1991 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the eighth staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, an international football competition organized by FIFA for men's youth national teams, and the eighth since it was established in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Tournament. The final tournament took place for the first time in Portugal, between 14 and 30 June 1991. Matches were played across five venues in as many cities: Faro, Braga, Guimarães, Porto and Lisbon. Nigeria originally won the bid to host but was stripped of its right after found guilty for committing age fabrication.[1]
| Campeonato Mundial de Júniores Portugal '91 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 14–30 June |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
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| Third place |  |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 82 (2.56 per match) |
| Attendance | 731,500 (22,859 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | |
| Fair play award | |
North Korea and South Korea competed for the first time as a united team, although FIFA attributes its historical data to South Korea.[2] Portugal entered the competition as the defending champions, after winning the previous tournament. They reached the final, where a record attendance of 127,000 witnessed the hosts defeat Portuguese-speaking rival Brazil 4–2 on penalties to secure their second consecutive title. The Soviet Union made its last ever FIFA tournament appearance, the country was dissolved later that year.
Qualification
In addition to the host team, Portugal, 15 other national teams qualified from six continental tournaments.
| Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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| AFC (Asia) | 1990 AFC Youth Championship |   |
| CAF (Africa) | 1991 African Youth Championship |   |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1990 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament |   |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1991 South American Youth Championship |   |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1990 OFC U-20 Championship | |
| UEFA (Europe) | Host nation | |
| 1990 UEFA European Under-18 Championship |     |
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Match officials
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Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
Group stages
The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 |
| Mexico | 3–0 | |
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Hernández  Pineda Álvarez Arcos |
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| Brazil | 2–1 | |
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| Andrei Luíz Fernando |
Report | Tiehi |
| Ivory Coast | 1–1 | |
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| Seri |
Report | Pineda |
Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–2 | |
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| Report | Okon Seal |
| Egypt | 0–1 | |
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| Report | Scherbakov |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–6 | |
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| Report | Hussein Sadek Ismail Sakr El-Sheshini Abdel Aziz |
| Australia | 1–0 | |
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| Maloney |
Report |
| Australia | 1–0 | |
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| Trajanovski |
Report |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–4 | |
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| Report | Pokhlebayev Konovalov Mikhailenko Scherbakov |
Group D
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| June 22 – Lisbon | ||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| June 26 – Lisbon | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| June 23 – Braga | ||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| 1 (5) | |||||||||
| June 29 – Lisbon | ||||||||||
| 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 0 (4) | |||||||||
| June 22 – Porto | ||||||||||
| 0 (2) | |||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| June 26 – Guimarães | ||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||
| July 23 – Faro | ||||||||||
| 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| June 29 – Porto | ||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||
| 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 1 (5) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Australia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Seal |
Report | A. Mando |
| Penalties | ||
Seal  Okon Kindtner  Muscat Babic Stanton |
5–4 | |
| Spain | 1–3 | |
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| Urzáiz |
Report | Scherbakov Mandreko |
Semi-finals
| Brazil | 3–0 | |
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| Marquinhos Castro Élber |
Report |
Third place play-off
| Australia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Seal |
Report | Scherbakov |
| Penalties | ||
| Seal Okon Corica Babic Popovic Stanton |
4–5 | |
Awards
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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Goalscorers
Serhiy Scherbakov of Soviet Union won the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 82 goals were scored by 54 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
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- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
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Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 11 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 | |
| 3 | |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | |
| 6 | |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 7 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 | |
| 8 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 3 | |
| Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 2 | |
| 10 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 2 | |
| 11 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 | |
| 12 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2 | |
| 13 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 1 | |
| 14 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 | |
| 15 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | –7 | 1 | |
| 16 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | –12 | 0 | |
References
- "After The Eaglets Have Landed". NigeriaVillageSquare.com. 26 February 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- "FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991 – Teams". FIFA. Retrieved 10 June 2014.