Held in Trinidad and Tobago, September 2001
Group A (Port of Spain)
1.BRAZIL 3 3 0 0 10- 2 9
2.AUSTRALIA 3 2 0 1 5- 1 6
3.Croatia 3 1 0 2 3- 8 3
4.Trinidad/Tobago 3 0 0 3 2- 9 0
13- 9-01 Croatia 2-1 Trinidad/Tobago
[Att:10,500 Ref:GIMENEZ (ARG)]
[Niko KRANJCAR 43pen,67pen; Nkosi BLACKMAN 57]
14- 9-01 Australia 0-1 Brazil
[Att:10,800 Ref:BENES (CZE)]
[ANDERSON Costa 76]
16- 9-01 Croatia 1-3 Brazil
[Att:25,100 Ref:SIBRIAN (SLV)]
[Dejan PRIJIC 6; BRUNO Dos Santos Moraes 7, LEANDRO Do Bonfim 57, CAETANO Prosperi Calil 77]
16- 9-01 Trinidad/Tob 0-1 Australia
[Att:25,100 Ref:TUDOR (ARG)]
[Fred AGIUS 56]
19- 9-01 Australia 4-0 Croatia
[Att:20,228 Ref:CHUKWUJEKWU (NGA)]
[Terry SMITH 37, Anthony DANZE 40,46, Jay LUCAS 66]
19- 9-01 Brazil 6-1 Trinidad/Tobago
[Att:26,000 Ref:ISSA HAZIM (IRQ)]
[Ricardo MALZONI Conceiçao 7, CAETANO Prosperi Calil 16,41,59, Julius JAMES 36og, Jose Antonio Miranda da Silva JUNIOR 88; Jerol FORBES 61]
[red card: Lee HAYNES (TRI) 53]
Group B (Bacolet)
1.NIGERIA 3 3 0 0 8- 1 9
2.FRANCE 3 2 0 1 11- 6 6
3.Japan 3 1 0 2 2- 9 3
4.USA 3 0 0 3 3- 8 0
14- 9-01 USA 0-1 Japan
[Att:7,500 Ref:OLIVEIRA (BRA)]
[Yutaro ABE 12]
14- 9-01 France 1-2 Nigeria
[Att:7,000 Ref:RAMDHAN (TRI)]
[Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE 87; Karimu SHAIBU 25, Victor Okechukwu BROWN 75]
16- 9-01 Japan 0-4 Nigeria
[Att:7,500 Ref:CARDOSO CORTEZ BATISTA (POR)]
[Karimu SHAIBU 35, Femi OPABUNMI 39, Victor Okechukwu BROWN 83,
Omonigho TEMILE 90 (+1)pen]
16- 9-01 USA 3-5 France
[Att:7,000 Ref:Eun-Ju IM (KOR)]
[Mike MAGEE 19, Julio COLOMBO 28og, Edward JOHNSON 75;
Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE 4,61,65, Samuel PIETRE 31, Mourad MEGHNI 48]
19- 9-01 Nigeria 2-0 USA
[Att:7,500 Ref:ATISSON (VAN)]
[Karimu SHAIBU 32, Moses AYUBA 58]
19- 9-01 France 5-1 Japan
[Att:unknown Ref:GIMENEZ (ARG)]
[Samuel PIETRE 11, Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE 13,54,57, Stephen DROUIN 15; Kisto YANO 67]
Group C (Couva and Marabella)
1.ARGENTINA 3 2 1 0 9- 4 7
2.BURKINA FASO 3 1 2 0 4- 3 5
3.Spain 3 1 0 2 4- 6 3
4.Oman 3 0 1 2 2- 6 1 [*]
[*] Oman were caught cheating with the ages of 6 players at the Asian
U-16 championship 2000 (and banned from the 2002 edition) but
not excluded from the World Championship
15- 9-01 Oman 1-2 Spain
[Att:7,500 Ref:RICHARD CONTRERAS (DOM)]
[Mohamed Mubarak Suwaid AL HINAI 22; Fernando Jose TORRES 50, Juan Alberto Andreu “MELLI” 90(+2)]
[red card: Ahmed Hadid Thuwaini MUKHAINI (OMA) 82]
15- 9-01 Burkina Faso 2-2 Argentina
[Att:7,500 Ref:ATISSON (VAN)]
[Wilfried Leon Bakary SANOU 29, Henoch Theodorat Bienvenu CONOMBO 79; Lucas CORREA 2, Maximiliano Gaston LOPEZ 90(+2)pen]
