2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2003 was held in the cities of Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Tampere

Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

, Lahti

Lahti

Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki...

, and Turku

Turku

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in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

between 13 August and 30 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 1986 could participate in this tournament.

Teams

	1st, 2nd & 3rd Place winners of AFC U-17 Championship 2002 AFC U-17 Championship 2002 See AFC U-17 Championship.-Qualification:Group 1 : Group 2 : Group 3 : Group 4 : Group 5 : Group 6 : Group 7 : Group 8 : Group 9 : Group 10 : Group 11 : Host : -Group A:September 6September 9September 12-Group B:...


	1st, 2nd & 3rd Place winners of 2003 African U-17 Championship


	Group A & B winners and Playoff Series winner of 2003 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament 2003 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament -Group A:---------Standings:* United States qualified to the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland.-Group B:---------Standings:* Costa Rica qualified to the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland.-Playoffs:----... Final Round


	1st, 2nd & 3rd Place winners of 2003 South American Under-17 Football Championship


	winner of OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament 2003
	1st & 2nd Place winners of UEFA U-17 Championship 2003
	1st & 2nd Place winners of UEFA U-17 Championship 2003
	host nation

Group A

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
	3	2	1	0	11	2
7
	3	1	2	0	5	3
5
	3	1	0	2	3	12
3
	3	0	1	2	5	7
1

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Group B

5
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	5	0
9
	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
	3	0	0	3	1	6
0

Note: 2nd place was determined by drawing lot

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Group C

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	9	1
7
	3	1	1	1	9	13
4
	3	0	3	0	7	7	0	3
	3	0	1	2	4	8
1

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Group D

3
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
	3	2	1	0	8	5
7
	3	2	0	1	8	4
6
	3	1	0	2	6	11
3
	3	0	1	2	6	8
1

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Bracket

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Playoff for 3rd place

Final

Goalscorers

5 goals Carlos Hidalgo

Carlos Daniel Hidalgo

Carlos Daniel Hidalgo Cadena is a Colombian football striker who currently plays for Deportivo Pasto .He played on the Colombian U-17 team in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship and ended up being one of the golden boot award winners by scoring 5 goals-External links:* *...

Manuel Curto

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Cesc Fàbregas

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4 goals Abuda Evandro

Evandro Roncatto

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Freddy Adu

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3 goals Hernan Peirone

Hernán Peirone

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Jiang Chen

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Gustavo Adrian Ramos

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Jurado David Silva

David Silva

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2 goals Ezequiel Garay

Ezequiel Garay

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Ederson

Ederson Honorato Campos

Ederson Honorato Campos , more commonly known as Ederson, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for French club Olympique Lyonnais as a midfielder.-Early career:...

Leonardo

Leonardo José Aparecido Moura

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Joseph Mawaye Serge N'Gal

Serge N'Gal

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Wang Yongpo

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Freddy Guarín

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Harrison Otalvaro Tomi Petrescu

Tomi Petrescu

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Ezekiel Bala

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Vieirinha Samuel Barlay

Samuel Barlay

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Obi Metzger

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Yang Dong-Hyun

Yang Dong-Hyun is a South Korean football player, who plays for K-League side Busan I'Park since 2009 season.In the AFC U-17 Championship in 2002, he scored three goals. He scored in the semifinals against Uzbekistan U-17. And another goal was scored in the finals against Yemen U-17.In the 2003...

Xisco

Xisco Nadal

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1 goal Lucas Biglia

Lucas Biglia

Lucas Rodrigo Biglia is an Argentine footballer, who currently plays for Anderlecht and the Argentina national team. He has been capped for the Argentina national football team and the Argentina U-20 national team, where he won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, alongside Lionel Messi.- Club...

Neri Cardozo

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Ariel Colzera

Ariel Cólzera

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Alejandro Faurlín

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Diego Lagos

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Dez Giraldi

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Arouca

Marcos Arouca da Silva

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Leo

Léonardo de Matos Cruz

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Thyago Stéphane Mbia

Stéphane Mbia

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Joel Nguemo Sebastián Hernández

Sebastian Hernandez

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Juan Gilberto Núñez

Juan Gilberto Núñez is a Colombian footballer who plays for La Equidad in the Copa Mustang. He can play as a midfielder and is a starter. He played with the Colombia national under-17 football team at the 2003 South American Youth Championship, which Colombia hosted made it to the...

Yosimar Arias Pablo Rodríguez

Pablo Rodríguez (Costa Rican footballer)

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Alonso Salazar Jarno Parikka

Jarno Parikka

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Julio Ceja

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Gerardo Flores

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Oscar Herrera Manuel Mariaca

Manuel Mariaca

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Rafael Murguia John Obi Mikel Bruno Gama

Bruno Gama

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Manuel Fernandes Márcio Sousa Alimamy Sesay

Alimamy Sesay

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Han Dong-Won

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Lee Yong-Rae David

David Rodríguez Sánchez

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1 goal (cont.) Sergio Sánchez

Sergio Sánchez Ortega

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Sisi

Sisinio González Martínez

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Steven Curfman

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Guillermo González Dwight Owens Jamie Watson

Jamie Watson (soccer)

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Yaser Al-Badani Sami Juaim

Sami Juaim

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Abdulelah Sharyan

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Own goals Márcio Sousa (for ) Tiago Costa

Tiago Costa

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(for ) Ruz (for ) Sergio Sánchez

Sergio Sánchez Ortega

Sergio Sánchez Ortega is a Spanish footballer who plays for Málaga CF in La Liga.He can operate as either a right or central defender.-Espanyol:...

(for ) Dwight Owens (for ) Abdullah Al-Safi (for )

External links

FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship Finland 2003

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