The 1991 South American Under-17 Football Championship ( es, Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 1991, pt-BR, Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Paraguai 1991) was the fourth edition of the

South American Under-17 Football Championship The South American U-17 Championship (; ) is a football competition held every two years for South American under-17 teams. The tournament was born in 1985 out of a need for a classification tournament for the newly created FIFA U-16 World Cup (now ...

, a

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competition for the under-17 national teams in South America organized by

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

. It was held in

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

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 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 1 ...

in Italy.

Teams

* * * (title holders) * * * * (hosts) * * *

Match officials

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

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* Jorge Nieto * Jorge Nieves * Nelson Rodriguez

Venues

The main venue was

Estadio Defensores del Chaco Estadio Defensores del Chaco is a multi-purpose stadium in Asunción, Paraguay. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium once had a 50,000+ capacity, however over the years the stadium has undergone remodeling, dropping the ...

Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ...

with some games being played at

Estadio Manuel Ferreira The Estadio Manuel Ferreira, known as Estadio Tigo Manuel Ferreira due to sponsorship by telecommunications company Tigo, is a football stadium in Asunción, Paraguay. It is the home venue of Club Olimpia and is named after former club presiden ...

and

Estadio General Pablo Rojas Estadio General Pablo Rojas (locally known as La Olla or La Nueva Olla) is a football stadium in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción, Paraguay. It is the home venue of Cerro Porteño. The stadium's nickname ''La Olla'' was given by t ...

in the same city.

Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill 12 de Octubre Football Club is a Paraguayan football club from the city of Itauguá that currently plays in the División Intermedia, the second division of Football in Paraguay. Founded in 1914, the club's home venue is Estadio Luis Alberto ...

Itauguá Itauguá () is a city of the Central Department, Paraguay. Founded in 1728, it is known by its peculiar art of the ñandutí and its music. The San Rafael Museum shows various objects from the Colonial Age. The National Hospital, one of the most ...

and

Estadio Feliciano Cáceres Estadio Feliciano Cáceres is a football stadium located in Luque, Paraguay. It is the home venue of Sportivo Luqueño and is named after former club president Feliciano Cáceres. The old stadium was torn down and this stadium was built for use ...

Luque Luque () is a city in Central Department of Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. Both 1635 and 1750 have been recorded as dates of its founding. It was temporarily the capital of Paraguay in 1868 during the Paraguayan War be ...

were also used.

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

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Group B

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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. ---- ----

Winners

Goalscorers

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Championship

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the

References

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