2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship

2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad & Tobago 2001
Tournament details
Host country	Trinidad and Tobago
Dates	13 – 30 September
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Nigeria
Third place	Burkina Faso
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	102 (3.19 per match)
Attendance	331,198 (10,350 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Florent Sinama Pongolle ; (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Florent Sinama Pongolle
Fair play award	Nigeria
	← 1999 2003 →

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

Port of Spain	Bacolet	Couva
Hasely Crawford Stadium Capacity: 27,000	Dwight Yorke Stadium Capacity: 7,500	Ato Boldon Stadium Capacity: 10,000

Malabar	Marabella
Larry Gomes Stadium Capacity: 10,000	Manny Ramjohn Stadium Capacity: 10,000

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 Championship	Oman Iran Japan
CAF (Africa)	2001 African U-17 Championship	Nigeria Burkina Faso Mali
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	Host nation	Trinidad and Tobago
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2001 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament	United States Costa Rica
CONMEBOL (South America)	2001 South American U-17 Championship	Brazil Argentina Paraguay
OFC (Oceania)	2001 OFC U-17 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship	Spain France Croatia