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)
← 1988 1993 →

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

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil (title holders)
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Paraguay (hosts)
• Peru
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Match officials

The referees were:

• Juan Carlos Crespi
• Pablo Peña
• Ulises Tavares
• Iván Guerrero
• Carlos Robles
• Jorge Zuluaga
• Milton Villavicencio
• Sabino Fariña
• Fernando Chappel
• Fernando Cardellino
• Jorge Nieto
• Jorge Nieves
• 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.

Asunción			Itauguá	Luque
Estadio Defensores del Chaco	Estadio Manuel Ferreira	Estadio General Pablo Rojas	Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill	Estadio Feliciano Cáceres
File:Defensores del Chaco 6-10-2016 2.jpg	File:Para Uno.JPG	File:Laolla.jpg	File:Estaduijuancanutopetengil.png	File:Estadio Feliciano Caceres 2010.jpg
25.292072°S 57.657381°W / -25.292072; -57.657381 (Estadio Defensores del Chaco)	25.291389°S 57.608611°W / -25.291389; -57.608611 (Estadio Manuel Ferreira)	25.3°S 57.6375°W / -25.3; -57.6375 (Estadio General Pablo Rojas)	25.395917°S 57.340694°W / -25.395917; -57.340694 (Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill)	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

Source: Estadisticas de Fútbol

4 May 1991 (1991-05-04)

Argentina	2–1	Chile
Alonso File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Bernuncio File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Report	Robles File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' (pen.)

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Ulises Tavares (Brazil)

4 May 1991 (1991-05-04)

Peru	2–2	Paraguay
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Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Fernando Cardellino (Uruguay)

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6 May 1991 (1991-05-06)

Chile	3–0	Peru
Silva File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Reyes File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Mella File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Jorge Zuluaga (Colombia)

6 May 1991 (1991-05-06)

Paraguay	2–0	Venezuela
Coronel File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Yugovich File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)

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8 May 1991 (1991-05-08)

Chile	1–0	Venezuela
Tissavak File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'	Report

Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Asunción

Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)

8 May 1991 (1991-05-08)

Argentina	2–1	Peru
Olivieri File:Soccerball shade.svg 49', 66'	Report	Colina File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Jorge Nieto (Uruguay)

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10 May 1991 (1991-05-10)

Paraguay	0–0	Chile
	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Jorge Nieves (Uruguay)

10 May 1991 (1991-05-10)

Argentina	1–0	Venezuela
Akselman File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Fernando Cardellino (Uruguay)

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12 May 1991 (1991-05-12)

Peru	4–0	Venezuela
Solano File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Chévez File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Cominges File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Vásquez File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Pablo Peña (Bolivia)

12 May 1991 (1991-05-12)

Argentina	2–2	Paraguay
Gallardo File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Castellani File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' (pen.)	Report	Caffarena File:Soccerball shade.svg 53', 62'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Ulises Tavares (Brazil)

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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

Source: Estadisticas de Fútbol

5 May 1991 (1991-05-05)

Colombia	8–0	Bolivia
Niño File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' (pen.) Nieto File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Sáez File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Pacheco File:Soccerball shade.svg 37', 51', 56', 71' Betancourt File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción

Referee: Sabino Fariña (Paraguay)

5 May 1991 (1991-05-05)

Brazil	5–2	Ecuador
Gian File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 38', 51', 78' Leandro File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Report	Yáñez File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Hurtado File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Juan Carlos Crespi (Argentina)

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7 May 1991 (1991-05-07)

Colombia	2–1	Ecuador
Betancourt File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Vásquez File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Report	Caicedo File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'

Estadio Juan Canuto Pettengill, Itauguá

Referee: Iván Guerrero (Chile)

7 May 1991 (1991-05-07)

Uruguay	14–0	Bolivia
Goñi File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 18', 27', 37', 51', 53' López File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', 43', 58', 61', 74', 78' (pen.) Correa File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 68'	Report

Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción

Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

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9 May 1991 (1991-05-09)

Brazil	6–0	Bolivia
Adriano File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 77', 79' Leandro File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Yan File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Elenilson File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Report

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Referee: Fernando Chappell (Peru)

9 May 1991 (1991-05-09)

Colombia	0–0	Uruguay
	Report

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Referee: Sabino Fariña (Paraguay)

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13 May 1991 (1991-05-13)

Ecuador	5–0	Bolivia
Delgado File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 37' Hurtado File:Soccerball shade.svg 33', 60' Chalá File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Nelson Rodriguez (Venezuela)

13 May 1991 (1991-05-13)

Uruguay	1–0	Brazil
Pérez File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Juan Carlos Crespi (Argentina)

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13 May 1991 (1991-05-13)

Uruguay	1–1	Ecuador
Delgado File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'	Report	Yáñez File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

13 May 1991 (1991-05-13)

Brazil	3–0	Colombia
Adriano File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Gian File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Leandro File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Sabino Fariña (Paraguay)

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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

Source: Estadisticas de Fútbol

15 May 1991 (1991-05-15)

Brazil	2–1	Argentina
Leandro File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Elenilson File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Report	Bernuncio File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Sabino Fariña (Paraguay)

15 May 1991 (1991-05-15)

Uruguay	1–1	Chile
Pérez File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'	Report	Salas File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Jorge Zuluaga (Colombia)

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17 May 1991 (1991-05-17)

Argentina	0–0	Chile
	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)

17 May 1991 (1991-05-17)

Uruguay	1–0	Brazil
Pérez File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Fernando Chappell (Peru)

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19 May 1991 (1991-05-19)

Brazil	2–1	Chile
Adriano File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 75'	Report	Salas File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Sabino Fariña (Paraguay)

19 May 1991 (1991-05-19)

Argentina	2–1	Uruguay
Castellani File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' (pen.) Oliveri File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	Report	Pérez File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción

Referee: Milton Villavicencio (Ecuador)

Winners

1991 South American Under-16 Football champions
File:Flag of Brazil.svg 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
Uruguay	17 May 1991	0
Brazil	19 May 1991	3 (1985,1987,1989)
Argentina	19 May 1991	2 (1985,1989)