1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = FIFA U-17 World Championship
year = 1991
other_titles = 1st FIFA U-17 World Championship for the FIFA/JVC Cup


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country = Italy
dates = August 16 – August 31 1991
num_teams = 16
confederations = 6
venues = 6
cities = 6
champion = GHA
count = 1
second = ESP
third = ARG
fourth = QAT
matches = 32
goals = 81
attendance = 37000
top_scorer = flagicon|BRA Adriano
player = flagicon|GHA Nii Lamptey
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The 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship was held in the cities of Florence, Montecatini, Viareggio, Massa, Carrara, and Livorno in Italy between 16 August and 31 August 1991. Players born after 1 August 1974 can participate in this tournament.

The tournament was originally to be scheduled in Ecuador, but due to the cholera outbreak, it was moved to Italy.

Qualified Teams

Africa (African U-16 Championship 1991)
*
*
*

Asia (AFC U-17 Championship 1990)
*
*
*

Europe (UEFA U-17 Championship 1991)
*
*

North America (CONCACAF U-17 Championship 1991)
*
*
*

South America (Sudamericano Sub-17 1991)
*
*
*

Oceania (OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament 1991)
*

Host Nation Automatic Qualification
* (replacing Ecuador)

quads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see "1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads"

Referees

Asia
* Omar Al-Mohanna
* Lechmanasamy Kathirveloo
* Nizar WattiAfrica
* Sylvain Abikanlou
* Rachid Ben Khadija
* Lim Kee ChongCONCACAF
* Errol Forbes
* Miguel Angel Salas
* Arlington SuccessSouth America
* Juan Bava
* Sabino Cespedes
* Jorge Orellano
* Ulisses Tavares da SilvaEurope
* Angelo Amendolia
* Fabio Baldas
* Jan Damgaard
* Philippe Leduc
* Leif Sundell
* Mario van der EndeOceania
* Ronald Gallon

Group stages

Group A

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Group D

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Knockout stages

Round8-with third
August 25 - Montecatini|fb|USA|1 (4)|fb|QAT (PSO)|1 (5)
August 25 - Carrara|fb|BRA|1|fb|GHA|2
August 25 - Viareggio|fb|AUS|1|fb|ARG|2
August 25 - Livorno|fb|ESP|3|fb|GER|1
August 28 - Viareggio|fb|QAT|0 (2)|fb|GHA (PSO)|0 (4)
August 28 - Massa|fb|ARG|0|fb|ESP|1
August 31 - Florence|fb|GHA|1|fb|ESP|0
August 30 - Montecatini|fb|QAT|1 (1)|fb|ARG (PSO)|1 (4)

Quarterfinals

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emifinals

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Third place play-off

Final

Result

Awards

External links

* [http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/U17/tournament/0,6288,U17-2005-20,00.html 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship on FIFA.com]