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]
| Campeonato Mundial de Júniores Portugal '91 | |
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| 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 |
← 1989 1993 → | |
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.
In addition to the host team, Portugal, 15 other national teams qualified from six continental tournaments.
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For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal (H)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Korea
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Republic of Ireland
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Argentina
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| Portugal | 2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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Pinto  17'Capucho 78' |
Report |
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
| Argentina | 0–1 | Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Cho In-chol 88' |
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ernesto Filippi (Uruguay)
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | Korea |
|---|---|---|
| McCarthy 58' |
Report | Choi Chol 89' |
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Robert Sawtell (Canada)
| Portugal | 3–0 | Argentina |
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| Gil 56' Torres 80'Toni 86' |
Report |
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)
| Republic of Ireland | 2–2 | Argentina |
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| O'Connor 9' Gallagher 63' |
Report | Delgado 55' Molina 57' (pen.) |
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Raúl Domínguez (United States)
| Portugal | 1–0 | Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Torres 42' |
Report |
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Enrique Marín Gallo (Chile)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Mexico
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Sweden
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Ivory Coast
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
| Mexico | 3–0 | Sweden |
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| Hernández 20' Pineda 51'Álvarez Arcos 64' |
Report |
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)
| Brazil | 2–1 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Andrei 29' Luiz Fernando 79' |
Report | Tiehi 48' |
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)
Brazil  | 2–2 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Paulo Nunes 18' Luiz Fernando 45' |
Report | Pineda 57', 67' |
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
| Ivory Coast | 1–4 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Mambo 64' (pen.) |
Report | Rödlund 13' Bild 23', 46'Andersson 87' |
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: João Martins Pinto Correia (Portugal)
| Ivory Coast | 1–1 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Seri 79' |
Report | Pineda 83' |
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
| Brazil | 2–0 | Sweden |
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| Paulo Nunes 29' Élber 78' |
Report |
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Soviet Union
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Egypt
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Trinidad and Tobago
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–2 | Australia |
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| Report | Okon 52' Seal 76' |
Attendance: 1,720
Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
| Egypt | 0–1 | Soviet Union |
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| Report | Scherbakov 6' |
Attendance: 5,680
Referee: Juan Pablo Escobar López (Guatemala)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–6 | Egypt |
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| Report | Hussein 8' Sadek 24'Ismail 36'Sakr 60'El-Sheshini 79'Abdel Aziz 82' |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Wei Jihong (China)
| Australia | 1–0 | Soviet Union |
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| Maloney 21' |
Report |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
| Australia | 1–0 | Egypt |
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| Trajanovski 43' |
Report |
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–4 | Soviet Union |
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| Report | Pokhlebayev 9' Konovalov 15'Mikhailenko 22'Scherbakov 35' |
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Syria
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  England
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Uruguay
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |
| England | 0–1 | Spain |
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| Report | Pier 84' |
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)
| Syria | 1–0 | Uruguay |
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| Ramadan 57' |
Report |
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Alhagi Faye (Gambia)
| Spain | 6–0 | Uruguay |
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| Pier 10' (pen.), 34' Urzáiz 22', 75', 80' (pen.)Mauricio 36' |
Report |
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Daniel Roduit (Switzerland)
| England | 3–3 | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| Allen 12' Awford 69', 84' |
Report | Ramadan 18' Awad 27'Helou 65' |
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: John McConnell (Australia)
| Spain | 0–0 | Syria |
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| Report |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
| England | 0–0 | Uruguay |
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| Report |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
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| June 22 – Lisbon | |||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||
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| Soviet Union (p) | 1 (5) | ||||||||
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| Portugal | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Mexico |
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| Torres 3' (pen.) Toni 101' |
Report | Mendoza 35' |
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)
| Brazil | 5–1 | Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Marquinhos 15' Élber 41', 67'Djair 47', 53' |
Report | Choi Chol 40' |
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)
| Australia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| Seal 20' |
Report | A. Mando 56' |
| Penalties | ||
Seal  Okon Kindtner  Muscat Babic Stanton |
5–4 | F. Mando Khalifa Ghaeb Abdul Razak Ramadan Sibai |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)
| Spain | 1–3 | Soviet Union |
|---|---|---|
| Urzáiz 85' |
Report | Scherbakov 35', 64' Mandreko 80' |
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
| Brazil | 3–0 | Soviet Union |
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| Marquinhos 15' Castro 18'Élber 32' |
Report |
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Raúl Domínguez (United States)
| Portugal | 1–0 | Australia |
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| Rui Costa 31' |
Report |
Attendance: 112,000
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
| Australia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Soviet Union |
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| Seal 87' |
Report | Scherbakov 39' (pen.) |
| Penalties | ||
| Seal Okon Corica Babic Popovic Stanton |
4–5 | Pokhlebayev Bushmanov Babalaryan Mamchur Scherbakov Minko |
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Idrissa Sarr (Mauritania)
| Portugal | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Jorge Costa Figo Paulo Torres Rui Costa |
4–2 | Ramon Élber Andrei Marquinhos |
Attendance: 127,000
Referee: Francisco Lamolina (Argentina)
| 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship winners |
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 Portugal Second title |
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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| Serhiy Scherbakov
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Emílio Peixe
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Soviet Union
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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.
Luíz Fernando Marquinhos Paulo Nunes Andy Awford Choi Chol Nélson Gama Andreas Bild Munaf Ramadan Paul Okon Kris Trajanovski Marcelo Delgado Roberto Molina Castro Andrei Frascarelli Amir Abdel Aziz Sami El-Sheshini Samir Hussein Sami Abdel Halil Ismail Mostafa Sadek Tamer Sakr Bradley Allen Stephen Gallagher Paul McCarthy Barry O'Connor Ambroise Mambo Ambroise Seri Sylvain Tiehi Cho In-Chol Álvarez Arcos Héctor Hernández Bruno Mendoza Capucho Rui Costa Gil Gomes João Vieira Pinto Serhiy Konovalov Sergei Mandreko Dmytro Mykhaylenko Yevhen Pokhlebayev José Mauricio Casas Patrik Andersson Jonny Rödlund Ammar Awad Abdul Latif Helou Abdullah Mando| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal (H)
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 11 | Champions |
| 2 | Brazil
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Soviet Union
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | Third place |
| 4 | Australia
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Spain
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Syria
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 7 | Mexico
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 | |
| 8 | Korea
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 9 | Egypt
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Sweden
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 11 | England
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Republic of Ireland
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 13 | Ivory Coast
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |
| 14 | Argentina
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 15 | Uruguay
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 | |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
