2003 FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Championship Finland 2003
Tournament details
Teams	16 (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 played	32
Goals scored	117 (3.66 per match)
Attendance	183,616 (5,738 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cesc Fàbregas
Best player	Vieirinha

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.

[edit] Teams

Korea Republic	1st, 2nd & 3rd Place winners of AFC U-17 Championship 2002
Yemen
China PR
Cameroon	1st, 2nd & 3rd Place winners of 2003 African U-17 Championship
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
United States	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

[edit] Matches

All times local (EEST/UTC+3)

[edit] 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

13 August 2003 17:30	Finland	2 – 1	China PR	Finnair Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 8,344 Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)
	Parikka  6' Petrescu  64'	Report	Jiang  4'

13 August 2003 20:00	Mexico	0 – 0	Colombia	Finnair Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
		Report

16 August 2003 15:00	China PR	1 – 2	Colombia	Finnair Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Wang  67'	Report	Guarin  73' (pen.) Hernandez  80'

16 August 2003 17:30	Finland	0 – 2	Mexico	Finnair Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 10,176 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
		Report	Ceja  39' Herrera  51'

19 August 2003 17:30	China PR	3 – 3	Mexico	Finnair Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
	Wang  35' Jiang  61'  81'	Report	Flores  51' Mariaca  73' Murguia  78'

19 August 2003 20:00	Colombia	9 – 1	Finland	Finnair Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Gabriel Brazenas (Argentina)
	Hidalgo  16'  32' (pen.)  50'  61' Ramos  36'  68'  71' Guarin  63' Núñez  74'	Report	Petrescu  41'

[edit] 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: 2nd place was determined by drawing lot

13 August 2003 17:30	Argentina	2 – 0	Australia	Veritas Stadion, Turku Attendance: 4,124 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
	Garay  6' Colzera  69'	Report

13 August 2003 20:00	Costa Rica	1 – 1	Nigeria	Veritas Stadion, Turku Attendance: 4,292 Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
	Arias  83'	Report	Bala  9'

16 August 2003 15:00	Australia	1 – 2	Nigeria	Veritas Stadion, Turku Attendance: 5,502 Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)
	Giraldi  2'	Report	Mikel  73' Bala  84'

16 August 2003 17:30	Argentina	2 – 0	Costa Rica	Veritas Stadion, Turku Attendance: 5,462 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
	Peirone  84'  90'	Report

19 August 2003 17:30	Nigeria	0 – 1	Argentina	Veritas Stadion, Turku Attendance: 6,104 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)
		Report	Faurlin  59'

19 August 2003 20:00	Australia	0 – 2	Costa Rica	Veritas Stadion, Turku Attendance: 5,424 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
		Report	Rodriguez  62' (pen.) Salazar  75'

[edit] 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

14 August 2003 17:30	Yemen	3 – 4	Portugal	Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Al Badani  31' Sharyan  45+2' Marcio Sousa  77' (o.g.)	Report	Marcio Sousa  56' Manuel Curto  68' Manuel Fernandes  80' Al Safi  82' (o.g.)

14 August 2003 20:00	Cameroon	1 – 1	Brazil	Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 8,250 Referee: Marco Rodriguez (Mexico)
	Joseph Mawaye  5'	Report	Abuda  38'

17 August 2003 15:00	Portugal	0 – 5	Brazil	Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 10,190 Referee: Gabriel Brazenas (Argentina)
		Report	Leo  20' Abuda  52' Ederson  68' (pen.) Evandro  77' Thyago  86'

17 August 2003 17:30	Yemen	1 – 1	Cameroon	Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 6,855 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	Juaim  90+2'	Report	Mawaye  74'

20 August 2003 17:30	Brazil	3 – 0	Yemen	Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 5,896 Referee: Marco Rodriguez (Mexico)
	Evandro  28'  32' Arouca  86'	Report

20 August 2003 20:00	Portugal	5 – 5	Cameroon	Ratina Stadion, Tampere Attendance: 4,723 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
	Vieira  21' Manuel Curto  36'  43'  44' Bruno Gama  52'	Report	Tiago Costa  70' (o.g.) N'Gal  74'  76' Nguemo  88' Mbia  90+4'

[edit] 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
Korea Republic	3	1	0	2	6	11	-5	3
Sierra Leone	3	0	1	2	6	8	-2	1

14 August 2003 17:30	Korea Republic	1 – 6	United States	Lahden Stadion, Lahti Attendance: 3,240 Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
	Owens  11' (o.g.)	Report	Adu  16'  89'  90+2' (pen.) Owens  26' Watson  54' Curfman  75'

14 August 2003 20:00	Spain	3 – 3	Sierra Leone	Lahden Stadion, Lahti Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
	David  8' Sisi  15' Xisco  90+6'	Report	Barlay  34'  73' Ruz  36' (o.g.)

17 August 2003 15:00	United States	2 – 1	Sierra Leone	Lahden Stadion, Lahti Attendance: 4,950 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Gonzalez  45' (pen.) Adu  89'	Report	Sesay  32'

17 August 2003 17:30	Korea Republic	2 – 3	Spain	Lahden Stadion, Lahti Attendance: 3,470 Referee: Marco Rodriguez (Mexico)
	Yang Dong-Hyen  45' Sánchez  59' (o.g.)	Report	David Silva  65'  73'  76'

20 August 2003 17:30	Sierra Leone	2 – 3	Korea Republic	Lahden Stadion, Lahti Attendance: 2,475 Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
	Metzger  36'  51'	Report	Han Dong-Won  28' Yang Dong-Hyen  74' Lee Yong-Rae  78'

20 August 2003 20:00	United States	0 – 2	Spain	Lahden Stadion, Lahti Attendance: 3,825 Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)
		Report	Jurado  11' Cesc Fabregas  70'

[edit] Bracket