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2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship


FieldValue
tourney_nameFIFA U-17 World Cup
year2003
other_titlesJalkapallon alle 17-vuotiaiden maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 2003
U17-världsmästerskapet i fotboll 2003
image2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.png
size120px
countryFinland
dates13–30 August
num_teams16
confederations6
venues4
cities4
champion_other
count3
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches32
goals117
attendance183616
top_scorerCOL Carlos Hidalgo
POR Manuel Curto
ESP Cesc Fàbregas
(5 goals each)
playerESP Cesc Fàbregas
fair_play
prevseason[2001](2001-fifa-u-17-world-championship)
nextseason[2005](2005-fifa-u-17-world-championship)

U17-världsmästerskapet i fotboll 2003 POR Manuel Curto ESP Cesc Fàbregas (5 goals each) The 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, was the tenth edition of FIFA U-17 World Championship. It was held in the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, Lahti and Turku in Finland from 13 to 30 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 1986 could participate in this tournament. Some controversy followed the tournament after a number of players from the Sierra Leone squad defected to Finland.

Teams

ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)[2002 AFC U-17 Championship](2002-afc-u-17-championship)
CAF (Africa)[2003 African U-17 Championship](2003-african-u-17-championship)
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean)[2003 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament](2003-concacaf-u-17-tournament)
CONMEBOL (South America)[2003 South American U-17 Championship](2003-south-american-u-17-championship)
OFC (Oceania)[2003 OFC U-17 Championship](2003-ofc-u-17-championship)
UEFA (Europe)Host nation
[2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship](2003-uefa-european-under-17-championship)

:1.Teams that made their debut.

Venues

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

**Helsinki****Turku****Tampere****Lahti**
Finnair StadiumVeritas StadionTampere StadiumLahti Stadium
[[File:Finnair Stadium Helsinki.JPG150px]][[File:TPS vs. FC Inter.jpg150px]][[File:Tampere stadium1.jpg150px]][[File:Lahti-stadion.jpg150px]]
Töölö StadiumTurku StadiumRatina 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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
3210112+9**7**
312053+2**5**
3102312–9**3**
301257–2**1**

Petrescu


Hernández

Herrera

Jiang Chen Mariaca
Murguía

Ramos
Guarín
Núñez

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
330050+5**9**
3111330**4**
3111330**4**
300316–5**0**

Note: Second place was determined by drawing of lots

Cólzera


Bala



Salazar

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
321091+8**7**
3111913–4**4**
3030770**3**
301248–4**1**

Sharyan
Sousa Curto
M. Fernandes
Al-Safi


Abuda
Ederson
Evandro
Thyago


Arouca

Curto
Gama N'Gal
N'Guémo
Mbia

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
321085+3**7**
320184+4**6**
3102611–5**3**
301268–2**1**

Owens
Watson
Curfman

Sisi
Nadal Ruz

Adu

Sánchez

Yang Dong-hyun
Lee Yong-rae

Fàbregas

Knockout stage

Bracket

|23 August – Helsinki||2||0 |24 August – Turku||3||0 |23 August – Lahti||2||0 |24 August – Tampere||5||2 |27 August – Tampere||0||2 |27 August – Helsinki||2|** (a.e.t.)**|3 |30 August – Helsinki||1||0 |30 August – Helsinki||1 (4)|** **|1 (5)

Quarter-finals


Peirone

Ederson
Evandro

Fàbregas
Nadal
Jurado Vieirinha

Semi-finals


Garay Jurado

Playoff for third place

Otalvaro
Guarín
Núñez
Movil
Vargas Formica Faurlín Cólzera Díaz Hassell

Final

Goalscorers

  • ESP Cesc Fàbregas

  • COL Carlos Hidalgo

  • POR Manuel Curto

  • BRA Abuda

  • BRA Evandro

  • USA Freddy Adu

  • ARG Hernán Peirone

  • CHN Jiang Chen

  • COL Adrián Ramos

  • ESP José Manuel Jurado

  • ESP David Silva

  • ARG Ezequiel Garay

  • BRA Ederson

  • BRA Leonardo

  • CMR Joseph Mawaye

  • CMR Serge N'Gal

  • CHN Wang Yongpo

  • COL Fredy Guarín

  • COL Harrison Otalvaro

  • FIN Tomi Petrescu

  • NGA Ezekiel Bala

  • POR Vieirinha

  • SLE Samuel Barlay

  • SLE Obi Metzger

  • KOR Yang Dong-Hyun

  • ESP Xisco Nadal

  • ARG Lucas Biglia

  • ARG Neri Cardozo

  • ARG Ariel Cólzera

  • ARG Alejandro Faurlín

  • ARG Diego Lagos

  • AUS Dez Giraldi

  • BRA Arouca

  • BRA Léo Matos

  • BRA Thyago

  • CMR Stéphane Mbia

  • CMR Landry N'Guémo

  • COL Sebastián Hernández

  • COL Juan Gilberto Núñez

  • CRC Yosimar Arias

  • CRC Pablo Rodríguez

  • CRC Alonso Salazar

  • FIN Jarno Parikka

  • MEX Julio Ceja

  • MEX Gerardo Flores Zúñiga

  • MEX Oscar Herrera

  • MEX Manuel Mariaca

  • MEX Rafael Murguía

  • NGA Mikel John Obi

  • POR Bruno Gama

  • POR Manuel Fernandes

  • POR Márcio Sousa

  • SLE Alimamy Sesay

  • KOR Han Dong-won

  • KOR Lee Yong-rae

  • ESP David Rodríguez

  • ESP Sergio Sánchez

  • ESP Sisi

  • USA Steven Curfman

  • USA Guillermo González

  • USA Dwight Owens

  • USA Jamie Watson

  • YEM Yasser Al-Badani

  • YEM Sami Juaim

  • YEM Abdulelah Sharyan

  • POR Márcio Sousa (against Yemen)

  • POR Tiago Costa (against Cameroon)

  • ESP Ruz (against Sierra Leone)

  • ESP Sergio Sánchez (against South Korea)

  • USA Dwight Owens (against South Korea)

  • YEM Abdullah Al-Safi (against Portugal)

Final ranking

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
16510151+14**16**
264111610+6**13**
36411104+6**13**
46321145+9**11**
**Eliminated in the quarter-finals**
5420287+1**6**
64121550**5**
7411235–2**4**
841121118–7**4**
**Eliminated at the group stage**
93111330**4**
103030770**3**
113102611–5**3**
123102312–9**3**
13301268–2**1**
14301257–2**1**
15301248–4**1**
16300316–5**0**

References

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071013161147/http://es.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=102/edition=6946/index.html UEFA World Cup U-17, at ''Uefa.com'']
  2. (22 August 2003). "Sierra Leone players disappear". [[BBC Sport]].
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