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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = FIFA U-17 World Cup
| year = 2003
| other_titles = Jalkapallon alle 17-vuotiaiden maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 2003<br />U17-världsmästerskapet i fotboll 2003
| image = 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship.png
| size = 120px
| caption =
| country = Finland
| dates = 13–30 August
| num_teams = 16
| confederations = 6
| venues = 4
| cities = 4
| champion_other = {{fbu|17|BRA}}
| count = 3
| second_other = {{fbu|17|ESP}}
| third_other = {{fbu|17|ARG}}
| fourth_other = {{fbu|17|COL}}
| matches = 32
| goals = 117
| attendance = 183616
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Daniel Hidalgo|Carlos Hidalgo]]<br />{{flagicon|POR}} [[Manuel Curto]]<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Cesc Fàbregas]]<br />(5 goals each)
| player = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Cesc Fàbregas]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071013161147/http://es.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=102/edition=6946/index.html UEFA World Cup U-17, at ''Uefa.com'']</ref>
| fair_play = {{fbu|17|CRC}}
| prevseason = [[2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2001]]
| nextseason = [[2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2005]]
| update =
}}
The '''2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship''', was the tenth edition of [[FIFA U-17 World Cup|FIFA U-17 World Championship]]. It was held in the cities of [[Helsinki]], [[Tampere]], [[Lahti]] and [[Turku]] in [[Finland]] from 13 to 30 August 2003. Players born after 1 January 1986 could participate in this tournament. Some controversy followed the tournament after a number of players from the [[Sierra Leone national under-17 football team|Sierra Leone squad]] defected to Finland.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sierra Leone players disappear|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3173309.stm|date=22 August 2003|work=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref>

==Teams==
{| class=wikitable
! Confederation
! Qualifying Tournament
! Qualifier(s)
|-
|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC (Asia)]]
|[[2002 AFC U-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|KOR|1997}}<br />{{fbu|17|YEM}}<br />{{fbu|17|CHN}}
|-
|[[Confederation of African Football|CAF (Africa)]]
|[[2003 African U-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|CMR}}<br />{{fbu|17|SLE}}<br />{{fbu|17|NGA}}
|-
|[[CONCACAF|CONCACAF<br />(North, Central America & Caribbean)]]
|[[2003 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament]]
|{{fbu|17|USA}}<br />{{fbu|17|CRC}}<br />{{fbu|17|MEX}}
|- 
|[[CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL (South America)]]
|[[2003 South American U-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|ARG}}<br />{{fbu|17|BRA}}<br />{{fbu|17|COL}}
|-
|[[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC (Oceania)]]
|[[2003 OFC U-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|AUS}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[UEFA|UEFA (Europe)]]
||Host nation
|{{fbu|17|FIN}}
|-
|[[2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|POR}}<br />{{fbu|17|ESP}}
|}

==Venues==
The tournament was played in four cities in Finland: [[Helsinki]], [[Turku]], [[Tampere]] and [[Lahti]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"
|-
|rowspan="5"|
{{Location map+ |Finland |width=180 |places=
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=60.1875 |long=24.9225 |label=[[Helsinki]]}}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=60.9830 |long=25.6341 |label=[[Lahti]]}}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=61.5003 |long=23.7853 |label=[[Tampere]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Finland |lat=60.4427 |long=22.2916 |label=[[Turku]]|position=top}}
}}
|-
! '''[[Helsinki]]'''
! '''[[Turku]]'''
! '''[[Tampere]]'''
! '''[[Lahti]]'''
|-
| [[Telia 5G -areena|Finnair Stadium]]
| [[Veritas Stadion]]
| [[Tampere Stadium]]
| [[Lahti Stadium]]
|-
| [[File:Finnair Stadium Helsinki.JPG|150px]]
| [[File:TPS vs. FC Inter.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Tampere stadium1.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Lahti-stadion.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Töölö Stadium
|Turku Stadium
|Ratina Stadium (Tampere Stadium)
|Lahti Stadium
|}

==Squads==
For a list of the squads see ''[[2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads]]''

