Football at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie

Each nation brought their under-20 teams to compete in a group and knockout tournament. The top two teams and the best third placed team advanced to the knockout stage of the competition. Morocco won the tournament after a 1-0 win over France.

2001 Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
City	Ottawa
Dates	12 July - 24 July
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco (1st title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Cameroon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	90 (3.46 per match)
All statistics correct as of 13 July 2010.

Squads

Morocco

Head coach: Mustapha Madih

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Omar Charef	(1981-02-19)19 February 1981 (aged 20)	MC Oujda
4	2DF	Ali Bouabé	(1979-03-07)7 March 1979 (aged 22)	Kenitra AC
5	2DF	Adil Bekkari	(1978-04-24)24 April 1978 (aged 23)	Raja Casablanca
6	2DF	Badr El Kaddouri	(1981-01-31)31 January 1981 (aged 20)	Wydad Casablanca
7	4FW	Mohamed Benhalib		Wydad Casablanca
8	4FW	Saïd Kharazi	(1982-08-01)1 August 1982 (aged 18)	Raja Casablanca
9	4FW	Oifeck El Moujahid	(1981-03-31)31 March 1981 (aged 20)	Nîmes Olympique
10	3MF	Redouane El Ouardi	(1981-11-13)13 November 1981 (aged 19)	RC Lens
11	3MF	Nabil Mesloub	(1979-05-01)1 May 1979 (aged 22)	FAR Rabat
12	1GK	Hamza Boudlal	(1982-03-18)18 March 1982 (aged 19)	OC Khouribga
15	2DF	Hamadi Zahani	1980 (1980)	IZ Khemisset
16	4FW	Mohamed Armoumen	(1978-09-07)7 September 1978 (aged 22)	FAR Rabat
17	3MF	Aziz Souidi	(1979-01-21)21 January 1979 (aged 22)	FUS Rabat
18	4FW	Karim Benkouar	(1979-11-25)25 November 1979 (aged 21)	Charleroi SC
19	4FW	Mustapha Allaoui	(1984-05-30)30 May 1984 (aged 17)	MAS Fez
20	3MF	Chamseddine El Janabi	(1980-02-06)6 February 1980 (aged 21)	Wydad Casablanca
22	1GK	Fahd Lahmadi	(1980-03-13)13 March 1980 (aged 21)	Hassania Agadir

France

Head coach: Pierre Mankowski

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Olivier Blondel	(1979-07-09)9 July 1979 (aged 22)	Le Havre AC
2	2DF	Stéphane Borbiconi	(1979-03-22)22 March 1979 (aged 22)	FC Metz
3	2DF	Fabrice Kelban	(1978-09-10)10 September 1978 (aged 22)	Paris Saint-Germain
4	2DF	Julien Vellas	(1980-09-28)28 September 1980 (aged 20)	S.C. Espinho
5	2DF	Michel Rodriguez	(1978-11-25)25 November 1978 (aged 22)	Montpellier HSC
6	3MF	Uliano Courville	(1978-08-08)8 August 1978 (aged 22)	AS Monaco
7	4FW	Nicolas Girard	(1978-04-12)12 April 1978 (aged 23)	AS Beauvais
8	3MF	Fabien Boudarène	(1978-10-05)5 October 1978 (aged 22)	AS Saint-Etienne
9	4FW	Sébastien Fidani	(1978-08-04)4 August 1978 (aged 22)	Nîmes Olympique
10	3MF	David Romo	(1978-08-07)7 August 1978 (aged 22)	Swansea FC
11	3MF	Medhi Leroy	(1978-04-18)18 April 1978 (aged 23)	ES Troyes AC
13	3MF	Patrice Maurel	(1978-10-16)16 October 1978 (aged 22)	Toulouse FC
15	2DF	Mickaël Wolski	(1979-03-05)5 March 1979 (aged 22)	FC Gueugnon
16	2DF	Mathias Kouo-Doumbé	(1979-10-28)28 October 1979 (aged 21)	Paris Saint-Germain
17	4FW	William Correa	(1980-03-21)21 March 1980 (aged 21)	Le Havre AC
18	4FW	Roland Vieira	(1979-08-16)16 August 1979 (aged 21)	Olympique Lyonnais
19	4FW	Kenny Vigier	(1979-01-02)2 January 1979 (aged 22)	Paris Saint-Germain
20	1GK	Nicolas Bonis	(1981-08-30)30 August 1981 (aged 19)	RC Strasbourg

