Millennium Super Soccer Cup

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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 FR 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)

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] The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were the eventual champions after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final.[2][3]

Venues[edit | edit source]

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

Teams[edit | edit source]

Results[edit | edit source]

Group stage[edit | edit source]

Group I[edit | edit source]

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

Group II[edit | edit source]

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 Goal 26' (pen.)
Ricardo Varela Goal 29'		 Report Þórhallur Hinriksson Goal 31'
Attendance: 2,340
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
India 0–3 Iceland
Report Guðmundsson Goal 44', 52', 69'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Arambekade G. C. Deshapriya (Sri Lanka)
India 0–3 Uruguay B
Report Juan Selages Goal 38'
Ricardo Varela Goal 58'
Wilson Martirena Goal 74'
Referee: Arambekade G. C. Deshapriya (Sri Lanka)

Group III[edit | edit source]

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 Goal 87'
Referee: Bala Sundaraj (India)
Romania XI 4–2 Hong Kong
Liviu Zahariuc Goal 4'
Sasu Goal 23'
Sânmărtean Goal 59'
Ioan Luca Goal 63'		 Report Kwok Yue Hung Goal 22', 45'
Referee: A. M. Yapa (Sri Lanka)
Jordan 2–0 Hong Kong
Al-Shaqran Goal 49'
Al-Shboul Goal 84'		 Report

Group IV[edit | edit source]

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 Goal 44'
Horinouchi Goal 87'
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: S. Saleerajan (Malaysia)
Uzbekistan 5–0 Bahrain
Bahadir Annamotov Goal 15', 66'
Aleksei Zhdanov Goal 26' (pen.)
Oybek Usmankhodjaev Goal 53', 90'		 Report
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
Chile 1–0 Japan University XI
Tapia Goal 34' Report
Chile 2–0 Bahrain
Tapia Goal 29'
Martel Goal 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 Goal 41'
Meléndez Goal 86'		 Report
Referee: S. Saleerajan (Malaysia)
Bahrain 0–2 Japan University XI
Report Ota Goal 39'
Hideki Sekine Goal 79'
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)

Knockout stage[edit | edit source]

Bracket[edit | edit source]

 
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
 
 FR Yugoslavia2
 
 FR Yugoslavia2
 
23 January – Kolkata
 
 Romania XI0
 
 FR Yugoslavia1
 
21 January – Kolkata
 
 Japan University XI0
 
 Jordan0
 
 
 Japan University XI4
 

Quarter-finals[edit | edit source]

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

Semi-finals[edit | edit source]

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

Final[edit | edit source]

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

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Goalscorers[edit | edit source]

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References[edit | edit source]

  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "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 español). Retrieved 24 December 2020.

External links[edit | edit source]

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