==Group stage==
''All times are local ([[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]/[[UTC+3]])''

===Group A===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|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
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|COL}}
|3||2||1||0||11||2||+9||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|MEX}}
|3||1||2||0||5||3||+2||'''5'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|FIN}}
|3||1||0||2||3||12||–9||'''3'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|CHN}}
|3||0||1||2||5||7||–2||'''1'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 13 August 2003
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|FIN}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460001/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|CHN}}
|goals1 = [[Jarno Parikka|Parikka]] {{goal|6}} <br /> [[Tomi Petrescu|Petrescu]] {{goal|64}}
|goals2 = [[Jiang Chen]] {{goal|4}}
|stadium = [[Telia 5G -areena|Töölö Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance = 8,344
|referee = [[Heber Lopes]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 13 August 2003
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|MEX}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460002/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|COL}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Telia 5G -areena|Töölö Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance = 3,500
|referee = [[Martin Hansson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 16 August 2003
|time = 15:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CHN}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460011/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|COL}}
|goals1 = [[Wang Yongpo]] {{goal|67}}
|goals2 = [[Fredy Guarín|Guarín]] {{goal|73|pen.}} <br /> [[Sebastián Hernández|Hernández]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium = [[Telia 5G -areena|Töölö Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance = 4,100
|referee = [[Richard Piper]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 16 August 2003
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|FIN}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460012/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|MEX}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Julio Ceja (footballer)|Ceja]] {{goal|39}} <br /> Herrera {{goal|51}}
|stadium = [[Telia 5G -areena|Töölö Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance = 10,176
|referee = [[Eric Braamhaar]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 19 August 2003
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CHN}}
|score = 3–3
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460019/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|MEX}}
|goals1 = [[Wang Yongpo]] {{goal|35}}<br /> [[Jiang Chen]] {{goal|61||81}}
|goals2 = [[Gerardo Flores Zúñiga|Flores]] {{goal|51}} <br /> [[Manuel Mariaca|Mariaca]] {{goal|73}} <br /> [[Rafael Murguía|Murguía]] {{goal|78}}
|stadium = [[Telia 5G -areena|Töölö Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance = 4,500
|referee = [[Jerome Damon]] ([[South African Football Association|South Africa]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 19 August 2003
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|COL}}
|score = 9–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160408060848/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460020/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|FIN}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Daniel Hidalgo|Hidalgo]] {{goal|16||32|pen.|50||61}}<br /> [[Adrián Ramos|Ramos]] {{goal|36||68||71}} <br /> [[Fredy Guarín|Guarín]] {{goal|63}} <br /> [[Juan Gilberto Núñez|Núñez]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2 = [[Tomi Petrescu|Petrescu]] {{goal|41}}
|stadium = [[Telia 5G -areena|Töölö Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance = 10,200
|referee = [[Gabriel Brazenas]] ([[Asociación del Fútbol Argentino|Argentina]]) }}

