2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship

2003 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Jalkapallon alle 17-vuotiaiden maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 2003
U17-världsmästerskapet i fotboll 2003
Tournament details
Host countryFinland
Dates13–30 August
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Argentina
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored117 (3.66 per match)
Attendance183,616 (5,738 per match)
Top scorer(s)Colombia Carlos Hidalgo
Portugal Manuel Curto
Spain Cesc Fàbregas
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Spain Cesc Fàbregas[1]
Fair play award Costa Rica
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The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2003 was a tournament. It was the tenth version of the tournament. It was in the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, Lahti, and Turku in Finland. The tournaments were between 13 August and 30 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 1986 could join this tournament.

Teams

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2002 AFC U-17 Championship  South Korea
 Yemen
 China PR
CAF (Africa) 2003 African U-17 Championship  Cameroon
 Sierra Leone
 Nigeria
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		2003 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament  United States
 Costa Rica
 Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America) 2003 South American U-17 Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Colombia
OFC (Oceania) 2003 OFC U-17 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) Host nation  Finland
2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship  Portugal
 Spain

Venues

The tournament was played in four cities in Finland: Helsinki, Turku, Tampere and Lahti.

Helsinki
Turku
Tampere
Lahti
 Helsinki Turku Tampere Lahti
Finnair Stadium Veritas Stadion Tampere Stadium Lahti Stadium
Töölö Stadium Turku Stadium Ratina Stadium (Tampere Stadium) Lahti Stadium

Squads

For a list of the squads see 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

Group stage

All times are local (EEST/UTC+3)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Colombia 3 2 1 0 11 2 +9 7
 Mexico 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
 Finland 3 1 0 2 3 12 –9 3
 China PR 3 0 1 2 5 7 –2 1
Finland 2–1 China PR
Parikka Goal 6'
Petrescu Goal 64'		 Report[dead link] Jiang Chen Goal 4'
Töölö Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,344
Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)
Mexico 0–0 Colombia
Report[dead link]
Töölö Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
China PR 1–2 Colombia
Wang Yongpo Goal 67' Report[dead link] Guarín Goal 73' (pen.)
Hernández Goal 80'
Töölö Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad and Tobago)
Finland 0–2 Mexico
Report[dead link] Ceja Goal 39'
Herrera Goal 51'
Töölö Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 10,176
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
China PR 3–3 Mexico
Wang Yongpo Goal 35'
Jiang Chen Goal 61', 81'		 Report[dead link] Flores Goal 51'
Mariaca Goal 73'
Murguía Goal 78'
Töölö Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Colombia 9–1 Finland
Hidalgo Goal 16', 32' (pen.), 50', 61'
Ramos Goal 36', 68', 71'
Guarín Goal 63'
Núñez Goal 74'		 Report Petrescu Goal 41'
Töölö Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Gabriel Brazenas (Argentina)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
 Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Nigeria 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Australia 3 0 0 3 1 6 –5 0

