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.
| 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 |  Portugal (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Third place |  Soviet Union |
| Fourth place |  Australia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 82 (2.56 per match) |
| Attendance | 731,500 (22,859 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Serhiy Scherbakov (5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Emílio Peixe |
| Fair play award | Soviet Union |
North Korea and South Korea competed for the first time as a united team, although FIFA attributes its historical data to South Korea. 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 FIFA tournament appearance, as the country was dissolved later that year.
Qualification
In addition to the host team, Portugal, 15 other national teams qualified from six continental tournaments.
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| Portugal | 2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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Pinto  17'Capucho 78' | Report |
| Argentina | 0–1 | Korea |
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| Report | Cho In-chol 88' |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | Korea |
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| McCarthy 58' | Report | Choi Chol 89' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
| Mexico | 3–0 | Sweden |
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| Hernández 20' Pineda 51'Álvarez Arcos 64' | Report |
| Brazil | 2–1 | Ivory Coast |
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| Andrei 29' Luiz Fernando 79' | Report | Tiehi 48' |
Brazil  | 2–2 | Mexico |
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| Paulo Nunes 18' Luiz Fernando 45' | Report | Pineda 57', 67' |
| Ivory Coast | 1–1 | Mexico |
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| Seri 79' | Report | Pineda 83' |
| Brazil | 2–0 | Sweden |
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| Paulo Nunes 29' Élber 78' | Report |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–2 | Australia |
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| Report | Okon 52' Seal 76' |
| Egypt | 0–1 | Soviet Union |
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| Report | Scherbakov 6' |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–6 | Egypt |
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| Report | Hussein 8' Sadek 24'Ismail 36'Sakr 60'El-Sheshini 79'Abdel Aziz 82' |
| Australia | 1–0 | Soviet Union |
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| Maloney 21' | Report |
| Australia | 1–0 | Egypt |
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| Trajanovski 43' | Report |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–4 | Soviet Union |
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| Report | Pokhlebayev 9' Konovalov 15'Mikhailenko 22'Scherbakov 35' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Syria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| June 22 – Lisbon | ||||||||||
| Portugal (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
| June 26 – Lisbon | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 1 | |||||||||
| June 23 – Braga | ||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| June 30 – Lisbon | ||||||||||
| Syria | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Portugal (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| June 22 – Porto | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| Brazil | 5 | |||||||||
| June 26 – Guimarães | ||||||||||
| Korea | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
| July 23 – Faro | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||||||
| June 29 – Porto | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 3 | |||||||||
| Australia | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Soviet Union (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Australia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Syria |
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| Seal 20' | Report | A. Mando 56' |
| Penalties | ||
Seal  Okon Kindtner  Muscat Babic Stanton | 5–4 | F. Mando Khalifa Ghaeb Abdul Razak Ramadan Sibai |
| Spain | 1–3 | Soviet Union |
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| Urzáiz 85' | Report | Scherbakov 35', 64' Mandreko 80' |
Semi-finals
| Brazil | 3–0 | Soviet Union |
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| Marquinhos 15' Castro 18'Élber 32' | Report |
Third place play-off
| Australia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Soviet Union |
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| Seal 87' | Report | Scherbakov 39' (pen.) |
| Penalties | ||
| Seal Okon Corica Babic Popovic Stanton | 4–5 | Pokhlebayev Bushmanov Babalaryan Mamchur Scherbakov Minko |
Final
| Portugal | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Jorge Costa Figo Paulo Torres Rui Costa | 4–2 | Ramon Élber Andrei Marquinhos |
| 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship winners |
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 Portugal Second title |
Awards
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Serhiy Scherbakov | Emílio Peixe | Soviet Union |
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.
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Djair Kaye de Brito- Luíz Fernando
- Marquinhos
- Paulo Nunes
Andy Awford
Choi Chol
Nélson Gama
Andreas Bild
Munaf Ramadan
- 1 goal
Brad Maloney- Paul Okon
- Kris Trajanovski
Marcelo Delgado- Roberto Molina
- Castro
- Andrei Frascarelli
Amir Abdel Aziz- Sami El-Sheshini
- Samir Hussein
- Sami Abdel Halil Ismail
- Mostafa Sadek
- Tamer Sakr
- Bradley Allen
Stephen Gallagher- Paul McCarthy
- Barry O'Connor
Ambroise Mambo- Ambroise Seri
- Sylvain Tiehi
- Cho In-Chol
Álvarez Arcos- Héctor Hernández
- Bruno Mendoza
- Capucho
- Rui Costa
- Gil Gomes
- João Vieira Pinto
Serhiy Konovalov- Sergei Mandreko
- Dmytro Mykhaylenko
- Yevhen Pokhlebayev
José Mauricio Casas- Patrik Andersson
- Jonny Rödlund
- Ammar Awad
- Abdul Latif Helou
- Abdullah Mando
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal (H) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 11 | Champions |
| 2 | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | Third place |
| 4 | Australia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Syria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 7 | Mexico | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 | |
| 8 | Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 9 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 11 | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 13 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |
| 14 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 15 | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 | |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
References
External links
- 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship Archived 2020-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at FIFA.com
- RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1991
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)
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