| Tourney Name: | UEFA Under-16 Championship |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Country: | England |
| Dates: | 22 April – 6 May |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 16 |
| Cities: | 18 |
| Count: | 6 |
| Matches: | 32 |
| Goals: | 90 |
| Top Scorer: |  Fernando Torres (7 goals) |
| Player: | Fernando Torres |
| Prevseason: | 2000 |
| Nextseason: | 2002 |
The 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 19th edition of UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. It was the last under-16 championship, before changing the name as under-17 championships. England hosted the championship, during 22 April – 6 May. Players born on or after 1 January 1984 were eligible to participate in this competition. 16 teams entered the competition, and Spain defeated France in the final to win the competition for the sixth time.
| Country | Referee | Assistant referees | Fourth officials | Matches refereed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belarus | None | Vyacheslav Bykov | None | ||
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Siniša Zrnić | None | None | Italy–Switzerland (Group C) | |
| Bulgaria | Dimitar Dimitrov | None | None | Romania–Spain (Group A) England–Switzerland (Group C) Scotland–Croatia (Group D) | |
| Croatia | None | Tomislav Petrović | None | ||
 Czech Republic | None | Miroslav Zlámal | None | ||
| England | Andy D'Urso | David Babski Carl Bassingdale Glenn Turner | Richard Beeby Mark Clattenburg Keith Hill | France–Croatia (Group D) Spain–Italy (Quarter-final) France–Spain (Final) | |
| Greece | Athanasios Briakos | None | None | Spain–Germany (Group A) Poland–Russia (Group B) | |
 Hungary | None | Robert Kispál | None | ||
 Iceland | Kristinn Jakobsson | None | None | Croatia–Finland (Group D) England–Germany (Quarter-final) | |
 Israel | Alon Yefet | None | None | Turkey–Russia (Group B) France–Scotland (Group D) Turkey–Croatia (Quarter-final) Spain–Croatia (Semi-final) | |
 Norway | None | Steinar Holvik | None | ||
 Poland | Grzegorz Gilewski | None | None | Spain–Belgium (Group A) Switzerland–Hungary (Group C) England–France (Semi-final) | |
| Portugal | None | Paulo Ribeiro | None | ||
 Romania | Alexandru Tudor | None | None | Not known | |
| Seychelles | Eddy Maillet | None | None | France–Russia (Quarter-final) | |
| South Africa | None | Lazarus Matela | None | ||
 Sweden | Martin Hansson | None | None | Russia–Netherlands (Group B) Scotland–Finland (Group D) Croatia–England (Third place play-off) | |
| Switzerland | None | Francesco Buragina | None | ||
| Yugoslavia | None | Vitomir Simović | None |
See main article: 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship squads.
| width=185 | Teams | width=20 | GP | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=25 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | –11 | 0 |
| width=185 | Teams | width=20 | GP | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 3 |
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| width=185 | Teams | width=20 | GP | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 1 |
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| width=185 | Teams | width=20 | GP | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 3 |
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| width=185 | Teams | width=20 | GP | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | –9 | 0 |
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