Note: Second place was determined by drawing of lots

Argentina 2–0 Australia
Garay Goal 6'
Cólzera Goal 69'		 Report
Turku Stadium, Turku
Attendance: 4,124
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
Costa Rica 1–1 Nigeria
Arias Goal 83' Report[dead link] Bala Goal 9'
Turku Stadium, Turku
Attendance: 4,292
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
Australia 1–2 Nigeria
Giraldi Goal 2' Report[dead link] Mikel Goal 73'
Bala Goal 84'
Turku Stadium, Turku
Attendance: 5,502
Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)
Argentina 2–0 Costa Rica
Peirone Goal 84', 90' Report
Turku Stadium, Turku
Attendance: 5,462
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Nigeria 0–1 Argentina
Report Faurlín Goal 59'
Turku Stadium, Turku
Attendance: 6,104
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Australia 0–2 Costa Rica
Report[dead link] Rodríguez Goal 62' (pen.)
Salazar Goal 75'
Turku Stadium, Turku
Attendance: 5,424
Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7
 Portugal 3 1 1 1 9 13 –4 4
 Cameroon 3 0 3 0 7 7 0 3
 Yemen 3 0 1 2 4 8 –4 1
Yemen 3–4 Portugal
Al-Badani Goal 31'
Sharyan Goal 45+2'
Sousa Goal 77' (o.g.)		 Report[dead link] Sousa Goal 56'
Curto Goal 68'
M. Fernandes Goal 80'
Al-Safi Goal 82' (o.g.)
Ratina Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Cameroon 1–1 Brazil
Joseph Mawaye Goal 5' Report Abuda Goal 38'
Ratina Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 8,250
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Portugal 0–5 Brazil
Report[dead link] Léo Goal 20'
Abuda Goal 52'
Ederson Goal 68' (pen.)
Evandro Goal 77'
Thyago Goal 86'
Ratina Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 10,190
Referee: Gabriel Brazenas (Argentina)
Yemen 1–1 Cameroon
Juaim Goal 90+2' Report[dead link] Mawaye Goal 74'
Ratina Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 6,855
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Brazil 3–0 Yemen
Evandro Goal 28', 32'
Arouca Goal 86'		 Report[dead link]
Ratina Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 5,896
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Portugal 5–5 Cameroon
Vieirinha Goal 21'
Curto Goal 36', 43', 44'
Gama Goal 52'		 Report T. Costa Goal 70' (o.g.)
N'Gal Goal 74', 76'
N'Guémo Goal 88'
Mbia Goal 90+4'
Ratina Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 4,723
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7
 United States 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 6 11 –5 3
 Sierra Leone 3 0 1 2 6 8 –2 1
South Korea 1–6 United States
Owens Goal 11' (o.g.) Report[dead link] Adu Goal 16', 89', 90+2' (pen.)
Owens Goal 26'
Watson Goal 54'
Curfman Goal 75'
Lahti Stadium, Lahti
Attendance: 3,240
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Spain 3–3 Sierra Leone
Rodríguez Goal 8'
Sisi Goal 15'
Nadal Goal 90+6'		 Report[dead link] Barlay Goal 34', 73'
Ruz Goal 36' (o.g.)
Lahti Stadium, Lahti
Attendance: 3,150
Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
United States 2–1 Sierra Leone
González Goal 45' (pen.)
Adu Goal 89'		 Report[dead link] Sesay Goal 32'
Lahti Stadium, Lahti
Attendance: 4,950
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
South Korea 2–3 Spain
Yang Dong-hyun Goal 45'
Sánchez Goal 59' (o.g.)		 Report[dead link] Silva Goal 65', 73', 76'
Lahti Stadium, Lahti
Attendance: 3,470
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Sierra Leone 2–3 South Korea
Metzger Goal 36', 51' Report Han Dong-won Goal 28'
Yang Dong-hyun Goal 74'
Lee Yong-rae Goal 78'
Lahti Stadium, Lahti
Attendance: 2,475
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
United States 0–2 Spain
Report[dead link] Jurado Goal 11'
Fàbregas Goal 70'
Lahti Stadium, Lahti
Attendance: 3,825
Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
23 August – Helsinki
 
 
 Colombia2
 
27 August – Tampere
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 Colombia0
 
24 August – Turku
 
 Brazil2
 
 Brazil3
 
30 August – Helsinki
 
 United States0
 
 Brazil1
 
23 August – Lahti
 
 Spain0
 
 Argentina2
 
27 August – Helsinki
 
 Mexico0
 
 Argentina2
 
24 August – Tampere
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)3 Third place
 
 Spain5
 
30 August – Helsinki
 
 Portugal2
 
 Colombia1 (4)
 
 
 Argentina (p)1 (5)
 

Quarter-finals

Colombia 2–0 Costa Rica
Otalvaro Goal 25', 43' Report[dead link]
Töölö Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,340
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Argentina 2–0 Mexico
Cardozo Goal 34'
Peirone Goal 45'		 Report
Lahti Stadium, Lahti
Attendance: 5,030
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
Brazil 3–0 United States
Leonardo Goal 18'
Ederson Goal 61'
Evandro Goal 64'		 Report
Turku Stadium, Turku
Attendance: 6,150
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
Spain 5–2 Portugal
Sánchez Goal 28'
Fàbregas Goal 42', 78'
Nadal Goal 50'
Jurado Goal 90+4' (pen.)		 Report[dead link] Curto Goal 3'
Vieirinha Goal 87'
Ratina Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 5,387
Referee: Gabriel Brazenas (Argentina)

