1991 South American U-17 Championship

The 1991 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 1991, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Paraguai 1991) was the 4th edition of the South American Under-17 Football Championship, a football competition for the under-17 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Paraguay from 4 to 19 May 1991.

1991 South American U-17 Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17
Paraguay 1991
Tournament details
Host country Paraguay
CityAsunción (Final stage)
Dates4 – 19 May 1991
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored86 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s) Diego Peréz (9 goals)

Brazil were crowned champions, and together with Argentina and Uruguay, which were the top three teams of this tournament, qualified for the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Italy.

Teams

Squads

Match officials

The referees were:

Venues

The main venue was Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción with some games being played at Estadio Manuel Ferreira and Estadio General Pablo Rojas in the same city. Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill, Itauguá and Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque were also used.[1]

Asunción Itauguá Luque
Estadio Defensores del Chaco
Estadio Manuel Ferreira
Estadio General Pablo Rojas
Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill
Estadio Feliciano Cáceres
25.292072°S 57.657381°W / -25.292072; -57.657381 (Estadio Defensores del Chaco) 25.291389°S 57.608611°W / -25.291389; -57.608611 (Estadio Manuel Ferreira) 25.3°S 57.6375°W / -25.3; -57.6375 (Estadio General Pablo Rojas) 25.395917°S 57.340694°W / -25.395917; -57.340694 (Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill) 25.272222°S 57.493056°W / -25.272222; -57.493056 (Estadio Feliciano Cáceres)
Capacity:50,000 Capacity:23,732 Capacity:45,000 Capacity:10,000 Capacity:26,974

First stage

The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

Tiebreakers

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:

  1. goal difference
  2. goals scored
  3. head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only)
  4. drawing of lots

All times local, PAT (UTC−4).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 4 3 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Final stage
2  Chile 4 2 1 1 5 2 +3 5
3  Paraguay 4 1 3 0 6 4 +2 5
4  Peru 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 3
5  Venezuela 4 0 0 4 0 8 −8 0
Source: Estadisticas de Fútbol
Argentina 2–1 Chile
 Report
  • Robles  46' (pen.)
Referee: Ulises Tavares (Brazil)
Peru 2–2 Paraguay
  • Chévez  12'
  • Quimper  39'
 Report
Referee: Fernando Cardellino (Uruguay)
Chile 3–0 Peru
  • Silva  10'
  • Reyes  68'
  • Mella  79'
 Report
Referee: Jorge Zuluaga (Colombia)
Paraguay 2–0 Venezuela
  • Coronel  37'
  • Yugovich  39'
 Report
Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)
Chile 1–0 Venezuela
  • Tissavak  45'
 Report
Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)
Argentina 2–1 Peru
  • Olivieri  49', 66'
 Report
  • Colina  13'
Referee: Jorge Nieto (Uruguay)
Paraguay 0–0 Chile
Report
Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)
Argentina 1–0 Venezuela
 Report
Referee: Fernando Cardellino (Uruguay)
Peru 4–0 Venezuela
 Report
Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)
Argentina 2–2 Paraguay
 Report
  • Caffarena  53', 62'
Referee: Ulises Tavares (Brazil)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 Final stage
2  Brazil 4 3 0 1 14 3 +11 6
3  Colombia 4 2 1 1 10 4 +6 5
4  Ecuador 4 1 1 2 9 8 +1 3
5  Bolivia 4 0 0 4 0 33 −33 0
Source: Estadisticas de Fútbol
Colombia 8–0 Bolivia
  • Niño  14' (pen.)
  • Nieto  14'
  • Sáez  22'
  • Pacheco  37', 51', 56', 71'
  • Betancourt  74' (pen.)
 Report
Referee: Sabino Fariña (Paraguay)
Brazil 5–2 Ecuador
  • Gian  8', 38', 51', 78'
  • Leandro  66'
 Report
Referee: Juan Carlos Crespi (Argentina)
Colombia 2–1 Ecuador
  • Betancourt  16'
  • Vásquez  77'
 Report
  • Caicedo  32'
Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill, Itauguá
Referee: Iván Guerrero (Chile)
Uruguay 14–0 Bolivia
  • Goñi  5', 18', 27', 37', 51', 53'
  • López  7', 43', 58', 61', 74', 78' (pen.)
  • Correa  35', 68'
 Report
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
Brazil 6–0 Bolivia
  • Adriano  29', 77', 79'
  • Leandro  55'
  • Yan  38'
  • Elenilson  73'
 Report
Referee: Fernando Chappell (Peru)
Colombia 0–0 Uruguay
Report
Referee: Sabino Fariña (Paraguay)
Ecuador 5–0 Bolivia
 Report
Referee: Nelson Rodriguez (Venezuela)
Uruguay 1–0 Brazil
  • Pérez  37'
 Report
Referee: Juan Carlos Crespi (Argentina)
Uruguay 1–1 Ecuador
 Report
  • Yáñez  70'
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
Brazil 3–0 Colombia
  • Adriano  15'
  • Gian  20'
  • Leandro  56'
 Report
Referee: Sabino Fariña (Paraguay)

Final stage

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
3  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4  Chile 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: Estadisticas de Fútbol
Brazil 2–1 Argentina
  • Leandro  47'
  • Elenilson  73'
 Report
  • Bernuncio  3'
Referee: Sabino Fariña (Paraguay)
Uruguay 1–1 Chile
  • Pérez  15'
 Report
Referee: Jorge Zuluaga (Colombia)
Argentina 0–0 Chile
Report
Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)
Uruguay 1–0 Brazil
  • Pérez  14'
 Report
Referee: Fernando Chappell (Peru)
Brazil 2–1 Chile
 Report
Referee: Sabino Fariña (Paraguay)
Argentina 2–1 Uruguay
  • Castellani  38' (pen.)
  • Oliveri  72'
 Report
  • Pérez  24'
Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)

Winners
 1991 South American Under-16 Football Champions 

Brazil
2nd title

Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match.

9 goals

  • Diego Peréz

6 goals

5 goals

  • Gian

4 goals

  • Leandro
  • Victor Pacheco

3 goals

2 goals

  • Rubén Bernuncio
  • Ricardo Castellani
  • Elenilson
  • Marcelo Salas
  • Arley Betancourt
  • Carlos Yáñez
  • Agustin Delgado
  • Paulo Yugovic
  • Roberto Caffarena
  • David Chévez
  • Néstor Correa

1 goal

Source: Estadisticas de Fútbol

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Championship

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Uruguay17 May 19910
 Brazil19 May 19913 (1985,1987,1989)
 Argentina19 May 19912 (1985,1989)

References
  1. "Estadisticas de Fútbol: CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO SUB-17 1991". Estadisticas de Fútbol (in Spanish). 29 January 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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