1981 FIFA World Youth Championship
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| 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 Amer Mark Koussas(4 goals) |
| Best player | Romulus Gabor |
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
Qualification
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Uruguay |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 |
| 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 |
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8 October 1981
21:00 |
| Poland |
4 – 0 | United States |
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| Rzepka 17' Kowalik 18' Dziekanowski 65', 67' |
(Report) |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 Brazil |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
| 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 |
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3 October 1981
18:30 |
| Italy |
1–4 | South Korea |
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| Mariani 83' | (Report) | Kwak Sung-Ho 7' Choi Soon-Ho 12', 29' Lee Kyung-Nam 88' |
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8 October 1981
18:45 |
| South Korea |
0–3 | Brazil |
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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 |
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| West Germany |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
 Egypt |
4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
 Mexico |
2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
| 23x15px Spain | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 |
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8 October 1981
18:30 |
| Egypt |
3–3 | Mexico |
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| Guillén 33' (o.g.) Saleh 64', 71' |
(Report) | Vaca 18' Farfán 28' Ríos 69' |
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8 October 1981
20:30 |
| Spain 23x15px | 2–4 | West Germany |
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| F. López 72' Fabregat 78' |
(Report) | Trieb 29' Wohlfarth 47', 85' Anthes 55' |
Group D
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| England |
4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| 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 |
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5 October 1981
15:00 |
| Australia |
3–3 | Cameroon |
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| Mitchell 9' Koussas 53', 78' (pen.) |
(Report) | Olle Olle 17' Djonkep 35', 52' |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 11 October - Melbourne | ||||||||||
| Uruguay |
1 | |||||||||
| 14 October - Melbourne | ||||||||||
| Romania |
2 | |||||||||
| Romania |
0 | |||||||||
| 11 October - Canberra | ||||||||||
| West Germany (AET) |
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 | Third place | ||||||||
| 11 October - Sydney | ||||||||||
| England |
1 | |||||||||
| England |
4 | Romania |
1 | |||||||
| Egypt |
2 | England |
0 | |||||||
| 17 October - Adelaide | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals
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11 October 1981
15:00 |
| England |
4–2 | Egypt |
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| Webb 41', 64', 82' Cooke 60' |
(Report) | Taher Amer 28' (pen.) Saleh 40' |
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
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
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 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 | 23x15px 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
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