2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

2001 FIFA World Youth Championship was held in Argentina from 17 June to 8 July.

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 Iran Iraq Japan
CAF (Africa)	2001 African Youth Championship	Angola1 Egypt Ethiopia1 Ghana
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	2001 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Canada Costa Rica Jamaica1 United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	Host nation	Argentina
	2001 South American Youth Championship	Brazil Chile Ecuador1 Paraguay
OFC (Oceania)	2001 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	2000 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship	Czech Republic2 Finland1 France Germany Netherlands Ukraine1

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

Results

Group stage

Group A

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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

Group E

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

Group F

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

Knockout stage

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Argentina	2
	China	1
					Argentina	3
					France	1
	France	3
	Germany	2
									Argentina	5
									Paraguay	0
	Paraguay	2
	Ukraine	1
					Paraguay	1
					Czech Republic	0
	Czech Republic	2
	Costa Rica	1
													Argentina	3
													Ghana	0
	Ghana	1
	Ecuador	0
					Ghana	2
					Brazil	1
	Brazil	4
	Australia	0
									Ghana	2
									Egypt	0			Third place
	Egypt	2
	United States	0
					Egypt	2							Egypt	1
					Netherlands	1							Paraguay	0
	Netherlands	2
	Angola	0