1983 FIFA World Youth Championship

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1983 FIFA World Youth Championship
Copa Mundial Juvenil Mexico '83
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Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates2–19 June
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Poland
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance1,155,160 (36,099 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Geovani (6 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Geovani
Fair play award South Korea
← 1981
1985 →

The 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, the fourth edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Mexico from 2 June to 19 June 1983. The tournament took place in seven venues — Guadalajara, Irapuato, León, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla and Toluca — where a total of 32 matches were played. The winner was Brazil, who beat Argentina by 1–0, in a final held at Mexico City's Azteca Stadium.

This edition still holds the record for average (36,099) attendances of the tournament's history. For many this edition was a kind of proof to Mexico to test the capacity to hold a FIFA competition after the designation from FIFA in May for holding the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Qualification[]

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1982 AFC Youth Championship  China PR1
 South Korea
CAF (Africa) 1983 African Youth Championship  Ivory Coast
 Nigeria1
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		Host nation  Mexico
1982 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 1983 South American Youth Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
 Uruguay
OFC (Oceania) 1982 OFC U-20 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) 1982 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship  Austria
 1
 Netherlands1
 Poland
 Scotland1
 Soviet Union
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Squads[]

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship squads.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Scotland 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 4
3  Australia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
4  Mexico (H) 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host
Mexico 1–1 Australia
Bernal Goal 16' (Report) Farina Goal 73'
Attendance: 108,900
South Korea 0–2 Scotland
(Report) Dobbin Goal 62', 78'
Attendance: 26,191
Referee: (United States)
South Korea 2–1 Mexico
Goal 29'
Shin Yon-ho Goal 89'		 (Report) Goal 10'
Attendance: 71,198
Scotland 1–2 Australia
McStay Goal 61' (Report) Goal 52'
Patikas Goal 87'
Attendance: 22,111
Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)
Australia 1–2 South Korea
Goal 53' (Report) Kim Chong-kon Goal 16'
Kim Jong-boo Goal 34'
Attendance: 24,812
Mexico 0–1 Scotland
(Report) Clarke Goal 45'
Attendance: 86,582
Referee: (Brazil)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Uruguay 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Poland 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 4
3  United States 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
4  Ivory Coast 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source:[citation needed]
Poland 7–2 Ivory Coast
Goal 4', 21', 51'
Goal 22'
Wraga Goal 48'
Goal 59'
Leśniak Goal 85'		 (Report) Goal 67'
Kassy Goal 80'
Attendance: 14,130
Referee: (China)
Uruguay 3–2 United States
Aguilera Goal 2'
Sosa Goal 57', 64'		 (Report) Hooker Goal 60'
Perez Goal 67'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 17,821
Referee: (Czechoslovakia)
United States 1–0 Ivory Coast
Gelnovatch Goal 79' (Report)
Attendance: 11,836
Referee: (Peru)
Uruguay 3–1 Poland
Zalazar Goal 52'
Aguilera Goal 54', 66'		 (Report) Goal 57'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 23,117
Referee: (Morocco)
Poland 2–0 United States
Leśniak Goal 76'
Goal 85'		 (Report)
Attendance: 16,103
Referee: (Nigeria)
Ivory Coast 0–0 Uruguay
(Report)
Attendance: 15,317
Referee: (South Korea)

Group C[]

Claudio García (left) with the ball in the Argentina v China match
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 4
3  China PR 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 2
4  Austria 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source:[citation needed]
China PR 0–5 Argentina
(Report) Gabrich Goal 16'
García Goal 53'
Dertycia Goal 70'
Zárate Goal 81'
Acosta Goal 89'
Attendance: 19,376
 4–0 Austria
Goal 9', 71'
Karoch Goal 48'
Goal 89'		 (Report)
Attendance: 21,112
Referee: Romualdas Yushka (Soviet Union) [1]
 3–2 China PR
Dostal Goal 34', 89'
Kula Goal 75'		 (Report) Mai Chao Goal 49'
Li Huayun Goal 56'
Attendance: 15,317
Referee: (Bahrain)
Austria 0–3 Argentina
(Report) Gabrich Goal 13', 28'
Zárate Goal 20'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 31,144
Referee: (Scotland)
China PR 3–0 Austria
Liu Haiguang Goal 48'
Guo Yijun Goal 79'
Duan Ju Goal 88'		 (Report)
Attendance: 15,317
Argentina 2–0 
Vanemerak Goal 15'
Gabrich Goal 77'		 (Report)
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 14,143
Referee: (Côte d'Ivoire)

