1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship
| 1st FIFA U-17 World Championship for the FIFA/JVC Cup 1991 FIFA U-17 Campionato del Mondo | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | August 16–31, 1991 |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
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| Runners-up |
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| Third place |
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| Fourth place |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 81 (2.53 per match) |
| Attendance | 37,000 (1,156 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
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| Best player |
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| Fair play award |
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The 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the fourth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Florence, Montecatini Terme, Viareggio, Massa, Carrara, and Livorno in Italy between 16 August and 31 August 1991. Players born after 1 August 1974 can participate in this tournament.
Saudi Arabia the 1989 champions, weren't able to defend their title as they withdrew from the final round of the AFC qualifying tournament, citing Blue Diamond Affair.
The tournament was originally to be scheduled in Ecuador, but due to the cholera outbreak earlier that year, it was moved to Italy, which hosted the previous year's World Cup. This is the second time a FIFA event was moved from its original hosting country, after the 1986 World Cup was moved from Colombia to Mexico.
Qualified Teams
Africa (African U-16 Championship 1991)
Asia (AFC U-17 Championship 1990)
Europe (UEFA U-16 Championship 1991)
North America (CONCACAF U-17 Championship 1991)
South America (Sudamericano Sub-17 1991)
Oceania (OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament 1991)
Host Nation Automatic Qualification
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads
Referees
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Asia
Africa
CONCACAF
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South America
Europe
Oceania
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Group stages
Group A
| Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | Eliminated |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 |
| Italy |
0–1 | |
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| (Report) | Dunne  |
| United States |
1–0 | |
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| McKeon |
(Report) |
Group B
Venue: Carrara
| Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | Eliminated |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 |
| Australia |
4–3 | |
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| Agostino Kiratzoglu |
(Report) | Garza Toledano |
| Congo |
0–2 | |
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| (Report) | Healey Kiratzoglu |
| Congo |
2–1 | |
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| Kibiti Tchicaya |
(Report) | García |
Group C
Venue: Massa
| Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Eliminated |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 |
| Sudan |
4–1 | |
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| Saeed Hussein Ahmed Elmustafa |
(Report) | Mohamed |
| Sudan |
1–3 | |
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| Ahmed |
(Report) | Sarna Jaekel |
| United Arab Emirates |
0–4 | |
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| (Report) | Yan Nene Adriano |
| United Arab Emirates |
2–2 | |
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| Abdulrahman Ibrahim |
(Report) | Lutz Sarna |
Group D
Venue: Livorno
| Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | Eliminated |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 |
| Cuba |
2–7 | |
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| Marten Casamayor |
(Report) | Robaina Emilio Carrasco Murgui Velasco Palacios Ramón |
| Cuba |
0–1 | |
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| (Report) | López |
Knockout stages
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| August 25 - Montecatini Terme | ||||||||||
| 1 (4) | |||||||||
| August 28 - Viareggio | ||||||||||
| 1 (5) | |||||||||
| 0 (2) | |||||||||
| August 25 - Carrara | ||||||||||
| 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| August 31 - Florence | ||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| August 25 - Viareggio | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| August 28 - Massa | ||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| August 25 - Livorno | ||||||||||
| 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||
| August 30 - Montecatini Terme | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 1 (1) | |||||||||
| 1 (4) | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place play-off
Final
Result
| FIFA U-17 World Championship 1991 Winners |
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Ghana First title |
Awards
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play |
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Goalscorers
Adriano of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring four goals. In total, 81 goals were scored by 59 different players, with only one of them credited as own goals.
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Own goal
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | |
| 3 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | |
6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | |
| 6 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | |
| 7 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 8 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | –2 | 3 | |
| Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 3 | |
| 10 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 2 | |
| 12 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 2 | |
| 13 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 | |
| 14 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 1 | |
| 15 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 1 | |
| 16 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 0 | |