17- 9-01 Spain 0-1 Burkina Faso
[Att:7,500 Ref:JAKOBSSON (ISL)]
[Wilfried Leon Bakary SANOU 41pen]
17- 9-01 Oman 0-3 Argentina
[Att:7,500 Ref:EVEHE DIVINE (CMR)]
[Maximiliano Gaston LOPEZ 10, Carlos Alberto TEVEZ 37, Hugo Roberto COLACE 52pen]
20- 9-01 Argentina 4-2 Spain
[Att:9,300 Ref:SIBIRAN (SLV)]
[Hugo Roberto COLACE 3pen, Maximiliano Gaston LOPEZ 57, Pablo Javier ZABALETA 72, Marcos Sebastian AGUIRRE 83; GUILLERMO Bauza 23, Jose Manuel Lafuente “SENEL“ 30]
[red card: JESUS Fernandez (SPA) 62]
20- 9-01 Burkina Faso 1-1 Oman
[Att:7,000 Ref:TUDOR (ROM)]
[Abdoul Aziz NIKIEMA 23; Mohamed Mubarak Suwaid AL HINAI 33]
Group D (Malabar)
1.COSTA RICA 3 2 0 1 5- 2 6
2.MALI 3 2 0 1 4- 2 6
3.Paraguay 3 2 0 1 5- 6 6
4.Iran 3 0 0 3 2- 6 0 [*]
[*] Iran were caught cheating with the ages of 5 players at the Asian
U-16 championship 2000 (and banned from the 2002 edition) but
not excluded from the World Championship
15- 9-01 Mali 1-2 Paraguay
[Att:4,500 Ref:ISSA HAZIM (IRQ)]
[Alain Claude TRAORE 10; Blas Ramon LOPEZ Mendez 52, Aldo Andres JARA 86pen]
15- 9-01 Iran 0-2 Costa Rica
[Att:6,500 Ref:CHUKWUJEKWU (NGA)]
[Armando ALONSO Rodriguez 51, Randall AZOFEIFA Corrales 76]
17- 9-01 Paraguay 0-3 Costa Rica
[Att:3,500 Ref:BENES (CZE)]
[Armando ALONSO Rodriguez 75,84, Randall AZOFEIFA Corrales 82]
17- 9-01 Mali 1-0 Iran
[Att:3,270 Ref:RAMDHAN (TRI)]
[Bakary COULIBALY 38]
20- 9-01 Mali 2-0 Costa Rica
[Att:4,000 Ref:OLIVEIRA (BRA)]
[Bakary COULIBALY 20, Drissa DIARRA 33]
20- 9-01 Paraguay 3-2 Iran
[Att:4,000 Ref:JAKOBSSON (ISL)]
[Andres PEREZ Matto 19,42, Alodo Andres JARA 66; Mansour AHMADZADEH 81,90(+3)]
[red cards: Anggello Marcial MACHUCA Noguera (PAR) 90(+5); Hossein KABEI 63, Saeid AASADOLLAHI Kordkandi (both IRA) 90(+5)]
Quarterfinals (Bacolet and Marabella)
23- 9-01 Brazil 1-2 France
[Att:7,500 Ref:RAMDHAN (TRI)]
[Francisco Terra ALBERONI 70; Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE 38, Anthony LE TALLEC 70]
23- 9-01 Nigeria 5-1 Australia
[Att:8,000 Ref:JAKOBSSON (ISL)]
[Femi OPABUNMI 24pen,69,79, Suleiman MOHAMMED 81, Omonigho TEMILE 85; Matthew ENGELE 86]
24- 9-01 Argentina 2-1 Mali [aet,golden goal]
[Att:8,000 Ref:CARDOSO CORTEZ BATISTA (POR)]
[Gonzalo Javier RODRIGUEZ 38, Mauro Andres FANARI 96; Drissa DIARRA 35]
[red card: Lassana DIALLO (MLI) 75]
24- 9-01 Costa Rica 0-2 Burkina Faso
[Att:8,700 Ref:ATISSON (VAN)]
[Paul Landry GOROGO 56, Wilfried Leon Bakary SANOU 84]
Semifinals (Port of Spain and Malabar)
27- 9-01 Nigeria 1-0 Burkina Faso
[Att:7,500 Ref:RICHARD CONTRERAS (DOM)]
[Femi OPABUNMI 4pen]
[red card: Lassana KANOUTE (BFA) 90(+1)]
27- 9-01 Argentina 1-2 France
