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Millennium Super Soccer Cup

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]

Millennium Super Soccer Cup
Sahara Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates10–25 January 2001
Teams13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia
Runners-up Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored58 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iceland Tryggvi Guðmundsson
Japan Keisuke Ota
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Ilić
(3 goals each)

Venues edit

Kolkata Kochi Goa
Salt Lake Stadium Nehru Stadium Fatorda Stadium
Capacity: 120,000 Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 35,000

Teams edit

Results edit

Group stage edit

Group I edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   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
Hota   55', 58' Report
Yugoslavia  1–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Petković   86' Report Bešlija   75'
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
Yugoslavia  4–1  Bangladesh
Ilić   19', 38'
Rašović   80'
Trobok   89'		 Report Firoj Mahmud   6'

Group II edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Alexandro Umpiérrez   26' (pen.)
Ricardo Varela   29'		 Report Þórhallur Hinriksson   32'
India  0–3  Iceland
Report Guðmundsson   44', 52', 69'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: G. C. Deshapriya (Sri Lanka)
India  0–3  Uruguay B
Report Juan Selages   38'
Ricardo Varela   58'
Wilson Martirena   74'
Referee: G. C. Deshapriya (Sri Lanka)

Group III edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Report Ibrahim   87'
Referee: Bala Sundaraj (India)
Romania XI  4–2  Hong Kong
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
Al-Shaqran   49'
Al-Shboul   84'		 Report

Group IV edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Report Ota   44'
Horinouchi   87'
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: S. Saleerajan (Malaysia)
Uzbekistan  5–0  Bahrain
Bahadir Annamotov   15', 66'
Aleksei Zhdanov   26' (pen.)
Oybek Usmankhodjaev   53', 90'		 Report
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
Chile  1–0  Japan University XI
Tapia   34' Report
Chile  2–0  Bahrain
Tapia   29'
Martel   80'		 Report
Referee: P. K. Bose (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]

Chile  2–0  Uzbekistan
Villaseca   41'
Meléndez   86'		 Report
Referee: S. Saleerajan (Malaysia)
Bahrain  0–2  Japan University XI
Report Ota   39'
Hideki Sekine   79'
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 January – Kochi
 
 
  Uruguay B2
 
22 January – Kolkata
 
  Bosnia and Herzegovina (golden goal)3
 
  Bosnia and Herzegovina1
 
20 January – Kolkata
 
  Chile0
 
  Chile2
 
25 January – Kolkata
 
  Iceland0
 
  Bosnia and Herzegovina0
 
20 January – Goa
 
  Yugoslavia2
 
  Yugoslavia2
 
23 January – Kolkata
 
  Romania XI0
 
  Yugoslavia1
 
21 January – Kolkata
 
  Japan University XI0
 
  Jordan0
 
 
  Japan University XI4
 

Quarter-finals edit

Uruguay B  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pereira   12'
Juan Segales   59'		 Report Kavazović   40'
Muharemović   83'
Bešlija   97'
Yugoslavia  2–0  Romania
Ilić   30'
Bogdanović   45'		 Report
Referee: Balu Sundarraj (India)
Chile  2–0  Iceland
González   37', 50' Report
Referee: Hassan Marshoud (Jordan)
Jordan  0–4  Japan University XI
Report Fujita   31'
Ota   54'
Yoshimura   58'
Hideki Sekine   67'
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)

Semi-finals edit

Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–0  Chile
Muharemović   75' Report
Referee: Rungkly Mangkol (Thailand)
Yugoslavia  1–0  Japan University XI
Duljaj   5' Report
Referee: S. Salerajan (Malaysia)

Final edit

Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–2  Yugoslavia
Report Duljaj   6'
Bogdanović   45'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Rungkly Mangkol (Thailand)

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Yugoslavia romp to glory". telegraphindia.com. 25 January 2001. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Mirna Bosna" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 25 January 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Millennium Super Soccer Cup - India 2001".
  5. ^ 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

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