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.
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.
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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 August and 31 August 1991 Players born after 1 August 1974 could participate in this tournament 1991 FIFA U 17 World Championship1st FIFA U 17 World Championship for the FIFA JVC Cup 1991 FIFA U 17 Campionato del MondoTournament detailsHost countryItalyDates16 31 AugustTeams16 from 6 confederations Venue s 6 in 6 host cities Final positionsChampions Ghana 1st title Runners up SpainThird place ArgentinaFourth place QatarTournament statisticsMatches played32Goals scored81 2 53 per match Attendance37 000 1 156 per match Top scorer s AdrianoBest player s Nii LampteyFair play award Argentina 19891993 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 Contents 1 Qualified Teams 2 Squads 3 Referees 4 Group stages 4 1 Group A 4 2 Group B 4 3 Group C 4 4 Group D 5 Knockout stages 5 1 Quarterfinals 5 2 Semifinals 5 3 Third place play off 5 4 Final 6 Result 7 Awards 8 Goalscorers 9 Final ranking 10 External linksQualified Teams editConfederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier s AFC Asia 1990 AFC U 16 Championship nbsp China nbsp Qatar nbsp United Arab EmiratesCAF Africa 1991 African U 17 Qualifying for World Cup nbsp Congo nbsp Ghana nbsp SudanCONCACAF Central North America and Caribbean 1991 CONCACAF U 17 Tournament nbsp Cuba nbsp Mexico nbsp United StatesCONMEBOL South America 1991 South American U 17 Championship nbsp Argentina nbsp Brazil nbsp UruguayOFC Oceania 1991 OFC U 17 Championship nbsp AustraliaUEFA Europe Host nation nbsp Italy11991 UEFA European Under 16 Championship nbsp Germany nbsp Spain1 replacing Ecuador Squads editFor a list of all squads that played in the final tournament see 1991 FIFA U 17 World Championship squadsReferees editAsia nbsp Omar Al Mohanna nbsp Lechmanasamy Kathirveloo nbsp Nizar WattiAfrica nbsp Sylvain Abikanlou nbsp Rachid Ben Khadija nbsp Lim Kee ChongCONCACAF nbsp Errol Forbes nbsp Miguel Angel Salas nbsp Arlington Success South America nbsp Juan Bava nbsp Sabino Cespedes nbsp Jorge Orellano nbsp Ulisses Tavares da SilvaEurope nbsp Angelo Amendolia nbsp Fabio Baldas nbsp Jan Damgaard nbsp Philippe Leduc nbsp Leif Sundell nbsp Mario van der EndeOceania nbsp Ronald GallonGroup stages editGroup A edit Teams Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Status nbsp United States 6 3 3 0 0 5 1 4 Advanced to the quarterfinals nbsp Argentina 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 nbsp Italy 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 Eliminated nbsp China 1 3 0 1 2 4 7 3August 16 1991 18 00Italy nbsp 0 1 nbsp United States Report Dunne nbsp 18 Montecatini TermeAttendance 3 200Referee Ulisses Tavares da Silva Brazil August 17 1991 21 00China nbsp 1 2 nbsp ArgentinaGao Fei nbsp 58 Report Veron nbsp 50 Castellani nbsp 77 pen ViareggioAttendance 350Referee Leif Sundell Sweden August 20 1991 18 00Italy nbsp 2 2 nbsp ChinaDel Piero nbsp 30 Giraldi nbsp 67 Report Liang Yu nbsp 14 Huang Yi nbsp 73 ViareggioAttendance 1 200Referee Miguel Angel Salas Castillo Mexico August 20 1991 20 00United States nbsp 1 0 nbsp ArgentinaMcKeon nbsp 23 Report ViareggioAttendance 1 200Referee Rachid Ben Khedija Tunisia August 22 1991 18 00Italy nbsp 0 0 nbsp Argentina Report ViareggioAttendance 2 000Referee Philippe Leduc France August 22 1991 20 00United States nbsp 3 1 nbsp ChinaBeachum nbsp 6 Montoya nbsp 37 McKeon nbsp 71 Report Gao Fei nbsp 32 ViareggioAttendance 2 000Referee Nizar Watti Syria Group B edit Venue Carrara Teams Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Status nbsp Australia 4 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 Advanced to the quarterfinals nbsp Qatar 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 nbsp Congo 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 