2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA; Argentina 2001
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
	← 1999 2003 →

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)
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
CONMEBOL (South America)	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

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

2.^ Czech Republic made their debut as independent nation. They were chosen as the descendant of the now-defunct Czechoslovakia, which qualified in 1983 and 1989 tournaments.

Venues

Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires Córdoba Mendoza Salta Mar del Plata Rosario	Córdoba
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 Argentine 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
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	Advance to knockout stage
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

17 June 2001
14:00

Argentina	2–0	Finland
Rodríguez 38' D'Alessandro 67'	(Report)

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

17 June 2001
16:45

Egypt	0–0	Jamaica
	(Report)

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)

20 June 2001
14:00

Jamaica	0–1	Finland
	(Report)	Väyrynen 87'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

20 June 2001
16:45

Egypt	1–7	Argentina
El Yamani 5'	(Report)	Saviola 7', 15', 44' (pen.) Coloccini 20' Romagnoli 55' Rodríguez 64' Amin 67' (o.g.)

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

23 June 2001
14:00

Argentina	5–1	Jamaica
Coloccini 3' Saviola 7', 86' (pen.) Herrera 14', 38'	(Report)	Dawkins 78'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Naser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)

23 June 2001
16:45

Finland	1–2	Egypt
Sjölund 74'	(Report)	Hamza 10' Riad 62'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Brazil	3	3	0	10	1	+9	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Germany	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Iraq	3	1	2	5	9	−4	3
4	Canada	3	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 June 2001
14:00

Brazil	2–0	Germany
Robert 9', 11'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 5,100

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

17 June 2001
16:45

Iraq	3–0	Canada
Mohammed 21' Siamand 33' Hantoush 43'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 5,100

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

20 June 2001
14:00

Canada	0–4	Germany
	(Report)	Auer 18', 67', 70' Preuss 83'

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)

20 June 2001
16:45

Iraq	1–6	Brazil
Mohammed 82'	(Report)	Fernando 8' (pen.) Pinga 13' Robert 27', 72' Adriano 29', 45'

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

23 June 2001
14:00

Brazil	2–0	Canada
Adriano 21' Robert 65'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)

23 June 2001
16:45

Germany	3–1	Iraq
Preuss 40' Munaim 60' (o.g.) Auer 65'	(Report)	Lapaczinski 37' (o.g.)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
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]}

17 June 2001
14:00

United States	0–1	China
	(Report)	Qu Bo 50'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

17 June 2001
16:45

Chile	2–4	Ukraine
Millar 38' Pardo 90+2'	(Report)	Byelik 14', 50' Oyarzún 36' (o.g.) Valeyev 78'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Naser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)

20 June 2001
14:00

Ukraine	0–0	China
	(Report)

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)

20 June 2001
16:45

Chile	1–4	United States
Valdés 28'	(Report)	Beasley 6', 40' Davis 69' Buddle 75'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)

23 June 2001
14:00

United States	1–1	Ukraine
Arena 39'	(Report)	Stoyan 89'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

23 June 2001
16:45

China	0–1	Chile
	(Report)	Berrios 87'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
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]}

18 June 2001
14:00

Angola	0–0	Czech Republic
	(Report)

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

18 June 2001
16:45

Japan	0–2	Australia
	(Report)	Haneda 59' (o.g.) Owens 69'

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey)

21 June 2001
14:00

Australia	0–3	Czech Republic
	(Report)	Musil 27' Jun 30' Macek 47'

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

21 June 2001
16:45

Japan	1–2	Angola
Yamase 61'	(Report)	Mendonça 9' Rasca 81'

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

24 June 2001
14:00

Angola	1–1	Australia
Mantorras 12'	(Report)	Owens 82' (pen.)

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

24 June 2001
16:45

Czech Republic	0–3	Japan
	(Report)	Morisaki 74' Yamase 80' Tahara 87'

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
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]}

18 June 2001
14:00

Ecuador	2–1	Ethiopia
Miña 25' Guagua 63'	(Report)	Andargachew 4'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

18 June 2001
16:45

Netherlands	1–3	Costa Rica
Hersi 63'	(Report)	Montero 38' Parks 48', 54'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Abdullhakim Shelmani (Libya)

21 June 2001
14:00

Costa Rica	3–1	Ethiopia
Parks 8', 49' Scott 61'	(Report)	Yordanos 90+2'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

21 June 2001
16:45

Ecuador	1–1	Netherlands
Vargas 85'	(Report)	Colin 21'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

24 June 2001
14:00

Ecuador	0–1	Costa Rica
	(Report)	Hernández 85'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

