| Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 1991 | |
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| 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) |
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:
- Juan Carlos Crespi
Pablo Peña- Ulises Tavares
- Iván Guerrero
- Carlos Robles
Jorge Zuluaga
Milton Villavicencio- Sabino Fariña
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Fernando Chappel- Fernando Cardellino
- Jorge Nieto
- Jorge Nieves
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Nelson Rodriguez
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 | ||
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| 25°17′31″S 57°39′27″W / 25.292072°S 57.657381°W | 25°17′29″S 57°36′31″W / 25.291389°S 57.608611°W | 25°18′00″S 57°38′15″W / 25.3°S 57.6375°W | 25°23′45″S 57°20′26″W / 25.395917°S 57.340694°W | 25°16′20″S 57°29′35″W / 25.272222°S 57.493056°W |
| 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:
- goal difference
- goals scored
- head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only)
- drawing of lots
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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| Peru | 2–2 | Paraguay |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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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| Brazil | 5–2 | Ecuador |
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| Colombia | 2–1 | Ecuador |
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| Brazil | 6–0 | Bolivia |
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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 |
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| 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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Winners
| 1991 South American Under-16 Football champions |
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Brazil 2nd title |
Goalscorers
There were 86 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match.
9 goals
- Diego Peréz
6 goals
- Adriano
- Diego Goñi
5 goals
- Gian
4 goals
- Leandro
- Victor Pacheco
3 goals
- Luciano Oliveri
- Iván Hurtado
2 goals
- Rubén Bernuncio
- Ricardo Castellani
- Elenilson
- Marcelo Salas
- Arley Betancourt
- Carlos Yáñez
- Agustin Delgado
- Paulo Yugovic
- Roberto Caffarena
- David Chévez
- Néstor Correa
1 goal
- Norberto Alonso
- Christian Akselman
- Marcelo Gallardo
- Yan
- Ricardo Robles
- Juan Silva
- David Reyes
- Victor Mella
- Oscar Nió
- Henry Nieto
- John Sáez
- Henry Vásquez
- Alí Chalá
- Marcos Caicedo
- Pánfilo Escobar
- Néstor Coronel
- Nolberto Solano
- Ricardo Quimper
- Elmer Colina
- Paul Cominges
- Jair Vásquez
- Diego Luis López
- Javier Delgado
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 |
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| Uruguay | 17 May 1991 | 0 |
| Brazil | 19 May 1991 | 3 (1985,1987,1989) |
| Argentina | 19 May 1991 | 2 (1985,1989) |
References
- ↑ "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.