1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

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1991 FIFA World Youth Championship
Mundial Sub-20 da FIFA
Portugal '91
Tournament details
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Portugal (2nd title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  USSR
Fourth place  Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 731500 (22859.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of the Soviet Union Sergei Sherbakov (5 goals)
Best player Flag of Portugal Emílio Peixe

The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Portugal from June 14 to June 30, 1991. The 1991 championship was the 8th contested. Korea competed as a united team of both Koreas (though FIFA attributes its historical data to South Korea).[1] The tournament took place in five venues: Faro, Porto, Braga, Lisbon and Guimaraes.

Contents

Match officials

Africa
  • Flag of The Gambia Alhagi Ibrahima Faye
  • Flag of Togo Mawukpona Hounnake-Kouassi
  • Flag of Mauritania Idrissa Sarr


Asia


Europe
North, Central America and Caribbean
  • Flag of the United States Raúl Domínguez
  • Flag of Guatemala Juan Pablo Escobar López
  • Flag of Canada Robert Sawtell


South America


Oceania


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
 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
June 14, 1991
21:00
Portugal  2–0  Republic of Ireland Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
João Pinto 17'
Capucho 78'
(Report)

June 15, 1991
19:00
Argentina  0–1  Korea Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ernesto Filippi (Uruguay)
(Report) Cho In-Chol 88'

June 17, 1991
19:00
Republic of Ireland  1–1  Korea Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Robert Sawtell (Canada)
McCarthy 58' (Report) Choi Chol 89'

June 17, 1991
21:30
Portugal  3–0  Argentina Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)
Gil 56'
Paulo Torres 80'
Toni 86'
(Report)

June 20, 1991
19:00
Republic of Ireland  2–2  Argentina Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Raúl Domínguez (United States)
O'Connor 9'
Byrne 63'
(Report) Delgado 55'
Molina 57' (pen.)

June 20, 1991
21:30
Portugal  1–0  Korea Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Enrique Marín Gallo (Chile)
Paulo Torres 42' (Report)

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
 Côte d'Ivoire 1 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4
June 15, 1991
19:00
Mexico  3–0  Sweden Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)
Hernández 20'
Pineda 51'
Álvarez Arcos 64'
(Report)

June 15, 1991
21:30
Brazil  2–1  Côte d'Ivoire Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)
Andrei 29'
Luíz Fernando 79'
(Report) Tiehi 48'

June 17, 1991
19:00
Brazil  2–2  Mexico Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
Paulo Nunes 18'
Luíz Fernando 45'
(Report) Pineda 57', 67'

June 18, 1991
19:00
Côte d'Ivoire  1–4  Sweden Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: João Martins Pinto Correia (Portugal)
Mambo 64' (pen.) (Report) Rodlund 13'
Bild 23', 46'
Andersson 87'

June 20, 1991
19:00
Côte d'Ivoire  1–1  Mexico Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
Seri 79' (Report) Pineda 83'

June 20, 1991
21:30
Brazil  2–0  Sweden Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
Paulo Nunes 29'
Élber 78'
(Report)

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 6 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4
 USSR 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
June 15, 1991
19:30
Trinidad and Tobago  0–2  Australia Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga
Attendance: 1,720
Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
(Report) Okon 52'
Seal 76'

June 16, 1991
17:00
Egypt  0–1  USSR Guimarães
Attendance: 5,680
Referee: Juan Pablo Escobar López (Guatemala)
(Report) Sherbakov 6'

June 18, 1991
19:30
Trinidad and Tobago  0–6  Egypt Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Wei Jihong (China)
(Report) Hussein 8'
Sadek 24'
Abdel Halil Ismail 36'
Sakr 60'
Sheshini 79'
Abdel Aziz 82'

June 18, 1991
21:30
Australia  1–0  USSR Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
Maloney 21' (Report)

June 20, 1991
17:00
Australia  1–0  Egypt Guimarães
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
Trajanovski 43' (Report)

June 20, 1991
19:30
Trinidad and Tobago  0–4  USSR Guimarães
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
(Report) Pokhlebaev 9'
Konovalov 15'
Mikhailenko 22'
Sherbakov 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
June 15, 1991
19:30
England  0–1  Spain Faro
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)
(Report) Pier 84'

June 16, 1991
19:00
Syria  1–0  Uruguay Faro
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Alhagi Faye (Gambia)
Ramadan 57' (Report)

June 18, 1991
19:00
Spain  6–0  Uruguay Faro
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Daniel Roduit (Switzerland)
Pier 10' (pen.), 34'
Urzáiz 22', 75', 80' (pen.)
Mauricio 36'
(Report)

June 18, 1991
21:30
England  3–3  Syria Faro
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: John McConnell (Australia)
Allen 12'
Awford 69', 84'
(Report) Ramadan 18'
Awad 27'
Helou 65'

June 20, 1991
19:00
Spain  0–0  Syria Faro
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
(Report)

June 20, 1991
21:30
England  0–0  Uruguay Faro
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
(Report)

Knockout stages

Quarter finals Semi finals Final
                   
June 22 - Lisbon        
  Portugal (AET)  2
June 26 - Lisbon
  Mexico  1  
  Portugal  1
June 23 - Braga
    Australia  0  
  Australia (PSO)  1 (5)
July 29 - Lisbon
  Syria  1 (4)  
  Portugal (PSO)  0 (4)
June 22 - Porto
    Brazil  0 (2)
  Brazil  5
June 26 - Guimarães
  Korea  1  
  Brazil  3 Third place
July 23 - Faro
    USSR  0  
  Spain  1   Australia  1 (4)
  USSR  3     USSR (PSO)  1 (5)
June 29 - Porto


Quarter finals

June 22, 1991
18:30
Portugal  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Mexico Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)
Paulo Torres 3' (pen.)
Toni 101'
(Report) Mendoza 35'

June 22, 1991
21:30
Brazil  5–1  Korea Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)
Marquinhos 15'
Élber 41', 67'
Djair 47', 53'
(Report) Choi Chol 40'

June 23, 1991
17:00
Australia  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 pen.)
 Syria Estádio Primeiro de Maio, Braga
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)
Seal 20' (Report) Mando 56'

June 23, 1991
21:30
Spain  1–3  USSR Faro
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
Urzáiz 85' (Report) Sherbakov 35', 64'
Mandreko 80'

Semifinals

June 26, 1991
18:30
Brazil  3–0  USSR Guimarães
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Raúl Domínguez (United States)
Marquinhos 15'
Castro 18'
Élber 32'
(Report)

June 26, 1991
21:30
Portugal  1–0  Australia Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 112,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
Rui Costa 31' (Report)

Third place play-off

June 29, 1991
21:30
Australia  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 pen.)
 USSR Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
Seal 87' (Report) Sherbakov 39' (pen.)

Final

June 30, 1991
19:00
Portugal  0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 pen.)
 Brazil Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 127,000
Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
(Report)

Result

 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship Winners 
Flag of Portugal
Portugal
Second title

Awards

Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
Flag of the Soviet Union Sergei Sherbakov Flag of Portugal Emílio Peixe  USSR

References

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