The 1991

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, the fourth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of

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, and

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between 16 August and 31 August 1991. Players born after 1 August 1974 could participate in this tournament.

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, the 1989 champions, were not able to defend their title as they withdrew from the final round of the AFC qualifying tournament, citing the

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. The tournament was originally to be scheduled in

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

, but due to the

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outbreak earlier that year, it was moved to

, which hosted the previous year's

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. 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.

Qualified Teams

:1. replacing Ecuador.

Squads

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 *

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Africa * Sylvain Abikanlou * Rachid Ben Khadija *

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CONCACAF * Errol Forbes * Miguel Angel Salas * Arlington Success South America * Juan Bava * Sabino Cespedes *

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Europe * Angelo Amendolia *

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* Jan Damgaard * Philippe Leduc *

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Oceania * Ronald Gallon

Group stages

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stages

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place play-off

Final

Result

Awards

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 *

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* Nii Lamptey ;3 goals *

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* Jorge Toledano *

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* Juan Carlos Murgui ;2 goals * Ruben Comelles * Alex Kiratzoglu * Gao Fei * Goya Jaekel * Jens Sarna * Mohammed Gargo * Mohamed Ahmed *

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;1 goal * Christian Akselman *

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* Ricardo Castellani * Aaron Healey * Argel * Leandro * Nene *

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* Huang Yi * Liang Yu * Gaston Kibiti * Patrick Tchicaya * Eliezer Casamayor * Luis Marten * Vladimir Sánchez *

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* Karl-Heinz Lutz *

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* Nana Opoku *

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* 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 *

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* Brian Kelly * Mike Dunne * Shohn Beachum * Diego López ;Own goal * Juan Azconzobal (playing against Australia)

Final ranking

External links

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FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)(Part 2)
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