1991 FIFA World Youth Championship
| Campeonato Mundial de Júniores Portugal '91 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | June 14–30 |
| 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 |
Emílio Peixe |
The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the sixth 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.
North Korea and South Korea competed for the first time as a united team, although FIFA attributes its historical data to South Korea.[1] 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 Brazil 4–2 on penalties to secure their second consecutive title.
Qualification
In addition to the host team, Portugal, 15 other national teams qualified from six continental tournaments. Among them, Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago secured their first-ever participation at the FIFA World Youth Championship.
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 |
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| Portugal |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
 Korea |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
 Republic of Ireland |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
 Argentina |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 |
20 June 1991 19:00 |
| Republic of Ireland |
2–2 | Argentina |
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O'Connor  9'Byrne 63' |
Report | Delgado 55' Molina 57' (pen.) |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
 Mexico |
4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
 Sweden |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
 Ivory Coast |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 |
18 June 1991 19:00 |
| Ivory Coast |
1–4 | Sweden |
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| Mambo 64' (pen.) |
Report | Rödlund 13' Bild 23', 46'Andersson 87' |
Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
| Soviet Union |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
 Egypt |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 |
16 June 1991 17:00 |
| Egypt |
0–1 | Soviet Union |
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| Report | Scherbakov 6' |
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães Attendance: 5,680 Referee: Juan Pablo Escobar López (Guatemala) |
18 June 1991 19:30 |
| 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' |
20 June 1991 19:30 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
0–4 | Soviet Union |
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| Report | Pokhlebayev 9' Konovalov 15'Mikhailenko 22'Scherbakov 35' |
Group D
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spain |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 |
 Syria |
4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
 England |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
 Uruguay |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
18 June 1991 19:00 |
| Spain |
6–0 | Uruguay |
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| Pier 10' (pen.), 34' Urzáiz 22', 75', 80' (pen.)Mauricio 36' |
Report |
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 29 – Lisbon | ||||||||||
| Syria |
1 (4) | |||||||||
| Portugal (p) |
0 (4) | |||||||||
| June 22 – Porto | ||||||||||
| Brazil |
0 (2) | |||||||||
| Brazil |
5 | |||||||||
| June 26 – Guimarães | ||||||||||
| Korea |
1 | |||||||||
| Brazil |
3 | Third place | ||||||||
| July 23 – Faro | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union |
0 | |||||||||
| Spain |
1 | Australia |
1 (4) | |||||||
| Soviet Union |
3 | Soviet Union (p) |
1 (5) | |||||||
| June 29 – Porto | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
23 June 1991 17:00 |
| Australia |
1–1 (a.e.t.) | Syria |
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| Seal 20' |
Report | Mando 56' |
| Penalties | ||
Seal  Okon Kindtner  Muscat Babic Stanton |
5–4 | Mando Khalifeh Ghaeb Abdul Razak Ramadan Sibai |
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
29 June 1991 21:30 |
| 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
30 June 1991 19:00 |
| 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 |
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| 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
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Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Portugal |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 11 | |
| 2 | Brazil |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 | |
| 3 | Soviet Union |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Australia |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Spain |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | |
| 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 | |
| Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | Egypt |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 2 | |
| 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
- ↑ "FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991 – Teams". FIFA. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
External links
- 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship 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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