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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 87 (2.72 per match) |
Attendance | 443,094 (13,847 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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 surprise package Qatar 4–0 in a final held at Sydney Cricket Ground. The official mascot of this World Youth Championship was Kickaburra, a Kookaburra which is a common Australian bird.
Qualification
[edit]- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
Squads
[edit]For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.
Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
United States ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | López Báez ![]() Aguilera ![]() Da Silva ![]() |
United States ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Devey ![]() |
(Report) | Bilal ![]() |
Poland ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Rzepka ![]() Kowalik ![]() Dziekanowski ![]() |
(Report) |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Italy ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Mariani ![]() |
(Report) | Kwak Sung-ho ![]() Choi Soon-ho ![]() Lee Kyung-nam ![]() |
Romania ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Sertov ![]() |
(Report) |
Brazil ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Djalma Baia ![]() |
(Report) |
South Korea ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Paulo Roberto ![]() Ronaldo ![]() Jun J.S. ![]() |
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
West Germany ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Loose ![]() |
(Report) |
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
11 October - Melbourne | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
14 October - Melbourne | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
11 October - Canberra | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
18 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
11 October - Newcastle | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
14 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
11 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
17 October - Adelaide | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
[edit]Brazil ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Ronaldo ![]() |
(Report) | Al-Muhannadi ![]() |
West Germany ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Wohlfarth ![]() |
(Report) |
Semi-finals
[edit]Romania ![]() | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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(Report) | Schön ![]() |
Third place play-off
[edit]Final
[edit]Result
[edit]1981 World Youth Championship winners |
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![]() West Germany First title |
Awards
[edit]Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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Goalscorers
[edit]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
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Claudio Morresi
Jorge Cecchi
Juan Jose Urruti
David Mitchell
Ian Hunter
Djalma Baia
Leomir
Paulo Roberto
Bertin Olle Olle
Mohamed Helmy
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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Champions |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Runners-up |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Third place |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 4 | |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 2 | |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Actually Eritrea, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.
External links
[edit]- FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981 Archived 4 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
- RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1981
- FIFA Technical Report