1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship

1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship

1st FIFA U-17 World Championship for the FIFA/JVC Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	August 16–31, 1991
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (1st title)
Runners-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
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The 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship was held in the cities of Florence, Montecatini Terme, 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.

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-16 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)

Squads

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

Referees

Group stages

Group A

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	9	3	3	0	0	5	1	4
Argentina	4	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 Terme Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Ulisses Tavares da Silva
		(Report)	Dunne  18'

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))

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'

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

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

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'

Group B

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

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'

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

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

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

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

Group C

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	9	3	3	0	0	7	0	7
Germany	4	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
Sudan	3	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'

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

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

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'

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

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'

Group D

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Spain	7	3	2	1	0	9	3	6
Ghana	7	3	2	1	0	5	2	3
Uruguay	3	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'

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

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

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

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

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

Knockout stages

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 25 - Montecatini Terme
	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 Terme

Quarterfinals

August 25, 1991 18:00	United States	1–1 (AET) (4–5 PSO)	Qatar	Montecatini Terme Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos
	Kelly  3'	(Report)	Bu  14'

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

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

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

Semifinals

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

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

Third place play-off

August 30, 1991 18:00	Qatar	1–1 (AET) (1–4 PSO)	Argentina	Montecatini Terme Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mario van der Ende
	Al Bedaid  60'	(Report)	Akselman  80'

Final

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

Result

FIFA U-17 World Championship 1991 Winners
Ghana First title

Awards

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

External links

• 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship on FIFA.com