Millennium Super Soccer Cup
Appearance
Sahara Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | India |
Dates | 10–25 January 2001 |
Teams | 13 (from 3 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | FR Yugoslavia |
Runners-up | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 22 |
Goals scored | 58 (2.64 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Tryggvi Guðmundsson Keisuke Ota Saša Ilić (3 goals each) |
The Millennium Super Soccer Cup, known as the Sahara Cup for sponsorship reasons, was an international football tournament held in India from 10 January to 25 January 2001.[1] Yugoslavia were the eventual champions after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final.[2][3]
Venues
[edit]Kolkata | Kochi | Goa |
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Salt Lake Stadium | Nehru Stadium | Fatorda Stadium |
Capacity: 120,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 35,000 |
Teams
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Results
[edit]Group stage
[edit]Group I
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | FR Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 0 | |
4 | Iraq | Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons[4] |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–0 | Bangladesh |
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Hota 55', 58' | Report |
Referee: Vasan Surem (Indonesia)
FR Yugoslavia | 1–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Petković 86' | Report | Bešlija 75' |
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
FR Yugoslavia | 4–1 | Bangladesh |
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Ilić 19', 38' Rašović 80' Trobok 89' |
Report | Firoj Mahmud 6' |
Referee: Michael Andrews (India)
Group II
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Uruguay B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Iceland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | –6 | 0 | |
4 | Indonesia | Withdrew on 10 January |
Uruguay B | 2–1 | Iceland |
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Alexandro Umpiérrez 26' (pen.) Ricardo Varela 29' |
Report | Þórhallur Hinriksson 31' |
India | 0–3 | Iceland |
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Report | Guðmundsson 44', 52', 69' |
India | 0–3 | Uruguay B |
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Report | Juan Selages 38' Ricardo Varela 58' Wilson Martirena 74' |
Referee: Arambekade G. C. Deshapriya (Sri Lanka)
Group III
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Jordan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Romania XI | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 0 | |
4 | Cameroon | Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons[4] |
Romania XI | 0–1 | Jordan |
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Report | Ibrahim 87' |
Referee: Bala Sundaraj (India)
Romania XI | 4–2 | Hong Kong |
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Liviu Zahariuc 4' Sasu 23' Sânmărtean 59' Ioan Luca 63' |
Report | Kwok Yue Hung 22', 45' |
Referee: A. M. Yapa (Sri Lanka)
Jordan | 2–0 | Hong Kong |
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Al-Shaqran 49' Al-Shboul 84' |
Report |
Group IV
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Chile | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Japan University XI | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | –9 | 0 |
Uzbekistan | 0–2 | Japan University XI |
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Report | Ota 44' Horinouchi 87' |
Uzbekistan | 5–0 | Bahrain |
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Bahadir Annamotov 15', 66' Aleksei Zhdanov 26' (pen.) Oybek Usmankhodjaev 53', 90' |
Report |
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
The match was originally scheduled for 10 January, but was later postponed as the Chilean team had trouble with its equipment, which was kept at Johannesburg at the day of the match.[5]
Bahrain | 0–2 | Japan University XI |
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Report | Ota 39' Hideki Sekine 79' |
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
18 January – Kochi | ||||||||||
Uruguay B | 2 | |||||||||
22 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina (golden goal) | 3 | |||||||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | |||||||||
20 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
Chile | 0 | |||||||||
Chile | 2 | |||||||||
25 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
Iceland | 0 | |||||||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | |||||||||
20 January – Goa | ||||||||||
FR Yugoslavia | 2 | |||||||||
FR Yugoslavia | 2 | |||||||||
23 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
Romania XI | 0 | |||||||||
FR Yugoslavia | 1 | |||||||||
21 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
Japan University XI | 0 | |||||||||
Jordan | 0 | |||||||||
Japan University XI | 4 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
[edit]Uruguay B | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Pereira 12' Juan Segales 59' |
Report | Kavazović 40' Muharemović 83' Bešlija 97' |
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
FR Yugoslavia | 2–0 | Romania |
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Ilić 30' Bogdanović 45' |
Report |
Referee: Balu Sundarraj (India)
Jordan | 0–4 | Japan University XI |
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Report | Fujita 31' Ota 54' Yoshimura 58' Hideki Sekine 67' |
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
Semi-finals
[edit]Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | Chile |
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Muharemović 75' | Report |
Referee: Rungkly Mangkol (Thailand)
FR Yugoslavia | 1–0 | Japan University XI |
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Duljaj 5' | Report |
Referee: S. Salerajan (Malaysia)
Final
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Mirsad Bešlija
- Almedin Hota
- Dželaludin Muharemović
- Sebastián González
- Héctor Tapia
- Kwok Yue Hung
- Hideki Sekine
- Juan Selages
- Ricardo Varela
- Bahadir Annamotov
- Oybek Usmankhodjaev
- Igor Bogdanović
- Igor Duljaj
- 1 goal
- Firoj Mahmud Titu
- Zehrudin Kavazović
- Fernando Martel
- Rodrigo Meléndez
- Marco Villaseca
- Þórhallur Hinriksson
- Yoshimasa Fujita
- Satoshi Horinouchi
- Keiji Yoshimura
- Badran Al-Shaqran
- Haitham Al-Shboul
- Faisal Ibrahim
- Ioan Luca
- Lucian Sânmărtean
- Marius Sasu
- Liviu Zahariuc
- Wilson Martirena
- Daniel Pereira
- Alexandro Umpiérrez
- Aleksei Zhdanov
- Dušan Petković
- Vuk Rašović
- Goran Trobok
References
[edit]- ^ Sengupta, Somnath (10 May 2011). "India National Football Team: The Tactical Dilemma". thehardtackle.com. The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Yugoslavia romp to glory". telegraphindia.com. 25 January 2001. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "Mirna Bosna" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 25 January 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Millennium Super Soccer Cup - India 2001".
- ^ Retamal, Rodrigo (16 January 2017). "La inolvidable desventura chilena de la Copa Millenium" [The unforgettable misadventures of Chile at the Millennium Cup]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 December 2020.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- International association football competitions hosted by India
- 2000–01 in Bahraini football
- 2000–01 in Bosnia and Herzegovina football
- 2000–01 in Hong Kong football
- 2000–01 in Indian football
- 2000–01 in Jordanian football
- 2000–01 in Romanian football
- 2000–01 in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia football
- 2001 in Bangladeshi football
- 2001 in Chilean football
- 2001 in Icelandic football
- 2001 in Japanese football
- 2001 in Uruguayan football
- 2001 in Uzbekistani football