2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

Copa Mundial Juvenil de la FIFA Argentina 2001
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	June 17 – July 8
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	Javier Saviola
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The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between June 17 and July 8, 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.

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

1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

2.^ Czech Republic made their debut as independent nation. The now-defunct Czechoslovakia qualified for their twice appearances in 1983 and 1989.

Squads

Main article: 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-up, and best four third-placed teams advance to the Round of 16

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	9	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12
Egypt	4	3	1	1	1	3	8	−5
Finland	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
Jamaica	1	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5

June 17, 2001 14:00	Argentina	2 – 0	Finland	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
	Rodríguez  38' D'Alessandro  67'	(Report)

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June 17, 2001 16:45	Egypt	0 – 0	Jamaica	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)
		(Report)

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June 20, 2001 14:00	Jamaica	0 – 1	Finland	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
		(Report)	Väyrynen  87'

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June 20, 2001 16:45	Egypt	1 – 7	Argentina	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	El Yamani  5'	(Report)	Saviola  7', 15', 44' (pen.) Coloccini  20' Romagnoli  55' Rodríguez  64' Amin  67' (o.g.)

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June 23, 2001 14:00	Argentina	5 – 1	Jamaica	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Naser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)
	Coloccini  3' Saviola  7', 86' (pen.) Herrera  14', 38'	(Report)	Dawkins  78'

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June 23, 2001 16:45	Finland	1 – 2	Egypt	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)
	Sjölund  74'	(Report)	Hamza  10' Riad  62'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	9	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9
Germany	6	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4
Iraq	3	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4
Canada	0	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9

June 17, 2001 14:00	Brazil	2 – 0	Germany	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)
	Robert  9', 11'	(Report)

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June 17, 2001 16:45	Iraq	3 – 0	Canada	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Mohammed  21' Siamand  33' Hanoosh  43'	(Report)

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June 20, 2001 14:00	Canada	0 – 4	Germany	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)
		(Report)	Auer  18', 67', 70' Preuss  83'

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June 20, 2001 16:45	Iraq	1 – 6	Brazil	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
	Mohammed  82'	(Report)	Fernando  8' (pen.) Pinga  13' Robert  27', 72' Adriano  29', 45'

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June 23, 2001 14:00	Brazil	2 – 0	Canada	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Adriano  21' Robert  65'	(Report)

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June 23, 2001 16:45	Germany	3 – 1	Iraq	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
	Preuss  40' Munaim  60' (o.g.) Auer  65'	(Report)	Lapaczinksi  37' (o.g.)

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ukraine	5	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2
United States	4	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2
China PR	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
Chile	3	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4

June 17, 2001 14:00	United States	0 – 1	China PR	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Hichem Guirat (Tunisia)
		(Report)	Qu Bo  50'

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June 17, 2001 16:45	Chile	2 – 4	Ukraine	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Naser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)
	Millar  38' Pardo  90+2'	(Report)	Byelik  14', 50' Oyarzun  36' (o.g.) Valeyev  78'

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June 20, 2001 14:00	Ukraine	0 – 0	China PR	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Jagdeesh Bhimull (Trinidad and Tobago)
		(Report)

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June 20, 2001 16:45	Chile	1 – 4	United States	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)
	Valdés  28'	(Report)	Beasley  6', 40' Davis  69' Buddle  75'

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June 23, 2001 14:00	United States	1 – 1	Ukraine	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
	Arena  39'	(Report)	Stoyan  89'

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June 23, 2001 16:45	China PR	0 – 1	Chile	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
		(Report)	Berrios  87'

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Angola	5	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
Czech Republic	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Australia	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Japan	3	3	1	0	2	4	4	0

June 18, 2001 14:00	Angola	0 – 0	Czech Republic	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 1,500 Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
		(Report)

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June 18, 2001 16:45	Japan	0 – 2	Australia	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey)
		(Report)	Haneda  59' (o.g.) Owens  69'

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June 21, 2001 14:00	Australia	0 – 3	Czech Republic	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
		(Report)	Musil  27' Jun  30' Macek  47'

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June 21, 2001 16:45	Japan	1 – 2	Angola	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Yamase  61'	(Report)	Mendonça  9' Rascas  81'

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June 24, 2001 14:00	Angola	1 – 1	Australia	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Mantorras  12'	(Report)	Owens  82' (pen.)

