2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship

**2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship** was the ninth edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. It held in Trinidad and Tobago from 13 to 30 September 2001. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this tournament.

## Venues

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|style="border-left:none; border-right:none;"|Port of Spain|style="border-left:none; border-right:none;"|Bacolet|style="border-left:none; border-right:none;"|Couva|
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|style="border-left:none; border-right:none;"|Hasely Crawford Stadium Capacity: 27,000|style="border-left:none; border-right:none;"|Dwight Yorke Stadium Capacity: 7,500|style="border-left:none; border-right:none;"|Ato Boldon Stadium Capacity: 10,000|
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|style="border-left:none; border-right:none;"|Larry Gomes Stadium Capacity: 10,000|style="border-left:none; border-right:none;"|Manny Ramjohn Stadium Capacity: 10,000|||
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## Mascot

The official mascot of this FIFA U-17 World Championship, **Trinidad & Tobago 2001**, was **BEATS**, the humming bird. Its outfit is the same as the home national team, red shirt, black short and red socks. It has **Trinidad & Tobago 2001** on the chest.

## Squads

- 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

## Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the tournament:
|Confederation|Qualifying Tournament|Qualifier(s)|||
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|AFC (Asia)|2000 AFC U-17 Championship||||
|CAF (Africa)|2001 African U-17 Championship||||
|rowspan=2|CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)||Host nation||
|2001 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament|||||
|CONMEBOL (South America)|2001 South American U-17 Championship||||
|OFC (Oceania)|2001 OFC U-17 Championship||||
|UEFA (Europe)|2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship||||

#### Group A

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#### Group B

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#### Group C

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#### Group D

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## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: FIFA U-17 World Championship
- **year**: 2001
- **other titles**: FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad & Tobago 2001
- **caption**: Trinidad & Tobago 2001 official logo
- **country**: Trinidad and Tobago
- **dates**: 13 – 30 September
- **num teams**: 16
- **confederations**: 6
- **venues**: 5
- **cities**: 5
- **count**: 1
- **matches**: 32
- **goals**: 102
- **attendance**: 331198
- **top scorer**: Florent Sinama Pongolle
 (9 goals)
- **player**: Florent Sinama Pongolle
- **prevseason**: 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 1999
- **nextseason**: 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 2003