# Millennium Super Soccer Cup

The Millennium Super Soccer Cup, known as the Sahara Cup for sponsorship reasons, was an international football tournament held in India from 10 January to 25 January 2001. Yugoslavia were the eventual champions after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final.

## Venues

| Kolkata | Kochi | Goa |
| Salt Lake Stadium | Nehru Stadium | Fatorda Stadium |
| Capacity: 120,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 35,000 |

## Results
### Group stage
#### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FR Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 0 | |
| 4 | Iraq | Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons |

#### Group II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uruguay B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Iceland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | –6 | 0 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | Withdrew on 10 January | Withdrew on 10 January | Withdrew on 10 January | Withdrew on 10 January | Withdrew on 10 January | Withdrew on 10 January | Withdrew on 10 January | Withdrew on 10 January | Withdrew on 10 January |

#### Group III

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jordan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Romania XI | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 0 | |
| 4 | Cameroon | Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons | Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons |

#### Group IV

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chile | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan University XI | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | –9 | 0 | |
The match was originally scheduled for 10 January, but was later postponed as the Chilean team had trouble with its equipment, which was kept at Johannesburg at the day of the match.

### Knockout stage
#### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 18 January – Kochi | 18 January – Kochi | | | |
| Uruguay B | 2 | | | |
| Uruguay B | 2 | 22 January – Kolkata | 22 January – Kolkata | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (golden goal) | 3 | 22 January – Kolkata | 22 January – Kolkata | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (golden goal) | 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | |
| 20 January – Kolkata | 20 January – Kolkata | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | |
| 20 January – Kolkata | 20 January – Kolkata | Chile | 0 | |
| Chile | 2 | Chile | 0 | |
| Chile | 2 | | | | 25 January – Kolkata | 25 January – Kolkata |
| Iceland | 0 | | | | 25 January – Kolkata | 25 January – Kolkata |
| Iceland | 0 | | | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 |
| 20 January – Goa | 20 January – Goa | | | | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 |
| 20 January – Goa | 20 January – Goa | | | | FR Yugoslavia | 2 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 2 | | | | FR Yugoslavia | 2 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 2 | 23 January – Kolkata | 23 January – Kolkata | | | |
| Romania XI | 0 | 23 January – Kolkata | 23 January – Kolkata | | | |
| Romania XI | 0 | FR Yugoslavia | 1 | | | |
| 21 January – Kolkata | 21 January – Kolkata | | FR Yugoslavia | 1 | | | |
| 21 January – Kolkata | 21 January – Kolkata | Japan University XI | 0 | |
| Jordan | 0 | Japan University XI | 0 | |
| Japan University XI | 4 | | | |

#### Final
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
#### 3 goals

* Tryggvi Guðmundsson
* Keisuke Ota
* Saša Ilić

#### 2 goals

* Mirsad Bešlija
* Almedin Hota
* Dželaludin Muharemović
* Sebastián González
* Héctor Tapia
* Kwok Yue Hung
* Hideki Sekine
* Juan Selages
* Ricardo Varela
* Bahadir Annamotov
* Oybek Usmankhodjaev
* Igor Bogdanović
* Igor Duljaj

#### 1 goal

* Firoj Mahmud Titu
* Zehrudin Kavazović
* Fernando Martel
* Rodrigo Meléndez
* Marco Villaseca
* Þórhallur Hinriksson
* Yoshimasa Fujita
* Satoshi Horinouchi
* Keiji Yoshimura
* Badran Al-Shaqran
* Haitham Al-Shboul
* Faisal Ibrahim
* Ioan Luca
* Lucian Sânmărtean
* Marius Sasu
* Liviu Zahariuc
* Wilson Martirena
* Daniel Pereira
* Alexandro Umpiérrez
* Aleksei Zhdanov
* Dušan Petković
* Vuk Rašović
* Goran Trobok