The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001, the ninth edition of the tournament, was held from 13 to 30 September 2001 in the cities of Trinidad and Tobago; in Port of Spain, Malabar in Arima, Marabella in San Fernando, Couva, and Bacolet in Scarborough. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this tournament.
Venues Port of Spain Arima/Malabar Couva Marabella Scarborough Hasely Crawford Stadium Larry Gomes Stadium Ato Boldon Stadium Manny Ramjohn Stadium Dwight Yorke Stadium Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 7,500
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)AFC (Asia)2000 AFC U-17 ChampionshipCAF (Africa)2001 African U-17 ChampionshipCONCACAF(North, Central America & Caribbean)Host nation2001 CONCACAF U-17 TournamentCONMEBOL (South America)2001 South American U-17 ChampionshipOFC (Oceania)2001 OFC U-17 ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship
Group stages
Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts3300102+89320151+46 310238–53300329–70
Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts330081+793201116+56 310229–73300338–50
Group C TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts321094+57312043+15 310246–23301226–41
Group D TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts320152+36320142+26 320156–16300326–40
Knockout stages
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Winners
Awards
FIFA Golden ShoeFIFA Golden BallFIFA Fair Play Award Florent Sinama Pongolle
Goalscorers Florent Sinama Pongolle of France won the Golden Shoe award for scoring nine goals.
Final ranking
RankTeam16501188+101526501145+9153632184+41146312129+310 Eliminated in the quarter-finals54301114+796420254+166420254+16842026606 Eliminated at the group stage9320156–1610310246–2311310238–5312310229–7313301226–4114300326–4015300338–5016300329–70
External links FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad and Tobago 2001, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)