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1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship


FieldValue
tourney_nameFIFA U-17 World Championship
year1991
other_titles1st FIFA U-17 World Championship for the FIFA/JVC Cup
1991 FIFA U-17 Campionato del Mondo
countryItaly
dates16–31 August
num_teams16
confederations6
venues6
cities6
champion_other
count1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches32
goals81
attendance37000
top_scorerBRA Adriano
playerGHA Nii Lamptey
fair_play
prevseason[1989](1989-fifa-u-16-world-championship)
nextseason[1993](1993-fifa-u-17-world-championship)

1991 FIFA U-17 Campionato del Mondo

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 and 31 August 1991. Players born after 1 August 1974 could participate in this tournament.

Saudi Arabia, the 1989 champions, were not able to defend their title as they withdrew from the final round of the AFC qualifying tournament, citing the 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 was the second time a FIFA event was moved from its original hosting country, after the 1986 World Cup was moved from Colombia to Mexico.

Cities & Stadiums

CittàStadio
FlorenceStadio Artemio Franchi
LivornoStadio Armando Picchi
MassaStadio Gianpiero Vitali
CarraraStadio dei Marmi
Montecatini TermeStadio Daniele Mariotti
ViareggioStadio Torquato Bresciani

Qualified Teams

ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)[1990 AFC U-16 Championship](1990-afc-u-16-championship)
CAF (Africa)[1991 African U-17 Qualifying for World Cup](1991-african-u-17-qualifying-for-world-cup)
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean)[1991 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament](1991-concacaf-u-17-tournament)
CONMEBOL (South America)[1991 South American U-17 Championship](1991-south-american-u-17-championship)
OFC (Oceania)[1991 OFC U-17 Championship](1991-ofc-u-17-championship)
UEFA (Europe)Host nation
[1991 UEFA European Under-16 Championship](1991-uefa-european-under-16-championship)

:1. replacing Ecuador.

Squads

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

Referees

Asia

  • KSA Omar Al-Mohanna
  • MAS Lechmanasamy Kathirveloo
  • SYR Nizar Watti Africa
  • BEN Sylvain Abikanlou
  • TUN Rachid Ben Khadija
  • Mauritius Lim Kee Chong CONCACAF
  • TRI Errol Forbes
  • MEX Miguel Angel Salas
  • ATG Arlington Success South America
  • ARG Juan Bava
  • PAR Sabino Cespedes
  • ECU Jorge Orellano
  • BRA Ulisses Tavares da Silva Europe
  • ITA Angelo Amendolia
  • ITA Fabio Baldas
  • DEN Jan Damgaard
  • FRA Philippe Leduc
  • SWE Leif Sundell
  • NED Mario van der Ende Oceania
  • NZL Ronald Gallon

Group stages

Group A

TeamsPtsPldWDLGFGAGDStatus
**6**3300514Advanced to the quarterfinals
**3**3111220
**2**302123−1Eliminated
**1**301247−3





Group B

Venue: Carrara

TeamsPtsPldWDLGFGAGDStatus
**4**3201642Advanced to the quarterfinals
**3**3111110
**3**311123−1Eliminated
**2**310256−1





Group C

Venue: Massa

TeamsPtsPldWDLGFGAGDStatus
**6**3300707Advanced to the quarterfinals
**3**3111550
**2**3102550Eliminated
**1**3012310−7





Group D

Venue: Livorno

TeamsPtsPldWDLGFGAGDStatus
**5**3210936Advanced to the quarterfinals
**5**3210523
**2**310213−2Eliminated
**0**3003310−7





Knockout stage

|August 25 – Montecatini Terme||1 (4)| (pen.)|1 (5) |August 25 – Carrara||1||2 |August 25 – Viareggio||1||2 |August 25 – Livorno||3||1 |August 28 – Viareggio||0 (2)| (pen.)|0 (4) |August 28 – Massa||0||1 |August 31 – Florence||1||0 |August 30 – Montecatini Terme||1 (1)| (pen.)|1 (4)

Quarter-finals




Semi-finals


Third place play-off

Final

Result

Awards

Golden ShoeGolden BallFIFA Fair Play
BRA Adriano (4 goals)GHA Nii Lamptey

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

  • BRA Adriano
  • GHA Nii Lamptey ;3 goals
  • AUS Paul Agostino
  • MEX Jorge Toledano
  • ESP Antonio Robaina
  • ESP Juan Carlos Murgui ;2 goals
  • ARG Ruben Comelles
  • AUS Alex Kiratzoglu
  • CHN Gao Fei
  • GER Goya Jaekel
  • GER Jens Sarna
  • GHA Mohammed Gargo
  • SUD Mohamed Ahmed
  • USA Matt McKeon ;1 goal
  • ARG Christian Akselman
  • ARG Juan Sebastián Verón
  • ARG Ricardo Castellani
  • AUS Aaron Healey
  • BRA Argel
  • BRA Leandro
  • BRA Nene
  • BRA Yan
  • CHN Huang Yi
  • CHN Liang Yu
  • CGO Gaston Kibiti
  • CGO Patrick Tchicaya
  • CUB Eliezer Casamayor
  • CUB Luis Marten
  • CUB Vladimir Sánchez
  • GER Christof Babatz
  • GER Karl-Heinz Lutz
  • GHA Emmanuel Duah
  • GHA Nana Opoku
  • ITA Alessandro Del Piero
  • ITA Daniele Giraldi
  • MEX García
  • MEX Mario Garza
  • QAT Ahmed Bu
  • QAT Jassim Al Tamimi
  • QAT Mohamed Al Bedaid
  • SUD Ibrahim Hussein
  • SUD Khalid Elmustafa
  • SUD Nemairi Saeed
  • ESP César Palacios
  • ESP Dani
  • ESP Emilio Carrasco
  • ESP James Beattie
  • ESP José Miguel López
  • ESP Pedro Velasco Morón
  • ESP Ramón
  • UAE Adel Mohamed
  • UAE Ali Abdulrahman
  • UAE Jamal Ibrahim
  • USA Albertin Montoya
  • USA Brian Kelly
  • USA Mike Dunne
  • USA Shohn Beachum
  • URU Diego López ;Own goal
  • ARG Juan Azconzobal (playing against Australia)

Final ranking

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1642083+5**10**
26411135+8**9**
36222550**6**
46141330**6**
**Eliminated in the quarter-finals**
5431062+4**7**
6430182+6**6**
7420276+1**4**
8411268–2**3**
**Eliminated at the group stage**
9311123–1**3**
103102550**2**
11310256–1**2**
12302123–1**2**
13310213–2**2**
14301247–3**1**
153012310–7**1**
163003310–7**0**
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