1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship

FIFA U-17 World Championship 1991 1st FIFA U-17 World Championship for the FIFA/JVC Cup 1991 FIFA U-17 Campionato del Mondo Italy 16–31 August 16 6 6 6 17 GHA 1 17 ESP 17 ARG 17 QAT 32 81 37000 BRA 1968 Adriano GHA Nii Lamptey 17 ARG 1989 1993 The 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the fourth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Florence, Montecatini Terme, Viareggio, Massa, Carrara, and Livorno in Italy between 16 and 31 August 1991. Players born after 1 August 1974 could participate in this tournament. Saudi Arabia, the 1989 champions, were not able to defend their title as they withdrew from the final round of the AFC qualifying tournament, citing the Blue Diamond Affair. The tournament was originally to be scheduled in Ecuador, but due to the cholera outbreak earlier that year, it was moved to Italy, which hosted the previous year's World Cup. This was the second time a FIFA event was moved from its original hosting country, after the 1986 World Cup was moved from Colombia to Mexico. Cities & Stadiums Città Stadio Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi Livorno Stadio Armando Picchi Massa Stadio Gianpiero Vitali Carrara Stadio dei Marmi Montecatini Terme Stadio Daniele Mariotti Viareggio Stadio Torquato Bresciani Qualified Teams Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s) AFC (Asia) 1990 AFC U-16 Championship 17 CHN17 QAT17 UAE CAF (Africa) 1991 African U-17 Qualifying for World Cup 17 CGO17 GHA17 SUD CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)1991 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament 17 CUB17 MEX 17 USA CONMEBOL (South America)1991 South American U-17 Championship 17 ARG17 BRA17 URUOFC (Oceania)1991 OFC U-17 Championship 17 AUSUEFA (Europe)Host nation17 ITA1 11991 UEFA European Under-16 Championship 17 GER17 ESP 1. 1 replacing Ecuador. Squads For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads Referees Asia KSA Omar Al-Mohanna MAS Lechmanasamy Kathirveloo SYR 1980 Nizar Watti Africa BEN Sylvain Abikanlou TUN Rachid Ben Khadija Mauritius Lim Kee Chong CONCACAF TRI Errol Forbes MEX Miguel Angel Salas ATG Arlington Success South America ARG Juan Bava PAR Sabino Cespedes ECU Jorge Orellano BRA Ulisses Tavares da Silva Europe ITA Angelo Amendolia ITA Fabio Baldas DEN Jan Damgaard FRA Philippe Leduc SWE Leif Sundell NED Mario van der Ende Oceania NZL Ronald Gallon Group stages Group A TeamsPtsPldWDLGFGAGDStatus17 USA63300514Advanced to the quarterfinals17 ARG3311122017 ITA2302123−1Eliminated17 CHN1301247−3 August 16, 1991 18:00 17 ITA 0–1 17 USA Dunne 18 Montecatini Terme 3,200 Ulisses Tavares da Silva (Brazil) (Report) August 17, 1991 21:00 17 CHN 1–2 17 ARG Gao Fei 58 Verón 50 Castellani 77 pen Viareggio 350 Leif Sundell (Sweden) (Report) August 20, 1991 18:00 17 ITA 2–2 17 CHN Del Piero 30 Giraldi 67 Liang Yu 14 Huang Yi 73 Viareggio 1,200 Miguel Angel Salas Castillo (Mexico) (Report) August 20, 1991 20:00 17 USA 1–0 17 ARG McKeon 23 Viareggio 1,200 Rachid Ben Khedija (Tunisia) (Report) August 22, 1991 18:00 17 ITA 0–0 17 ARG Viareggio 2,000 Philippe Leduc (France) (Report) August 22, 1991 