| Tourney Name: | FIFA U-17 World Championship |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Other Titles: | FIFA U-17 World Championship Trinidad & Tobago 2001 |
| Country: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Dates: | 13–30 September |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 6 |
| Venues: | 5 |
| Cities: | 5 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 32 |
| Goals: | 102 |
| Attendance: | 331198 |
| Top Scorer: |  Florent Sinama Pongolle(9 goals) |
| Player: | Florent Sinama Pongolle |
| Prevseason: | 1999 |
| Nextseason: | 2003 |
The FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001, the ninth edition of the tournament, was held from 13 to 30 September 2001 in the cities of Trinidad and Tobago; in Port of Spain, Malabar in Arima, Marabella in San Fernando, Couva, and Bacolet in Scarborough. Players born after 1 January 1984 could participate in this tournament.
| width=20% | Port of Spain | width=20% | Arima/Malabar | width=20% | Couva | width=20% | Marabella | width=20% | Scarborough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasely Crawford Stadium | Larry Gomes Stadium | Ato Boldon Stadium | Manny Ramjohn Stadium | Dwight Yorke Stadium | |||||
| Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 7,500 | |||||
The official mascot of this FIFA U-17 World Championship, Trinidad & Tobago 2001, was BEATS, the humming bird. Its outfit is the same as the home national team, red shirt, black short and red socks. It has Trinidad & Tobago 2001 on the chest.
The following 16 teams qualified for the tournament:
| width=185 | Team | width=20 | Pld | 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 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 0 |
| width=185 | Team | width=20 | Pld | 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 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
| width=185 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| width=185 | Team | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
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Florent Sinama Pongolle of France won the Golden Shoe award for scoring nine goals.
| width=20 | Rank | width=200 | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 15 | |||
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | |||
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | |||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Eliminated at the group stage | |||||||||||
| 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 6 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 3 | |||
| 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 3 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 0 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 0 | |||
| 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 0 | |||