Millennium Super Soccer Cup Explained

Other Titles:	Sahara Cup
Country:	India
Dates:	10–25 January 2001
Num Teams:	13
Confederations:	3
Venues:	3
Cities:	3
Champion:	FR Yugoslavia
Second:	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Matches:	22
Goals:	58
Top Scorer:	Tryggvi Guðmundsson Keisuke Ota 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] Yugoslavia were the eventual champions after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final.^{[2] [3]}

Venues

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

Teams

AFC

• • • • • (withdrew)
• (withdrew)
• University XI

CAF

• (withdrew)

CONMEBOL

• • B

UEFA

• • • XI

Results

Group stage

Group I

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1		2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
2		2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
3		2	0	0	2	1	6	–5	0
4		Withdrew on 8 January without citing reasons^[4]

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Group II

width=30		width=200	Team	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=200	Qualification
1	B	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2		2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3		2	0	0	2	0	6	–6	0
4		Withdrew on 10 January

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Group III

width=30		width=200	Team	width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=30		width=200	Qualification
1		2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	XI	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
3		2	0	0	2	2	6	–4	0
4		Withdrew on 10 January without citing reasons

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Group IV

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1		3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	University XI	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
3		3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4		3	0	0	3	0	9	–9	0

------------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] --------

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Tryggvi Guðmundsson
• Keisuke Ota
• Saša Ilić

2 goals

• Mirsad Bešlija
• Almedin Hota
• Dželaludin Muharemović
• Sebastián González
• Héctor Tapia
• Kwok Yue Hung
• Hideki Sekine
• Juan Selages
• Ricardo Varela
• Bahadir Annamotov
• Oybek Usmankhodjaev
• Igor Bogdanović
• Igor Duljaj

1 goal

• Firoj Mahmud Titu
• Zehrudin Kavazović
• Fernando Martel
• Rodrigo Meléndez
• Marco Villaseca
• Þórhallur Hinriksson
• Yoshimasa Fujita
• Satoshi Horinouchi
• Keiji Yoshimura
• Badran Al-Shaqran
• Haitham Al-Shboul
• Faisal Ibrahim
• Ioan Luca
• Lucian Sânmărtean
• Marius Sasu
• Liviu Zahariuc
• Wilson Martirena
• Daniel Pereira
• Alexandro Umpiérrez
• Aleksei Zhdanov
• Dušan Petković
• Vuk Rašović
• Goran Trobok

External links

• Official website
• Tournament page at RSSSF

Notes and References

1. Web site: India National Football Team: The Tactical Dilemma . thehardtackle.com . The Hard Tackle . Sengupta . Somnath . 10 May 2011 . 2 January 2023 . 2 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230102203409/https://thehardtackle.com/2011/india-national-football-team-the-tactical-dilemma/ .
2. Web site: Yugoslavia romp to glory . https://web.archive.org/web/20180715040316/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1010126/sports.htm#head1 . dead . 15 July 2018 . telegraphindia.com . 25 January 2001 . 15 July 2018.
3. Web site: Mirna Bosna . Serbian . glas-javnosti.rs . 25 January 2001 . 15 July 2018.
4. Web site: Millennium Super Soccer Cup - India 2001 .
5. News: Retamal . Rodrigo . La inolvidable desventura chilena de la Copa Millenium . The unforgettable misadventures of Chile at the Millennium Cup . 24 December 2020 . . 16 January 2017 . es.