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 – August 31, 1991
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (1st title)
Runner-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

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 1 Qualified Teams 2 Squads 3 Referees 4 Group stages 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Group C 4.4 Group D 5 Knockout stages 5.1 Quarterfinals 5.2 Semifinals 5.3 Third place play-off 5.4 Final 6 Result 7 Awards 8 External links

[edit] Qualified Teams

Africa (African U-16 Championship 1991)

•  Congo
•  Ghana
•  Sudan

Asia (AFC U-17 Championship 1990)

•  China PR
•  Qatar
•  United Arab Emirates

Europe (UEFA U-17 Championship 1991)

•  Germany
•  Spain

North America (CONCACAF U-17 Championship 1991)

•  Cuba
•  Mexico
•  United States

South America (Sudamericano Sub-17 1991)

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Uruguay

Oceania (OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament 1991)

•  Australia

Host Nation Automatic Qualification

•  Italy (replacing Ecuador)

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

[edit] Referees

Asia Omar Al-Mohanna Lechmanasamy Kathirveloo Nizar Watti Africa Sylvain Abikanlou Rachid Ben Khadija Lim Kee Chong CONCACAF Errol Forbes Miguel Angel Salas Arlington Success

South America Juan Bava Sabino Cespedes Jorge Orellano Ulisses Tavares da Silva Europe Angelo Amendolia Fabio Baldas Jan Damgaard Philippe Leduc Leif Sundell Mario van der Ende Oceania Ronald Gallon

[edit] Group stages

[edit] Group A

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	6	3	3	0	0	5	1	4
Argentina	3	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'

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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)

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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'

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August 20, 1991 20:00	United States	1–0	Argentina	Viareggio Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rachid Ben Khedija
	McKeon 23'	(Report)

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August 22, 1991 18:00	Italy	0–0	Argentina	Viareggio Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Philippe Leduc
		(Report)

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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'

[edit] Group B

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	4	3	2	0	1	6	4	2
Qatar	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
Congo	3	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1
Mexico	2	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)

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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'

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August 20, 1991 19:00	Congo	0–2	Australia	Carrara Attendance: 200 Referee: Letchmanasamy Kathirveloo
		(Report)	Healey 63' Kiratzoglu 74'

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August 20, 1991 21:00	Qatar	0–1	Mexico	Carrara Attendance: 200 Referee: Sabino Farina Cespedes
		(Report)	Toledano 5'

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August 22, 1991 19:00	Congo	2–1	Mexico	Carrara Attendance: 400 Referee: Mario van der Ende
	Kibiti 17' Tchicaya 31'	(Report)	García 71'

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August 22, 1991 21:00	Qatar	1–0	Australia	Carrara Attendance: 400 Referee: Juan Bava
	Al Tamimi 76'	(Report)

[edit] Group C

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	6	3	3	0	0	7	0	7
Germany	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
Sudan	2	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'

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August 18, 1991 19:00	Germany	0–2	Brazil	Massa Attendance: 800 Referee: Fabio Baldas
		(Report)	Argel 18' Adriano 39'

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August 20, 1991 19:00	Sudan	1–3	Germany	Massa Attendance: 200 Referee: Angelo Amendolia
	Ahmed 78'	(Report)	Sarna 48' Jaekel 62', 75'

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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'

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August 22, 1991 19:00	Sudan	0–1	Brazil	Massa Attendance: 500 Referee: Angelo Amendolia
		(Report)	Adriano 73'

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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'

[edit] Group D

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Spain	5	3	2	1	0	9	3	6
Ghana	5	3	2	1	0	5	2	3
Uruguay	2	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'

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August 18, 1991 21:00	Uruguay	0–1	Spain	Livorno Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Nizar Watti
		(Report)	Dani 64'

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August 20, 1991 19:00	Ghana	2–0	Uruguay	Livorno Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Errol Forbes
	Gargo 36' Lamptey 52'	(Report)

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August 20, 1991 21:00	Cuba	2–7	Spain	Livorno Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Fabio Baldas
	Marten 56' Casamayor 66'	(Report)	Toni Robaina 5', 23' Emilio Carrasco 13' Murgui 43' Pedro Velasco 52' César Palacios 58' Ramón 74'

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August 22, 1991 19:00	Ghana	1–1	Spain	Livorno Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Ulisses Tavares da Silva
	Opoku 42'	(Report)	Pepe Gálvez 62'

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August 22, 1991 21:00	Cuba	0–1	Uruguay	Livorno Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Lim Kee Chong
		(Report)	López 72'

[edit] 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

[edit] 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'

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August 25, 1991 21:00	Australia	1–2	Argentina	Viareggio Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Fabio Valdas
	Azconzobal 75' (o.g.)	(Report)	Comelles 29', 55'

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August 25, 1991 21:00	Brazil	1–2	Ghana	Carrara Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Leif Sundell
	Leandro 42'	(Report)	Lamptey 36' Gargo 58'

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August 25, 1991 21:00	Spain	3–1	Germany	Livorno Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Nizar Watti
	Murgui 59' Toni Robaina 72' Josemi López 80'	(Report)	Babatz 15'

[edit] Semifinals

August 28, 1991 18:00	Qatar	0–0 (AET) (2–4 PSO)	Ghana	Viareggio Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Fabio Baldas
		(Report)

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August 28, 1991 21:00	Argentina	0–1	Spain	Massa Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Jan Damgaard
		(Report)	Murgui 22'

[edit] 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'

[edit] Final

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

[edit] Result

FIFA U-17 World Championship 1991 Winners
Ghana First title

[edit] Awards

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

[edit] External links

• 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship on FIFA.com

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