1981 FIFA World Youth Championship

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1981 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981
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Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates3–18 October
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored87 (2.72 per match)
Attendance443,094 (13,847 per match)
Top scorer(s)West Germany Ralf Loose
West Germany Roland Wohlfarth
Egypt Taher Abouzaid
Australia Mark Koussas
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Romania Romulus Gabor
Fair play award Australia
← 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.

Qualification[]

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1980 AFC Youth Championship  Qatar1
 South Korea
CAF (Africa) 1981 African Youth Championship  Cameroon1
 Egypt1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		1980 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Mexico
 United States1
CONMEBOL (South America) 1981 South American Youth Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) Host nation  Australia1
UEFA (Europe) 1980 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship  England1
 Italy
 Poland
 Romania1
 Spain
 West Germany1
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
1  Uruguay 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Qatar 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
3  Poland 3 1 0 2 4 2 +2 2
4  United States 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
Source:[citation needed]
Poland 0–1 Qatar
(Report) Bilal Goal 37'
Attendance: 17,200
United States 0–3 Uruguay
(Report) Goal 5'
Aguilera Goal 60'
Da Silva Goal 67'
Attendance: 17,200
Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)
United States 1–1 Qatar
Goal 43' (Report) Bilal Goal 56'
Attendance: 10,122
Uruguay 1–0 Poland
Da Silva Goal 58' (Report)
Attendance: 10,122
Qatar 0–1 Uruguay
(Report) Villazán Goal 52'
Attendance: 8,264
Referee: (Cameroon)
Poland 4–0 United States
Rzepka Goal 17'
Kowalik Goal 18'
Dziekanowski Goal 65', 67'		 (Report)
Attendance: 8,264

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Romania 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5
3  South Korea 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
4  Italy 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source:[citation needed]
Italy 1–4 South Korea
Goal 83' (Report) Goal 7'
Choi Soon-ho Goal 12', 29'
Goal 88'
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 13,538
Romania 1–1 Brazil
Goal 82' (Report) Goal 67'
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 13,538
Romania 1–0 South Korea
Goal 5' (Report)
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 17,500
Brazil 1–0 Italy
Goal 56' (Report)
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: (West Germany)
South Korea 0–3 Brazil
(Report) Paulo Roberto Goal 48'
Ronaldão Goal 61'
Goal 79' (o.g.)
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: (Egypt)
Italy 0–1 Romania
(Report) Gabor Goal 56' (pen.)
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 9,000

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  West Germany 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Egypt 3 1 2 0 7 6 +1 4
3  Mexico 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4  Spain 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 2
Source:[citation needed]
Spain 2–2 Egypt
Chano Goal 65'
Goal 74'		 (Report) Abouzaid Goal 6', 78'
Attendance: 7,504
Referee: (South Korea)
West Germany 1–0 Mexico
Loose Goal 2' (Report)
Attendance: 7,504
West Germany 1–2 Egypt
Loose Goal 35' (Report) Goal 31'
Abouzaid Goal 54'
Attendance: 14,120
Mexico 1–1 Spain
Goal 75' (Report) Chano Goal 45' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,120
Referee: José Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
Egypt 3–3 Mexico
Goal 33' (o.g.)
Saleh Goal 64', 71'		 (Report) Goal 18'
Goal 28'
Goal 69'
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 8,150
Referee: Henning Lund-Sorensen (Denmark)
Spain 2–4 West Germany
Goal 72'
Goal 78'		 (Report) Goal 29'
Wohlfarth Goal 47', 85'
Goal 55'
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 14,120

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  England 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Australia (H) 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 4
3  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
4  Cameroon 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host
England 2–0 Cameroon
Goal 57'
Dey Goal 78'		 (Report)
Attendance: 15,814
Australia 2–1 Argentina
Koussas Goal 79'
Hunter Goal 89'		 (Report) Morresi Goal 66'
Attendance: 15,814
Referee: (Poland)
Australia 3–3 Cameroon
Mitchell Goal 9'
Koussas Goal 53', 78' (pen.)		 (Report) Olle Olle Goal 17'
Djonkep Goal 35', 52'
Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 13,797
Referee: (Syria)
England 1–1 Argentina
Small Goal 79' (Report) Urruti Goal 57'
Attendance: 16,674
Referee: (Italy)
Cameroon 0–1 Argentina
(Report) Goal 6'
Attendance: 28,932
Referee: (Qatar)
England 1–1 Australia
Small Goal 82' (Report) Koussas Goal 7'
Attendance: 28,932
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Knockout stage[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 October - Melbourne
 
 
 Uruguay 1
 
14 October - Melbourne
 
 Romania 2
 
 Romania 0
 
11 October - Canberra
 
 West Germany (a.e.t.) 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
 
11 October - Sydney
 
 England 1 Third place
 
 England 4
 
17 October - Adelaide
 
 Egypt 2
 
 Romania 1
 
 
 England 0
 

Quarter-finals[]

Uruguay 1–2 Romania
Goal 60' (Report) Eduard Goal 25'
Goal 84'
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 14,800
Referee: (Italy)
Brazil 2–3 Qatar
Ronaldão Goal 27', 78' (Report) Al-Muhannadi Goal 10', 54', 87'
Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 12,993
West Germany 1–0 Australia
Wohlfarth Goal 69' (Report)
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 13,780
Referee: Henning Lund-Sorensen (Denmark)
England 4–2 Egypt
Webb Goal 41', 64', 82'
Cooke Goal 60'		 (Report) Abouzaid Goal 28' (pen.)
Saleh Goal 40'
Attendance: 8,293
Referee: José Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)

Semi-finals[]

Qatar 2–1 England
Bilal Goal 12'
Goal 62'		 (Report) Small Goal 70'
Attendance: 12,476
Romania 0–1 (a.e.t.) West Germany
(Report) Schön Goal 103'
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 15,000

Third place play-off[]

Romania 1–0 England
Gabor Goal 36' (Report)
Attendance: 10,492
Referee: Henning Lund-Sorensen (Denmark)

Final[]

West Germany 4–0 Qatar
Loose Goal 28', 66'
Wohlfarth Goal 42'
Goal 86'		 (Report)
Attendance: 18,531

Result[]

 1981 World Youth Championship Winners 

West Germany
First title

Awards[]

Golden Shoe Golden Ball Fair Play Award
Australia Mark Koussas Romania 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

  • Mexico (playing against Egypt)
  • South Korea (playing against Brazil)

Final ranking[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  West Germany 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 10 Champions
2  Qatar 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 7 Runners-up
3  Romania 6 4 1 1 6 3 +3 9 Third place
4  England 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 6 Fourth place
5  Uruguay 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 6 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Brazil 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 5
7  Australia (H) 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 4
8  Egypt 4 1 2 1 9 10 −1 4
9  Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
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  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
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Host

Notes[]

  1. ^ Actually Eritrea, as the FIFA anachronistically reports.

External links[]

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