# 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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 and 31 August 1991. Players born after 1 August 1974 could participate in this tournament.
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.

## Cities & Stadiums

| Città | Stadio |
| Florence | Stadio Artemio Franchi |
| Livorno | Stadio Armando Picchi |
| Massa | Stadio Gianpiero Vitali |
| Carrara | Stadio dei Marmi |
| Montecatini Terme | Stadio Daniele Mariotti |
| Viareggio | Stadio Torquato Bresciani |

## Qualified Teams

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | 1990 AFC U-16 Championship | China Qatar United Arab Emirates |
| CAF (Africa) | 1991 African U-17 Qualifying for World Cup | Congo Ghana Sudan |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | 1991 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament | Cuba Mexico United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1991 South American U-17 Championship | Argentina Brazil Uruguay |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1991 OFC U-17 Championship | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | Host nation | Italy |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1991 UEFA European Under-16 Championship | Germany Spain |
    1. ^ replacing Ecuador.

## Squads

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

## Group stages
### Group A

| Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
| United States | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Italy | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | Eliminated |
| China | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | Eliminated |

### Group B

Venue: Carrara
| Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
| Australia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Qatar | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Congo | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | Eliminated |
| Mexico | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | Eliminated |

### Group C

Venue: Massa
| Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
| Brazil | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Sudan | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Eliminated |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | Eliminated |

### Group D

Venue: Livorno
| Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Ghana | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| Uruguay | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | Eliminated |
| Cuba | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | Eliminated |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| August 25 - Montecatini Terme | August 25 - Montecatini Terme | | | |
| United States | 1 (4) | | | |
| United States | 1 (4) | August 28 - Viareggio | August 28 - Viareggio | | |
| Qatar (pen.) | 1 (5) | August 28 - Viareggio | August 28 - Viareggio | |
| Qatar (pen.) | 1 (5) | Qatar | 0 (2) | |
| August 25 - Carrara | August 25 - Carrara | | Qatar | 0 (2) | |
| August 25 - Carrara | August 25 - Carrara | Ghana (pen.) | 0 (4) | |
| Brazil | 1 | Ghana (pen.) | 0 (4) | |
| Brazil | 1 | | | | August 31 - Florence | August 31 - Florence |
| Ghana | 2 | | | | August 31 - Florence | August 31 - Florence |
| Ghana | 2 | | | | Ghana | 1 |
| August 25 - Viareggio | August 25 - Viareggio | | | | | Ghana | 1 |
| August 25 - Viareggio | August 25 - Viareggio | | | | Spain | 0 |
| Australia | 1 | | | | Spain | 0 |
| Australia | 1 | August 28 - Massa | August 28 - Massa | | | |
| Argentina | 2 | August 28 - Massa | August 28 - Massa | | | |
| Argentina | 2 | Argentina | 0 | | | |
| August 25 - Livorno | August 25 - Livorno | | Argentina | 0 | | | |
| August 25 - Livorno | August 25 - Livorno | Spain | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 3 | Spain | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 3 | | | | August 30 - Montecatini Terme | August 30 - Montecatini Terme |
| Germany | 1 | | | | August 30 - Montecatini Terme | August 30 - Montecatini Terme |
| Germany | 1 | | | | Qatar | 1 (1) |
| | | | | | Argentina (pen.) | 1 (4) |

### Final
## Result

* FIFA U-17 World Championship 1991 winners
* Ghana First title

## Awards

| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play |
| Adriano (4 goals) | Nii Lamptey | Argentina |

## Goalscorers

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.

### 4 goals

* Adriano
* Nii Lamptey

### 3 goals

* Paul Agostino
* Jorge Toledano
* Antonio Robaina
* Juan Carlos Murgui

### 2 goals

* Ruben Comelles
* Alex Kiratzoglu
* Gao Fei
* Goya Jaekel
* Jens Sarna
* Mohammed Gargo
* Mohamed Ahmed
* Matt McKeon

### 1 goal

* Christian Akselman
* Juan Sebastián Verón
* Ricardo Castellani
* Aaron Healey
* Argel
* Leandro
* Nene
* Yan
* Huang Yi
* Liang Yu
* Gaston Kibiti
* Patrick Tchicaya
* Eliezer Casamayor
* Luis Marten
* Vladimir Sánchez
* Christof Babatz
* Karl-Heinz Lutz
* Emmanuel Duah
* Nana Opoku
* Alessandro Del Piero
* Daniele Giraldi
* García
* Mario Garza
* Ahmed Bu
* Jassim Al Tamimi
* Mohamed Al Bedaid
* Ibrahim Hussein
* Khalid Elmustafa
* Nemairi Saeed
* César Palacios
* Dani
* Emilio Carrasco
* James Beattie
* José Miguel López
* Pedro Velasco Morón
* Ramón
* Adel Mohamed
* Ali Abdulrahman
* Jamal Ibrahim
* Albertin Montoya
* Brian Kelly
* Mike Dunne
* Shohn Beachum
* Diego López

### Own goal

* Juan Azconzobal (playing against Australia)

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Ghana | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 |
| 2 | Spain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 |
| 3 | Argentina | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Qatar | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals ||||||||||
| 5 | United States | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| 6 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 |
| 7 | Australia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 8 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | –2 | 3 |
| Eliminated at the group stage ||||||||||
| 9 | Congo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 3 |
| 10 | Sudan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | –1 | 2 |
| 12 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 | 2 |
| 13 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 2 |
| 14 | China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 1 |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 1 |
| 16 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 0 |