===Group B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|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
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|ARG}}
|3||3||0||0||5||0||+5||'''9'''
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|CRC}}
|3||1||1||1||3||3||0||'''4'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|NGR}}
|3||1||1||1||3||3||0||'''4'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|AUS}}
|3||0||0||3||1||6||–5||'''0'''
|}
Note: Second place was determined by drawing of lots<br />
{{football box
|date = 13 August 2003
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ARG}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190723200341/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460003/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|AUS}}
|goals1 = [[Ezequiel Garay|Garay]] {{goal|6}} <br /> [[Ariel Cólzera|Cólzera]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Veritas Stadion|Turku Stadium]], [[Turku]]
|attendance = 4,124
|referee = [[Eric Braamhaar]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 13 August 2003
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CRC}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460004/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|NGR}}
|goals1 = [[Yosimar Arias|Arias]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = [[Ezekiel Bala|Bala]] {{goal|9}}
|stadium = [[Veritas Stadion|Turku Stadium]], [[Turku]]
|attendance = 4,292
|referee = [[Leone Rakaroi]] ([[Fiji Football Association|Fiji]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 16 August 2003
|time = 15:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|AUS}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460009/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|NGR}}
|goals1 = [[Dez Giraldi|Giraldi]] {{goal|2}}
|goals2 = [[Mikel John Obi|Mikel]] {{goal|73}} <br /> [[Ezekiel Bala|Bala]] {{goal|84}}
|stadium = [[Veritas Stadion|Turku Stadium]], [[Turku]]
|attendance = 5,502
|referee = [[Heber Lopes]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 16 August 2003
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ARG}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190723200316/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460010/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Hernan Peirone|Peirone]] {{goal|84||90}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Veritas Stadion|Turku Stadium]], [[Turku]]
|attendance = 5,462
|referee = [[Jerome Damon]] ([[South African Football Association|South Africa]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 19 August 2003
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|NGR}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190723200334/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460017/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|ARG}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Alejandro Faurlín|Faurlín]] {{goal|59}}
|stadium = [[Veritas Stadion|Turku Stadium]], [[Turku]]
|attendance = 6,104
|referee = [[Martin Hansson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 19 August 2003
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|AUS}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460018/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|CRC}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Rodríguez {{goal|62|pen.}} <br /> [[Alonso Salazar|Salazar]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium = [[Veritas Stadion|Turku Stadium]], [[Turku]]
|attendance = 5,424
|referee = [[Khalil Al Ghamdi|Khalil Al-Ghamdi]] ([[Saudi Arabia Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]]) }}

===Group C===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|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
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|BRA}}
|3||2||1||0||9||1||+8||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|POR}}
|3||1||1||1||9||13||–4||'''4'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|CMR}}
|3||0||3||0||7||7||0||'''3'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|YEM}}
|3||0||1||2||4||8||–4||'''1'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 14 August 2003
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|YEM}}
|score = 3–4
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460005/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|POR}}
|goals1 = [[Yasser Al-Baadani|Al-Badani]] {{goal|31}} <br /> [[Abdulelah Sharyan|Sharyan]] {{goal|45+2}} <br /> [[Márcio Daniel Ribeiro Sousa|Sousa]] {{goal|77|o.g.}}
|goals2 = [[Márcio Daniel Ribeiro Sousa|Sousa]] {{goal|56}} <br /> [[Manuel Curto|Curto]] {{goal|68}} <br /> [[Manuel Fernandes (footballer, born 1986)|M. Fernandes]] {{goal|80}} <br /> [[Abdullah Al Safi|Al-Safi]] {{goal|82|o.g.}}
|stadium = [[Tampere Stadium|Ratina Stadium]], [[Tampere]]
|attendance = 6,400
|referee = [[Ravshan Irmatov]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 14 August 2003
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CMR}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20171104000122/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460006/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|BRA}}
|goals1 = [[Joseph Mawaye]] {{goal|5}}
|goals2 = [[Abuda (footballer, born 1986)|Abuda]] {{goal|38}}
|stadium = [[Tampere Stadium|Ratina Stadium]], [[Tampere]]
|attendance = 8,250
|referee = [[Marco Antonio Rodríguez|Marco Rodríguez]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 17 August 2003
|time = 15:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|POR}}
|score = 0–5
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460013/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|BRA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Léo Matos|Léo]] {{goal|20}} <br /> [[Abuda (footballer, born 1986)|Abuda]] {{goal|52}} <br /> [[Ederson Honorato Campos|Ederson]] {{goal|68|pen.}} <br /> [[Evandro Roncatto|Evandro]] {{goal|77}} <br /> [[Thyago Corrêa|Thyago]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium = [[Tampere Stadium|Ratina Stadium]], [[Tampere]]
|attendance = 10,190
|referee = [[Gabriel Brazenas]] ([[Asociación del Fútbol Argentino|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 17 August 2003
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|YEM}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460014/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|CMR}}
|goals1 = [[Sami Juaim|Juaim]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2 = [[Joseph Mawaye|Mawaye]] {{goal|74}}
|stadium = [[Tampere Stadium|Ratina Stadium]], [[Tampere]]
|attendance = 6,855
|referee = [[Eddy Maillet]] ([[Seychelles Football Federation|Seychelles]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 August 2003
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|BRA}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460021/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|YEM}}
|goals1 = [[Evandro Roncatto|Evandro]] {{goal|28||32}}<br /> [[Arouca (footballer)|Arouca]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Tampere Stadium|Ratina Stadium]], [[Tampere]]
|attendance = 5,896
|referee = [[Marco Antonio Rodríguez|Marco Rodríguez]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 August 2003
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|POR}}
|score = 5–5
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160408043205/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460022/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|CMR}}
|goals1 = [[Vieirinha]] {{goal|21}} <br /> [[Manuel Curto|Curto]] {{goal|36||43||44}} <br /> [[Bruno Gama|Gama]] {{goal|52}}
|goals2 = [[Tiago Costa (Portuguese footballer)|T. Costa]] {{goal|70|o.g.}} <br /> [[Serge N'Gal|N'Gal]] {{goal|74||76}} <br /> [[Landry N'Guémo|N'Guémo]] {{goal|88}} <br /> [[Stéphane Mbia|Mbia]] {{goal|90+4}}
|stadium = [[Tampere Stadium|Ratina Stadium]], [[Tampere]]
|attendance = 4,723
|referee = [[Eric Braamhaar]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]]) }}