[Att:9,200 Ref:EVEHE DIVINE (CMR)]
[Carlos Alberto TEVEZ 49; Anthony LE TALLEC 56, Jeremie BERTHOD 58]
[red card: Maximiliano Gaston LOPEZ (ARG) 90(+1)]
Third Place Match (Port of Spain)
30- 9-01 Argentina 0-2 Burkina Faso
[Att:25,000 Ref:ISSA HAZIM (IRQ)]
[Paul Landry GOROGO 30, Henoch Theodorat Bienvenu CONOMBO 78]
[red card: Raul Alberto OSELLA (ARG) 76]
Final (Port of Spain, Hasely Crawford stadium)
30- 9-01 Nigeria 0-3 France
[Att:20,790 Ref:CARDOSO CORTEZ BATISTA (POR)]
[Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE 34, Anthony LE TALLEC 53, Samuel PIETRE 81]
[FRA: Chaigneau; Colombo, Faty, Berthod, Drouin (Debris 77), Yebda, Fae, Jacmot, Meghni (Piètre 61), Sinama Pongolle, Le Tallec (Mohellebi 90). Tr:Jodar]
[NGA: Bassey; Chinwo, Baba, Eyimofe, Ibrahim, Temile (Brown 53), Eromoigbe, Mohammed (Ayuba 79), Nnamdi (Sambo 59), Shaibu, Opabunmi. Tr:Musa]
Topscorers
9 Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE (France) Golden Shoe Award
5 Femi OPABUNMI (Nigeria) Silver Shoe Award
4 CAETANO Prosperi Calil (Brazil) Bronze Shoe Award
3 Maximiliano Gaston LOPEZ (Argentine), Wilfried Leon Bakary SANOU (Burkina Faso), Anthony LE TALLEC, Samuel PIETRE (both France), Kairimu SHAIBU (Nigeria), Armando ALONSO Rodriguez (Paraguay)
Best players
1.Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE (France) Golden Ball
2.Anthony LE TALLEC (France) Silver Ball
3.Femi OPABUNMI (Nigeria) Bronze Ball
World Champions
1. GK Florent CHAIGNEAU 21.03.84 1,97 94 Stade Rennais FC
2. DF Kevin DEBRIS 10.05.84 1,88 78 Le Havre AC
3. DF Jérémie BERTHOD 24.04.84 1,79 67 Olympique Lyonnais
4. DF Julio COLOMBO 22.02.84 1,82 73 Montpellier HSC
5. DF Jacques FATY 25.02.84 1,84 79 Stade Rennais FC
6. MF Gaël MAIA 02.01.84 1,80 77 Girondins Bordeaux
7. FW Anthony LE TALLEC 03.10.84 1,86 76 Le Havre AC
8. MF Hassan YEBDA 14.05.84 1,87 76 AJ Auxerre
9. FW Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE 20.10.84 1,80 69 Le Havre AC
10. MF Mourad MEGHNI 16.04.84 1,80 69 Bologna (ITA)
11. FW Chaouki BEN SAADA 01.07.84 1,72 66 SC Bastia
12. MF Emmers FAE 24.01.84 1,80 71 FC Nantes-Atl.
13. DF Stephen DROUIN 27.01.84 1,84 79 FC Nantes-Atl.
14. DF Laurent MOHELLEBI 05.01.84 1,80 78 AS Monaco FC
15. FW Kévin JACMOT 22.03.84 1,70 67 Olympique Lyonnais
16. MF Samuel PIETRE 10.02.84 1,80 72 Paris-St-Germain
17. FW Luigi GLOMBARD 21.08.84 1,79 75 FC Nantes-Atl.
18. GK Mickaël FABRE 15.07.84 1,81 76 Bologna (ITA)
Prepared and maintained by Sébastien Duret for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Sébastien Duret
Last updated: 14 Jun 2003
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