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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

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, Córdoba

Córdoba, Argentina

Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...

, Mendoza

Mendoza, Argentina

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, Rosario

Rosario

Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....

, Salta

Salta

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, and Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...

. The Golden Boot was won by Javier Saviola

Javier Saviola

Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a striker....

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) Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...	AFC Youth Championship 2000 AFC Youth Championship 2000 The 2000 AFC Youth Championship was held between November 12 and 26 in Iran. It was won by Iraq 2-1 over Japan.-Participants: Iran The teams that reached the semi-final qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina....
CAF (Africa) Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...	2001 African Youth Championship
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...	2001 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament 2001 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament The 2001 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament was played from 28 February to 22 Match 2001, the competition was divided into two groups of 4 teams, the top two from each group qualified to the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Argentina.-Qualified teams:...
CONMEBOL (South America) CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...	2001 South American Youth Championship
OFC (Oceania) Oceania Football Confederation The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...	2001 OFC U-20 Championship 2001 OFC U-20 Championship The 2001 OFC U-20 Championship was the thirteenth contested. It was won by Australia who qualified for the 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup after defeating New Zealand 4-3 on aggregate.-Group A:The 2001 OFC U-20 Championship was the thirteenth contested...
UEFA (Europe) UEFA The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....	2000 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
Host nation

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.

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

12
Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	3	3	0	0	14	2
4	3	1	1	1	3	8	−5
3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
1	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5

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Group B

9
Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
9	3	3	0	10	1
6	3	2	1	7	3
3	3	1	2	5	9	−4
0	3	0	3	0	9	−9

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Group C

2
Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	3	1	2	0	5	3
4	3	1	1	1	5	3
4	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
3	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4

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Group D

1
Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	3	1	2	0	3	2
4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
4	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
3	3	1	0	2	4	4	0

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Group E

5
Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	3	3	0	0	7	2
4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
4	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1
0	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4

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Group F

2
Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
7	3	2	1	0	3	1
5	3	1	2	0	7	2
4	3	1	1	1	5	4
0	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8

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Ranking of third-placed teams

1
Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	3	1	1	1	5	4
4	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
4	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1
4	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
3	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2
3	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4

Knockout Round

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

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Final

Goalscorers

11 goals Javier Saviola

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6 goals Adriano

Adriano Leite Ribeiro

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Djibril Cissé

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5 goals Robert

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Benjamin Auer

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4 goals
Maxi Rodríguez Winston Parks

Winston Parks

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Mohamed El Yamani

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3 goals
Esteban Herrera

Esteban José Herrera

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Oleksiy Byelik

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2 goals Fabricio Coloccini

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Leandro Romagnoli

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Greg Owens

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Qu Bo

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Erick Scott

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Tomáš Jun

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Petr Musil Wael Riad

Wael Riad

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Solomon Andargachw Hervé Bugnet

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Philippe Mexès

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Christoph Preuß

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Derek Boateng

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John Mensah

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Emad Mohammed

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Koji Yamase

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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Julio González

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1 goal Mantorras Mendonça

António Mendonça

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Rascas Diego Colotto

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Alejandro Domínguez

Alejandro Damián Domínguez

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Eduardo Costa Fernando

Fernando Menegazzo

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Kaká

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Pinga Mario Berrios

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Sebastián Pardo

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Jaime Valdés

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Carlos Hernández Christian Montero Michal Macek

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Roberto Miña

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Jorge Vargas

Jorge Alberto Vargas

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Hussein Amin Gamal Hamza

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Abay Yordanos Bekele Zewdu Daniel Sjölund

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Mika Väyrynen Bernard Mendy

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Thorsten Burkhardt

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Michael Essien

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Abass Inusah

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Ammar Hanoosh Salah Al-Deen Siamand

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Fabian Dawkins

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Koji Morisaki Yutaka Tahara Jurgen Colin

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Santi Kolk

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Rahamat Mustapha

1 goal (cont.) Rafael van der Vaart

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Walter Fretes

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Felipe Giménez Tomás Guzmán

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Santiago Salcedo

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Denis Stoyan Ruslan Valeyev

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Brad Davis

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Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	FIFA Fair Play Award
Javier Saviola Javier Saviola Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a striker....	Javier Saviola Javier Saviola Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, as a striker....

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