===Group D===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=165|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
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|ESP}}
|3||2||1||0||8||5||+3||'''7'''
|- bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|USA}}
|3||2||0||1||8||4||+4||'''6'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|KOR|1997}}
|3||1||0||2||6||11||–5||'''3'''
|- 
|align="left"|{{fbu|17|SLE}}
|3||0||1||2||6||8||–2||'''1'''
|}

{{football box
|date = 14 August 2003
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|KOR|1997}}
|score = 1–6
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460007/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|USA}}
|goals1 = [[Dwight Owens|Owens]] {{goal|11|o.g.}}
|goals2 = [[Freddy Adu|Adu]] {{goal|16||89||90+2|pen.}}<br /> [[Dwight Owens|Owens]] {{goal|26}} <br /> [[Jamie Watson (soccer)|Watson]] {{goal|54}} <br /> [[Steven Curfman|Curfman]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium = [[Lahti Stadium]], [[Lahti]]
|attendance = 3,240
|referee = [[Eddy Maillet]] ([[Seychelles Football Federation|Seychelles]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 14 August 2003
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ESP}}
|score = 3–3
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460008/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|SLE}}
|goals1 = [[David Rodríguez Sánchez|Rodríguez]] {{goal|8}} <br /> [[Sisinio González Martínez|Sisi]] {{goal|15}} <br /> [[Xisco Nadal|Nadal]] {{goal|90+6}}
|goals2 = [[Samuel Barlay|Barlay]] {{goal|34||73}}<br /> [[Manuel Ruz Baños|Ruz]] {{goal|36|o.g.}}
|stadium = [[Lahti Stadium]], [[Lahti]]
|attendance = 3,150
|referee = [[Khalil Al Ghamdi|Khalil Al-Ghamdi]] ([[Saudi Arabia Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 17 August 2003
|time = 15:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|USA}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460015/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|SLE}}
|goals1 = [[Guillermo Gonzalez (soccer)|González]] {{goal|45|pen.}} <br /> [[Freddy Adu|Adu]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = [[Alimamy Sesay|Sesay]] {{goal|32}}
|stadium = [[Lahti Stadium]], [[Lahti]]
|attendance = 4,950
|referee = [[Ravshan Irmatov]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 17 August 2003
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|KOR|1997}}
|score = 2–3
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460016/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|ESP}}
|goals1 = [[Yang Dong-hyun]] {{goal|45}} <br /> [[Sergio Sánchez Ortega|Sánchez]] {{goal|59|o.g.}}
|goals2 = [[David Silva|Silva]] {{goal|65||73||76}}
|stadium = [[Lahti Stadium]], [[Lahti]]
|attendance = 3,470
|referee = [[Marco Antonio Rodríguez|Marco Rodríguez]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 August 2003
|time = 17:30
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|SLE}}
|score = 2–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20180910201733/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460023/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|KOR|1997}}
|goals1 = [[Obi Metzger|Metzger]] {{goal|36||51}}
|goals2 = [[Han Dong-won]] {{goal|28}} <br /> [[Yang Dong-hyun]] {{goal|74}} <br /> [[Lee Yong-rae]] {{goal|78}}
|stadium = [[Lahti Stadium]], [[Lahti]]
|attendance = 2,475
|referee = [[Leone Rakaroi]] ([[Fiji Football Association|Fiji]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 August 2003
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|USA}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460100/match=69460024/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|ESP}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[José Manuel Jurado|Jurado]] {{goal|11}} <br /> [[Cesc Fàbregas|Fàbregas]] {{goal|70}}
|stadium = [[Lahti Stadium]], [[Lahti]]
|attendance = 3,825
|referee = [[Heber Lopes]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}