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Netherlands 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4
3  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 3
4  Soviet Union 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
Source:[citation needed]
Soviet Union 0–1 Nigeria
(Report) Goal 78'
Attendance: 37,837
Referee: (Mexico)
Netherlands 1–1 Brazil
Been Goal 49' (Report) Geovani Goal 77'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 68,130
Referee: (Sweden)
Brazil 3–0 Nigeria
Gilmar Popoca Goal 7'
Santos Goal 32'
Geovani Goal 43'		 (Report)
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 41,182
Referee: (Costa Rica)
Netherlands 3–2 Soviet Union
Duut Goal 12'
Been Goal 48'
Van Basten Goal 49'		 (Report) Goal 40'
Protasov Goal 46'
Attendance: 27,136
Soviet Union 1–2 Brazil
Litovchenko Goal 87' (Report) Goal 47' (o.g.)
Geovani Goal 80'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 31,380
Nigeria 0–0 Netherlands
(Report)
Attendance: 41,283
Referee: (Poland)

Knockout stage[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 June - Mexico City
 
 
 Scotland 0
 
15 June - Mexico City
 
 Poland 1
 
 Poland 0
 
12 June - León
 
 Argentina 1
 
 Argentina 2
 
19 June - Mexico City
 
 Netherlands 1
 
 Argentina 0
 
11 June - San Nicolás de los Garza
 
 Brazil 1
 
 Uruguay 1
 
15 June - San Nicolás de los Garza
 
 South Korea (a.e.t.) 2
 
 South Korea 1
 
12 June - Guadalajara
 
 Brazil 2 Third place
 
 Brazil 4
 
18 June - Guadalajara
 
  1
 
 Poland (a.e.t.) 2
 
 
 South Korea 1
 

Quarter-finals[]

Scotland 0–1 Poland
(Report) Goal 5'
Attendance: 11,986
Uruguay 1–2 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Goal 71' (Report) Shin Yon-ho Goal 54', 104'
Attendance: 39,876
Referee: (Costa Rica)
Argentina 2–1 Netherlands
Borelli Goal 65'
Gaona Goal 90'		 (Report) Van Basten Goal 4'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 24,830
Brazil 4–1 
Dunga Goal 18'
Bebeto Goal 29'
Geovani Goal 40', 60'		 (Report) Dostal Goal 6'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 36,183
Referee: (Mexico)

Semi-finals[]

Poland 0–1 Argentina
(Report) Zárate Goal 59'
Attendance: 39,896
South Korea 1–2 Brazil
Kim Jong-Boo Goal 14' (Report) Gilmar Popoca Goal 22'
Santos Goal 81'
Attendance: 55,914

Third place play-off[]

Poland 2–1 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Goal 77'
Goal 103'		 (Report) Lee Kee-keun Goal 37'
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Brazil)

Final[]

Argentina 0–1 Brazil
(Report) Geovani Goal 39'[2]
Attendance: 110,000

Result[]

 FIFA World Youth Championship 1983 Winners 

Brazil
First title

Awards[]

Golden Ball Golden Shoe Fair Play Award
Brazil Geovani Faria da Silva Brazil Geovani Faria da Silva  South Korea
All-Star XI

Goalscorers[]

Geovani of Brazil won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 91 goals were scored by 61 different players, with only one of them credited as own goals.

6 goals
5 goals
  • Poland
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
  • Soviet Union (playing against Brazil)

Final ranking[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Brazil 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 11 Champions
2  Argentina 6 5 0 1 13 2 +11 10 Runners-up
3  Poland 6 4 0 2 13 7 +6 8 Third place
4  South Korea 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 6 Fourth place
5  Uruguay 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 5 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  Scotland 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 4
7   4 2 0 2 8 8 0 4
8  Netherlands 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 4
9  Australia 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10  Nigeria 3 1 1 1 1 3 −2 3
11  United States 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 2
12  China PR 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 2
13  Mexico (H) 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
14  Ivory Coast 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
15  Soviet Union 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
16  Austria 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Host

Notes[]

  1. ^ The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
  2. ^ RSSSF indicates the goal as a penalty, and scored at 31' instead of 39'. See http://www.rsssf.com/tablesw/wyc83.html.
  3. ^ "Technical Report" (pdf). FIFA.com. 1983. p. 31. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

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