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.

2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA Argentina 2001
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	17 June – 8 July
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (4th title)
Runners-up	Ghana
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	149 (2.87 per match)
Attendance	506,320 (9,737 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Javier Saviola (11 goals)
Best player(s)	Javier Saviola
Fair play award	Argentina

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 PR  Iran  Iraq  Japan
CAF (Africa)	2001 African Youth Championship	Angola^1  Egypt  Ethiopia^1  Ghana
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2001 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Canada  Costa Rica  Jamaica^1  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	Host nation	Argentina
	2001 South American Youth Championship	Brazil  Chile  Ecuador^1  Paraguay
OFC (Oceania)	2001 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	2000 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship	Czech Republic^2  Finland^1  France  Germany  Netherlands  Ukraine^1

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 Aires Córdoba Mendoza Salta Mar del Plata Rosario	Córdoba
José Amalfitani Stadium		Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras
Capacity: 49,540		Capacity: 57,000
Mendoza		Rosario
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas		Estadio Newell's Old Boys
Capacity: 40,268		Capacity: 42,000
Salta		Mar del Plata
Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena		Estadio José María Minella
Capacity: 20,408		Capacity: 35,354

Sponsorship

FIFA partners

• Adidas
• Fujifilm
• JVC
• Avaya
• Coca-Cola
• McDonald's
• Toshiba
• Hyundai
• MasterCard

National supporters

• FIFA.com
• FIFA Fair Play

Squads

Main article: 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Argentina	9	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	Advanced to the round of 16
Egypt	4	3	1	1	1	3	8	−5
Finland	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Jamaica	1	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5

17 June 2001
14:00

Argentina	2–0	Finland
Rodríguez  38' D'Alessandro  67'	(Report)

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

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17 June 2001
16:45

Egypt	0–0	Jamaica
	(Report)

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)

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20 June 2001
14:00

Jamaica	0–1	Finland
	(Report)	Väyrynen  87'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

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20 June 2001
16:45

Egypt	1–7	Argentina
El Yamani  5'	(Report)	Saviola  7', 15', 44' (pen.) Coloccini  20' Romagnoli  55' Rodríguez  64' Amin  67' (o.g.)

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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23 June 2001
14:00

Argentina	5–1	Jamaica
Coloccini  3' Saviola  7', 86' (pen.) Herrera  14', 38'	(Report)	Dawkins  78'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Naser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)

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23 June 2001
16:45

Finland	1–2	Egypt
Sjölund  74'	(Report)	Hamza  10' Riad  62'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Brazil	9	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	Advanced to the round of 16
Germany	6	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4
Iraq	3	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Canada	0	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9

17 June 2001
14:00

Brazil	2–0	Germany
Robert  9', 11'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 5,100

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

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17 June 2001
16:45

Iraq	3–0	Canada
Mohammed  21' Siamand  33' Hantoush  43'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 5,100

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

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20 June 2001
14:00

Canada	0–4	Germany
	(Report)	Auer  18', 67', 70' Preuss  83'

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)

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20 June 2001
16:45

Iraq	1–6	Brazil
Mohammed  82'	(Report)	Fernando  8' (pen.) Pinga  13' Robert  27', 72' Adriano  29', 45'

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

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23 June 2001
14:00

Brazil	2–0	Canada
Adriano  21' Robert  65'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)

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23 June 2001
16:45

Germany	3–1	Iraq
Preuss  40' Munaim  60' (o.g.) Auer  65'	(Report)	Lapaczinski  37' (o.g.)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Ukraine	5	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	Advanced to the round of 16
United States	4	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2
China PR	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Chile	3	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4

17 June 2001
14:00

United States	0–1	China PR
	(Report)	Qu Bo  50'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)

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17 June 2001
16:45

Chile	2–4	Ukraine
Millar  38' Pardo  90+2'	(Report)	Byelik  14', 50' Oyarzun  36' (o.g.) Valeyev  78'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Naser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)