20:00 17 USA 3–1 17 CHN Beachum 6 Montoya 37 McKeon 71 Gao Fei 32 Viareggio 2,000 Nizar Watti (Syria) (Report) Group B Venue: Carrara TeamsPtsPldWDLGFGAGDStatus17 AUS43201642Advanced to the quarterfinals17 QAT3311111017 CGO3311123−1Eliminated17 MEX2310256−1 August 17, 1991 21:00 17 CGO 0–0 17 QAT 600 Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos (Ecuador) (Report) August 18, 1991 21:00 17 AUS 4–3 17 MEX Agostino 5 28 29 Kiratzoglu 17 Garza 25 Toledano 69 74 500 Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius) (Report) August 20, 1991 19:00 17 CGO 0–2 17 AUS Healey 63 Kiratzoglu 74 200 Letchmanasamy Kathirveloo (Malaysia) (Report) August 20, 1991 21:00 17 QAT 0–1 17 MEX Toledano 5 200 Sabino Farina Cespedes (Paraguay) (Report) August 22, 1991 19:00 17 CGO 2–1 17 MEX Kibiti 17 Tchicaya 31 García 71 400 Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) (Report) August 22, 1991 21:00 17 QAT 1–0 17 AUS Al Tamimi 76 400 Juan Bava (Argentina) (Report) Group C Venue: Massa TeamsPtsPldWDLGFGAGDStatus17 BRA63300707Advanced to the quarterfinals17 GER3311155017 SUD23102550Eliminated17 UAE13012310−7 August 17, 1991 21:00 17 SUD 4–1 17 UAE Nemairi 34 Ibrahim 36 Ahmed 37 Elmustafa 47 Mohamed 59 250 Arlington Success (Antigua & Barbuda) (Report) August 18, 1991 19:00 17 GER 0–2 17 BRA Argel 18 Adriano 39 800 Fabio Baldas(Italy) (Report) August 20, 1991 19:00 17 SUD 1–3 17 GER Ahmed 78 Sarna 48 Jaekel 62 75 200 Angelo Amendolia (Italy) (Report) August 20, 1991 21:00 17 UAE 0–4 17 BRA Yan 20 Nenê 26 Adriano 58 62 200 Jan Damgaard(Denmark) (Report) August 22, 1991 19:00 17 SUD 0–1 17 BRA Adriano 73 500 Angelo Amendolia(Italy) (Report) August 22, 1991 21:00 17 UAE 2–2 17 GER Abdulrahman 12 pen Ibrahim 44 Lutz 8 Sarna 51 500 Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos(Ecuador) (Report) Group D Venue: Livorno TeamsPtsPldWDLGFGAGDStatus17 ESP53210936Advanced to the quarterfinals17 GHA5321052317 URU2310213−2Eliminated17 CUB03003310−7 August 17, 1991 21:00 17 GHA 2–1 17 CUB Lamptey 8 51 pen Sánchez 26 1,500 Omar Al Mehanna (Saudi Arabia) (Report) August 18, 1991 21:00 17 URU 0–1 17 ESP Dani 64 1,400 Nizar Watti(Syria) (Report) August 20, 1991 19:00 17 GHA 2–0 17 URU Gargo 36 Lamptey 52 1,300 Errol Forbes (Trinidad And Tobago) (Report) August 20, 1991 21:00 17 CUB 2–7 17 ESP Marten 56 Casamayor 66 Robaina 5 23 Emilio Carrasco 13 Murgui 43 Velasco 52 Palacios 58 Ramón 74 1,300 Fabio Baldas (Italy) (Report) August 22, 1991 19:00 17 GHA 1–1 17 ESP Opoku 42 Gálvez 62 1,300 Ulisses Tavares da Silva(Brazil) (Report) August 22, 1991 21:00 17 CUB 0–1 17 URU López 72 1,300 Lim Kee Chong (Mauricio) (Report) Knockout stage August 25 – Montecatini Terme 17 USA 1 (4) 17 QAT (pen.) 1 (5) August 25 – Carrara 17 BRA 1 17 GHA 2 August 25 – Viareggio 17 AUS 1 17 ARG 2 August 25 – Livorno 17 ESP 3 17 GER 1 August 28 – Viareggio 17 QAT 0 (2) 17 GHA (pen.) 0 (4) August 28 – Massa 17 ARG 0 17 ESP 1 August 31 – Florence 17 GHA 1 17 ESP 0 August 30 – Montecatini Terme 17 QAT 1 (1) 17 ARG (pen.) 1 (4) white-space:nowrap high Quarter-finals August 25, 1991 18:00 17 USA 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 pen.) 17 QAT Kelly 3 Bu 14 Montecatini Terme 2,000 Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos(Ecuador) (Report) August 25, 1991 21:00 17 AUS 1–2 17 ARG Azconzobal 75 o.g. Comelles 29 55 Viareggio 1,100 Fabio Baldas(Italy) (Report) August 25, 1991 21:00 17 BRA 1–2 17 GHA Leandro 42 Lamptey 36 Gargo 58 Carrara 1,200 Leif Sundell (Swedish) (Report) August 25, 1991 21:00 17 ESP 3–1 17 GER Murgui 59 Robaina 72 Josemi 80 Babatz 15 Livorno 1,100 Nizar Watti (Syria) (Report) Semi-finals August 28, 1991 18:00 17 QAT 0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 pen.) 17 GHA Viareggio 1,200 Fabio Baldas(Italy) (Report) August 28, 1991 21:00 17 ARG 0–1 17 ESP Murgui 22 Massa 1,100 Jan Damgaard (Denmark) (Report) Third place play-off August 30, 1991 18:00 17 QAT 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 pen.) 17 ARG Al Bedaid 60 Akselman 80 Montecatini Terme 1,500 Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) (Report) Final August 31, 1991 18:00 17 GHA 1–0 17 ESP Duah 77 Florence 5,000 Leif Sundell (Swedish) (Report) Result fbu 17 FIFA U-17 World Championship 1991 winners Ghana First Awards Golden ShoeGolden BallFIFA Fair PlayBRA Adriano (4 goals)GHA Nii Lamptey17 ARG Goalscorers Adriano of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring four goals. In total, 81 goals were scored by 59 different players, with only one of them credited as own goals. 4 goals BRA Adriano GHA Nii Lamptey 3 goals AUS Paul Agostino MEX Jorge Toledano ESP Antonio Robaina ESP Juan Carlos Murgui 2 goals 22em ARG Ruben Comelles AUS Alex Kiratzoglu CHN Gao Fei GER Goya Jaekel GER Jens Sarna GHA Mohammed Gargo SUD Mohamed Ahmed USA Matt McKeon 1 goal 22em ARG Christian Akselman ARG Juan Sebastián Verón ARG Ricardo Castellani AUS Aaron Healey BRA Argel BRA Leandro BRA Nenê BRA Yan CHN Huang Yi CHN Liang Yu CGO Gaston Kibiti CGO Patrick Tchicaya CUB Eliezer Casamayor CUB Luis Marten CUB Vladimir Sánchez GER Christof Babatz GER Karl-Heinz Lutz GHA Emmanuel Duah GHA Nana Opoku ITA Alessandro Del Piero ITA Daniele Giraldi MEX García MEX Mario Garza QAT Ahmed Bu QAT Jassim Al Tamimi QAT Mohamed Al Bedaid SUD Ibrahim Hussein SUD Khalid Elmustafa SUD Nemairi Saeed ESP César Palacios ESP Dani ESP Emilio Carrasco ESP James Beattie ESP José Miguel López ESP Pedro Velasco Morón ESP Ramón UAE Adel Mohamed UAE Ali Abdulrahman UAE Jamal Ibrahim USA Albertin Montoya USA Brian Kelly USA Mike Dunne USA Shohn Beachum URU Diego López Own goal ARG Juan Azconzobal (playing against Australia) Final ranking RankTeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts Points117 Ghana642083+510217 Spain6411135+89317 Argentina62225506417 Qatar61413306 Eliminated in the quarter-finals517 United States431062+47617 Brazil430182+66717 Australia420276+14817 Germany411268–23 Eliminated at the group stage917 Congo311123–131017 Sudan310255021117 Mexico310256–121217 Italy302123–121317 Uruguay310213–221417 China301247–311517 United Arab Emirates3012310–711617 Cuba3003310–70 External links FIFA U-17 World Championship Italy 1991, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3) 1991 U-17 World Championship U-17 World Championship Category:1991–92 in Italian football 1991 1991 Category:August 1991 sports events in Europe