Host country Portugal Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities) Runners-up Brazil Start date 1991 Best player Emílio Peixe Teams 16 | Dates June 14–30 Champions Portugal (2nd title) Third place Soviet Union Top scorer Serhiy Scherbakov End date June 30, 1991 | |
Champion Portugal national under-20 football team Similar 1989 FIFA World Youth Ch, 1993 FIFA World Youth Ch, 1985 FIFA World Youth Ch, 1995 FIFA World Youth Ch, 1981 FIFA World Youth Ch | ||
The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the sixth staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, an international football competition organized by FIFA 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 Portugal, between 14 and 30 June 1991. Matches were played across five venues in as many cities: Faro, Braga, Guimarães, Porto and Lisbon.
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North Korea and South Korea competed for the first time as a united team, although FIFA attributes its historical data to South Korea. Portugal 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 Brazil 4–2 on penalties to secure their second consecutive title.
Qualification
In addition to the host team, Portugal, 15 other national teams qualified from six continental tournaments. Among them, Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago secured their first-ever participation at the FIFA World Youth Championship.
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
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.
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.