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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
← 1979 1983 → |
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
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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
OFC (Oceania) | Host nation | ![]() |
UEFA (Europe) | 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
- 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
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
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) |
South Korea ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Paulo Roberto ![]() Ronaldo ![]() Jun J.S. ![]() |
Group C
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) |
West Germany ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Loose ![]() | (Report) | Helmy ![]() Abouzaid ![]() |
Spain ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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F. López ![]() Fabregat ![]() | (Report) | Trieb ![]() Wohlfarth ![]() Anthes ![]() |
Group D
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 |
(H) Hosts
Knockout stage
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
Brazil ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Ronaldo ![]() | (Report) | Al-Muhannadi ![]() |
West Germany ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Wohlfarth ![]() | (Report) |
Semi-finals
Romania ![]() | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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(Report) | Schön ![]() |
Third place play-off
Final
West Germany ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Loose ![]() Wohlfarth ![]() Anthes ![]() | (Report) |
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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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
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 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
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 |
(H) Hosts
Notes
- ^ Actually Eritrea, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.
External links
- 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
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