1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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.

1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship

1st FIFA U-17 World Championship for the FIFA/JVC Cup 1991 FIFA U-17 Campionato del Mondo
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	16–31 August
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ghana (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	81 (2.53 per match)
Attendance	37,000 (1,156 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adriano
Best player(s)	Nii Lamptey
Fair play award	Argentina
← 1989 1993 →

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	China  Qatar  United Arab Emirates
CAF (Africa)	1991 African U-17 Qualifying for World Cup	Congo  Ghana  Sudan
CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)	1991 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament	Cuba  Mexico  United States
CONMEBOL (South America)	1991 South American U-17 Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Uruguay
OFC (Oceania)	1991 OFC U-17 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	Host nation	Italy1
	1991 UEFA European Under-16 Championship	Germany  Spain

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 Omar Al-Mohanna Lechmanasamy Kathirveloo Nizar Watti Africa Sylvain Abikanlou Rachid Ben Khadija Lim Kee Chong CONCACAF Errol Forbes Miguel Angel Salas Arlington Success

South America Juan Bava Sabino Cespedes Jorge Orellano Ulisses Tavares da Silva Europe Angelo Amendolia Fabio Baldas Jan Damgaard Philippe Leduc Leif Sundell Mario van der Ende Oceania Ronald Gallon

Group stages

Group A

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
United States	6	3	3	0	0	5	1	4	Advanced to the quarterfinals
Argentina	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Italy	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	Eliminated
China	1	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3

August 16, 1991
18:00

Italy	0–1	United States
	(Report)	Dunne 18'

Montecatini Terme

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Ulisses Tavares da Silva (Brazil)

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August 17, 1991
21:00

China	1–2	Argentina
Gao Fei 58'	(Report)	Verón 50' Castellani 77' (pen)

Viareggio

Attendance: 350

Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

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August 20, 1991
18:00

Italy	2–2	China
Del Piero 30' Giraldi 67'	(Report)	Liang Yu 14' Huang Yi 73'

Viareggio

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Miguel Angel Salas Castillo (Mexico)

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August 20, 1991
20:00

United States	1–0	Argentina
McKeon 23'	(Report)

Viareggio

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Rachid Ben Khedija (Tunisia)

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August 22, 1991
18:00

Italy	0–0	Argentina
	(Report)

Viareggio

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Philippe Leduc (France)

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August 22, 1991
20:00

United States	3–1	China
Beachum 6' Montoya 37' McKeon 71'	(Report)	Gao Fei 32'

Viareggio

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)

Group B

Venue: Carrara

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Australia	4	3	2	0	1	6	4	2	Advanced to the quarterfinals
Qatar	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
Congo	3	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	Eliminated
Mexico	2	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1

August 17, 1991
21:00

Congo	0–0	Qatar
	(Report)

Attendance: 600

Referee: Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos (Ecuador)

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August 18, 1991
21:00

Australia	4–3	Mexico
Agostino 5', 28', 29' Kiratzoglu 17'	(Report)	Garza 25' Toledano 69', 74'

Attendance: 500

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

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August 20, 1991
19:00

Congo	0–2	Australia
	(Report)	Healey 63' Kiratzoglu 74'

Attendance: 200

Referee: Letchmanasamy Kathirveloo (Malaysia)

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August 20, 1991
21:00

Qatar	0–1	Mexico
	(Report)	Toledano 5'

Attendance: 200

Referee: Sabino Farina Cespedes (Paraguay)

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August 22, 1991
19:00

Congo	2–1	Mexico
Kibiti 17' Tchicaya 31'	(Report)	García 71'

Attendance: 400

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

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August 22, 1991
21:00

Qatar	1–0	Australia
Al Tamimi 76'	(Report)

Attendance: 400

Referee: Juan Bava (Argentina)

Group C

Venue: Massa

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Brazil	6	3	3	0	0	7	0	7	Advanced to the quarterfinals
Germany	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
Sudan	2	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	Eliminated
United Arab Emirates	1	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7

August 17, 1991
21:00

Sudan	4–1	United Arab Emirates
Nemairi 34' Ibrahim 36' Ahmed 37' Elmustafa 47'	(Report)	Mohamed 59'

Attendance: 250

Referee: Arlington Success (Antigua & Barbuda)

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August 18, 1991
19:00

Germany	0–2	Brazil
	(Report)	Argel 18' Adriano 39'

Attendance: 800

Referee: Fabio Baldas(Italy)

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August 20, 1991
19:00

Sudan	1–3	Germany
Ahmed 78'	(Report)	Sarna 48' Jaekel 62', 75'

Attendance: 200

Referee: Angelo Amendolia (Italy)

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August 20, 1991
21:00

United Arab Emirates	0–4	Brazil
	(Report)	Yan 20' Nene 26' Adriano 58', 62'

Attendance: 200

Referee: Jan Damgaard(Denmark)

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August 22, 1991
19:00

Sudan	0–1	Brazil
	(Report)	Adriano 73'

Attendance: 500

Referee: Angelo Amendolia(Italy)

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August 22, 1991
21:00

United Arab Emirates	2–2	Germany
Abdulrahman 12' (pen) Ibrahim 44'	(Report)	Lutz 8' Sarna 51'

Attendance: 500

Referee: Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos(Ecuador)

Group D

Venue: Livorno

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Spain	5	3	2	1	0	9	3	6	Advanced to the quarterfinals
Ghana	5	3	2	1	0	5	2	3
Uruguay	2	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	Eliminated
Cuba	0	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7

