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 | ![]() |
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.
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 |
Source:[citation needed]
United States ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | ![]() Aguilera ![]() Da Silva ![]() |
United States ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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(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 |
Source:[citation needed]
Italy ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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(Report) | ![]() Choi Soon-ho ![]() ![]() |
Romania ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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(Report) |
South Korea ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Paulo Roberto ![]() Ronaldão ![]() ![]() |
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 |
Source:[citation needed]
West Germany ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Loose ![]() |
(Report) |
West Germany ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Loose ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() Abouzaid ![]() |
Spain ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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(Report) | ![]() Wohlfarth ![]() ![]() |
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 |
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host
(H) Host
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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Ronaldão ![]() |
(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 ![]() ![]() |
(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
Mark Koussas
Taher Abouzaid
Ralf Loose
Roland Wohlfarth
3 goals
Ronaldão
Hisham Saleh
Michael Small
Neil Webb
Badr Bilal
Khalid Salman
2 goals
1 goal
Claudio Morresi
Juan Jose Urruti
David Mitchell
Ian Hunter
Paulo Roberto
Bertin Olle Olle
Mohamed Helmi
Geoffrey Dey
John Cooke
Piotr Rzepka
Jerzy Kowalik
Augustin Eduard
Carlos Aguilera
Jorge Villazán
Alfred Schön
Own goals
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 |
Notes[]
- ^ Actually Eritrea, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.
External links[]
Categories:
- FIFA World Youth Championship
- International association football competitions hosted by Australia
- 1981 in youth association football
- 1981 in Australian soccer
- 1981 in association football
- October 1981 sports events in Australia