1981 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Australia |
Dates | 3–18 October |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | West Germany (1st title) |
Runners-up | Qatar |
Third place | Romania |
Fourth place | England |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 87 (2.72 per match) |
Attendance | 443,094 (13,847 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ralf Loose Roland Wohlfarth Taher Abouzaid Mark Koussas (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | Romulus Gabor |
Fair play award | Australia |
The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from 3 to 18 October 1981. The tournament took place in six venues—where a total of 32 matches were played. Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney—The winner was West Germany, who beat surprising Qatar by 4–0, in a final held at Sydney Cricket Ground.
Contents
1 Qualification
2 Squads
3 Group stage
3.1 Group A
3.2 Group B
3.3 Group C
3.4 Group D
4 Knockout stage
4.1 Quarter-finals
4.2 Semi-finals
4.3 Third place play-off
4.4 Final
5 Result
6 Awards
7 Goalscorers
8 Final ranking
9 Notes
10 External links
Qualification
Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | 1980 AFC Youth Championship | Qatar1 South Korea |
CAF (Africa) | 1981 African Youth Championship | Cameroon1 Egypt1 |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1980 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | Mexico United States1 |
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1981 South American Youth Championship | Argentina Brazil Uruguay |
UEFA (Europe) | 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | England1 Italy Poland Romania1 Spain West Germany1 |
Host nation | Australia1 |
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- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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Uruguay | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
Qatar | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Poland | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | |
United States | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
3 October 1981
18:30
18:30
Poland | 0 – 1 | Qatar |
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(Report) | Bilal 37' |
Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 17,200
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
3 October 1981
20:30
20:30
United States | 0 – 3 | Uruguay |
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(Report) | López Báez 5' Aguilera 60' Da Silva 67' |
Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 17,200
Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)
6 October 1981
18:30
18:30
United States | 1 – 1 | Qatar |
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Devey 43' | (Report) | Bilal 56' |
Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 10,122
Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia) [1]
6 October 1981
20:30
20:30
Uruguay | 1 – 0 | Poland |
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Da Silva 58' | (Report) |
Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 10,122
Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)
8 October 1981
19:00
19:00
Qatar | 0 – 1 | Uruguay |
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(Report) | Villazán 52' |
Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 8,264
Referee: Stanislas Kamdem (Cameroon)
8 October 1981
21:00
21:00
Poland | 4 – 0 | United States |
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Rzepka 17' Kowalik 18' Dziekanowski 65', 67' | (Report) |
Lang Park, Brisbane
Attendance: 8,264
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
Romania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
South Korea | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | |
Italy | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
3 October 1981
18:30
18:30
Italy | 1–4 | South Korea |
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Mariani 83' | (Report) | Kwak 7' Choi S.H. 12', 29' Lee K.N. 88' |
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 13,538
Referee: Gastón Castro (Chile)
3 October 1981
20:30
20:30
Romania | 1–1 | Brazil |
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Zamfir 82' | (Report) | Leomir 67' |
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 13,538
Referee: George Courtney (England)
6 October 1981
18:45
18:45
Romania | 1–0 | South Korea |
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Sertov 5' | (Report) |
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Jorge Romero (Argentina)
6 October 1981
20:45
20:45
Brazil | 1–0 | Italy |
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Djalma Baia 56' | (Report) |
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Jan Redelfs (West Germany)
8 October 1981
18:45
18:45
South Korea | 0–3 | Brazil |
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(Report) | Paulo Roberto 48' Ronaldão 61' Jun J.S. 79' (o.g.) |
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Hussein Fahmy Baheig (Egypt)
8 October 1981
20:45
20:45
Italy | 0–1 | Romania |
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(Report) | Gabor 56' (pen.) |
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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West Germany | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
Egypt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | |
Mexico | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | |
Spain | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 |
3 October 1981
19:00
19:00
Spain | 2–2 | Egypt |
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Chano 65' Nadal 74' | (Report) | Abouzaid 6', 78' |
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 7,504
Referee: Lee Woo Bong (South Korea)
3 October 1981
21:00
21:00
West Germany | 1–0 | Mexico |
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Loose 2' | (Report) |
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 7,504
Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)
6 October 1981
19:00
19:00
West Germany | 1–2 | Egypt |
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Loose 35' | (Report) | Helmi 31' Abouzaid 54' |
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 14,120
Referee: Rómulo Méndez Molina (Guatemala)
6 October 1981
21:00
21:00
Mexico | 1–1 | Spain |
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Coss 75' | (Report) | Chano 45' (pen.) |
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 14,120
Referee: José Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
8 October 1981
18:30
18:30
Egypt | 3–3 | Mexico |
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Guillén 33' (o.g.) Saleh 64', 71' | (Report) | Vaca 18' Farfán 28' Ríos 69' |
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 8,150
Referee: Henning Lund-Sorensen (Denmark)
8 October 1981
20:30
20:30
Spain | 2–4 | West Germany |
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F. López 72' Fabregat 78' | (Report) | Trieb 29' Wohlfarth 47', 85' Anthes 55' |
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 14,120
Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)
Group D
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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England | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | Advanced to the quarter-finals |
Australia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | |
Argentina | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Cameroon | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
