| Sahara Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | India |
| Dates | 10–25 January 2001 |
| Teams | 13 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue | 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 OtaSaša Ilić(3 goals each) |
TheMillennium Super Soccer Cup, known as theSahara Cup forsponsorship reasons, was an internationalfootball tournament held inIndia from 10 January to 25 January 2001.[1] TheFederal Republic of Yugoslavia were the eventual champions after defeatingBosnia and Herzegovina in the final.[2][3]
| Kolkata | Kochi | Goa |
|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake Stadium | Nehru Stadium | Fatorda Stadium |
| Capacity:120,000 | Capacity:60,000 | Capacity:35,000 |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FR Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advance toknockout 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 |
| FR Yugoslavia | 1–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|
| Petković 86' | Report | Bešlija 75' |
| FR Yugoslavia | 4–1 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
| Ilić 19',38' Rašović 80'Trobok 89' | Report | Firoj Mahmud 6' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Uruguay B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance toknockout 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 | ||||||||
| India | 0–3 | Iceland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Guðmundsson 44',52',69' |
| India | 0–3 | Uruguay B |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Juan Selages 38' Ricardo Varela 58'Wilson Martirena 74' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jordan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Advance toknockout 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' |
| Romania XI | 4–2 | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| Liviu Zahariuc 4' Sasu 23'Sânmărtean 59'Ioan Luca 63' | Report | Kwok Yue Hung 22',45' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chile | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance toknockout 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' |
| Uzbekistan | 5–0 | Bahrain |
|---|---|---|
| Bahadir Annamotov 15',66' Aleksei Zhdanov 26' (pen.)Oybek Usmankhodjaev 53',90' | Report |
The match was originally scheduled for 10 January, but was later postponed as the Chilean team had trouble with its equipment, which was kept atJohannesburg at the day of the match.[5]
| Bahrain | 0–2 | Japan University XI |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ota 39' Hideki Sekine 79' |
| 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 | |||||||||
| Uruguay B | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|---|---|---|
| Pereira 12' Juan Segales 59' | Report | Kavazović 40' Muharemović 83'Bešlija  97' |
| FR Yugoslavia | 2–0 | Romania |
|---|---|---|
| Ilić 30' Bogdanović 45' | Report |
| Jordan | 0–4 | Japan University XI |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Fujita 31' Ota 54'Yoshimura 58'Hideki Sekine 67' |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | Chile |
|---|---|---|
| Muharemović 75' | Report |
| FR Yugoslavia | 1–0 | Japan University XI |
|---|---|---|
| Duljaj 5' | Report |
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