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20 June 2001
14:00

Ukraine	0–0	China PR
	(Report)

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)

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20 June 2001
16:45

Chile	1–4	United States
Valdés  28'	(Report)	Beasley  6', 40' Davis  69' Buddle  75'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)

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23 June 2001
14:00

United States	1–1	Ukraine
Arena  39'	(Report)	Stoyan  89'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

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23 June 2001
16:45

China PR	0–1	Chile
	(Report)	Berrios  87'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Angola	5	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	Advanced to the round of 16
Czech Republic	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Australia	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Japan	3	3	1	0	2	4	4	0

18 June 2001
14:00

Angola	0–0	Czech Republic
	(Report)

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

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18 June 2001
16:45

Japan	0–2	Australia
	(Report)	Haneda  59' (o.g.) Owens  69'

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey)

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21 June 2001
14:00

Australia	0–3	Czech Republic
	(Report)	Musil  27' Jun  30' Macek  47'

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

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21 June 2001
16:45

Japan	1–2	Angola
Yamase  61'	(Report)	Mendonça  9' Rasca  81'

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

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24 June 2001
14:00

Angola	1–1	Australia
Mantorras  12'	(Report)	Owens  82' (pen.)

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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24 June 2001
16:45

Czech Republic	0–3	Japan
	(Report)	Morisaki  74' Yamase  80' Tahara  87'

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Costa Rica	9	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	Advanced to the round of 16
Ecuador	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Netherlands	4	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Ethiopia	0	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4

18 June 2001
14:00

Ecuador	2–1	Ethiopia
Miña  25' Guagua  63'	(Report)	Andargachew  4'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

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18 June 2001
16:45

Netherlands	1–3	Costa Rica
Hersi  63'	(Report)	Montero  38' Parks  48', 54'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Abdullhakim Shelmani (Libya)

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21 June 2001
14:00

Costa Rica	3–1	Ethiopia
Parks  8', 49' Scott  61'	(Report)	Yordanos  90+2'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

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21 June 2001
16:45

Ecuador	1–1	Netherlands
Vargas  85'	(Report)	Colin  21'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

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24 June 2001
14:00

Ecuador	0–1	Costa Rica
	(Report)	Hernández  85'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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24 June 2001
16:45

Ethiopia	2–3	Netherlands
Zewdu  52' (pen.) Andargachew  90+2'	(Report)	Kolk  22' Hersi  41' Huntelaar  78'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Abdullhakim Shelmani (Libya)

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Ghana	7	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	Advanced to the round of 16
France	5	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5
Paraguay	4	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams
Iran	0	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8

18 June 2001
14:00

Ghana	2–1	Paraguay
Essien  58' Boateng  63'	(Report)	Guzmán  69'

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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18 June 2001
16:45

France	5–0	Iran
Bugnet  59' Mexès  62' Cissé  66', 87', 90'	(Report)

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)

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21 June 2001
14:00

France	2–2	Paraguay
Bugnet  10' Cissé  48'	(Report)	Fretes  53' Devaca  72'

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 4,575

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

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21 June 2001
16:45

Iran	0–1	Ghana
	(Report)	Boateng  44'

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 3,950

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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24 June 2001
14:00

Ghana	0–0	France
	(Report)

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)

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24 June 2001
16:45

Paraguay	2–0	Iran
González  72' Giménez  89'	(Report)

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Paraguay	4	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	Advanced to the round of 16
China PR	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
Netherlands	4	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1
Australia	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Finland	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
Iraq	3	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

