1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the fourth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Florence, Montecatini Terme, Viareggio, Massa, Carrara, and Livorno in Italy between 16 August and 31 August 1991. Players born after 1 August 1974 could participate in this tournament.
Saudi Arabia the 1989 champions, weren't able to defend their title as they withdrew from the final round of the AFC qualifying tournament, citing Blue Diamond Affair.
The tournament was originally to be scheduled in Ecuador, but due to the cholera outbreak earlier that year, it was moved to Italy, which hosted the previous year's World Cup. This is the second time a FIFA event was moved from its original hosting country, after the 1986 World Cup was moved from Colombia to Mexico.
Qualified Teams
| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier |
| AFC | 1990 AFC U-16 Championship | |
| CAF | 1991 African U-17 Qualifying for World Cup | |
| CONCACAF | 1991 CONCACAF U-17 Tournament | |
| CONMEBOL | 1991 South American U-17 Championship | |
| OFC | 1991 OFC U-17 Championship | |
| UEFA | Host nation | |
| UEFA | 1991 UEFA European Under-16 Championship |
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship squadsReferees
AsiaAfrica
CONCACAF
South America
Europe
Oceania
- Ronald Gallon
Group stages
Group A
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Group B
Venue: Carrara| Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | Eliminated | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | Eliminated |
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Group C
Venue: Massa| Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Eliminated | |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | Eliminated |
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Group D
Venue: Livorno| Teams | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | Advanced to the quarterfinals | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | Eliminated | |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | Eliminated |
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Knockout stages
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
----Third place play-off
Final
Result
Awards
Goalscorers
Adriano of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring four goals. In total, 81 goals were scored by 59 different players, with only one of them credited as own goals.;4 goals
- Adriano
- Nii Lamptey
;2 goals
- Ruben Comelles
- Alex Kiratzoglu
- Gao Fei
- Goya Jaekel
- Jens Sarna
- Mohammed Gargo
- Mohamed Ahmed
- Matt McKeon
- Christian Akselman
- Juan Sebastián Verón
- Ricardo Castellani
- Aaron Healey
- Argel
- Leandro
- Nene
- Yan
- Huang Yi
- Liang Yu
- Gaston Kibiti
- Patrick Tchicaya
- Eliezer Casamayor
- Luis Marten
- Vladimir Sánchez
- Christof Babatz
- Karl-Heinz Lutz
- Emmanuel Duah
- Nana Opoku
- Alessandro Del Piero
- Daniele Giraldi
- García
- Mario Garza
- Ahmed Bu
- Jassim Al Tamimi
- Mohamed Al Bedaid
- Ibrahim Hussein
- Khalid Elmustafa
- Nemairi Saeed
- César Palacios
- Dani
- Emilio Carrasco
- James Beattie
- José Miguel López
- Pedro Velasco Morón
- Ramón
- Adel Mohamed
- Ali Abdulrahman
- Jamal Ibrahim
- Albertin Montoya
- Brian Kelly
- Mike Dunne
- Shohn Beachum
- Diego López
- Juan Azconzobal
Final ranking