Canada

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Kenny Stamatopoulos	(1979-08-28)28 August 1979 (aged 21)	Kalamata FC
2	2DF	Tyler Hughes	(1978-10-05)5 October 1978 (aged 22)	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
3	2DF	Adrian Cann	(1980-09-19)19 September 1980 (aged 20)	Unattached
4	2DF	Kevan Cameron	(1979-02-01)1 February 1979 (aged 22)	Montreal Impact
5	2DF	Chris Williams	(1981-06-01)1 June 1981 (aged 20)	Unattached
6	3MF	Patrice Bernier	(1979-09-23)23 September 1979 (aged 21)	Montreal Impact
7	3MF	Rhian Dodds	(1979-10-03)3 October 1979 (aged 21)	Unattached
9	4FW	Gaspare Borsellino	(1981-06-05)5 June 1981 (aged 20)	Montreal Impact
10	3MF	Alfredo Valente	(1980-11-06)6 November 1980 (aged 20)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
11	4FW	Rob Friend	(1981-01-23)23 January 1981 (aged 20)	UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
13	2DF	Chris Pozniak	(1981-01-10)10 January 1981 (aged 20)	Toronto Lynx
14	4FW	Wyn Belotte	(1981-08-30)30 August 1981 (aged 19)	FC Nantes
15	3MF	Atiba Hutchinson	(1983-02-08)8 February 1983 (aged 18)	Woodbridge SC
17	3MF	Nilton Terroso	(1979-09-13)13 September 1979 (aged 21)	Unattached
	3MF	Jason Di Tullio	(1984-01-06)6 January 1984 (aged 17)	Unattached
	3MF	Ive Sulentic	(1979-12-24)24 December 1979 (aged 21)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
	1GK	Pieter Meuleman	(1981-04-04)4 April 1981 (aged 20)	Wilfrid Laurier University
	3MF	Kevin De Serpa	(1980-05-21)21 May 1980 (aged 21)	EC Comercial
	3MF	Josh Simpson	(1983-05-15)15 May 1983 (aged 18)	University of Portland
	4FW	Sean Fraser	(1980-09-21)21 September 1980 (aged 20)	Memphis Tigers
	4FW	Andrew Veer	(1984-05-06)6 May 1984 (aged 17)	Simon Fraser University

Egypt

Head coach: Shawky Gharieb

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mohamed Sobhy	(1981-08-30)30 August 1981 (aged 19)	Ismaily
2	2DF	Ahmed Samir	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 19)	Baladeyet El-Mahalla
3	3MF	Abou El-Magd Mostafa	(1981-01-01)1 January 1981 (aged 20)	Al Ahly
4	2DF	Hussein Amin	(1981-04-26)26 April 1981 (aged 20)	Al Ahly
5	2DF	Mahmoud Mahmoud	(1981-06-30)30 June 1981 (aged 20)	Zamalek SC
6	2DF	Mohamed Mahrous El-Atrawy	(1981-08-19)19 August 1981 (aged 19)	Ghazl Al-Mehalla
7	3MF	Mohamed Shawky	(1981-10-05)5 October 1981 (aged 19)	Al-Masry
8	3MF	Wael Riad	(1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 18)	Al Ahly
9	3MF	Reda Shehata	(1981-01-24)24 January 1981 (aged 20)	Al Ahly
10	4FW	Mohamed Mohsen Abo Gresha	(1981-08-04)4 August 1981 (aged 19)	Ismaily
11	4FW	Ahmed Belal	(1980-08-20)20 August 1980 (aged 20)	Al Ahly
12	4FW	Amir Salah Zaky	(1979-09-16)16 September 1979 (aged 21)	Ghazl Al-Mehalla
13	2DF	Amr El Desouki	(1980-01-01)1 January 1980 (aged 21)	Al-Masry
14	3MF	Hossam Ghaly	(1981-12-15)15 December 1981 (aged 19)	Al Ahly
15	3MF	Ahmed Abou Moslem	(1981-07-25)25 July 1981 (aged 19)	Al Ahly
16	1GK	Sherif Ekramy	(1983-07-01)1 July 1983 (aged 18)	Al Ahly
17	3MF	Mohamed Ezz Eddine	(1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 20)	Al Mokawloon SC
18	2DF	Mohsen El Shahat	(1979-09-12)12 September 1979 (aged 21)	Ghazl Al-Mehalla

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Romania	3	2	1	0	8	6	+2	7
Burkina Faso	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
Haiti	3	0	0	3	5	8	−3	0

Source:

2001-07-12

Romania	3 – 2	Haiti

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2001-07-13

France	3 – 0	Burkina Faso
Girard 2' Fidani 38', 45'	Report

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2001-07-15

Romania	2 – 1	Burkina Faso
Munteanu 25', 32'		Traoré 88'

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2001-07-15

France	2 – 1	Haiti
Girard 10', 75'	Report	Ulcenat 57'

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2001-07-17

Burkina Faso	3 – 2	Haiti
		Gracien 42', 78'

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2001-07-17

France	3 – 3	Romania
Fidani 32', 67' Romo 58' (o.g.)	Report	Vigariu 1' Gheorghe 78' Bratu 81'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9
Gabon	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
Canada	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	3
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source:

2001-07-12

Egypt	2 – 0	Bulgaria

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2001-07-13

Gabon	1 – 0	Canada
Evrard 8'

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2001-07-15

Gabon	5 – 0	Bulgaria

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2001-07-15

Egypt	2 – 1	Canada
Belal 21', 50'		Friend 63'

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2001-07-17

Egypt	4 – 3	Gabon

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2001-07-17

Canada	4 – 0	Bulgaria
Friend 22', 26' Borsellino 45', 57'

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Morocco	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5
Mali	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
Poland	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source:

2001-07-12

Morocco	5 – 0	Poland

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2001-07-13

Cameroon	1 – 0	Mali

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2001-07-15

Mali	4 – 2	Poland

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2001-07-15

Morocco	0 – 0	Cameroon

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2001-07-17

Morocco	2 – 2	Mali

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2001-07-17

Cameroon	3 – 1	Poland

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	20 July -
	Morocco	4
					22 July -
	Romania	1
					Egypt	0 (3)
	19 July -
					Morocco	0 (5)
	Egypt	3
									24 July -
	Mali	1
									Morocco	1
	19 July -
									France	0
	Gabon	1 (5)
					22 July -
	Cameroon	1 (6)
					France	2
	19 July -
					Cameroon	1			Third place
	France	2 (3)
									24 July -
	Canada	2 (1)
									Egypt	3
									Cameroon	0

See also

• Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie

References

• Jeux de la Francophonie 2001 (Ottawa, Canada)