# 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

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 | Angola Egypt Ethiopia Ghana |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 2001 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | Canada Costa Rica Jamaica United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | Host nation | Argentina |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 2001 South American Youth Championship | Brazil Chile Ecuador Paraguay |
| OFC (Oceania) | 2001 OFC U-20 Championship | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | 2000 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | Czech Republic Finland France Germany Netherlands Ukraine |
    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 AiresCórdobaMendozaSaltaMar del PlataRosario | Córdoba |
| José Amalfitani Stadium | Buenos AiresCórdobaMendozaSaltaMar del PlataRosario | Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras |
| Capacity: 49,540 | Buenos AiresCórdobaMendozaSaltaMar del PlataRosario | Capacity: 57,000 |
| Mendoza | Buenos AiresCórdobaMendozaSaltaMar del PlataRosario | Rosario |
| Estadio Malvinas Argentinas | Buenos AiresCórdobaMendozaSaltaMar del PlataRosario | Estadio Newell's Old Boys |
| Capacity: 40,268 | Buenos AiresCórdobaMendozaSaltaMar del PlataRosario | Capacity: 42,000 |
| Salta | Buenos AiresCórdobaMendozaSaltaMar del PlataRosario | Mar del Plata |
| Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena | Buenos AiresCórdobaMendozaSaltaMar del PlataRosario | Estadio José María Minella |
| Capacity: 20,408 | Buenos AiresCórdobaMendozaSaltaMar del PlataRosario | 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

* 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

## 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 | |

### Group B

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

### 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |

### 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |

### 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | |

### 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |

### 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | E | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | D | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 5 | A | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 6 | B | Iraq | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 27 June – Buenos Aires | 27 June – Buenos Aires | | | | | | |
| Argentina | 2 | | | | | | |
| Argentina | 2 | 1 July – Buenos Aires | 1 July – Buenos Aires | | | | | |
| China | 1 | 1 July – Buenos Aires | 1 July – Buenos Aires | | | | |
| China | 1 | Argentina | 3 | | | | |
| 27 June – Córdoba | 27 June – Córdoba | | Argentina | 3 | | | | |
| 27 June – Córdoba | 27 June – Córdoba | France | 1 | | | | |
| France | 3 | France | 1 | | | | |
| France | 3 | | | | 4 July – Buenos Aires | 4 July – Buenos Aires | | |
| Germany | 2 | | | | 4 July – Buenos Aires | 4 July – Buenos Aires | |
| Germany | 2 | | | | Argentina | 5 | |
| 28 June – Salta | 28 June – Salta | | | | | Argentina | 5 | |
| 28 June – Salta | 28 June – Salta | | | | Paraguay | 0 | |
| Costa Rica | 1 | | | | Paraguay | 0 | |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1 July – Mendoza | 1 July – Mendoza | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 1 July – Mendoza | 1 July – Mendoza | | | | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | Czech Republic | 0 | | | | |
| 28 June – Mendoza | 28 June – Mendoza | | Czech Republic | 0 | | | | |
| 28 June – Mendoza | 28 June – Mendoza | Paraguay | 1 | | | | |
| Ukraine | 1 | Paraguay | 1 | | | | |
| Ukraine | 1 | | | | | | | 8 July – Buenos Aires | 8 July – Buenos Aires |
| Paraguay | 2 | | | | | | | 8 July – Buenos Aires | 8 July – Buenos Aires |
| Paraguay | 2 | | | | | | | Argentina | 3 |
| 28 June – Rosario | 28 June – Rosario | | | | | | | | Argentina | 3 |
| 28 June – Rosario | 28 June – Rosario | | | | | | | Ghana | 0 |
| Angola | 0 | | | | | | | Ghana | 0 |
| Angola | 0 | 1 July – Rosario | 1 July – Rosario | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1 July – Rosario | 1 July – Rosario | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | 2 | Netherlands | 1 | | | | | | |
| 27 June – Buenos Aires | 27 June – Buenos Aires | | Netherlands | 1 | | | | | | |
| 27 June – Buenos Aires | 27 June – Buenos Aires | Egypt | 2 | | | | | | |
| United States | 0 | Egypt | 2 | | | | | | |
| United States | 0 | | | | 4 July – Córdoba | 4 July – Córdoba | | | | |
| Egypt | 2 | | | | 4 July – Córdoba | 4 July – Córdoba | | | |
| Egypt | 2 | | | | Egypt | 0 | | | |
| 28 June – Mar del Plata | 28 June – Mar del Plata | | | | | Egypt | 0 | | | |
| 28 June – Mar del Plata | 28 June – Mar del Plata | | | | Ghana | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Ghana | 1 | | | | Ghana | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Ghana | 1 | 1 July – Córdoba | 1 July – Córdoba | | | | | 8 July – Buenos Aires | 8 July – Buenos Aires |
| Ecuador | 0 | 1 July – Córdoba | 1 July – Córdoba | | | | | 8 July – Buenos Aires | 8 July – Buenos Aires |
| Ecuador | 0 | Ghana (aet) | 2 | | | | | Paraguay | 0 |
| 27 June – Córdoba | 27 June – Córdoba | | Ghana (aet) | 2 | | | | | Paraguay | 0 |
| 27 June – Córdoba | 27 June – Córdoba | Brazil | 1 | | | | | Egypt | 1 |
| Brazil | 4 | Brazil | 1 | | | | | Egypt | 1 |
| Australia | 0 | | | | | | | | |

### Final

Team details :
Argentina
Ghana
GK18Germán Lux
CB4Mauro Cetto
CB2Nicolás Burdisso
CB13Diego Colotto
DM14Leonardo Ponzio
DM5Nicolás Medina
CM3Julio Arca (c)
AM10Leandro Romagnoli
AM15Andrés D'Alessandro
CF7Javier Saviola
CF11Maxi Rodríguez
Substitutes:
DF12Ariel Seltzer
FW16Mauro Rosales
FW9Esteban Herrera
Manager:
José Pekerman
GK1Maxwell Banahene
RB15John Paintsil
CB14John Mensah
CB5Patrick Villars
LB10Derek Boateng
DM4Michael Essien
RM16Kwaku Duah
LM2Sulley Muntari
AM8Ibrahim Abdul Razak
CF9Razak Pimpong
CF6Emmanuel Pappoe (c)
Substitutes:
FW7Samuel Thompson
FW11Frank Osei
Manager:
Emmanuel Afranie :

## Result

* FIFA World Youth Championship 2001 winners
* Argentina Fourth title

## Goalscorers
### 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
* Abbas 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 |
| 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 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 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 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 12 | Angola | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 13 | United States | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 14 | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 15 | China | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 16 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | Eliminated in Round of 16 |
| 17 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 18 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 19 | Iraq | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 20 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 21 | Jamaica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 23 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 24 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |