1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

Campeonato Mundial de Júniores Portugal '91
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	14–30 June
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(s)	Emílio Peixe
Fair play award	Soviet Union
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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 1   Syria
CAF (Africa)	1991 African Youth Championship	Ivory Coast   Egypt
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	1990 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Mexico   Trinidad and Tobago 1
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   Sweden 1

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	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

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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

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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

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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

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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 30 – Lisbon
	Syria	1 (4)
									Portugal ( p)	0 (4)
	June 22 – Porto
									Brazil	0 (2)
	Brazil	5
					June 26 – Guimarães
	Korea	1
					Brazil	3
	July 23 – Faro
					Soviet Union	0			Third place
	Spain	1
									June 29 – Porto
	Soviet Union	3
									Australia	1 (4)
									Soviet Union ( p)	1 (5)

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship winners
Portugal Second title

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	Fair Play Award
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

• Serhiy Scherbakov

4 goals

• Giovane Élber
• Pedro Pineda
• Ismael Urzaiz

3 goals

• David Seal
• Paulo Torres
• Pier Luigi Cherubino

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	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

References

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)