1991 South American U-17 Championship

The 1991 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 1991, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-17 Paraguai 1991) was the fourth edition of the South American Under-17 Football Championship, a football competition for the under-17 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Paraguay from 4 to 19 May 1991.

1991 South American U-17 Championship
Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17
Paraguay 1991
Tournament details
Host country Paraguay
CityAsunción (Final stage)
Dates4–19 May
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored86 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Diego Peréz (9 goals)
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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 in Italy.

Teams

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Match officials

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The referees were:

Venues

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The main venue was Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción with some games being played at Estadio Manuel Ferreira and Estadio General Pablo Rojas in the same city. Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill, Itauguá and Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque were also used.[1]

Asunción Itauguá Luque
         
25°17′31″S 57°39′27″W / 25.292072°S 57.657381°W / -25.292072; -57.657381 (Estadio Defensores del Chaco) 25°17′29″S 57°36′31″W / 25.291389°S 57.608611°W / -25.291389; -57.608611 (Estadio Manuel Ferreira) 25°18′00″S 57°38′15″W / 25.3°S 57.6375°W / -25.3; -57.6375 (Estadio General Pablo Rojas) 25°23′45″S 57°20′26″W / 25.395917°S 57.340694°W / -25.395917; -57.340694 (Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill) 25°16′20″S 57°29′35″W / 25.272222°S 57.493056°W / -25.272222; -57.493056 (Estadio Feliciano Cáceres)
Capacity:50,000 Capacity:23,732 Capacity:45,000 Capacity:10,000 Capacity:26,974

First stage

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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:

  1. goal difference
  2. goals scored
  3. head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only)
  4. drawing of lots

All times local, PAT (UTC−4).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 4 3 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Final stage
2   Chile 4 2 1 1 5 2 +3 5
3   Paraguay 4 1 3 0 6 4 +2 5
4   Peru 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 3
5   Venezuela 4 0 0 4 0 8 −8 0
Argentina  2–1  Chile
  • Alonso   24'
  • Bernuncio   63'
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Peru  2–2  Paraguay
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Referee: Fernando Cardellino (Uruguay)

Chile  3–0  Peru
  • Silva   10'
  • Reyes   68'
  • Mella   79'
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Paraguay  2–0  Venezuela
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Chile  1–0  Venezuela
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Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)
Argentina  2–1  Peru
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Paraguay  0–0  Chile
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Argentina  1–0  Venezuela
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Referee: Fernando Cardellino (Uruguay)

Peru  4–0  Venezuela
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Argentina  2–2  Paraguay
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Uruguay 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 Final stage
2   Brazil 4 3 0 1 14 3 +11 6
3   Colombia 4 2 1 1 10 4 +6 5
4   Ecuador 4 1 1 2 9 8 +1 3
5   Bolivia 4 0 0 4 0 33 −33 0
Colombia  8–0  Bolivia
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Referee: Sabino Fariña (Paraguay)
Brazil  5–2  Ecuador
  • Gian   8', 38', 51', 78'
  • Leandro   66'
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Referee: Juan Carlos Crespi (Argentina)

Colombia  2–1  Ecuador
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  • Caicedo   32'
Uruguay  14–0  Bolivia
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Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Brazil  6–0  Bolivia
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Referee: Fernando Chappell (Peru)
Colombia  0–0  Uruguay
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Ecuador  5–0  Bolivia
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Uruguay  1–0  Brazil
  • Pérez   37'
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Referee: Juan Carlos Crespi (Argentina)

Uruguay  1–1  Ecuador
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Brazil  3–0  Colombia
  • Adriano   15'
  • Gian   20'
  • Leandro   56'
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Final stage

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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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship
2   Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
3   Uruguay 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4   Chile 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Brazil  2–1  Argentina
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  • Bernuncio   3'
Uruguay  1–1  Chile
  • Pérez   15'
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Argentina  0–0  Chile
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Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)
Uruguay  1–0  Brazil
  • Pérez   14'
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Referee: Fernando Chappell (Peru)

Brazil  2–1  Chile
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Argentina  2–1  Uruguay
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  • Pérez   24'
Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)

Winners

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 1991 South American Under-16 Football champions 
 
Brazil
2nd title

Goalscorers

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There were 86 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match.

9 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: Estadisticas de Fútbol

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Championship

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The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Uruguay 17 May 1991 0
  Brazil 19 May 1991 3 (1985,1987,1989)
  Argentina 19 May 1991 2 (1985,1989)

References

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  1. ^ "Estadisticas de Fútbol: CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO SUB-17 1991". Estadisticas de Fútbol (in Spanish). 29 January 2017. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.