Millennium Super Soccer Cup

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. Yugoslavia were the eventual champions after defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final.[1][2]

Millennium Super Soccer Cup
Sahara Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates10–25 January 2001
Teams13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions FR Yugoslavia
Runners-up Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored58 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s) Tryggvi Guðmundsson
Keisuke Ota
Saša Ilić
(3 goals each)

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

Teams

Results

Group I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FR Yugoslavia 211052+34Advance to knockout stage
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 211031+24
3 Bangladesh 200216–50
4 Iraq Withdrew
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 Bangladesh
Hota  55', 58' Report
FR Yugoslavia 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Petković  86' Report Bešlija  75'
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
FR Yugoslavia 4–1 Bangladesh
Ilić  19', 38'
Rašović  80'
Trobok  89'		 Report Mahmud Hossain  6'

Group II
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Uruguay B 220051+46Advance to knockout stage
2 Iceland 210142+23
3 India 200206–60
4 Indonesia Withdrew
Uruguay B 2–1 Iceland
Alexandro Umpiérrez  26' (pen.)
Ricardo Varela  29'		 Report Þórhallur Hinriksson  32'
India 0–3 Iceland
Report Guðmundsson  44', 52', 69'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: G. C. Deshapriya (Sri Lanka)
India 0–3 Uruguay B
Report Juan Selages  38'
Ricardo Varela  58'
Wilson Martirena  74'
Referee: G. C. Deshapriya (Sri Lanka)

Group III
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Jordan 220030+36Advance to knockout stage
2 Romania XI 210143+13
3 Hong Kong 200226–40
4 Cameroon Withdrew
Romania XI 0–1 Jordan
Report Ibrahim  87'
Referee: Bala Sundaraj (India)
Romania XI 4–2 Hong Kong
Liviu Zahariuc  4'
Sasu  23'
Sânmărtean  59'
Ioan Luca  63'		 Report Kwok Yue Hung  22', 45'
Referee: A. M. Yapa (Sri Lanka)
Jordan 2–0 Hong Kong
Al-Shaqran  49'
Al-Shboul  84'		 Report

Group IV
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chile 330050+59Advance to knockout stage
2 Japan University XI 320141+36
3 Uzbekistan 310254+13
4 Bahrain 300309–90
Uzbekistan 0–2 Japan University XI
Report Ota  44'
Horinouchi  87'
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: S. Saleerajan (Malaysia)
Uzbekistan 5–0 Bahrain
Bahadir Annamotov  15', 66'
Aleksei Zhdanov  26' (pen.)
Oybek Usmankhodjaev  53', 90'		 Report
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)
Chile 1–0 Japan University XI
Tapia  34' Report
Chile 2–0 Bahrain
Tapia  29'
Martel  80'		 Report
Referee: P. K. Bose (India)

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.[3]

Chile 2–0 Uzbekistan
Villaseca  41'
Meléndez  86'		 Report
Referee: S. Saleerajan (Malaysia)
Bahrain 0–2 Japan University XI
Report Ota  39'
Hideki Sekine  79'
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 January – Kochi
 
 
 Uruguay B2
 
22 January – Kolkata
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (golden goal)3
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1
 
20 January – Kolkata
 
 Chile0
 
 Chile2
 
25 January – Kolkata
 
 Iceland0
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina0
 
20 January – Goa
 
 FR Yugoslavia2
 
 FR Yugoslavia2
 
23 January – Kolkata
 
 Romania XI0
 
 FR Yugoslavia1
 
21 January – Kolkata
 
 Japan University XI0
 
 Jordan0
 
 
 Japan University XI4
 

Quarter-finals
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
Referee: Balu Sundarraj (India)
Chile 2–0 Iceland
González  37', 50' Report
Referee: Hassan Marshoud (Jordan)
Jordan 0–4 Japan University XI
Report Fujita  31'
Ota  54'
Yoshimura  58'
Hideki Sekine  67'
Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (India)

Semi-finals
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 Chile
Muharemović  75' Report
Referee: Rungkly Mangkol (Thailand)
FR Yugoslavia 1–0 Japan University XI
Duljaj  5' Report
Referee: S. Salerajan (Malaysia)

Final
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 FR Yugoslavia
Report Duljaj  6'
Bogdanović  45'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Rungkly Mangkol (Thailand)

Statistics

Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. "Yugoslavia romp to glory". telegraphindia.com. 25 January 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. "Mirna Bosna" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 25 January 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. Retamal, Rodrigo (16 January 2017). "La inolvidable desventura chilena de la Copa Millenium" [The unforgettable misadventures of Chile at the Millennium Cup]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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