1991 South American U-17 Championship

1991 South American U-17 Championship

Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 1991
Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
City	Asunción (Final stage)
Dates	4–19 May
Teams	10 (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 played	26
Goals scored	86 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Diego Peréz (9 goals)
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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

Match officials

The referees were:

Venues

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
Estadio Defensores del Chaco	Estadio Manuel Ferreira	Estadio General Pablo Rojas	Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill	Estadio Feliciano Cáceres
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

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

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

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Group B

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

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Final stage

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

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Winners

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

Goalscorers

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

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