==Knockout stage==
===Bracket===
{{Round8-with third
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter-finals  -->
|23 August – [[Telia 5G -areena|Helsinki]]|'''{{fbu|17|COL}}'''|'''2'''|{{fbu|17|CRC}}|0
|24 August – [[Veritas Stadion|Turku]]|'''{{fbu|17|BRA}}'''|'''3'''|{{fbu|17|USA}}|0
|23 August – [[Lahti Stadium|Lahti]]|'''{{fbu|17|ARG}}'''|'''2'''|{{fbu|17|MEX}}|0
|24 August – [[Tampere Stadium|Tampere]]|'''{{fbu|17|ESP}}'''|'''5'''|{{fbu|17|POR}}|2
<!--semi-finals  -->
|27 August – [[Tampere Stadium|Tampere]]|{{fbu|17|COL}}|0|'''{{fbu|17|BRA}}'''|'''2'''
|27 August – [[Telia 5G -areena|Helsinki]]|{{fbu|17|ARG}}|2|'''{{fbu|17|ESP}} ([[Overtime (sports)#Association football|a.e.t.]])'''|'''3'''
<!--final  -->
|30 August – [[Telia 5G -areena|Helsinki]]|'''{{fbu|17|BRA}}'''|'''1'''|{{fbu|17|ESP}}|0
<!--third place match-->
|30 August – [[Telia 5G -areena|Helsinki]]|{{fbu|17|COL}}|1 (4)|'''{{fbu|17|ARG}} {{pso}}'''|'''1 (5)'''
}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{football box
|date = 23 August 2003
|time = 14:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|COL}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460300/match=69460025/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Harrison Otalvaro|Otalvaro]] {{goal|25||43}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Telia 5G -areena|Töölö Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance = 2,340
|referee = [[Eddy Maillet]] ([[Seychelles Football Federation|Seychelles]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 23 August 2003
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ARG}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190723200337/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460300/match=69460026/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|MEX}}
|goals1 = [[Neri Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|34}} <br /> [[Hernán Peirone|Peirone]] {{goal|45}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Lahti Stadium]], [[Lahti]]
|attendance = 5,030
|referee = [[Eric Braamhaar]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 24 August 2003
|time = 14:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|BRA}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160508114149/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460300/match=69460027/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|USA}}
|goals1 = [[Leonardo José Aparecido Moura|Leonardo]] {{goal|18}} <br /> [[Ederson Honorato Campos|Ederson]] {{goal|61}} <br /> [[Evandro Roncatto|Evandro]] {{goal|64}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Veritas Stadion|Turku Stadium]], [[Turku]]
|attendance = 6,150
|referee = [[Martin Hansson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 24 August 2003
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ESP}}
|score = 5–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460300/match=69460028/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|POR}}
|goals1 = [[Sergio Sánchez Ortega|Sánchez]] {{goal|28}} <br /> [[Cesc Fàbregas|Fàbregas]] {{goal|42||78}} <br /> [[Xisco Nadal|Nadal]] {{goal|50}} <br /> [[José Manuel Jurado|Jurado]] {{goal|90+4|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Manuel Curto|Curto]] {{goal|3}} <br /> [[Vieirinha]] {{goal|87}}
|stadium = [[Tampere Stadium|Ratina Stadium]], [[Tampere]]
|attendance = 5,387
|referee = [[Gabriel Brazenas]] ([[Asociación del Fútbol Argentino|Argentina]]) }}