24 June 2001
16:45

Ethiopia	2–3	Netherlands
Zewdu 52' (pen.) Andargachew 90+2'	(Report)	Kolk 22' Hersi 41' Huntelaar 78'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Abdullhakim Shelmani (Libya)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
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]}

18 June 2001
14:00

Ghana	2–1	Paraguay
Essien 58' Boateng 63'	(Report)	Guzmán 69'

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

18 June 2001
16:45

France	5–0	Iran
Bugnet 59' Mexès 62' Cissé 66', 87', 90'	(Report)

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)

21 June 2001
14:00

France	2–2	Paraguay
Bugnet 10' Cissé 48'	(Report)	Fretes 53' Devaca 72'

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 4,575

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

21 June 2001
16:45

Iran	0–1	Ghana
	(Report)	Boateng 44'

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 3,950

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

24 June 2001
14:00

Ghana	0–0	France
	(Report)

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)

24 June 2001
16:45

Paraguay	2–0	Iran
González 72' Giménez 89'	(Report)

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
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

27 June 2001
14:00

United States	0–2	Egypt
	(Report)	Riad 76' (pen.) El Yamani 88'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

27 June 2001
14:00

France	3–2	Germany
Cissé 34' (pen.), 90+3' Mendy 41'	(Report)	Auer 19' Burkhardt 78'

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)

27 June 2001
17:00

Argentina	2–1	China
Rodríguez 4' Domínguez 79'	(Report)	Qu Bo 55'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

27 June 2001
17:00

Brazil	4–0	Australia
Adriano 27', 66' Kaká 53' Eduardo Costa 74'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 7,895

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

28 June 2001
14:00

Ukraine	1–2	Paraguay
Bielyk 90'	(Report)	Benítez 19' González 43'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

28 June 2001
14:00

Costa Rica	1–2	Czech Republic
Scott 24'	(Report)	Musil 21' Jun 71'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)

28 June 2001
16:45

Angola	0–2	Netherlands
	(Report)	Mustapha 52' Huntelaar 86'

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

28 June 2001
16:45

Ghana	1–0	Ecuador
Mensah 37'	(Report)

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Orhan Edemir (Turkey)

Quarter-finals

1 July 2001
14:00

Argentina	3–1	France
Saviola 5', 45+1' (pen.), 83'	(Report)	Mexès 44'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

1 July 2001
14:00

Czech Republic	0–1	Paraguay
	(Report)	Salcedo 31'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

1 July 2001
16:45

Ghana	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
Abdul Razak 80' Mensah 93'	(Report)	Adriano 44'

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

1 July 2001
16:45

Netherlands	1–2	Egypt
Van der Vaart 33'	(Report)	Amin 47' El Yamani 65'

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)

Semi-finals

4 July 2001
14:00

Egypt	0–2	Ghana
	(Report)	Inusah 83' El Atrawy 88' (o.g.)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

4 July 2001
16:45

Argentina	5–0	Paraguay
Saviola 18', 24' Romagnoli 41' D'Alessandro 52' Herrera 70'	(Report)

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)

Third place play-off

8 July 2001
13:00

Paraguay	0–1	Egypt
	(Report)	El Yamani 64'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Final

8 July 2001

15:45

Argentina	3–0	Ghana
Colotto 6' Saviola 14' Rodríguez 73'	Report

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Team details

Argentina

Ghana


GK	18	Germán Lux
CB	4	Mauro Cetto
CB	2	Nicolás Burdisso
CB	13	Diego Colotto
DM	14	Leonardo Ponzio
DM	5	Nicolás Medina
CM	3	Julio Arca (c)
AM	10	Leandro Romagnoli
AM	15	Andrés D'Alessandro
CF	7	Javier Saviola
CF	11	Maxi Rodríguez
Substitutes:
DF	12	Ariel Seltzer
FW	16	Mauro Rosales
FW	9	Esteban Herrera
Manager:
José Pekerman


GK	1	Maxwell Banahene
RB	15	John Paintsil
CB	14	John Mensah
CB	5	Patrick Villars
LB	6	Emmanuel Pappoe (c)
DM	4	Michael Essien
DM	10	Derek Boateng
CM	2	Sulley Muntari
AM	9	Razak Pimpong
AM	16	Kwaku Duah
CF	8	Ibrahim Abdul Razak
Substitutes:
FW	7	Samuel Thompson
FW	11	Frank Osei
Manager:
Emmanuel Afranie

Result

FIFA World Youth Championship 2001 winners
Argentina Fourth title

Goalscorers

11 goals

Javier Saviola

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	FIFA Fair Play Award
Javier Saviola	Javier Saviola	Argentina

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
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

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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