Eliminated nbsp Mexico 2 3 1 0 2 5 6 1August 17 1991 21 00Congo nbsp 0 0 nbsp Qatar Report Attendance 600Referee Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos Ecuador August 18 1991 21 00Australia nbsp 4 3 nbsp MexicoAgostino nbsp 5 28 29 Kiratzoglu nbsp 17 Report Garza nbsp 25 Toledano nbsp 69 74 Attendance 500Referee Lim Kee Chong Mauritius August 20 1991 19 00Congo nbsp 0 2 nbsp Australia Report Healey nbsp 63 Kiratzoglu nbsp 74 Attendance 200Referee Letchmanasamy Kathirveloo Malaysia August 20 1991 21 00Qatar nbsp 0 1 nbsp Mexico Report Toledano nbsp 5 Attendance 200Referee Sabino Farina Cespedes Paraguay August 22 1991 19 00Congo nbsp 2 1 nbsp MexicoKibiti nbsp 17 Tchicaya nbsp 31 Report Garcia nbsp 71 Attendance 400Referee Mario van der Ende Netherlands August 22 1991 21 00Qatar nbsp 1 0 nbsp AustraliaAl Tamimi nbsp 76 Report Attendance 400Referee Juan Bava Argentina Group C edit Venue Massa Teams Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Status nbsp Brazil 6 3 3 0 0 7 0 7 Advanced to the quarterfinals nbsp Germany 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 nbsp Sudan 2 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 Eliminated nbsp United Arab Emirates 1 3 0 1 2 3 10 7August 17 1991 21 00Sudan nbsp 4 1 nbsp United Arab EmiratesNemairi nbsp 34 Ibrahim nbsp 36 Ahmed nbsp 37 Elmustafa nbsp 47 Report Mohamed nbsp 59 Attendance 250Referee Arlington Success Antigua amp Barbuda August 18 1991 19 00Germany nbsp 0 2 nbsp Brazil Report Argel nbsp 18 Adriano nbsp 39 Attendance 800Referee Fabio Baldas Italy August 20 1991 19 00Sudan nbsp 1 3 nbsp GermanyAhmed nbsp 78 Report Sarna nbsp 48 Jaekel nbsp 62 75 Attendance 200Referee Angelo Amendolia Italy August 20 1991 21 00United Arab Emirates nbsp 0 4 nbsp Brazil Report Yan nbsp 20 Nene nbsp 26 Adriano nbsp 58 62 Attendance 200Referee Jan Damgaard Denmark August 22 1991 19 00Sudan nbsp 0 1 nbsp Brazil Report Adriano nbsp 73 Attendance 500Referee Angelo Amendolia Italy August 22 1991 21 00United Arab Emirates nbsp 2 2 nbsp GermanyAbdulrahman nbsp 12 pen Ibrahim nbsp 44 Report Lutz nbsp 8 Sarna nbsp 51 Attendance 500Referee Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos Ecuador Group D edit Venue Livorno Teams Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Status nbsp Spain 5 3 2 1 0 9 3 6 Advanced to the quarterfinals nbsp Ghana 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 nbsp Uruguay 2 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 Eliminated nbsp Cuba 0 3 0 0 3 3 10 7August 17 1991 21 00Ghana nbsp 2 1 nbsp CubaLamptey nbsp 8 51 pen Report Sanchez nbsp 26 Attendance 1 500Referee Omar Al Mehanna Saudi Arabia August 18 1991 21 00Uruguay nbsp 0 1 nbsp Spain Report Dani nbsp 64 Attendance 1 400Referee Nizar Watti Syria August 20 1991 19 00Ghana nbsp 2 0 nbsp UruguayGargo nbsp 36 Lamptey nbsp 52 Report Attendance 1 300Referee Errol Forbes Trinidad And Tobago August 20 1991 21 00Cuba nbsp 2 7 nbsp SpainMarten nbsp 56 Casamayor nbsp 66 Report Robaina nbsp 5 23 Emilio Carrasco nbsp 13 Murgui nbsp 43 Velasco nbsp 52 Palacios nbsp 58 Ramon nbsp 74 Attendance 1 300Referee Fabio Baldas Italy August 22 1991 19 00Ghana nbsp 1 1 nbsp SpainOpoku nbsp 42 Report Galvez nbsp 62 Attendance 1 300Referee Ulisses Tavares da Silva Brazil August 22 1991 21 00Cuba nbsp 0 1 nbsp Uruguay Report Lopez nbsp 72 Attendance 1 300Referee Lim Kee Chong Mauricio Knockout stages edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal August 25 Montecatini Terme nbsp United States1 4 August 28 Viareggio nbsp Qatar pen 1 5 nbsp Qatar0 2 August 25 Carrara nbsp Ghana pen 0 4 nbsp Brazil1 August 31 Florence nbsp Ghana2 nbsp Ghana1 August 25 Viareggio nbsp Spain0 nbsp Australia1 August 28 Massa nbsp Argentina2 nbsp Argentina0 August 25 Livorno nbsp Spain1Third place nbsp Spain3 August 30 Montecatini Terme nbsp Germany1 nbsp Qatar1 1 nbsp Argentina pen 1 4 Quarterfinals edit