# 1991 South American U-17 Championship

The 1991 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 1991, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Paraguai 1991) was the fourth edition of the South American Under-17 Football Championship, a football competition for the under-17 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Paraguay from 4 to 19 May 1991.
Brazil were crowned champions, and together with Argentina and Uruguay, which were the top three teams of this tournament, qualified for the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Italy.

## Teams

* Argentina
* Bolivia
* Brazil (title holders)
* Chile
* Colombia
* Ecuador
* Paraguay (hosts)
* Peru
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

## Match officials

The referees were:
* Juan Carlos Crespi
* Pablo Peña
* Ulises Tavares
* Iván Guerrero
* Carlos Robles
* Jorge Zuluaga
* Milton Villavicencio
* Sabino Fariña
* Fernando Chappel
* Fernando Cardellino
* Jorge Nieto
* Nelson Rodriguez

## Venues

The main venue was Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción with some games being played at Estadio Manuel Ferreira and Estadio General Pablo Rojas in the same city. Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill, Itauguá and Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque were also used.
| Asunción | Asunción | Asunción | Itauguá | Luque |
| Estadio Defensores del Chaco | Estadio Manuel Ferreira | Estadio General Pablo Rojas | Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill | Estadio Feliciano Cáceres |
| 25°17′31″S 57°39′27″W﻿ / ﻿25.292072°S 57.657381°W﻿ / -25.292072; -57.657381﻿ (Estadio Defensores del Chaco) | 25°17′29″S 57°36′31″W﻿ / ﻿25.291389°S 57.608611°W﻿ / -25.291389; -57.608611﻿ (Estadio Manuel Ferreira) | 25°18′00″S 57°38′15″W﻿ / ﻿25.3°S 57.6375°W﻿ / -25.3; -57.6375﻿ (Estadio General Pablo Rojas) | 25°23′45″S 57°20′26″W﻿ / ﻿25.395917°S 57.340694°W﻿ / -25.395917; -57.340694﻿ (Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill) | 25°16′20″S 57°29′35″W﻿ / ﻿25.272222°S 57.493056°W﻿ / -25.272222; -57.493056﻿ (Estadio Feliciano Cáceres) |
| Capacity:50,000 | Capacity:23,732 | Capacity:45,000 | Capacity:10,000 | Capacity:26,974 |

## First stage

The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

### Tiebreakers

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:
* goal difference
* goals scored
* head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only)
* drawing of lots
All times local, PAT (UTC−4).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | Final stage |
| 2 | Chile | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Final stage |
| 3 | Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Peru | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Final stage |
| 2 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 | Final stage |
| 3 | Colombia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 5 | |
| 4 | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | −33 | 0 | |

## Final stage

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |

## Winners

* 1991 South American Under-16 Football champions
* Brazil 2nd title

## Goalscorers

There were 86 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match.
9 goals
* Diego Peréz
6 goals
* Adriano
* Diego Goñi
5 goals
* Gian
4 goals
* Leandro
* Victor Pacheco
3 goals
* Luciano Oliveri
* Iván Hurtado
2 goals
* Rubén Bernuncio
* Ricardo Castellani
* Elenilson
* Marcelo Salas
* Arley Betancourt
* Carlos Yáñez
* Agustin Delgado
* Paulo Yugovic
* Roberto Caffarena
* David Chévez
* Néstor Correa
1 goal
* Norberto Alonso
* Christian Akselman
* Marcelo Gallardo
* Yan
* Ricardo Robles
* Juan Silva
* David Reyes
* Victor Mella
* Oscar Nió
* Henry Nieto
* John Sáez
* Henry Vásquez
* Alí Chalá
* Marcos Caicedo
* Pánfilo Escobar
* Néstor Coronel
* Nolberto Solano
* Ricardo Quimper
* Elmer Colina
* Paul Cominges
* Jair Vásquez
* Diego Luis López
* Javier Delgado
Source: Estadisticas de Fútbol

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Championship

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Uruguay | 17 May 1991 | 0 |
| Brazil | 19 May 1991 | 3 (1985,1987,1989) |
| Argentina | 19 May 1991 | 2 (1985,1989) |