The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the eighth staging of the

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, an international

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competition organized by

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for men's youth national teams, and the eighth since it was established in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Tournament. The final tournament took place for the first time in

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, between 14 and 30 June 1991. Matches were played across five venues in as many cities: Faro,

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Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

and

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. Nigeria originally won the bid to host but was stripped of its right after found guilty for committing

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and

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competed for the first time as a united team, although FIFA attributes its historical data to South Korea.

entered the competition as the defending champions, after winning the previous tournament. They reached the final, where a record attendance of 127,000 witnessed the hosts defeat Portuguese-speaking rival

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4–2 on penalties to secure their second consecutive title. The

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made its last FIFA tournament appearance, the country was dissolved later that year.

Qualification

In addition to the host team, Portugal, 15 other national teams qualified from six continental tournaments. :1.Teams that made their debut.

Match officials

;Africa * Alhagi Ibrahima Faye * Mawukpona Hounnake-Kouassi *

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* Kiichiro Tachi * Wei Jihong ;Europe *

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* Leslie Irvine * João Martins Correia Pinto *

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* Daniel Roudit * Ryszard Wojcik ;North, Central America and Caribbean *

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* Juan Pablo Escobar López * Robert Sawtell ;South America *

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* Francisco Lamolina *

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;Oceania * John McConnell

Squads

''For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship squads Group A Head coach: Reinaldo Merlo Head coach: An Se-uk Head coach: Carlos Queiroz 1In 2002, it was revealed that Cao had in fact been born in 1968. Head coach: Maurice Sett ...

Group stages

The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. Four group winners, and four second-place finishers qualify for the knockout round.

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 stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Goalscorers

Serhiy Scherbakov of Soviet Union won the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 82 goals were scored by 54 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. ;5 goals *

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;4 goals *

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Ismael Urzaiz Ismael Urzaiz Aranda (; born 7 October 1971) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a centre-forward. Best known for his physical strength and aerial ability, the unsuccessful youth graduate at Real Madrid went on to represent seven othe ...

;3 goals *

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Pier Luigi Cherubino Pier Luigi Cherubino Loggi (born 15 October 1971), known simply as Pier, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager. Over ten seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 227 games and 54 goals in represent ...

;2 goals *

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* Luíz Fernando *

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* Choi Chol *

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* Andreas Bild *

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;1 goal *

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* Roberto Molina *

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* Amir Abdel Aziz *

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* Samir Hussein *

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* José Mauricio Casas *

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* Ammar Awad * Abdul Latif Helou *

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Final ranking

References

External links

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