1981 FIFA World Youth Championship

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1981 FIFA World Youth Championship
FIFA World Youth Championship Australia 1981
Taher Abouzaid
Australia Mark Koussas
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Romania Romulus Gabor
Fair play award Australia
← 1979
→

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)
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 37'
Attendance: 17,200
United States 0–3 Uruguay
(Report)
Da Silva
67'
Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain
)
United States 1–1 Qatar
Devey 43' (Report) Bilal 56'
Attendance: 10,122
Uruguay 1–0 Poland
Da Silva
58'		 (Report)
Attendance: 10,122
Qatar 0–1 Uruguay
(Report)
Villazán
52'
Attendance: 8,264
Poland 4–0 United States
Rzepka 17'
Kowalik 18'
Dziekanowski 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
Mariani 83' (Report) Kwak Sung-ho 7'
Choi Soon-ho 12', 29'
Lee Kyung-nam 88'
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 13,538
)
Romania 1–1 Brazil
Zamfir 82' (Report) Leomir 67'
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 13,538
)
Romania 1–0 South Korea
Sertov 5' (Report)
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 17,500
)
Brazil 1–0 Italy
Djalma Baia 56' (Report)
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 17,500
)
South Korea 0–3 Brazil
(Report)
Ronaldo 61'
Jun J.S. 79' (o.g.
)
Italy 0–1 Romania
(Report) Gabor 56' (pen.)

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 65'
Nadal 74'		 (Report)
Abouzaid
6', 78'
Attendance: 7,504
West Germany 1–0 Mexico
Loose 2' (Report)
Attendance: 7,504
West Germany 1–2 Egypt
Loose 35' (Report)
Abouzaid
54'
Attendance: 14,120
Mexico 1–1 Spain
Coss 75' (Report) Chano 45' (pen.)
José Martínez Bazán (Uruguay
)
Egypt 3–3 Mexico
Saleh
64', 71'		 (Report) Vaca 18'
Farfán 28'
Ríos 69'
Spain 2–4 West Germany
F. López 72'
Fabregat 78'		 (Report) Trieb 29'
Wohlfarth 47', 85'
Anthes 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) Hosts
England 2–0 Cameroon
Dey
78'		 (Report)
Attendance: 15,814
Australia 2–1 Argentina
Koussas 79'
Hunter 89'		 (Report) Morresi 66'
Attendance: 15,814
Australia 3–3 Cameroon
Mitchell 9'
Koussas 53', 78' (pen.
)		 (Report)
Olle Olle 17'
Djonkep
35', 52'
Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 13,797
)
England 1–1 Argentina
Small
79'		 (Report)
Urruti
57'
Attendance: 16,674
Cameroon 0–1 Argentina
(Report) Cecchi 6'
Attendance: 28,932
England 1–1 Australia
Small
82'		 (Report) Koussas 7'
Attendance: 28,932
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 October - Melbourne
 
 
 Uruguay 1
 
14 October - Melbourne
 
 Romania 2
 
 
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
Berruetta 60' (Report) Eduard 25'
Fisic 84'
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 14,800
)
Brazil 2–3 Qatar
Ronaldo
27', 78'		 (Report) Al-Muhannadi 10', 54', 87'
West Germany 1–0 Australia
Wohlfarth 69' (Report)
England 4–2 Egypt
Cooke
60'		 (Report)
Abouzaid 28' (pen.)
Helmi
40'

Semi-finals

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

Third place play-off

Romania 1–0 England
Gabor 36' (Report)

Final

West Germany 4–0 Qatar
Loose 28', 66'
Wohlfarth 42'
Anthes 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

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) Hosts

Notes

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

External links

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