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June 24, 2001 16:45	Czech Republic	0 – 3	Japan	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)
		(Report)	Morisaki  74' Yamase  80' Tahara  87'

Group E

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Costa Rica	9	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5
Ecuador	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Netherlands	4	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1
Ethiopia	0	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4

June 18, 2001 14:00	Ecuador	2 – 1	Ethiopia	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Miña  25' Guagua  63'	(Report)	Andargachew  4'

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June 18, 2001 16:45	Netherlands	1 – 3	Costa Rica	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Abdullhakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Hersi  63'	(Report)	Montero  38' Parks  48', 54'

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June 21, 2001 14:00	Costa Rica	3 – 1	Ethiopia	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Thomas McCurry (Scotland)
	Parks  8', 49' Scott  61'	(Report)	Yordanos  90+2'

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June 21, 2001 16:45	Ecuador	1 – 1	Netherlands	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
	Vargas  85'	(Report)	Colin  21'

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June 24, 2001 14:00	Ecuador	0 – 1	Costa Rica	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
		(Report)	Hernández  85'

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June 24, 2001 16:45	Ethiopia	2 – 3	Netherlands	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Abdullhakim Shelmani (Libya)
	Zewdu  52' (pen.) Andargachew  90+2'	(Report)	Kolk  22' Hersi  41' Huntelaar  78'

Group F

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Ghana	7	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
France	5	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5
Paraguay	4	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
Iran	0	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8

June 18, 2001 14:00	Ghana	2 – 1	Paraguay	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Essien  58' Boateng  63'	(Report)	Guzmán  69'

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June 18, 2001 16:45	France	5 – 0	Iran	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)
	Bugnet  59' Mexès  62' Cissé  66', 87', 90'	(Report)

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June 21, 2001 14:00	France	2 – 2	Paraguay	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 4,575 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Bugnet  10' Cissé  48'	(Report)	Fretes  53' Devaca  72'

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June 21, 2001 16:45	Ghana	1 – 0	Iran	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 3,950 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
	Boateng  44'	(Report)

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June 24, 2001 14:00	Ghana	0 – 0	France	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)
		(Report)

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June 24, 2001 16:45	Paraguay	2 – 0	Iran	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	González  72' Giménez  89'	(Report)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Paraguay	4	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
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 Round

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

Knockout stage

Round of 16

June 27, 2001 14:00	United States	0 – 2	Egypt	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
		(Report)	Riad  76' (pen.) El Yamani  88'

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June 27, 2001 17:00	Argentina	2 – 1	China PR	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Thomas McCurry (Scotland)
	Rodríguez  4' Domínguez  79'	(Report)	Qu Bo  55'

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June 27, 2001 14:00	France	3 – 2	Germany	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)
	Cissé  34' (pen.), 90+3' Mendy  41'	(Report)	Auer  19' Burkhardt  78'

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June 27, 2001 17:00	Brazil	4 – 0	Australia	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 7,895 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
	Adriano  27', 66' Kaká  53' Eduardo Costa  74'	(Report)

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June 28, 2001 14:00	Ukraine	1 – 2	Paraguay	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 9,000 Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)
	Bielyk  90'	(Report)	Benítez  19' González  43'

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June 28, 2001 16:45	Angola	0 – 2	Netherlands	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
		(Report)	Mustapha  52' Huntelaar  86'

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June 28, 2001 14:00	Costa Rica	1 – 2	Czech Republic	Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Hailemelak Tessema (Ethiopia)
	Scott  24'	(Report)	Musil  21' Jun  71'

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June 28, 2001 16:45	Ghana	1 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Orhan Edemir (Turkey)
	Mensah  37'	(Report)

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Quarter-finals

July 1, 2001 14:00	Argentina	3 – 1	France	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Saviola  5', 45+1' (pen.), 83'	(Report)	Mexès  44'

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July 1, 2001 16:45	Ghana	2 – 1	Brazil	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Abdul Razak  80' Mensah  90+3'	(Report)	Adriano  44'

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July 1, 2001 14:00	Czech Republic	0 – 1	Paraguay	Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
		(Report)	Salcedo  31'

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July 1, 2001 16:45	Netherlands	1 – 2	Egypt	Estadio Newell's Old Boys, Rosario Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Claudio Martín (Argentina)
	Van der Vaart  33'	(Report)	Amin  47' El Yamani  65'

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Semi-finals

July 4, 2001 14:00	Egypt	0 – 2	Ghana	Estadio Olímpico Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
		(Report)	Inusah  83' El Atrawy  88' (o.g.)

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July 4, 2001 16:45	Argentina	5 – 0	Paraguay	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Wilson de Souza (Brazil)
	Saviola  18', 24' Romagnoli  41' D'Alessandro  52' Herrera  70'	(Report)

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Third place play-off

July 8, 2001 13:00	Paraguay	0 – 1	Egypt	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
		(Report)	El Yamani  64'

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Final

July 8, 2001 15:45	Argentina	3 – 0	Ghana	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Colotto  6' Saviola  14' Rodríguez  73'	(Report)

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
• Rascas
• 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

1 goal (cont.)

• 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

External links

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