1991 FIFA World Youth Championship
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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 |  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 |
← 1989 1993 → | |
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 FIFA tournament appearance, as the country was dissolved later that year.
In addition to the host team, Portugal, 15 other national teams qualified from six continental tournaments.
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) | |||||||||
Third place play-off
| 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship winners |
|---|
| Portugal Second title |
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Serhiy Scherbakov | Emílio Peixe | Soviet Union |
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
- 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
| 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 | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 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 |
- ^ "After The Eaglets Have Landed". NigeriaVillageSquare.com. 26 February 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991 – Teams". FIFA. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- 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)