Semi-finals

Colombia 0–2 Brazil
Report[dead link] Abuda Goal 16', 72'
Ratina Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 7,675
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Argentina 2–3 (a.e.t.) Spain
Biglia Goal 11'
Garay Goal 31'		 Report[dead link] Fàbregas Goal 48', 119'
Jurado Goal 53'
Töölö Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,030
Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Playoff for third place

Colombia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Argentina
Hidalgo Goal 53' (pen.) Report Lagos Goal 4'
Penalties
Hidalgo Penalty scored
Otalvaro Penalty scored
Guarín Penalty scored
Núñez Penalty missed
Movil Penalty scored
Vargas Penalty missed		 4–5 Penalty scored Garay
Penalty scored Formica
Penalty missed Faurlín
Penalty scored Cólzera
Penalty scored Díaz
Penalty scored Hassell
Töölö Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Final

Brazil 1–0 Spain
Leonardo Goal 7' Report
Töölö Stadium, Helsinki
Attendance: 10,452
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)


 2003 FIFA Under-17 World Champions 

Brazil
Third title

Goalscorers

There were 117 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 3.66 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

  • Argentina Ezequiel Garay
  • Brazil Ederson
  • Brazil Leonardo
  • Cameroon Joseph Mawaye
  • Cameroon Serge N'Gal
  • China Wang Yongpo
  • Colombia Fredy Guarín
  • Colombia Harrison Otalvaro
  • Finland Tomi Petrescu
  • Nigeria Ezekiel Bala
  • Portugal Vieirinha
  • Sierra Leone Samuel Barlay
  • Sierra Leone Obi Metzger
  • South Korea Yang Dong-Hyun
  • Spain Xisco Nadal

1 goal

  • Argentina Lucas Biglia
  • Argentina Neri Cardozo
  • Argentina Ariel Cólzera
  • Argentina Alejandro Faurlín
  • Argentina Diego Lagos
  • Australia Dez Giraldi
  • Brazil Arouca
  • Brazil Léo Matos
  • Brazil Thyago
  • Cameroon Stéphane Mbia
  • Cameroon Landry N'Guémo
  • Colombia Sebastián Hernández
  • Colombia Juan Gilberto Núñez
  • Costa Rica Yosimar Arias
  • Costa Rica Pablo Rodríguez
  • Costa Rica Alonso Salazar
  • Finland Jarno Parikka
  • Mexico Julio Ceja
  • Mexico Gerardo Flores Zúñiga
  • Mexico Oscar Herrera
  • Mexico Manuel Mariaca
  • Mexico Rafael Murguía
  • Nigeria Mikel John Obi
  • Portugal Bruno Gama
  • Portugal Manuel Fernandes
  • Portugal Márcio Sousa
  • Sierra Leone Alimamy Sesay
  • South Korea Han Dong-won
  • South Korea Lee Yong-rae
  • Spain David Rodríguez
  • Spain Sergio Sánchez
  • Spain Sisi
  • United States Steven Curfman
  • United States Guillermo González
  • United States Dwight Owens
  • United States Jamie Watson
  • Yemen Yasser Al-Badani
  • Yemen Sami Juaim
  • Yemen Abdulelah Sharyan

1 own goal

  • Portugal Márcio Sousa (against Yemen)
  • Portugal Tiago Costa (against Cameroon)
  • Spain Ruz (against Sierra Leone)
  • Spain Sergio Sánchez (against South Korea)
  • United States Dwight Owens (against South Korea)
  • Yemen Abdullah Al-Safi (against Portugal)

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 6 5 1 0 15 1 +14 16
2  Spain 6 4 1 1 16 10 +6 13
3  Argentina 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13
4  Colombia 6 3 2 1 14 5 +9 11
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  United States 4 2 0 2 8 7 +1 6
6  Mexico 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
7  Costa Rica 4 1 1 2 3 5 –2 4
8  Portugal 4 1 1 2 11 18 –7 4
Eliminated at the group stage
9  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
10  Cameroon 3 0 3 0 7 7 0 3
11  South Korea 3 1 0 2 6 11 –5 3
12  Finland 3 1 0 2 3 12 –9 3
13  Sierra Leone 3 0 1 2 6 8 –2 1
14  China PR 3 0 1 2 5 7 –2 1
15  Yemen 3 0 1 2 4 8 –4 1
16  Australia 3 0 0 3 1 6 –5 0

References

  1. ↑ UEFA World Cup U-17, at Uefa.com

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