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Millennium Super Soccer Cup
Sahara Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates10–25 January 2001
Teams13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions FR Yugoslavia
Runners-up Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored58 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iceland Tryggvi Guðmundsson
Japan Keisuke Ota
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Ilić
(3 goals each)

The Millennium Super Soccer Cup, known as the Sahara Cup for sponsorship reasons, was an international football tournament held in India from 10 January to 25 January 2001. Yugoslavia were the eventual champions after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final.[1][2]

Venues

Kolkata Kochi Goa
Salt Lake Stadium Nehru Stadium Fatorda Stadium
Capacity: 120,000 Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 35,000

Teams

Results

Group stage

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  FR Yugoslavia 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
3  Bangladesh 2 0 0 2 1 6 –5 0
4  Iraq Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons[3]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 Bangladesh
Hota 55', 58' Report
FR Yugoslavia 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Petković 86' Report Bešlija 75'
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
FR Yugoslavia 4–1 Bangladesh
Ilić 19', 38'
Rašović 80'
Trobok 89'		 Report Firoj Mahmud 6'

Group II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay B 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Iceland 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3  India 2 0 0 2 0 6 –6 0
4  Indonesia Withdrew on 10 January
Uruguay B 2–1 Iceland
Alexandro Umpiérrez 26' (pen.)
Ricardo Varela 29'		 Report Þórhallur Hinriksson 32'
India 0–3 Iceland
Report Guðmundsson 44', 52', 69'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: G. C. Deshapriya (Sri Lanka)
India 0–3 Uruguay B
Report Juan Selages 38'
Ricardo Varela 58'
Wilson Martirena 74'
Referee: G. C. Deshapriya (Sri Lanka)

Group III

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jordan 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Romania XI 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
3  Hong Kong 2 0 0 2 2 6 –4 0
4  Cameroon Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons[3]
Romania XI 0–1 Jordan
Report Ibrahim 87'
Referee: Bala Sundaraj (India)
Romania XI 4–2 Hong Kong
Liviu Zahariuc 4'
Sasu 23'
Sânmărtean 59'
Ioan Luca 63'		 Report Kwok Yue Hung 22', 45'
Referee: A. M. Yapa (Sri Lanka)
Jordan 2–0 Hong Kong
Al-Shaqran 49'
Al-Shboul 84'		 Report

Group IV

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Chile 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Japan University XI 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6
3  Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4  Bahrain 3 0 0 3 0 9 –9 0
Uzbekistan 0–2 Japan University XI
Report Ota 44'
Horinouchi 87'
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: S. Saleerajan (Malaysia)
Uzbekistan 5–0 Bahrain
Bahadir Annamotov 15', 66'
Aleksei Zhdanov 26' (pen.)
Oybek Usmankhodjaev 53', 90'		 Report
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
Chile 1–0 Japan University XI
Tapia 34' Report
Chile 2–0 Bahrain
Tapia 29'
Martel 80'		 Report
Referee: P. K. Bose (India)

The match was originally scheduled for 10 January, but was later postponed as the Chilean team had trouble with its equipment, which was kept at Johannesburg at the day of the match.[4]

Chile 2–0 Uzbekistan
Villaseca 41'
Meléndez 86'		 Report
Referee: S. Saleerajan (Malaysia)
Bahrain 0–2 Japan University XI
Report Ota 39'
Hideki Sekine 79'
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 January – Kochi
 
 
 Uruguay B2
 
22 January – Kolkata
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (golden goal)3
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1
 
20 January – Kolkata
 
 Chile0
 
 Chile2
 
25 January – Kolkata
 
 Iceland0
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina0
 
20 January – Goa
 
 FR Yugoslavia2
 
 FR Yugoslavia2
 
23 January – Kolkata
 
 Romania XI0
 
 FR Yugoslavia1
 
21 January – Kolkata
 
 Japan University XI0
 
 Jordan0
 
 
 Japan University XI4
 

Quarter-finals

Uruguay B 2–3 (a.e.t.) Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pereira 12'
Juan Segales 59'		 Report Kavazović 40'
Muharemović 83'
Bešlija gold-colored soccer ball 97'
FR Yugoslavia 2–0 Romania
Ilić 30'
Bogdanović 45'		 Report
Referee: Balu Sundarraj (India)
Chile 2–0 Iceland
González 37', 50' Report
Referee: Hassan Marshoud (Jordan)
Jordan 0–4 Japan University XI
Report Fujita 31'
Ota 54'
Yoshimura 58'
Hideki Sekine 67'
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)

Semi-finals

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 Chile
Muharemović 75' Report
Referee: Rungkly Mangkol (Thailand)
FR Yugoslavia 1–0 Japan University XI
Duljaj 5' Report
Referee: S. Salerajan (Malaysia)

Final

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 FR Yugoslavia
Report Duljaj 6'
Bogdanović 45'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Rungkly Mangkol (Thailand)

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Yugoslavia romp to glory". telegraphindia.com. 25 January 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Mirna Bosna" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 25 January 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Millennium Super Soccer Cup - India 2001".
  4. ^ Retamal, Rodrigo (16 January 2017). "La inolvidable desventura chilena de la Copa Millenium" [The unforgettable misadventures of Chile at the Millennium Cup]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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