===Semi-finals===
{{football box
|date = 27 August 2003
|time = 17:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|COL}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460300/match=69460029/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|BRA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Abuda (footballer, born 1986)|Abuda]] {{goal|16||72}}
|stadium = [[Tampere Stadium|Ratina Stadium]], [[Tampere]]
|attendance = 7,675
|referee = [[Marco Antonio Rodríguez|Marco Rodríguez]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date = 27 August 2003
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|ARG}}
|score = 2–3
|aet = yes
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460300/match=69460030/index.html Report]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|team2 = {{fbu|17|ESP}}
|goals1 = [[Lucas Biglia|Biglia]] {{goal|11}} <br /> [[Ezequiel Garay|Garay]] {{goal|31}}
|goals2 = [[Cesc Fàbregas|Fàbregas]] {{goal|48||119}}<br /> [[José Manuel Jurado|Jurado]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium = [[Telia 5G -areena|Töölö Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance = 5,030
|referee = [[Martin Hansson]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]]) }}

===Playoff for third place===
{{football box
|date = 30 August 2003
|time = 13:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|COL}}
|score = 1–1
|aet = yes
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190723200351/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460500/match=69460031/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|ARG}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Daniel Hidalgo|Hidalgo]] {{goal|53|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Diego Lagos|Lagos]] {{goal|4}}
|stadium = [[Telia 5G -areena|Töölö Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance = 6,400
|referee = [[Eddy Maillet]] ([[Seychelles Football Federation|Seychelles]])
|penalties1 = [[Carlos Daniel Hidalgo|Hidalgo]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Harrison Otalvaro|Otalvaro]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Fredy Guarín|Guarín]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Juan Gilberto Núñez|Núñez]] {{penmiss}} <br /> [[Edwin Movil|Movil]] {{pengoal}} <br /> Vargas {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 4–5
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Ezequiel Garay|Garay]] <br /> {{pengoal}} [[Lautaro Formica|Formica]] <br /> {{penmiss}} [[Alejandro Faurlín|Faurlín]] <br /> {{pengoal}} [[Ariel Cólzera|Cólzera]] <br /> {{pengoal}} [[Leandro Díaz (footballer, born 1986)|Díaz]] <br /> {{pengoal}} Hassell
}}

===Final===
{{football box
|date = 30 August 2003
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|BRA}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160508110259/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=69460600/match=69460032/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|17|ESP}}
|goals1 = [[Leonardo José Aparecido Moura|Leonardo]] {{goal|7}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Telia 5G -areena|Töölö Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]
|attendance = 10,452
|referee = [[Eric Braamhaar]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]]) }}

{{winners|fbu|17|2003 FIFA Under-17 World champions|BRA|Third}}

==Goalscorers==
{{Goalscorers
|goals=117 |matches=32
|5 goals=
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Cesc Fàbregas]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Daniel Hidalgo|Carlos Hidalgo]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Manuel Curto]]

|4 goals=
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Abuda (footballer, born 1986)|Abuda]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Evandro Roncatto|Evandro]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Freddy Adu]]

|3 goals=
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Hernán Peirone]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Jiang Chen]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Adrián Ramos]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[José Manuel Jurado]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Silva]]

|2 goals=
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ezequiel Garay]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ederson Honorato Campos|Ederson]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Leonardo José Aparecido Moura|Leonardo]]
*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Joseph Mawaye]]
*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Serge N'Gal]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Yongpo]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Fredy Guarín]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Harrison Otalvaro]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tomi Petrescu]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Ezekiel Bala]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Vieirinha]]
*{{flagicon|SLE}} [[Samuel Barlay]]
*{{flagicon|SLE}} [[Obi Metzger]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Yang Dong-Hyun]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xisco Nadal]]

