1991 South American U-17 Championship

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)
1988
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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.

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'
Report
Paraguay 2–0 Venezuela
Report

Chile 1–0 Venezuela
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Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)
Argentina 2–1 Peru
Report

Paraguay 0–0 Chile
Report
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'
Report
Referee: Juan Carlos Crespi (Argentina)

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

Brazil 6–0 Bolivia
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Referee: Fernando Chappell (Peru)
Colombia 0–0 Uruguay
Report

Ecuador 5–0 Bolivia
Report
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
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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
Report
  • Bernuncio 3'
Uruguay 1–1 Chile
  • Pérez 15'
Report

Argentina 0–0 Chile
Report
Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)
Uruguay 1–0 Brazil
  • Pérez 14'
Report
Referee: Fernando Chappell (Peru)

Brazil 2–1 Chile
Report
Argentina 2–1 Uruguay
Report
  • 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

  • Brazil Gian

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.