1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship

Campeonato Mundial de Júniores Portugal '91
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	June 14–30
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	Emílio Peixe

The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the sixth 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.

North Korea and South Korea competed for the first time as a united team, although FIFA attributes its historical data to South Korea.^[1] 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 Brazil 4–2 on penalties to secure their second consecutive title.

Qualification

In addition to the host team, Portugal, 15 other national teams qualified from six continental tournaments. Among them, Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago secured their first-ever participation at the FIFA World Youth Championship.

Confederation	Qualifying tournament	Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)	1990 AFC Youth Championship	Korea  Syria
CAF (Africa)	1991 African Youth Championship	Ivory Coast  Egypt
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)	1990 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament	Mexico  Trinidad and Tobago
CONMEBOL (South America)	1991 South American Youth Championship	Argentina  Brazil  Uruguay
OFC (Oceania)	1990 OFC U-20 Championship	Australia
UEFA (Europe)	1990 UEFA European Under-18 Championship	England  Republic of Ireland  Soviet Union  Spain  Sweden
Host nation		Portugal

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Portugal	6	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	Advanced to the quarter finals
Korea	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Republic of Ireland	2	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	Eliminated
Argentina	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Brazil	5	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	Advanced to the quarter finals
Mexico	4	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3
Sweden	2	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	Eliminated
Ivory Coast	1	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4

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Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Australia	6	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	Advanced to the quarter finals
Soviet Union	4	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4
Egypt	2	3	1	0	2	6	2	+4	Eliminated
Trinidad and Tobago	0	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12

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Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Status
Spain	5	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	Advanced to the quarter finals
Syria	4	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1
England	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	Eliminated
Uruguay	1	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7

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

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

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Portugal	6	5	1	0	9	1	+8	11
2	Brazil	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	10
3	Soviet Union	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	7
4	Australia	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	8
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Spain	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	5
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
Eliminated at the group stage
9	Egypt	3	1	0	2	6	2	+4	2
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 at FIFA.com
• RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1991
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)