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.[2]

Teams

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 2002 AFC U-17 Championship  South Korea
 Yemen1
 China
CAF (Africa) 2003 African U-17 Championship  Cameroon1
 Sierra Leone1
 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  Finland1
2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship  Portugal
 Spain
1.^Teams that made their debut.

Venues

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

2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship (Finland)
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 3210112+97
 Mexico 312053+25
 Finland 3102312–93
 China 301257–21
Finland 2–1 China
Parikka 6'
Petrescu 64'		 Report[dead link] Jiang Chen 4'
Attendance: 8,344
Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)
Mexico 0–0 Colombia
Report[dead link]
Attendance: 3,500
China 1–2 Colombia
Wang Yongpo 67' Report[dead link] Guarín 73' (pen.)
Hernández 80'
Attendance: 4,100
Finland 0–2 Mexico
Report[dead link] Ceja 39'
Herrera 51'
Attendance: 10,176
China 3–3 Mexico
Wang Yongpo 35'
Jiang Chen 61', 81'		 Report[dead link] Flores 51'
Mariaca 73'
Murguía 78'
Attendance: 4,500
Colombia 9–1 Finland
Hidalgo 16', 32' (pen.), 50', 61'
Ramos 36', 68', 71'
Guarín 63'
Núñez 74'		 Report Petrescu 41'
Attendance: 10,200

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 330050+59
 Costa Rica 31113304
 Nigeria 31113304
 Australia 300316–50

Note: Second place was determined by drawing of lots

Argentina 2–0 Australia
Garay 6'
Cólzera 69'		 Report
Attendance: 4,124
Costa Rica 1–1 Nigeria
Arias 83' Report[dead link] Bala 9'
Attendance: 4,292
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
Australia 1–2 Nigeria
Giraldi 2' Report[dead link] Mikel 73'
Bala 84'
Attendance: 5,502
Referee: Heber Lopes (Brazil)
Argentina 2–0 Costa Rica
Peirone 84', 90' Report
Attendance: 5,462
Nigeria 0–1 Argentina
Report Faurlín 59'
Attendance: 6,104
Australia 0–2 Costa Rica
Report[dead link] Rodríguez 62' (pen.)
Salazar 75'
Attendance: 5,424

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 321091+87
 Portugal 3111913–44
 Cameroon 30307703
 Yemen 301248–41
Yemen 3–4 Portugal
Al-Badani 31'
Sharyan 45+2'
Sousa red-colored football 77' (o.g.)		 Report[dead link] Sousa 56'
Curto 68'
M. Fernandes 80'
Al-Safi red-colored football 82' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,400
Cameroon 1–1 Brazil
Joseph Mawaye 5' Report Abuda 38'
Attendance: 8,250
Portugal 0–5 Brazil
Report[dead link] Léo 20'
Abuda 52'
Ederson 68' (pen.)
Evandro 77'
Thyago 86'
Attendance: 10,190
Yemen 1–1 Cameroon
Juaim 90+2' Report[dead link] Mawaye 74'
Attendance: 6,855
Brazil 3–0 Yemen
Evandro 28', 32'
Arouca 86'		 Report[dead link]
Attendance: 5,896
Portugal 5–5 Cameroon
Vieirinha 21'
Curto 36', 43', 44'
Gama 52'		 Report T. Costa red-colored football 70' (o.g.)
N'Gal 74', 76'
N'Guémo 88'
Mbia 90+4'
Attendance: 4,723

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 321085+37
 United States 320184+46
 South Korea 3102611–53
 Sierra Leone 301268–21
South Korea 1–6 United States
Owens red-colored football 11' (o.g.) Report[dead link] Adu 16', 89', 90+2' (pen.)
Owens 26'
Watson 54'
Curfman 75'
Attendance: 3,240
Spain 3–3 Sierra Leone
Rodríguez 8'
Sisi 15'
Nadal 90+6'		 Report[dead link] Barlay 34', 73'
Ruz red-colored football 36' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,150
United States 2–1 Sierra Leone
González 45' (pen.)
Adu 89'		 Report[dead link] Sesay 32'
Attendance: 4,950
South Korea 2–3 Spain
Yang Dong-hyun 45'
Sánchez red-colored football 59' (o.g.)		 Report[dead link] Silva 65', 73', 76'
Attendance: 3,470
Sierra Leone 2–3 South Korea
Metzger 36', 51' Report Han Dong-won 28'
Yang Dong-hyun 74'
Lee Yong-rae 78'
Attendance: 2,475
Referee: Leone Rakaroi (Fiji)
United States 0–2 Spain
Report[dead link] Jurado 11'
Fàbregas 70'
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 25', 43' Report[dead link]
Attendance: 2,340
Argentina 2–0 Mexico
Cardozo 34'
Peirone 45'		 Report
Attendance: 5,030
Brazil 3–0 United States
Leonardo 18'
Ederson 61'
Evandro 64'		 Report
Attendance: 6,150
Spain 5–2 Portugal
Sánchez 28'
Fàbregas 42', 78'
Nadal 50'
Jurado 90+4' (pen.)		 Report[dead link] Curto 3'
Vieirinha 87'
Attendance: 5,387

Semi-finals

Colombia 0–2 Brazil
Report[dead link] Abuda 16', 72'
Attendance: 7,675
Argentina 2–3 (a.e.t.) Spain
Biglia 11'
Garay 31'		 Report[dead link] Fàbregas 48', 119'
Jurado 53'
Attendance: 5,030

Playoff for third place

Final

Brazil 1–0 Spain
Leonardo 7' Report
Attendance: 10,452
 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

1 goal

1 own goal

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 6510151+1416
2  Spain 64111610+613
3  Argentina 6411104+613
4  Colombia 6321145+911
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  United States 420287+16
6  Mexico 41215505
7  Costa Rica 411235–24
8  Portugal 41121118–74
Eliminated at the group stage
9  Nigeria 31113304
10  Cameroon 30307703
11  South Korea 3102611–53
12  Finland 3102312–93
13  Sierra Leone 301268–21
14  China 301257–21
15  Yemen 301248–41
16  Australia 300316–50

References

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_FIFA_U-17_World_Championship