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 |
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Runners-up |
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Third place |
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Fourth place |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 87 (2.72 per match) |
Attendance | 443,094 (13,847 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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Best player |
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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.
Qualification
Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | 1980 AFC Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() |
CAF (Africa) | 1981 African Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) |
1980 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | ![]() ![]() |
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1981 South American Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
UEFA (Europe) | 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Host nation | ![]() |
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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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | Advanced to the quarter finals |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | Eliminated |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
8 October 1981 21:00 |
Poland ![]() |
4 – 0 | ![]() |
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Rzepka 17' Kowalik 18' Dziekanowski 65', 67' |
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Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | Advanced to the quarter finals |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | Eliminated |
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
3 October 1981 18:30 |
Italy ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
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Mariani 83' | (Report) | Kwak Sung-Ho 7' Choi Soon-Ho 12', 29' Lee Kyung-Nam 88' |
8 October 1981 18:45 |
South Korea ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Paulo Roberto 48' Ronaldão 61' Jun Jong-Son 79' (o.g.) |
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | Advanced to the quarter finals |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | |
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | Eliminated |
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 |
8 October 1981 18:30 |
Egypt ![]() |
3–3 | ![]() |
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Guillén 33' (o.g.) Hisham Saleh 64', 71' |
(Report) | Vaca 18' Farfán 28' Ríos 69' |
8 October 1981 20:30 |
Spain ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
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F. López 72' Fabregat 78' |
(Report) | Trieb 29' Roland Wohlfarth 47', 85' Anthes 55' |
Group D
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Status |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | Advanced to the quarter finals |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Eliminated |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
5 October 1981 15:00 |
Australia ![]() |
3–3 | ![]() |
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Mitchell 9' Mark Koussas 53', 78' |
(Report) | Olle Olle 17' Djonkep 35', 52' |
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
11 October - Melbourne | ||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
14 October - Melbourne | ||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
11 October - Canberra | ||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
18 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
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4 | |||||||||
11 October - Newcastle | ||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
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2 | |||||||||
14 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||
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2 | Third place | ||||||||
11 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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4 | ![]() |
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2 | ![]() |
0 | |||||||
17 October - Adelaide | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
11 October 1981 15:00 |
Brazil ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
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Ronaldão 27', 78' | (Report) | Khaled Salman AlMuhannadi 10', 54', 87' |
11 October 1981 15:00 |
England ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
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Neil Webb 41', 64', 82' Cooke 60' |
(Report) | Abouzaid 28' (pen.) Hisham Saleh 40' |
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
18 October 1981 15:00 |
West Germany ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
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Ralph Loose 28', 66' Roland Wohlfarth 42' Holger Anthes 86' |
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Result
1981 World Youth Championship Winners |
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Awards
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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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
- 3 goals
Ronaldão
Hisham Saleh
Michael Small
Neil Webb
Badr Bilal
Khalid Salman
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
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- Own goals
Final ranking
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | |
Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
5 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |
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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 | |
Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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
- ↑ 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
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