1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship

1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship
1st FIFA U-17 World Championship for the FIFA/JVC Cup
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  Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up  Spain
Third place  Argentina
Fourth place  Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 81 (2.53 per match)
Attendance 37,000 (1,156 per match)
Top scorer(s) Adriano
Best player Nii Lamptey
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The 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship was held in the cities of Florence, Montecatini, 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.

The tournament was originally to be scheduled in Ecuador, but due to the cholera outbreak, it was moved to Italy, which hosted the previous year's World Cup.

Contents

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

Asia

  • Omar Al-Mohanna
  • Lechmanasamy Kathirveloo
  • Nizar Watti

Africa

CONCACAF

South America

  • Juan Bava
  • Sabino Cespedes
  • Jorge Orellano
  • Ulisses Tavares da Silva

Europe

Oceania

  • Ronald Gallon

Group stages

Group A

Teams Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United States 9 3 3 0 0 5 1 4
 Argentina 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 Italy 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1
 China PR 1 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3
August 16, 1991
18:00
 Italy  0–1  United States Montecatini
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Ulisses Tavares da Silva
(Report) Dunne  18'
August 17, 1991
21:00
 China PR  1–2  Argentina Viareggio
Attendance: 350
Referee: Leif Sundell
Gao Fei  58' (Report) Verón  50'
Castellani  77' ((pen))
August 20, 1991
18:00
 Italy  2–2  China PR Viareggio
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Miguel Angel Salas Castillo
Del Piero  30'
Giraldi  67'		 (Report) Yu Liang  14'
Yu Huang  73'
August 20, 1991
20:00
 United States  1–0  Argentina Viareggio
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Rachid Ben Khedija
McKeon  23' (Report)
August 22, 1991
18:00
 Italy  0–0  Argentina Viareggio
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Philippe Leduc
(Report)
August 22, 1991
20:00
 United States  3–1  China PR Viareggio
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nizar Watti
Beachum  6'
Montoya  37'
McKeon  71'		 (Report) Gao Fei  32'

Group B

Teams Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 6 3 2 0 1 6 4 2
 Qatar 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0
 Congo 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1
 Mexico 3 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1
August 17, 1991
21:00
 Congo  0–0  Qatar Carrara
Attendance: 600
Referee: Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos
(Report)
August 18, 1991
21:00
 Australia  4–3  Mexico Carrara
Attendance: 500
Referee: Lim Kee Chong
Agostino  5', 28', 29'
Kiratzoglu  17'		 (Report) Garza  25'
Toledano  69', 74'
August 20, 1991
19:00
 Congo  0–2  Australia Carrara
Attendance: 200
Referee: Letchmanasamy Kathirveloo
(Report) Healey  63'
Kiratzoglu  74'
August 20, 1991
21:00
 Qatar  0–1  Mexico Carrara
Attendance: 200
Referee: Sabino Farina Cespedes
(Report) Toledano  5'
August 22, 1991
19:00
 Congo  2–1  Mexico Carrara
Attendance: 400
Referee: Mario van der Ende
Kibiti  17'
Tchicaya  31'		 (Report) García  71'
August 22, 1991
21:00
 Qatar  1–0  Australia Carrara
Attendance: 400
Referee: Juan Bava
Al Tamimi  76' (Report)

Group C

Teams Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 7 0 7
 Germany 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
 Sudan 3 3 1 0 2 5 5 0
 United Arab Emirates 1 3 0 1 2 3 10 −7
August 17, 1991
21:00
 Sudan  4–1  United Arab Emirates Massa
Attendance: 250
Referee: Arlington Success
Saeed  34'
Hussein  36'
Ahmed  37'
Elmustafa  47'		 (Report) Mohamed  59'
August 18, 1991
19:00
 Germany  0–2  Brazil Massa
Attendance: 800
Referee: Fabio Baldas
(Report) Argel  18'
Adriano  39'
August 20, 1991
19:00
 Sudan  1–3  Germany Massa
Attendance: 200
Referee: Angelo Amendolia
Ahmed  78' (Report) Sarna  48'
Jaekel  62', 75'
August 20, 1991
21:00
 United Arab Emirates  0–4  Brazil Massa
Attendance: 200
Referee: Jan Damgaard
(Report) Yan  20'
Nene  26'
Adriano  58', 62'
August 22, 1991
19:00
 Sudan  0–1  Brazil Massa
Attendance: 500
Referee: Angelo Amendolia
(Report) Adriano  73'
August 22, 1991
21:00
 United Arab Emirates  2–2  Germany Massa
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos
Abdulrahman  12' (pen)
Ibrahim  44'		 (Report) Lutz  8'
Sarna  51'