August 25 1991 18 00United States nbsp 1 1 a e t 4 5 pen nbsp QatarKelly nbsp 3 Report Bu nbsp 14 Montecatini TermeAttendance 2 000Referee Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Vimos Ecuador August 25 1991 21 00Australia nbsp 1 2 nbsp ArgentinaAzconzobal nbsp 75 o g Report Comelles nbsp 29 55 ViareggioAttendance 1 100Referee Fabio Baldas Italy August 25 1991 21 00Brazil nbsp 1 2 nbsp GhanaLeandro nbsp 42 Report Lamptey nbsp 36 Gargo nbsp 58 CarraraAttendance 1 200Referee Leif Sundell Swedish August 25 1991 21 00Spain nbsp 3 1 nbsp GermanyMurgui nbsp 59 Robaina nbsp 72 Josemi nbsp 80 Report Babatz nbsp 15 LivornoAttendance 1 100Referee Nizar Watti Syria Semifinals edit August 28 1991 18 00Qatar nbsp 0 0 a e t 2 4 pen nbsp Ghana Report ViareggioAttendance 1 200Referee Fabio Baldas Italy August 28 1991 21 00Argentina nbsp 0 1 nbsp Spain Report Murgui nbsp 22 MassaAttendance 1 100Referee Jan Damgaard Denmark Third place play off edit August 30 1991 18 00Qatar nbsp 1 1 a e t 1 4 pen nbsp ArgentinaAl Bedaid nbsp 60 Report Akselman nbsp 80 Montecatini TermeAttendance 1 500Referee Mario van der Ende Netherlands Final edit August 31 1991 18 00Ghana nbsp 1 0 nbsp SpainDuah nbsp 77 Report FlorenceAttendance 5 000Referee Leif Sundell Swedish Result edit FIFA U 17 World Championship 1991 winners nbsp GhanaFirst titleAwards editGolden Shoe Golden Ball FIFA Fair Play nbsp Adriano 4 goals nbsp Nii Lamptey nbsp ArgentinaGoalscorers editAdriano 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 nbsp Adriano nbsp Nii Lamptey3 goals nbsp Paul Agostino nbsp Jorge Toledano nbsp Antonio Robaina nbsp Juan Carlos Murgui2 goals nbsp Ruben Comelles nbsp Alex Kiratzoglu nbsp Gao Fei nbsp Goya Jaekel nbsp Jens Sarna nbsp Mohammed Gargo nbsp Mohamed Ahmed nbsp Matt McKeon 1 goal nbsp Christian Akselman nbsp Juan Sebastian Veron nbsp Ricardo Castellani nbsp Aaron Healey nbsp Argel nbsp Leandro nbsp Nene nbsp Yan nbsp Huang Yi nbsp Liang Yu nbsp Gaston Kibiti nbsp Patrick Tchicaya nbsp Eliezer Casamayor nbsp Luis Marten nbsp Vladimir Sanchez nbsp Christof Babatz nbsp Karl Heinz Lutz nbsp Emmanuel Duah nbsp Nana Opoku nbsp Alessandro Del Piero nbsp Daniele Giraldi nbsp Garcia nbsp Mario Garza nbsp Ahmed Bu nbsp Jassim Al Tamimi nbsp Mohamed Al Bedaid nbsp Ibrahim Hussein nbsp Khalid Elmustafa nbsp Nemairi Saeed nbsp Cesar Palacios nbsp Dani nbsp Emilio Carrasco nbsp James Beattie nbsp Jose Miguel Lopez nbsp Pedro Velasco Moron nbsp Ramon nbsp Adel Mohamed nbsp Ali Abdulrahman nbsp Jamal Ibrahim nbsp Albertin Montoya nbsp Brian Kelly nbsp Mike Dunne nbsp Shohn Beachum nbsp Diego Lopez Own goal nbsp Juan Azconzobal playing against Australia Final ranking editRank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts1 nbsp Ghana 6 4 2 0 8 3 5 102 nbsp Spain 6 4 1 1 13 5 8 93 nbsp Argentina 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 64 nbsp Qatar 6 1 4 1 3 3 0 6Eliminated in the quarter finals5 nbsp United States 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 76 nbsp Brazil 4 3 0 1 8 2 6 67 nbsp Australia 4 2 0 2 7 6 1 48 nbsp Germany 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 3Eliminated at the group stage9 nbsp Congo 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 310 nbsp Sudan 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 211 nbsp Mexico 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 212 nbsp Uruguay 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 213 nbsp Italy 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 214 nbsp China 3 0 1 2 4 7 3 115 nbsp United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 3 10 7 116 nbsp Cuba 3 0 0 3 3 10 7 0External links editFIFA U 17 World Championship Italy 1991 FIFA com FIFA Technical Report Part 1 Part 2 and Part 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1991 FIFA U 17 World Championship amp oldid 1162142509, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,