| 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 | 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 |
| Fair play award | Soviet Union |
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The1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the eighth staging of theFIFA World Youth Championship, an internationalfootball competition organized byFIFA 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 inPortugal, between 14 and 30 June 1991. Matches were played across five venues in as many cities:Faro,Braga,Guimarães,Porto andLisbon. Nigeria originally won the bid to host but was stripped of its right after found guilty for committingage fabrication.[1]
North Korea andSouth 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 theprevious tournament. They reached the final, where a record attendance of 127,000 witnessed the hosts defeat Portuguese-speaking rivalBrazil 4–2 on penalties to secure their second consecutive title. TheSoviet Union made its last FIFA tournament appearance, as the country wasdissolved 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, see1991 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) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 |  Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| Portugal | 2–0 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
Pinto 17'Capucho 78' | Report |
| Argentina | 0–1 | Korea |
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| Report | Cho In-chol 88' |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | Korea |
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| McCarthy 58' | Report | Choi Chol 89' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 |  Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
| Brazil | 2–1 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Andrei 29' Luiz Fernando 79' | Report | Tiehi 48' |
Brazil  | 2–2 | Mexico |
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| Paulo Nunes 18' Luiz Fernando 45' | Report | Pineda 57',67' |
| Ivory Coast | 1–1 | Mexico |
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| Seri 79' | Report | Pineda 83' |
| Brazil | 2–0 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Paulo Nunes 29' Élber 78' | Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–2 | Australia |
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| Report | Okon 52' Seal 76' |
| Egypt | 0–1 | Soviet Union |
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| Report | Scherbakov 6' |
| 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' |
| Australia | 1–0 | Soviet Union |
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| Maloney 21' | Report |
| Australia | 1–0 | Egypt |
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| Trajanovski 43' | Report |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–4 | Soviet Union |
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| Report | Pokhlebayev 9' Konovalov 15'Mikhailenko 22'Scherbakov 35' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 5 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 |  Syria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |
| 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 30 –Lisbon | ||||||||||
| Syria | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Portugal (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| June 22 –Porto | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| Brazil | 5 | |||||||||
| June 26 –Guimarães | ||||||||||
| Korea | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
| June 23 –Faro | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||||||
| June 29 –Porto | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 3 | |||||||||
| Australia | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Soviet Union (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| Australia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Syria |
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| Seal 20' | Report | A. Mando 56' |
| Penalties | ||
Seal Okon Kindtner  Muscat Babic Stanton | 5–4 | F. MandoKhalifaGhaebAbdul RazakRamadanSibai |
| Spain | 1–3 | Soviet Union |
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| Urzáiz 85' | Report | Scherbakov 35',64' Mandreko 80' |
| Brazil | 3–0 | Soviet Union |
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| Marquinhos 15' Castro 18'Élber 32' | Report |
| 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 | PokhlebayevBushmanovBabalaryanMamchurScherbakovMinko |
| Portugal | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Jorge Costa Figo Paulo Torres Rui Costa | 4–2 | RamonÉlberAndreiMarquinhos |
| 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 | Emílio Peixe | Soviet Union |
Serhiy Scherbakov of Soviet Union won theGolden Boot award for scoring five goals. In total, 82 goals were scored by 54 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
Brad MaloneyPaul OkonKris TrajanovskiMarcelo DelgadoRoberto MolinaCastroAndrei FrascarelliAmir Abdel AzizSami El-SheshiniSamir HusseinSami Abdel Halil IsmailMostafa SadekTamer SakrBradley AllenBrian ByrnePaul McCarthy Barry O'ConnorAmbroise MamboAmbroise SeriSylvain Tiehi Cho In-CholÁlvarez ArcosHéctor HernándezBruno MendozaCapuchoRui CostaGil GomesJoão Vieira PintoSerhiy KonovalovSergei MandrekoDmytro MykhaylenkoYevhen PokhlebayevJosé Mauricio CasasPatrik AnderssonJonny RödlundAmmar AwadAbdul Latif HelouAbdullah Mando| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal(H) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 11 | Champions |
| 2 | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | Third place |
| 4 | Australia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 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 | |
| 9 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 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 |
