Junior World Cup 1991

FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991
FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991
Number of nations	16  (of 112 applicants)
World Champion	Portugal (2nd title)
venue	Portugal
Opening game	June 14, 1991
Endgame	June 30, 1991
Games	32
Gates	82  (⌀: 2.56 per game)
spectator	731,500  (⌀: 22,859 per game)
Top scorer	Serhiy Shcherbakov (5 goals)
Best player	Emilio Peixe
yellow cards	98  (⌀: 3.06 per game)
Red cards	10  (⌀: 0.31 per game)

The 8th FIFA Junior World Cup (officially: VI World Youth Championship For The FIFA / Coca-Cola Cup ) was held in Portugal from June 14th to 30th, 1991 . A total of 16 teams took part in the tournament. In the final, defending champions Portugal defeated the team from Brazil 4-2 on penalties after they were 0-0 after 120 minutes of play. Portugal secured its second world title in a row.

The Portuguese Emílio Peixe was voted the best player of the tournament . Soviet striker Serhiy Shcherbakov was able to secure the golden shoe for the best goalscorer with 5 goals.

North and South Korea participated in the World Cup together as a united team Korea .

Braga Faro Guimarães Lisbon postage

Venues

Venues

• Braga - Estádio 1º de Maio
• Faro - Estádio de São Luís
• Guimarães - Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques
• Lisbon - Estádio da Luz (127,000 seats)
• Porto - Estádio das Antas

Attendees

→ see main article: Junior World Cup 1991 / squad

6 from Europe	England	Ireland	Portugal	Sweden	Soviet Union	Spain
3 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Uruguay
2 from Asia	Korea	Syria
2 from Africa	Egypt	Ivory Coast
2 from North and Central America	Mexico	Trinidad and Tobago
1 from Oceania	Australia

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in four groups with four teams each. The first two of the groups reached the quarter-finals.
All games at local time ( UTC , CEST – 1 ).

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	3	0	0	006-000	+6	09
2.	Korea	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
3.	Ireland	3	0	2	1	003: 500	−2	02
4th	Argentina	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

June 14, 1991 at 9:00 p.m. in Porto
Portugal	-	Ireland	2: 0 (1: 0)
June 15, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. in Lisbon
Argentina	-	Korea	0: 1 (0: 0)
June 17, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. in Lisbon
Ireland	-	Korea	1: 1 (0: 0)
June 17, 1991 at 9:30 p.m. in Lisbon
Portugal	-	Argentina	3: 0 (0: 0)
June 20, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. in Lisbon
Ireland	-	Argentina	2: 2 (1: 0)
June 20, 1991 at 9:30 p.m. in Lisbon
Portugal	-	Korea	1: 0 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	1	2	0	006: 300	+3	05
2.	Mexico	3	1	1	1	006: 300	+3	04th
3.	Sweden	3	0	2	1	004: 600	−2	02
4th	Ivory Coast	3	0	1	2	003: 700	−4	01

June 15, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. in Porto
Mexico	-	Sweden	3: 0 (1: 0)
June 15, 1991 at 9:30 p.m. in Porto
Brazil	-	Ivory Coast	2: 1 (1: 0)
June 17, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. in Porto
Brazil	-	Mexico	2: 2 (2: 0)
June 18, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. in Porto
Ivory Coast	-	Sweden	1: 4 (0: 2)
June 20, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. in Porto
Ivory Coast	-	Mexico	1: 1 (0: 0)
June 20, 1991 at 9:30 p.m. in Porto
Brazil	-	Sweden	2: 0 (1: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Australia	3	2	0	1	004-000	+4	06th
2.	Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	005: 100	+4	04th
3.	Egypt	3	0	2	1	006: 200	+4	02
4th	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	000:120	−12	00

June 15, 1991 at 7:30 p.m. in Braga
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Australia	0: 2 (0: 0)
June 16, 1991 at 5:00 p.m. in Guimarães
Egypt	-	Soviet Union	0: 1 (0: 1)
June 18, 1991 at 7:30 p.m. in Braga
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Egypt	0: 6 (0: 3)
June 18, 1991 at 9:30 p.m. in Braga
Australia	-	Soviet Union	1: 0 (1: 0)
June 20, 1991 at 5:00 p.m. in Guimarães
Australia	-	Egypt	1: 0 (1: 0)
June 20, 1991 at 7:30 p.m. in Guimarães
Trinidad and Tobago	-	Soviet Union	0: 4 (0: 4)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	1	2	0	007-000	+7	05
2.	Syria	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	England	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Uruguay	3	0	1	2	000: 700	−7	01

June 15, 1991 at 7:30 p.m. in Faro
England	-	Spain	0: 1 (0: 0)
June 16, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. in Faro
Syria	-	Uruguay	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 18, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. in Faro
Spain	-	Uruguay	6: 0 (4: 0)
June 18, 1991 at 9:30 p.m. in Faro
England	-	Syria	3: 3 (1: 2)
June 20, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. in Faro
Spain	-	Syria	0-0
June 20, 1991 at 9:30 p.m. in Faro
England	-	Uruguay	0-0

Final round

All games at local time ( UTC , CEST – 1 ).

Overview

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Portugal	1 (2)
	Mexico	1 (1)
					Portugal	1
					Australia	0
	Australia	1 (5)
	Syria	1 (4)
									Portugal	0 (4)
									Brazil	0 (2)
	Brazil	5
	Korea	1
					Brazil	3			Game for third place
					Soviet Union	0
	Spain	1							Australia	1 (4)
	Soviet Union	3							Soviet Union	1 (5)

Quarter finals

June 22, 1991 at 6:30 p.m. in Lisbon
Portugal	-	Mexico	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1)
June 22, 1991 at 9:30 p.m. in Porto
Brazil	-	Korea	5: 1 (2: 1)
June 23, 1991 at 5:00 p.m. in Braga
Australia	-	Syria	1: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 1: 0), 5: 4 a.d.
June 23, 1991 at 9:30 p.m. in Faro
Spain	-	Soviet Union	1: 3 (0: 1)

Semifinals

June 26, 1991 at 6:30 p.m. in Guimarães
Brazil	-	Soviet Union	3: 0 (3: 0)
June 26, 1991 at 9:30 p.m. in Lisbon
Portugal	-	Australia	1: 0 (1: 0)

3rd place match

June 29, 1991 at 9:30 p.m. in Porto
Australia	-	Soviet Union	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1), 4: 5 in E.

final

June 30, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. in Lisbon
Portugal	-	Brazil	0: 0 a.d., 4: 2 i. E.

Best goal scorers

The top goalscorers of the 1991 Junior World Championships are listed below. They are sorted alphabetically according to the number of hits or if the number of goals is the same.

space	player	Gates
1	Serhiy Shcherbakov	5
2	Ismael Urzaiz	4th
	Pedro Pineda	4th
	Giovane Elber	4th
5	pier	3
	Paulo Torres	3
	David Seal	3

Web links

• Junior World Cup 1991 on FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report: Part 1 (PDF; 11.2 MB) - Part 2 (PDF; 13.1 MB) - Part 3 (PDF; 12.5 MB) - Part 4 (PDF; 11.8 MB)