Group D

Teams Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Spain 7 3 2 1 0 9 3 6
 Ghana 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 3
 Uruguay 3 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2
 Cuba 0 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7
August 17, 1991
21:00
 Ghana  2–1  Cuba Livorno
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Omar Al Mehanna
Lamptey  8', 51' (pen) (Report) Sánchez  26'
August 18, 1991
21:00
 Uruguay  0–1  Spain Livorno
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Nizar Watti
(Report) Dani  64'
August 20, 1991
19:00
 Ghana  2–0  Uruguay Livorno
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Errol Forbes
Gargo  36'
Lamptey  52'		 (Report)
August 20, 1991
21:00
 Cuba  2–7  Spain Livorno
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Fabio Baldas
Marten  56'
Casamayor  66'		 (Report) Robaina  5', 23'
Emilio Carrasco  13'
Murgui  43'
Pedro Velasco  52'
Palacios  58'
Ramón  74'
August 22, 1991
19:00
 Ghana  1–1  Spain Livorno
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Ulisses Tavares da Silva
Opoku  42' (Report) Gálvez  62'
August 22, 1991
21:00
 Cuba  0–1  Uruguay Livorno
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Lim Kee Chong
(Report) López  72'

Knockout stages

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
August 25 - Montecatini        
  United States  1 (4)
August 28 - Viareggio
  Qatar (PSO)  1 (5)  
  Qatar  0 (2)
August 25 - Carrara
    Ghana (PSO)  0 (4)  
  Brazil  1
August 31 - Florence
  Ghana  2  
  Ghana  1
August 25 - Viareggio
    Spain  0
  Australia  1
August 28 - Massa
  Argentina  2  
  Argentina  0 Third place
August 25 - Livorno
    Spain  1  
  Spain  3   Qatar  1 (1)
  Germany  1     Argentina (PSO)  1 (4)
August 30 - Montecatini

Quarterfinals

August 25, 1991
18:00
 United States  1–1 (AET)
(4–5 PSO)		  Qatar Montecatini
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos
Kelly  3' (Report) Bu  14'
August 25, 1991
21:00
 Australia  1–2  Argentina Viareggio
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Fabio Valdas
Azconzobal  75' (o.g.) (Report) Comelles  29', 55'
August 25, 1991
21:00
 Brazil  1–2  Ghana Carrara
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Leif Sundell
Leandro  42' (Report) Lamptey  36'
Gargo  58'
August 25, 1991
21:00
 Spain  3–1  Germany Livorno
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Nizar Watti
Murgui  59'
Robaina  72'
Josemi López  80'		 (Report) Babatz  15'

Semifinals

August 28, 1991
18:00
 Qatar  0–0 (AET)
(2–4 PSO)		  Ghana Viareggio
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Fabio Baldas
(Report)
August 28, 1991
21:00
 Argentina  0–1  Spain Massa
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Jan Damgaard
(Report) Murgui  22'

Third place play-off

August 30, 1991
18:00
 Qatar  1–1 (AET)
(1–4 PSO)		  Argentina Montecatini
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mario van der Ende
Al Bedaid  60' (Report) Akselman  80'

Final

August 31, 1991
18:00
 Ghana  1–0  Spain Florence
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Leif Sundell
Duah  77' (Report)

Result

 FIFA U-17 World Championship 1991 Winners 

Ghana
First title

Awards

Golden Shoe Golden Ball FIFA Fair Play
Adriano (4 goals) Nii Lamptey  Argentina

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