1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
1979 FIFAワールドユース選手権 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 25 August – 7 September |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 83 (2.59 per match) |
Attendance | 454,500 (14,203 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Japan from 26 August to 7 September 1979. It was the first FIFA tournament played in Asia. The tournament took place in four cities — Kobe, Omiya, Tokyo and Yokohama — where a total of 32 matches were played, four more than in the previous edition due to the addition of a quarterfinal round in the knockout stage.
Argentina won the trophy after beating holders Soviet Union 3–1, in a final held at Tokyo's National Stadium. Argentina fielded an attack-minded high-scoring team, averaging 3.33 goals per game. They were led by the powerful duo of Diego Maradona and Ramón Díaz, who were the tournament's best player and top scorer respectively. Between the two of them, they scored 14 of Argentina's 20 goals (70%).
Qualification[]
Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
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AFC (Asia) | Host nation | ![]() |
1978 AFC Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() | |
CAF (Africa) | 1979 African Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() |
CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) |
1978 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | ![]() ![]() |
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1979 South American Youth Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
UEFA (Europe) | 1978 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 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.
Venues[]
Tokyo | Omiya | |
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National Stadium | Omiya Stadium | |
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Capacity: 48,000 | Capacity: 15,500 | |
Kobe | Yokohama | |
Chuo Stadium | Yokohama Mitsuzawa Football Stadium | |
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Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
Group stage[]
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |
Poland ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Pałasz ![]() Frankowski ![]() |
Report |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Escudero ![]() |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Smajić ![]() Milosavljević ![]() Mlinarić ![]() |
Report |
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 | 1 | +5 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
Paraguay ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Romero ![]() Cabañas ![]() |
Report |
South Korea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Lee Tae-ho ![]() |
Report |
Group D[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
Soviet Union ![]() | 5–1 | ![]() |
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Ponomaryov ![]() Stukashov ![]() Zavarov ![]() Taran ![]() |
Report | Kardos ![]() |
Hungary ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Vargas ![]() Paz ![]() |
Guinea ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Olefirenko ![]() ![]() Radenko ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | ![]() |
Knockout stage[]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
2 September – Tokyo | ||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
4 September – Tokyo | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
2 September – Yokohama | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
7 September – Tokyo | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
2 September – Omiya | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 0 (3) | |||||||||
4 September – Kobe | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 (4) | |||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
2 September – Kobe | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 2 (5) | |||||||||
6 September – Tokyo | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 (6) | |||||||||
![]() | 1 (5) | |||||||||
![]() | 1 (3) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals[]
Spain ![]() | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
![]() Gail ![]() Manolo ![]() Zúñiga ![]() Tendillo ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Paraguay ![]() | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Romero ![]() ![]() |
Report | Dumansky ![]() Ponomaryov ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Miño ![]() Valinotti ![]() Romero ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() García ![]() Isasi ![]() |
5–6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Uruguay ![]() | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Paz ![]() |
Report |
Semi-finals[]
Poland ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Ponomaryov ![]() |
Third place play-off[]
Final[]
Argentina ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Alves ![]() Díaz ![]() Maradona ![]() |
Report | Ponomaryov ![]() |
Result[]
FIFA World Youth Championship 1979 Winners |
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![]() Argentina First title |
Awards[]
Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Fair Play Award |
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Goalscorers[]
Ramón Díaz of Argentina won the Golden Shoe award for scoring eight goals. In total, 83 goals were scored by 48 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 8 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Branko Segota
Roberto Cabañas
Krzysztof Baran
Oleg Taran
Ernesto Vargas
Felipe Revelez
Haris Smajić
Nedeljko Milosavljević
- 1 goal
Hocine Yahi
Juan Simón
Osvaldo Escudero
Louis Nagy
József Kardos
Takashi Mizunuma
Lee Tae-Ho
Armando Romero Manríquez
Kazimierz Buda
Krzysztof Frankowski
Aleksandr Zavarov
Anatoli Radenko
Mikhail Olefirenko
Sergei Stukashov
Yaroslav Dumansky
Luis Miguel Gail
Manuel Zúñiga
Marko Mlinarić
Final ranking[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 12 | Champions |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | Runners-up |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Third place |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 | |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 | |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |
External links[]
- FIFA World Youth Championship
- International association football competitions hosted by Japan
- 1979 in youth association football
- 1979 in Japanese football
- August 1979 sports events in Asia
- September 1979 sports events in Asia