U-16 football championship 1991

The 9th U-16 Football Championship was in the period from 8. bis 18th May 1991 in Switzerland held. The winner was Spain with a 2: 0 victory over Germany . Defending champion Czechoslovakia could not qualify.

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The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team played each other once. The group winners reached the semifinals. The semi-final winners reached the final, the semi-final losers played for third place.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

Bulgaria  Denmark  Germany  Finland  France  Greece  Iceland  Yugoslavia

Austria  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Sweden  Switzerland (host)  Soviet Union  Spain

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Aarau , Baar ZG , Baden AG , Bern , Bulle , Entlebuch , Frauenfeld , Hochdorf LU , Küsnacht ZH , Kreuzlingen , Langenthal , Lenzburg , Menzingen , Muri AG , Renens , St. Gallen , Sursee , Vevey , Weinfelden , Wil SG , Yverdon-les-Bains and Zofingen .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	0	1	007: 300	+4	04: 20
2.	Austria	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	04: 20
3.	Sweden	3	2	0	1	002: 100	+1	04: 20
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	001: 800	−7	00: 60

May 8, 1991, Frauenfeld
Sweden	-	Bulgaria	1-0
May 8, 1991, St. Gallen
Austria	-	Germany	3: 1
May 10, 1991, Wil
Austria	-	Bulgaria	2: 1
May 10, 1991, Weinfelden
Germany	-	Sweden	1-0
May 12, 1991, St. Gallen
Sweden	-	Austria	1-0
May 12, 1991, Kreuzlingen
Germany	-	Bulgaria	5-0

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Greece	3	2	1	0	006: 100	+5	05: 10
2.	Portugal	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	05: 10
3.	Poland	3	0	1	2	001: 300	−2	01: 50
4th	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	001: 700	−6	01: 50

May 8, 1991, Lenzburg
Greece	-	Poland	1-0
May 8, 1991, Muri
Portugal	-	Switzerland	2-0
May 10, 1991, Baden
Portugal	-	Greece	1: 1
May 10, 1991, Zofingen
Switzerland	-	Poland	1: 1
May 12, 1991, Aarau
Greece	-	Switzerland	4-0
May 12, 1991, Wettingen
Portugal	-	Poland	1-0

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	3	2	1	0	007: 100	+6	05: 10
2.	Finland	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	03: 30
3.	Romania	3	1	1	1	003: 500	−2	03: 30
4th	Denmark	3	0	1	2	003: 700	−4	01: 50

May 8, 1991, Yverdon
Romania	-	Denmark	1: 1
May 8, 1991, Vevey
France	-	Finland	0-0
May 10, 1991, Yverdon
France	-	Romania	3-0
May 10, 1991, Renens
Finland	-	Denmark	2: 1
May 12, 1991, Vevey
Romania	-	Finland	2: 1
May 12, 1991, Renens
France	-	Denmark	4: 1

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	0	1	008: 500	+3	04: 20
2.	Soviet Union	3	2	0	1	006: 500	+1	04: 20
3.	Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	005: 700	−2	02: 40
4th	Iceland	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	02: 40

May 8, 1991, Sursee
Iceland	-	Yugoslavia	2: 1
May 8, 1991, Baar
Spain	-	Soviet Union	4: 1
May 10, 1991, Küsnacht
Soviet Union	-	Yugoslavia	3: 1
May 10, 1991, Hochdorf
Spain	-	Iceland	2: 1
May 12, 1991, Menzingen
Yugoslavia	-	Spain	3: 2
May 12, 1991, Entlebuch
Soviet Union	-	Iceland	2-0

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	May 15, 1991, Langenthal
	Spain	1
	Greece	0
					May 18, 1991, Bern ( Wankdorf Stadium )
					Spain	2
					Germany	0
					Game for third place
	May 15, 1991, Bull				May 18, 1991, Bern
	Germany	11 (6) 1			Greece	11 (5) 1
	France	1 (5)			France	1 (4)

¹ win on penalties

The national team of Spain became European champions of the U16 / U17 juniors for the third time. 

The winning eleven: Javier (Redomdo) - Palacios - Castao, Exposito, Medina - Gerardo , Fontenas, Sandro, Emilio - Murqui (Daniel), Robaina

Antonio Robaina scored both goals.

Germany played with: Fiedler - Schenk - Schiersand , Rasijewski - Bähr , Günther , Lutz ( light ), Schwab (Carl) - Sarna, Jancker , Babatz