1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

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1991 FIFA World Youth Championship
Campeonato Mundial de Júniores
Portugal '91
1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.png
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
← 1989
1993 →

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, 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 Korea
 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[]

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) Host
Portugal 2–0 Republic of Ireland
Pinto Goal 17'
Capucho Goal 78'		 Report
Attendance: 65,000
Argentina 0–1Korea Korea
Report In-Chol Goal 88'
Attendance: 2,000
Republic of Ireland 1–1Korea Korea
McCarthy Goal 58' Report Goal 89'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Robert Sawtell (Canada)
Portugal 3–0 Argentina
Gil Goal 56'
Torres Goal 80'
Toni Goal 86'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Republic of Ireland 2–2 Argentina
O'Connor Goal 9'
Goal 63'		 Report Delgado Goal 55'
Molina Goal 57' (pen.)
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: (United States)
Portugal 1–0Korea Korea
Torres Goal 42' Report
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: (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
Goal 20'
Pineda Goal 51'
Álvarez Arcos Goal 64'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (Japan)
Brazil 2–1 Ivory Coast
Andrei Goal 29'
Goal 79'		 Report Goal 48'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)
Brazil 2–2 Mexico
Nunes Goal 18'
Goal 45'		 Report Pineda Goal 57', 67'
Attendance: 3,500
Ivory Coast 1–4 Sweden
Goal 64' (pen.) Report Rödlund Goal 13'
Bild Goal 23', 46'
Andersson Goal 87'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: (Portugal)
Ivory Coast 1–1 Mexico
Goal 79' Report Pineda Goal 83'
Attendance: 4,000
Brazil 2–0 Sweden
Nunes Goal 29'
Élber Goal 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 Goal 52'
Seal Goal 76'
Attendance: 1,720
Egypt 0–1 Soviet Union
Report Scherbakov Goal 6'
Attendance: 5,680
Referee: (Guatemala)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–6 Egypt
Report Hussein Goal 8'
Goal 24'
Goal 36'
Goal 60'
El-Sheshini Goal 79'
Goal 82'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (China)
Australia 1–0 Soviet Union
Maloney Goal 21' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Australia 1–0 Egypt
Trajanovski Goal 43' Report
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–4 Soviet Union
Report Pokhlebayev Goal 9'
Konovalov Goal 15'
Mikhailenko Goal 22'
Scherbakov Goal 35'
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: (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 Goal 84'
Attendance: 11,500
Syria 1–0 Uruguay
Ramadan Goal 57' Report
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: (Gambia)
Spain 6–0 Uruguay
Pier Goal 10' (pen.), 34'
Urzáiz Goal 22', 75', 80' (pen.)
Goal 36'		 Report
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: (Switzerland)
England 3–3 Syria
Allen Goal 12'
Awford Goal 69', 84'		 Report Ramadan Goal 18'
Awad Goal 27'
Helou Goal 65'
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: (Australia)
Spain 0–0 Syria
Report
Attendance: 5,000
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 29 – 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 Goal 3' (pen.)
Toni Goal 101'		 Report Goal 35'
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)
Brazil 5–1Korea Korea
Marquinhos Goal 15'
Élber Goal 41', 67'
Djair Goal 47', 53'		 Report Goal 40'
Attendance: 25,000
Australia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Syria
Seal Goal 20' Report A. Mando Goal 56'
Penalties
Seal Penalty scored
Okon Penalty scored
Kindtner Penalty missed
Muscat Penalty scored
Babic Penalty scored
Stanton Penalty scored		 5–4 Penalty scored F. Mando
Penalty missed Khalifa
Penalty scored Ghaeb
Penalty scored Abdul Razak
Penalty scored Ramadan
Penalty missed Sibai
Attendance: 10,000
Spain 1–3 Soviet Union
Urzáiz Goal 85' Report Scherbakov Goal 35', 64'
Mandreko Goal 80'
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)

Semi-finals[]

Brazil 3–0 Soviet Union
Marquinhos Goal 15'
Goal 18'
Élber Goal 32'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Portugal 1–0 Australia
Rui Costa Goal 31' Report
Attendance: 112,000

Third place play-off[]

Australia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Soviet Union
Seal Goal 87' Report Scherbakov Goal 39' (pen.)
Penalties
Seal Penalty missed
Okon Penalty scored
Corica Penalty scored
Babic Penalty scored
Popovic Penalty scored
Stanton Penalty missed		 4–5 Penalty missed Pokhlebayev
Penalty scored Bushmanov
Penalty scored Babalaryan
Penalty scored Mamchur
Penalty scored Scherbakov
Penalty scored Minko
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: (Mauritania)

Final[]

Portugal 0–0 (a.e.t.) Brazil
Report
Penalties
Jorge Costa Penalty scored
Figo Penalty scored
Paulo Torres Penalty scored
Rui Costa Penalty scored		 4–2 Penalty scored Ramon
Penalty missed Élber
Penalty scored Andrei
Penalty missed Marquinhos
Attendance: 127,000
Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)


 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) Host

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. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

External links[]

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