Essien
- Abass Inusah
- Ammar Hanoosh
- Salah Al-Deen Siamand
- Fabian Dawkins
- Koji Morisaki
- Yutaka Tahara
- Jurgen Colin
- Santi Kolk
- Rahamat Mustapha
- Rafael van der Vaart
- Pedro Benítez
- José Devaca
- Walter Fretes
- Felipe Giménez
- Tomás Guzmán
- Santiago Salcedo
- Denis Stoyan
- Ruslan Valeyev
- Kenny Arena
- Edson Buddle
- Brad Davis
Awards
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
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Javier Saviola | Javier Saviola | Argentina |
Final ranking
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | Argentina (H) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 21 | Champions |
2 | Ghana | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 16 | Runners-up |
3 | Egypt | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 13 | Third place |
4 | Paraguay | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 10 | Fourth place |
5 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 12 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | France | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 | |
7 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |
8 | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
9 | Costa Rica | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
10 | Germany | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | |
11 | Ukraine | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | |
12 | Angola | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | |
13 | United States | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
14 | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
15 | China | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
16 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | |
17 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
18 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
19 | Iraq | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
20 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
21 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
22 | Ethiopia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | |
23 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |
24 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts
(H) Hosts
External links
- FIFA World Youth Championship Argentina 2001 Archived 4 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
- RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2001
- FIFA Technical Report
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