1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Júniores
Portugal '91
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates14–30 June
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored82 (2.56 per match)
Attendance731,500 (22,859 per match)
Top scorer(s)Soviet Union Serhiy Scherbakov
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Portugal Emílio Peixe
Fair play award Soviet Union
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1993 →
International football competition

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]

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.

Qualification

In addition to the host team, Portugal, 15 other national teams qualified from six continental tournaments.

Confederation Qualifying tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1990 AFC Youth Championship Korea Korea1
 Syria
CAF (Africa) 1991 African Youth Championship  Ivory Coast
 Egypt
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) 1990 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Mexico
 Trinidad and Tobago1
CONMEBOL (South America) 1991 South American Youth Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) 1990 OFC U-20 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) Host nation  Portugal
1990 UEFA European Under-18 Championship  England
 Republic of Ireland
 Soviet Union
 Spain
 Sweden1
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Match officials

Africa
  • The Gambia Alhagi Ibrahima Faye
  • Togo Mawukpona Hounnake-Kouassi
  • Mauritania Idrissa Sarr
Asia
Europe
North, Central America and Caribbean
  • United States Raúl Domínguez
  • Guatemala Juan Pablo Escobar López
  • Canada Robert Sawtell
South America
Oceania
  • Australia John McConnell

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 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
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Portugal 2–0 Republic of Ireland
Pinto 17'
Capucho 78'		 Report
Attendance: 65,000
Argentina 0–1Korea Korea
Report Cho In-chol 88'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 2,000
Republic of Ireland 1–1Korea Korea
McCarthy 58' Report Choi Chol 89'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Robert Sawtell (Canada)
Portugal 3–0 Argentina
Gil 56'
Torres 80'
Toni 86'		 Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 60,000
Republic of Ireland 2–2 Argentina
O'Connor 9'
Gallagher 63'		 Report Delgado 55'
Molina 57' (pen.)
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Raúl Domínguez (United States)
Portugal 1–0Korea Korea
Torres 42' Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Enrique Marín Gallo (Chile)

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
Source: [citation needed]
Mexico 3–0 Sweden
Hernández 20'
Pineda 51'
Álvarez Arcos 64'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)
Brazil 2–1 Ivory Coast
Andrei 29'
Luiz Fernando 79'		 Report Tiehi 48'
Attendance: 8,000
Brazil 2–2 Mexico
Paulo Nunes 18'
Luiz Fernando 45'		 Report Pineda 57', 67'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
Ivory Coast 1–4 Sweden
Mambo 64' (pen.) Report Rödlund 13'
Bild 23', 46'
Andersson 87'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: João Martins Pinto Correia (Portugal)
Ivory Coast 1–1 Mexico
Seri 79' Report Pineda 83'
Brazil 2–0 Sweden
Paulo Nunes 29'
Élber 78'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000

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
Source: [citation needed]
Trinidad and Tobago 0–2 Australia
Report Okon 52'
Seal 76'
Egypt 0–1 Soviet Union
Report Scherbakov 6'
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
Attendance: 5,680
Referee: Juan Pablo Escobar López (Guatemala)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–6 Egypt
Report Hussein 8'
Sadek 24'
Ismail 36'
Sakr 60'
El-Sheshini 79'
Abdel Aziz 82'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Wei Jihong (China)
Australia 1–0 Soviet Union
Maloney 21' Report
Australia 1–0 Egypt
Trajanovski 43' Report
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
Attendance: 8,800
Trinidad and Tobago 0–4 Soviet Union
Report Pokhlebayev 9'
Konovalov 15'
Mikhailenko 22'
Scherbakov 35'
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

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
Source: [citation needed]
England 0–1 Spain
Report Pier 84'
Attendance: 11,500
Syria 1–0 Uruguay
Ramadan 57' Report
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Alhagi Faye (Gambia)
Spain 6–0 Uruguay
Pier 10' (pen.), 34'
Urzáiz 22', 75', 80' (pen.)
Mauricio 36'		 Report
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Daniel Roduit (Switzerland)
England 3–3 Syria
Allen 12'
Awford 69', 84'		 Report Ramadan 18'
Awad 27'
Helou 65'
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: John McConnell (Australia)
Spain 0–0 Syria
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
England 0–0 Uruguay
Report
Attendance: 5,000

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
June 22 – Lisbon
 
 
 Portugal (a.e.t.)2
 
June 26 – Lisbon
 
 Mexico1
 
 Portugal1
 
June 23 – Braga
 
 Australia0
 
 Australia (p)1 (5)
 
June 30 – Lisbon
 
 Syria1 (4)
 
 Portugal (p)0 (4)
 
June 22 – Porto
 
 Brazil0 (2)
 
 Brazil5
 
June 26 – Guimarães
 
Korea Korea1
 
 Brazil3
 
July 23 – Faro
 
 Soviet Union0 Third place
 
 Spain1
 
June 29 – Porto
 
 Soviet Union3
 
 Australia1 (4)
 
 
 Soviet Union (p)1 (5)
 

Quarter-finals

Portugal 2–1 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Torres 3' (pen.)
Toni 101'		 Report Mendoza 35'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 90,000
Brazil 5–1Korea Korea
Marquinhos 15'
Élber 41', 67'
Djair 47', 53'		 Report Choi Chol 40'
Attendance: 25,000
Australia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Syria
Seal 20' Report A. Mando 56'
Penalties
Seal soccer ball with check mark
Okon soccer ball with check mark
Kindtner soccer ball with red X
Muscat soccer ball with check mark
Babic soccer ball with check mark
Stanton soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark F. Mando
soccer ball with red X Khalifa
soccer ball with check mark Ghaeb
soccer ball with check mark Abdul Razak
soccer ball with check mark Ramadan
soccer ball with red X Sibai
Spain 1–3 Soviet Union
Urzáiz 85' Report Scherbakov 35', 64'
Mandreko 80'

Semi-finals

Brazil 3–0 Soviet Union
Marquinhos 15'
Castro 18'
Élber 32'		 Report
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Raúl Domínguez (United States)
Portugal 1–0 Australia
Rui Costa 31' Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 112,000

Third place play-off

Australia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Soviet Union
Seal 87' Report Scherbakov 39' (pen.)
Penalties
Seal soccer ball with red X
Okon soccer ball with check mark
Corica soccer ball with check mark
Babic soccer ball with check mark
Popovic soccer ball with check mark
Stanton soccer ball with red X		 4–5 soccer ball with red X Pokhlebayev
soccer ball with check mark Bushmanov
soccer ball with check mark Babalaryan
soccer ball with check mark Mamchur
soccer ball with check mark Scherbakov
soccer ball with check mark Minko
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)

Final

Portugal 0–0 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Report
Penalties
Jorge Costa soccer ball with check mark
Figo soccer ball with check mark
Paulo Torres soccer ball with check mark
Rui Costa soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Ramon
soccer ball with red X Élber
soccer ball with check mark Andrei
soccer ball with red X Marquinhos
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 127,000


 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship winners 

Portugal
Second title

Awards

Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
Soviet Union Serhiy Scherbakov Portugal 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
1 goal

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 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
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

References

  1. ^ "After The Eaglets Have Landed". NigeriaVillageSquare.com. 26 February 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  2. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991 – Teams". FIFA. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

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)