2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship

 

2003 FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA U-17 World Championship Finland 2003
Tournament details
Host nation	Finland
Dates	August 13 - August 30
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venues	4 (in 4 host cities)
Champions	Brazil (3 titles)
Tournament statistics
Matches	32
Goals scored	117  (3.66 per match)
Attendance	( per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cesc Fabregas
Best player	Cesc Fabregas

The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2003 was held in the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, Lahti, and Turku in Finland between 13 August and 30 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 1986 could participate in this tournament.

Teams

Korea Republic	1st, 2nd & 3rd Place winners of AFC U-17 Championship 2002
Yemen
China PR
Cameroon	1st, 2nd & 3rd Place winners of African U-17 Championship 2003
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
USA	Group A & B winners and Playoff Series winner of CONCACAF U-17 Junior Tournament 2003 Final Round
Costa Rica
Mexico
Argentina	1st, 2nd & 3rd Place winners of Sudamericano Sub-17 2003
Brazil
Colombia
Australia	winner of OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament 2003
Portugal	1st & 2nd Place winners of UEFA U-17 Championship 2003
Spain
Finland	host nation

Matches

Group A

Teams	GP	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

13 August	Finland	2 - 1 ( 1 - 1 )	China PR	Helsinki
	Mexico	0 - 0 ( 0 - 0 )	Colombia	Helsinki
16 August	China PR	1 - 2 ( 0 - 0 )	Colombia	Helsinki
	Finland	0 - 2 ( 0 - 1 )	Mexico	Helsinki
19 August	China PR	3 - 3 ( 1 - 0 )	Mexico	Helsinki
	Colombia	9 - 1 ( 3 - 1 )	Finland	Helsinki

Group B

Teams	GP	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: 2nd place was determined by drawing lot

13 August	Argentina	2 - 0 ( 1 - 0 )	Australia	Turku
	Costa Rica	1 - 1 ( 0 - 1 )	Nigeria	Turku
16 August	Australia	1 - 2 ( 1 - 0 )	Nigeria	Turku
	Argentina	2 - 0 ( 0 - 0 )	Costa Rica	Turku
19 August	Nigeria	0 - 1 ( 0 - 0 )	Argentina	Turku
	Australia	0 - 2 ( 0 - 0 )	Costa Rica	Turku

Group C

Teams	GP	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

14 August	Yemen	3 - 4 ( 2 - 0 )	Portugal	Tampere
	Cameroon	1 - 1 ( 1 - 1 )	Brazil	Tampere
17 August	Portugal	0 - 5 ( 0 - 1 )	Brazil	Tampere
	Yemen	1 - 1 ( 0 - 0 )	Cameroon	Tampere
20 August	Brazil	3 - 0 ( 2 - 0 )	Yemen	Tampere
	Portugal	5 - 5 ( 4 - 0 )	Cameroon	Tampere

Group D

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	8	5	3	7
USA	3	2	0	1	8	4	4	6
Korea Republic	3	1	0	2	6	11	-5	3
Sierra Leone	3	0	1	2	6	8	-2	1

14 August	Korea Republic	1 - 6 ( 1 - 2 )	USA	Lahti
	Spain	3 - 3 ( 2 - 2 )	Sierra Leone	Lahti
17 August	USA	2 - 1 ( 1 - 1 )	Sierra Leone	Lahti
	Korea Republic	2 - 3 ( 1 - 0 )	Spain	Lahti
20 August	Sierra Leone	2 - 3 ( 1 - 1 )	Korea Republic	Lahti
	USA	0 - 2 ( 0 - 1 )	Spain	Lahti

Bracket

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	August 23 - Helsinki
	Colombia	2
					August 27 - Tampere
	Costa Rica	0
					Colombia	0
	August 24 - Turku
					Brazil	2
	Brazil	3
									August 30 - Helsinki
	USA	0
									Brazil	1
	August 23 - Lahti
									Spain	0
	Argentina	2
					August 27 - Helsinki
	Mexico	0
					Argentina	2			Third place
	August 24 - Tampere
					Spain	3
	Spain	5							Colombia	1 (4)
	Portugal	2							Argentina	1 (5)
									August 30 - Helsinki

Quarterfinals

23 August	Colombia	2 - 0 ( 2 - 0 )	Costa Rica	Helsinki
	Argentina	2 - 0 ( 2 - 0 )	Mexico	Lahti
24 August	Brazil	3 - 0 ( 1 - 0 )	USA	Turku
	Spain	5 - 2 ( 2 - 1 )	Portugal	Tampere

Semifinals

27 August	Colombia	0 - 2 ( 0 - 1 )	Brazil	Tampere
	Argentina	2 - 3 AET ( 2 - 2 , 2 - 0 )	Spain	Helsinki

Playoff for 3rd place

30 August	Colombia	1 - 1 ( 1 - 0 ) PSO 4 - 5	Argentina	Helsinki

Final

30 August	Brazil	1 - 0 ( 1 - 0 )	Spain	Helsinki

Result

2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship Winners
Brazil Third title

Goalscorers

5 goals Cesc Fabregas Carlos Hidalgo Manuel Curto 4 goals Evandro Freddy Adu Abuda 3 goals Hernan Peirone Jurado Silva Jiang Chen Gustavo Adrian Ramos 2 goals Joseph Mawaye Obi Metzger Vieira Xisco Harrison Otalvaro Yang Dong-Hyen Ederson Ezequiel Garay Serge Ngal Wang Yongpo Ezekiel Bala Samuel Barlay Tomi Petrescu Leonardo Fredy Guarin

1 goal Leo Sisi Joel Nguemo Bruno Gama Jamie Watson Han Dong-Won Jarno Parikka Lee Yong-Rae Dwight Owens Julio Ceja Yosimar Arias Neri Cardozo Ariel Colzera Thyago Dez Giraldi Etoundi Mbia Juan Gilberto Nunez Alonso Salazar Sami Juaim Sebastian Hernandez Lucas Biglia Marcio Sousa Oscar Herrera Abdulelah Sharyan Guillermo Gonzalez Steven Curfman

1 goal (cont.) Yaser Al Badani John Mikel Alimamay Sesay Rafael Murguia Gerardo Flores Manuel Mariaca Pablo Rodriguez Diego Lagos Alejandro Faurlin Arouca Sanchez

External links

• FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship Finland 2003

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