2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

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.

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

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

• Adidas
• Fujifilm
• JVC
• Avaya
• Coca-Cola
• Budweiser
• McDonald's
• Toshiba
• Hyundai
• MasterCard

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

17 June 2001
14:00

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

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17 June 2001
16:45

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)

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20 June 2001
14:00

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

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20 June 2001
16:45

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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23 June 2001
14:00

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Naser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)

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23 June 2001
16:45

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)

Group B

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 5,100

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

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17 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 5,100

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

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20 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)

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20 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

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23 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)

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23 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

Group C

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

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17 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Naser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)

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20 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)

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20 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)

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23 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

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23 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Group D

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

18 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

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18 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey)

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21 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

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21 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

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24 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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24 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

Group E

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

18 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

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18 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Abdullhakim Shelmani (Libya)

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21 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

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21 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

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24 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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24 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Abdullhakim Shelmani (Libya)

Group F

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

18 June 2001
14:00

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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18 June 2001
16:45

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)

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21 June 2001
14:00

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 4,575

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

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21 June 2001
16:45

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 3,950

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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24 June 2001
14:00

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)

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24 June 2001
16:45

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

27 June 2001
14:00

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

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27 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)

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27 June 2001
17:00

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

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27 June 2001
17:00

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 7,895

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

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28 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

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28 June 2001
14:00

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)

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28 June 2001
16:45

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

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28 June 2001
16:45

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Orhan Edemir (Turkey)

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Quarter-finals

1 July 2001
14:00

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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1 July 2001
14:00

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

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1 July 2001
16:45

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

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1 July 2001
16:45

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)

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Semi-finals

4 July 2001
14:00

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

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4 July 2001
16:45

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)

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Third place play-off

8 July 2001
13:00

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

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Final

8 July 2001

15:45

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Result

Goalscorers

Javier Saviola, top scorer

11 goals

• Javier Saviola

6 goals

• Adriano
• Djibril Cissé

5 goals

• Robert
• Benjamin Auer

4 goals

• Maxi Rodríguez
• Winston Parks
• Mohamed El Yamani

3 goals

• Esteban Herrera
• Oleksiy Byelik

2 goals

• Fabricio Coloccini
• Andrés D'Alessandro
• Leandro Romagnoli
• Greg Owens
• Qu Bo
• Erick Scott
• Tomáš Jun
• Petr Musil
• Wael Riad
• Solomon Andargachew
• Hervé Bugnet
• Philippe Mexès
• Christoph Preuß
• Derek Boateng
• John Mensah
• Emad Mohammed
• Koji Yamase
• Youssouf Hersi
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
• Julio González
• DaMarcus Beasley

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

Final ranking

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