August 17, 1991
21:00

Ghana	2–1	Cuba
Lamptey 8', 51' (pen)	(Report)	Sánchez 26'

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Omar Al Mehanna (Saudi Arabia)

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August 18, 1991
21:00

Uruguay	0–1	Spain
	(Report)	Dani 64'

Attendance: 1,400

Referee: Nizar Watti(Syria)

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August 20, 1991
19:00

Ghana	2–0	Uruguay
Gargo 36' Lamptey 52'	(Report)

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Errol Forbes (Trinidad And Tobago)

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August 20, 1991
21:00

Cuba	2–7	Spain
Marten 56' Casamayor 66'	(Report)	Robaina 5', 23' Emilio Carrasco 13' Murgui 43' Velasco 52' Palacios 58' Ramón 74'

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)

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August 22, 1991
19:00

Ghana	1–1	Spain
Opoku 42'	(Report)	Gálvez 62'

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Ulisses Tavares da Silva(Brazil)

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August 22, 1991
21:00

Cuba	0–1	Uruguay
	(Report)	López 72'

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauricio)

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 25 – Montecatini Terme
	United States	1 (4)
					August 28 – Viareggio
	Qatar (pen.)	1 (5)
					Qatar	0 (2)
	August 25 – Carrara
					Ghana (pen.)	0 (4)
	Brazil	1
									August 31 – Florence
	Ghana	2
									Ghana	1
	August 25 – Viareggio
									Spain	0
	Australia	1
					August 28 – Massa
	Argentina	2
					Argentina	0
	August 25 – Livorno
					Spain	1			Third place
	Spain	3
									August 30 – Montecatini Terme
	Germany	1
									Qatar	1 (1)
									Argentina (pen.)	1 (4)

Quarter-finals

August 25, 1991
18:00

United States	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 pen.)	Qatar
Kelly 3'	(Report)	Bu 14'

Montecatini Terme

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos(Ecuador)

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August 25, 1991
21:00

Australia	1–2	Argentina
Azconzobal 75' (o.g.)	(Report)	Comelles 29', 55'

Viareggio

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Fabio Baldas(Italy)

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August 25, 1991
21:00

Brazil	1–2	Ghana
Leandro 42'	(Report)	Lamptey 36' Gargo 58'

Carrara

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Leif Sundell (Swedish)

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August 25, 1991
21:00

Spain	3–1	Germany
Murgui 59' Robaina 72' Josemi 80'	(Report)	Babatz 15'

Livorno

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)

Semi-finals

August 28, 1991
18:00

Qatar	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 pen.)	Ghana
	(Report)

Viareggio

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Fabio Baldas(Italy)

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August 28, 1991
21:00

Argentina	0–1	Spain
	(Report)	Murgui 22'

Massa

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Jan Damgaard (Denmark)

Third place play-off

August 30, 1991
18:00

Qatar	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 pen.)	Argentina
Al Bedaid 60'	(Report)	Akselman 80'

Montecatini Terme

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Final

August 31, 1991
18:00

Ghana	1–0	Spain
Duah 77'	(Report)

Florence

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Leif Sundell (Swedish)

Result

FIFA U-17 World Championship 1991 winners
Ghana First title

Awards

Golden Shoe	Golden Ball	FIFA Fair Play
Adriano (4 goals)	Nii Lamptey	Argentina

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

• Adriano
• Nii Lamptey

3 goals

• Paul Agostino
• Jorge Toledano
• Antonio Robaina
• Juan Carlos Murgui

2 goals

• Ruben Comelles
• Alex Kiratzoglu
• Gao Fei
• Goya Jaekel
• Jens Sarna
• Mohammed Gargo
• Mohamed Ahmed
• Matt McKeon

1 goal

• Christian Akselman
• Juan Sebastián Verón
• Ricardo Castellani
• Aaron Healey
• Argel
• Leandro
• Nene
• Yan
• Huang Yi
• Liang Yu
• Gaston Kibiti
• Patrick Tchicaya
• Eliezer Casamayor
• Luis Marten
• Vladimir Sánchez
• Christof Babatz
• Karl-Heinz Lutz
• Emmanuel Duah
• Nana Opoku
• Alessandro Del Piero
• Daniele Giraldi
• García
• Mario Garza
• Ahmed Bu
• Jassim Al Tamimi
• Mohamed Al Bedaid
• Ibrahim Hussein
• Khalid Elmustafa
• Nemairi Saeed
• César Palacios
• Dani
• Emilio Carrasco
• James Beattie
• José Miguel López
• Pedro Velasco Morón
• Ramón
• Adel Mohamed
• Ali Abdulrahman
• Jamal Ibrahim
• Albertin Montoya
• Brian Kelly
• Mike Dunne
• Shohn Beachum
• Diego López

Own goal

• Juan Azconzobal (playing against Australia)

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ghana	6	4	2	0	8	3	+5	10
2	Spain	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	9
3	Argentina	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	6
4	Qatar	6	1	4	1	3	3	0	6
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	United States	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	7
6	Brazil	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	6
7	Australia	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	4
8	Germany	4	1	1	2	6	8	–2	3
Eliminated at the group stage
9	Congo	3	1	1	1	2	3	–1	3
10	Sudan	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	2
11	Mexico	3	1	0	2	5	6	–1	2
12	Italy	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
13	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	1	3	–2	2
14	China	3	0	1	2	4	7	–3	1
15	United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	3	10	–7	1
16	Cuba	3	0	0	3	3	10	–7	0

External links

• FIFA U-17 World Championship Italy 1991, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3)