3 October 1981
13:00
13:00
England | 2–0 | Cameroon |
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Finnigan 57' Dey 78' | (Report) |
Sports Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 15,814
Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)
3 October 1981
15:00
15:00
Australia | 2–1 | Argentina |
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Koussas 79' Hunter 89' | (Report) | Morresi 66' |
Sports Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 15,814
Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)
5 October 1981
15:00
15:00
Australia | 3–3 | Cameroon |
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Mitchell 9' Koussas 53', 78' (pen.) | (Report) | Olle Olle 17' Djonkep 35', 52' |
Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 13,797
Referee: Toros Kibritjian (Syria)
5 October 1981
15:00
15:00
England | 1–1 | Argentina |
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Small 79' | (Report) | Urruti 57' |
Sports Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 16,674
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
8 October 1981
19:00
19:00
Cameroon | 0–1 | Argentina |
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(Report) | Cecchi 6' |
Sports Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 28,932
Referee: Mubarak Waleed Saeed (Qatar)
8 October 1981
21:00
21:00
England | 1–1 | Australia |
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Small 82' | (Report) | Koussas 7' |
Sports Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 28,932
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
11 October - Melbourne | ||||||||||
Uruguay | 1 | |||||||||
14 October - Melbourne | ||||||||||
Romania | 2 | |||||||||
Romania | 0 | |||||||||
11 October - Canberra | ||||||||||
West Germany (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
West Germany | 1 | |||||||||
18 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
Australia | 0 | |||||||||
West Germany | 4 | |||||||||
11 October - Newcastle | ||||||||||
Qatar | 0 | |||||||||
Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
14 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
Qatar | 3 | |||||||||
Qatar | 2 | |||||||||
11 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
England | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
England | 4 | |||||||||
17 October - Adelaide | ||||||||||
Egypt | 2 | |||||||||
Romania | 1 | |||||||||
England | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
11 October 1981
15:00
15:00
Uruguay | 1–2 | Romania |
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Berruetta 60' | (Report) | Eduard 25' Fisic 84' |
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 14,800
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
11 October 1981
15:00
15:00
Brazil | 2–3 | Qatar |
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Ronaldão 27', 78' | (Report) | Al-Muhannadi 10', 54', 87' |
Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 12,993
Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)
11 October 1981
15:00
15:00
West Germany | 1–0 | Australia |
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Wohlfarth 69' | (Report) |
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 13,780
Referee: Henning Lund-Sorensen (Denmark)
11 October 1981
15:00
15:00
England | 4–2 | Egypt |
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Webb 41', 64', 82' Cooke 60' | (Report) | Abouzaid 28' (pen.) Saleh 40' |
Sports Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 8,293
Referee: José Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
Semi-finals
14 October 1981
20:00
20:00
Qatar | 2–1 | England |
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Bilal 12' Alsada 62' | (Report) | Small 70' |
Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 12,476
Referee: Jorge Romero (Argentina)
14 October 1981
20:30
20:30
Romania | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | West Germany |
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(Report) | Schön 103' |
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)
Third place play-off
17 October 1981
15:00
15:00
Romania | 1–0 | England |
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Gabor 36' | (Report) |
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 10,492
Referee: Henning Lund-Sorensen (Denmark)
Final
18 October 1981
15:00
15:00
West Germany | 4–0 | Qatar |
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Loose 28', 66' Wohlfarth 42' Anthes 86' | (Report) |
Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 18,531
Referee: Arnaldo Coelho (Brazil)
Result
1981 World Youth Championship Winners |
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West Germany First title |
Awards
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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Mark Koussas | Romulus Gabor | Australia |
Goalscorers
Mark Koussas of Australia won the Golden Shoe award for scoring four goals. In total, 87 goals were scored by 56 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
4 goals
Mark Koussas
Taher Abouzaid
Ralf Loose
Roland Wohlfarth
3 goals
Ronaldão
Hisham Saleh
Michael Small
Neil Webb
Badr Bilal
Khalid Salman
2 goals
Bonaventure Djonkep
Dariusz Dziekanowski
Romulus Gabor
Choi Soon-Ho
Chano
Holger Anthes
Jorge da Silva
1 goal
Claudio Morresi
Jorge Cecchi
Juan Jose Urruti
David Mitchell
Ian Hunter
Djalma Baia
Leomir
Paulo Roberto
Bertin Olle Olle
Mohamed Helmi
Anthony Finnigan
Geoffrey Dey
John Cooke
Pietro Mariani
Agustín Coss
González Farfán
Ildefonso Ríos
José Enrique Vaca
Piotr Rzepka
Jerzy Kowalik
Ali Alsada
Augustin Eduard
Cornel Fisic
Dorel Zamfir
Stere Sertov
Kwak Sung-Ho
Lee Kyung-Nam
Francisco López
Jorge Fabregat
Sebastián Nadal
Mark Devey
Carlos Berruetta
Javier López Báez
Carlos Aguilera
Jorge Villazán
Alfred Schön
Martin Trieb
Own goals
Jose Guillen (playing against Egypt)
Jun Jong-Son (playing against Brazil)
Final ranking
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | West Germany | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | |
2 | Qatar | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 7 | |
3 | Romania | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | |
4 | England | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | |
Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
5 | Uruguay | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |
6 | Brazil | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | |
7 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
8 | Egypt | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | –1 | 4 | |
Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
9 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
10 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 2 | |
11 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 2 | |
12 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –1 | 2 | |
13 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 2 | |
14 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 1 | |
15 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 1 | |
16 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | –5 | 0 |
Notes
^ Actually Eritrea, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.
External links
FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981, FIFA.com- RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1981
- FIFA Technical Report
- All Matches of the Brazilian Soccer Team
- Todos os Jogos da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol