1991 South American U-17 Championship

The 1991 South American Under-17 Football Championship (Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 Paraguay 1991, 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

 * (title holders)
 * (hosts)
 * (title holders)
 * (hosts)
 * (hosts)
 * (hosts)
 * (hosts)

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.

First stage
The top two teams in each group advanced to the final stage.

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:
 * Tiebreakers


 * 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).

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.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Championship
The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship.