The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between 17 June and 8 July 2001. The 2001 championship was the 13th contested. The tournament took part in six cities, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, and Mar del Plata. The Golden Boot was won by Javier Saviola of Argentina who scored 11 goals. Qualification The following 24 teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. Argentina qualified automatically as host. 1.Teams that made their debut. 2.Czech Republic made their debut as independent nation. They were chosen as the descendant of the now-defunct Czechoslovakia, which qualified in 1983 and 1989 tournaments. Venues Mascot The Official Mascot of the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship is a Rhea named Ñandy, he was created by an Argentina Illustrator Conrado Giusti Sponsorship FIFA partners Adidas Fujifilm JVC Avaya Coca-Cola Budweiser McDonald's Toshiba Hyundai MasterCard National supporters FIFA.com FIFA Fair Play Argentinian local partners Movicom TCC Squads Group stage All times in Argentina Standard Time: (UTC−03:00) Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Ranking of third-placed teams Knockout stage Bracket Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Third place play-off Final Result Goalscorers 11 goals Javier Saviola 6 goals Adriano Djibril Cissé 5 goals Robert Benjamin Auer 4 goals Maxi Rodríguez Winston Parks Mohamed El Yamani 3 goals Esteban Herrera Oleksiy Byelik 2 goals Fabricio Coloccini Andrés D'Alessandro Leandro Romagnoli Greg Owens Qu Bo Erick Scott Tomáš Jun Petr Musil Wael Riad Solomon Andargachew Hervé Bugnet Philippe Mexès Christoph Preuß Derek Boateng John Mensah Emad Mohammed Koji Yamase Youssouf Hersi Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Julio González DaMarcus Beasley 1 goal Mantorras Mendonça Rasca Diego Colotto Alejandro Domínguez Eduardo Costa Fernando Kaká Pinga Mario Berrios Rodrigo Millar Sebastián Pardo Jaime Valdés Carlos Hernández Christian Montero Michal Macek Jorge Guagua Roberto Miña Jorge Vargas Hussein Amin Gamal Hamza Abay Yordanos Bekele Zewdu Daniel Sjölund Mika Väyrynen Bernard Mendy Thorsten Burkhardt Ibrahim Abdul Razak Michael Essien Abass Inusah Ammar Hanoosh Salah Al-Deen Siamand Fabian Dawkins Koji Morisaki Yutaka Tahara Jurgen Colin Santi Kolk Rahamat Mustapha Rafael van der Vaart Pedro Benítez José Devaca Walter Fretes Felipe Giménez Tomás Guzmán Santiago Salcedo Denis Stoyan Ruslan Valeyev Kenny Arena Edson Buddle Brad Davis Awards Final ranking External links FIFA World Youth Championship Argentina 2001 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 2001 FIFA Technical Report Fifa World Youth Championship, 2001 FIFA FIFA World Youth Championship