2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

**2001 FIFA World Youth Championship** was held in Argentina from 17 June to 8 July.

## 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||||
|CAF (Africa)|2001 African Youth Championship||||
|CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)|2001 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament||||
|rowspan=2|CONMEBOL (South America)||Host nation||
|2001 South American Youth Championship|||||
|OFC (Oceania)|2001 OFC U-20 Championship||||
|UEFA (Europe)|2000 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship||||

- 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||width=200|Córdoba|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|José Amalfitani Stadium|Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras|||
|Capacity: **49,540**|Capacity: **57,000**|||
|Estadio Malvinas Argentinas|Estadio Newell's Old Boys|||
|Capacity: **40,268**|Capacity: **42,000**|||
|Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena|Estadio José María Minella|||
|Capacity: **20,408**|Capacity: **35,354**|||

#### Group A

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#### Group B

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#### Group C

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#### Group D

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#### Group E

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#### Group F

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## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: FIFA World Youth Championship
- **year**: 2001
- **other titles**: Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA
Argentina 2001
- **country**: Argentina
- **dates**: 17 June – 8 July
- **num teams**: 24
- **confederations**: 6
- **venues**: 6
- **cities**: 6
- **count**: 4
- **matches**: 52
- **goals**: 149
- **attendance**: 506320
- **top scorer**: Javier Saviola (11 goals)
- **player**: Javier Saviola
- **prevseason**: 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1999
- **nextseason**: 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2003