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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 22 |
Goals scored | 58 (2.64 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() (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 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons[4] |
Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Hota ![]() |
Report |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Petković ![]() |
Report | Bešlija ![]() |
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
Yugoslavia ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Ilić ![]() Rašović ![]() Trobok ![]() |
Report | Firoj Mahmud ![]() |
Group II
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | –6 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
Withdrew on 10 January |
Uruguay B ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Alexandro Umpiérrez ![]() Ricardo Varela ![]() |
Report | Þórhallur Hinriksson ![]() |
India ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Guðmundsson ![]() |
India ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Juan Selages ![]() Ricardo Varela ![]() Wilson Martirena ![]() |
Referee: G. C. Deshapriya (Sri Lanka)
Group III
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons[4] |
Romania XI ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Ibrahim ![]() |
Referee: Bala Sundaraj (India)
Romania XI ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Liviu Zahariuc ![]() Sasu ![]() Sânmărtean ![]() Ioan Luca ![]() |
Report | Kwok Yue Hung ![]() |
Referee: A. M. Yapa (Sri Lanka)
Jordan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Shaqran ![]() Al-Shboul ![]() |
Report |
Group IV
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | –9 | 0 |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Ota ![]() Horinouchi ![]() |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Bahadir Annamotov ![]() Aleksei Zhdanov ![]() Oybek Usmankhodjaev ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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Report | Ota ![]() Hideki Sekine ![]() |
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
18 January – Kochi | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
22 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
20 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
25 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
20 January – Goa | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
23 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
21 January – Kolkata | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
[edit]Uruguay B ![]() | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Pereira ![]() Juan Segales ![]() |
Report | Kavazović ![]() Muharemović ![]() Bešlija ![]() |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ilić ![]() Bogdanović ![]() |
Report |
Referee: Balu Sundarraj (India)
Jordan ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Fujita ![]() Ota ![]() Yoshimura ![]() Hideki Sekine ![]() |
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
Semi-finals
[edit]Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Muharemović ![]() |
Report |
Referee: Rungkly Mangkol (Thailand)
Yugoslavia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Duljaj ![]() |
Report |
Referee: S. Salerajan (Malaysia)
Final
[edit]Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Duljaj ![]() Bogdanović ![]() |
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.