|1 goal=
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lucas Biglia]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Neri Cardozo]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ariel Cólzera]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alejandro Faurlín]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Lagos]]
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Dez Giraldi]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Arouca (footballer)|Arouca]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Léo Matos]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Thyago Corrêa|Thyago]]
*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Stéphane Mbia]]
*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Landry N'Guémo]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Sebastián Hernández]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Gilberto Núñez]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Yosimar Arias]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} Pablo Rodríguez
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Alonso Salazar]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jarno Parikka]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Julio Ceja (footballer)|Julio Ceja]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Gerardo Flores Zúñiga]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} Oscar Herrera
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Manuel Mariaca]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Rafael Murguía]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Mikel John Obi]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Bruno Gama]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Manuel Fernandes (footballer, born 1986)|Manuel Fernandes]]
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Márcio Daniel Ribeiro Sousa|Márcio Sousa]]
*{{flagicon|SLE}} [[Alimamy Sesay]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Han Dong-won]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Yong-rae]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Rodríguez Sánchez|David Rodríguez]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Sánchez Ortega|Sergio Sánchez]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sisinio González Martínez|Sisi]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Steven Curfman]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Guillermo Gonzalez (soccer)|Guillermo González]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dwight Owens]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jamie Watson (soccer)|Jamie Watson]]
*{{flagicon|YEM}} [[Yasser Al-Baadani|Yasser Al-Badani]]
*{{flagicon|YEM}} [[Sami Juaim]]
*{{flagicon|YEM}} [[Abdulelah Sharyan]]

|1 own goal=
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Márcio Daniel Ribeiro Sousa|Márcio Sousa]] (against Yemen)
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Tiago Costa (Portuguese footballer)|Tiago Costa]] (against Cameroon)
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Manuel Ruz Baños|Ruz]] (against Sierra Leone)
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Sánchez Ortega|Sergio Sánchez]] (against South Korea)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dwight Owens]] (against South Korea)
*{{flagicon|YEM}} [[Abdullah Al Safi|Abdullah Al-Safi]] (against Portugal)
}}

==Final ranking==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=20|Rank
!width=200|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:gold;"
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Brazil}}
|6||5||1||0||15||1||+14||'''16'''
|- style="background:silver;"
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Spain}}
|6||4||1||1||16||10||+6||'''13'''
|- style="background:#a67d3d;"
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Argentina}}
|6||4||1||1||10||4||+6||'''13'''
|- style="background:beige;"
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Colombia}}
|6||3||2||1||14||5||+9||'''11'''
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated in the quarter-finals'''
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|United States}}
|4||2||0||2||8||7||+1||'''6'''
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Mexico}}
|4||1||2||1||5||5||0||'''5'''
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Costa Rica}}
|4||1||1||2||3||5||–2||'''4'''
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Portugal}}
|4||1||1||2||11||18||–7||'''4'''
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated at the group stage'''
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Nigeria}}
|3||1||1||1||3||3||0||'''4'''
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Cameroon}}
|3||0||3||0||7||7||0||'''3'''
|-
|11
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|South Korea}}
|3||1||0||2||6||11||–5||'''3'''
|-
|12
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Finland}}
|3||1||0||2||3||12||–9||'''3'''
|-
|13
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Sierra Leone}}
|3||0||1||2||6||8||–2||'''1'''
|-
|14
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|China}}
|3||0||1||2||5||7||–2||'''1'''
|-
|15
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Yemen}}
|3||0||1||2||4||8||–4||'''1'''
|-
|16
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Australia}}
|3||0||0||3||1||6||–5||'''0'''
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305025846/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/archive/finland2003/index.html FIFA U-17 World Championship Finland 2003], FIFA.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108043158/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/50/06/98/u17%5f03%5ftr%5ffin%5fpart1%5f229.pdf FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220065755/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/06/96/u17%5f03%5ftr%5ffin%5fpart2%5f228.pdf (Part 2)]

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