27 June – Buenos Aires

Argentina

2

1 July – Buenos Aires

China PR

1

Argentina

3

27 June – Córdoba

France

1

France

3

4 July – Buenos Aires

Germany

2

Argentina

5

28 June – Mendoza

Paraguay

0

Paraguay

2

1 July – Mendoza

Ukraine

1

Paraguay

1

28 June – Salta

Czech Republic

0

Czech Republic

2

8 July – Buenos Aires

Costa Rica

1

Argentina

3

28 June – Mar del Plata

Ghana

0

Ghana

1

1 July – Córdoba

Ecuador

0

Ghana

2

27 June – Córdoba

Brazil

1

Brazil

4

4 July – Córdoba

Australia

0

Ghana

2

27 June – Buenos Aires

Egypt

0

Third place

Egypt

2

1 July – Rosario

8 July – Buenos Aires

United States

0

Egypt

2

Egypt

1

28 June – Rosario

Netherlands

1

Paraguay

0

Netherlands

2

Angola

0

Round of 16

27 June 2001
14:00

United States	0–2	Egypt
	(Report)	Riad  76' (pen.) El Yamani  88'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

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27 June 2001
17:00

Argentina	2–1	China PR
Rodríguez  4' Domínguez  79'	(Report)	Qu Bo  55'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

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27 June 2001
14:00

France	3–2	Germany
Cissé  34' (pen.), 90+3' Mendy  41'	(Report)	Auer  19' Burkhardt  78'

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)

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27 June 2001
17:00

Brazil	4–0	Australia
Adriano  27', 66' Kaká  53' Eduardo Costa  74'	(Report)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 7,895

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

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28 June 2001
14:00

Ukraine	1–2	Paraguay
Bielyk  90'	(Report)	Benítez  19' González  43'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

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28 June 2001
16:45

Angola	0–2	Netherlands
	(Report)	Mustapha  52' Huntelaar  86'

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

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28 June 2001
14:00

Costa Rica	1–2	Czech Republic
Scott  24'	(Report)	Musil  21' Jun  71'

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)

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28 June 2001
16:45

Ghana	1–0	Ecuador
Mensah  37'	(Report)

Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Orhan Edemir (Turkey)

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Quarter-finals

1 July 2001
14:00

Argentina	3–1	France
Saviola  5', 45+1' (pen.), 83'	(Report)	Mexès  44'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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1 July 2001
16:45

Ghana	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Brazil
Abdul Razak  80' Mensah  93'	(Report)	Adriano  44'

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

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1 July 2001
14:00

Czech Republic	0–1	Paraguay
	(Report)	Salcedo  31'

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

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1 July 2001
16:45

Netherlands	1–2	Egypt
Van der Vaart  33'	(Report)	Amin  47' El Yamani  65'

Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)

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Semi-finals

4 July 2001
14:00

Egypt	0–2	Ghana
	(Report)	Inusah  83' El Atrawy  88' (o.g.)

Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

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4 July 2001
16:45

Argentina	5–0	Paraguay
Saviola  18', 24' Romagnoli  41' D'Alessandro  52' Herrera  70'	(Report)

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)

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Third place play-off

8 July 2001
13:00

Paraguay	0–1	Egypt
	(Report)	El Yamani  64'

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

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Final

8 July 2001
15:45

Argentina	3–0	Ghana
Colotto  6' Saviola  14' Rodríguez  73'	(Report)

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

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 Abass 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

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	7	7	0	0	27	4	+23	21
2	Ghana	7	5	1	1	8	5	+3	16
3	Egypt	7	4	1	2	8	11	−3	13
4	Paraguay	7	3	1	3	8	11	−3	10
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Brazil	5	4	0	1	15	3	+12	12
6	France	5	2	2	1	11	7	+4	8
7	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	8	8	0	7
8	Czech Republic	5	2	1	2	5	5	0	7
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9	Costa Rica	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	9
10	Germany	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	6
11	Ukraine	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	5
12	Angola	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1	5
13	United States	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4
14	Ecuador	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
15	China PR	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	4
16	Australia	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	4
Eliminated at the group stage
17	Japan	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
18	Finland	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
19	Iraq	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
20	Chile	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
21	Jamaica	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
22	Ethiopia	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0
23	Iran	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0
24	Canada	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

External links

• FIFA World Youth Championship Argentina 2001, FIFA.com
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2001
• FIFA Technical Report